Archive for October, 2008
31 October 2008 | 05:04 AM
Smoky Clothes
~~~Day’s Verse:Give thanks to the LORD for He is good;His love endures forever.Psalm 107:1~~~ I burned my English muffin this morning. Fortunately not in the Oh my goodness, flames! sense, but a very large volume of smoke pouring from the toaster oven surprised me when I turned around to check on my breakfast. The kitchen [...]
29 October 2008 | 10:30 AM
Miscellaneous, Again
~~~Day’s Verse:God said to Jonah, “Do you have a right to be angry about the vine?”“I do,” he said. “I am angry enough to die.”But the LORD said, “You have been concerned about this vine, though you did not tend it or make it grow. It sprang up overnight and died overnight. But Nineveh has [...]
28 October 2008 | 01:25 PM
It Might Be a Severe Error
~~~Day’s Verse:God is our refuge and strength,an ever-present help in trouble.Psalm 46:1~~~ Trying to archive some data, I got the following message: Error: A severe error in the zipfile format was detected. Processing probably failed immediately I like how it hedges its bets at the end there: It probably failed. Yet they also use severe [...]
27 October 2008 | 07:47 AM
FAQ Fail
~~~Day’s Verse:Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge,but he who hates correction is stupid.Proverbs 12:1~~~ Looking for local candidate voting information — which is disturbingly scarce, actually — I encountered this FAQ entry: If I cannot read or write English, can I vote? Yes, as long as you are registered. You may ask any person of your [...]
26 October 2008 | 02:59 PM
Thoughts From Our Mt. Wachusett Hike
~~~Day’s Verse: 12 You will go out in joy and be led forth in peace; the mountains and hills will burst into song before you, and all the trees of the field will clap their hands. Isaiah 55:12~~~ There’s something strange about mountains in New England, and I don’t mean that tall ones are 2,000 [...]
24 October 2008 | 05:29 AM
First Freezing Day
~~~Day’s Verse:Why are you so downcast, O my soul?Why so disturbed within me?Put your hope in God,for I will yet praise him,my Savior and my God.Psalm 42:11~~~ This morning was our first morning below freezing! When we left the house (late — 6:50, rather than 6:20 as usual, so it was probably a little warmer) [...]
22 October 2008 | 08:14 AM
Poetry That Inspires Me
~~~Day’s Verse:Consider it all joy, my brethren, when you encounter various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance. And let endurance have its perfect result, so that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.James 1:2-4~~~ From Ulysses, by Alfred Lord Tennyson: ’Tis not too late to seek a newer world.Push [...]
