Archive for July, 2007

 

31 July 2007 | 08:13 AM

New Bike Commute Developments

~~~Day’?s Verse:He who despises his neighbor sins,But blessed is he who is kind to the needy.Proverbs 14:21~~~ Yesterday I pioneered a Whole New Ride! As you can see in the map below, I got off the train at Westborough and rode to our apartment in 40 minutes, with copious sweating. I have started this new [...]



26 July 2007 | 12:00 PM

100 Million Songbirds

~~~Day’?s Verse:Even the sparrow has found a home, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may have her young — a place near your altar, O LORD Almighty, my King and my God.Psalm 84:3 (context)~~~ Do birds sweat or pant? I saw one today hopping around with its beak wide open, and I [...]



25 July 2007 | 06:48 AM

A Long 12 Hours

~~~Day’?s Verse:In everything I showed you that by working hard in this manner you must help the weak and remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that He Himself said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’Acts 20:35~~~ I like my commute. Truly, I do: the six-mile bike ride, not so long I [...]



24 July 2007 | 01:38 PM

Dreaming of Pim’?s

~~~Day’?s Verse:The righteous eat to their hearts’? content,but the stomach of the wicked goes hungry.Proverbs 13:25~~~ I recently ran across the web site for Pim’s cookies. I had forgotten they exist, but now I remember – the delicious squishy cookie, the wonderful jam filling, the chocolate crunch on top… Oh man…



23 July 2007 | 05:34 AM

19 Hours of Harry Potter

~~~Day’?s Verse:Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.John 15:13 (context)~~~ Ian and I successfully read aloud all of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows between about 2:30 on Saturday afternoon and 8:00 Sunday evening. We read for seven hours on Saturday, took a brief break to [...]



19 July 2007 | 11:18 AM

A Revolution Without Dancing

~~~Day’?s Verse:Hatred stirs up dissention,but love covers all wrongs.Proverbs 10:12~~~ For ice cream day today, I tried this. At zero fat and 90 calories, everybody at work who wants ice cream but feels guilty chooses this bar. After hearing a half-dozen people sing its praises, I felt I had to at least get it once [...]



18 July 2007 | 12:01 PM

~~~Day’?s Verse: ~~~ Words. We use ’?em every day and don’?t give them a second thought. All too often, though, we don’?t even give them a first thought. When I read dialogue in a book, the people talk with silly, inhuman-sounding turns of phrase and always begin their sentences with the listener’?s name: Well, Charles, [...]