Archive for February, 2009

 

19 February 2009 | 09:18 AM

Why I Will Never Use DHL Again

~~~Day’s Verse:[Love] …keeps no record of wrongs. 1 Cor 13:5 (I know I did this yesterday, but it is so perfect for today!)~~~ Some of you may recall that Christmas of 2007, I shipped my bike back to Seattle so I could ride during our time there. At the time, I wrote a triumphant blog [...]



18 February 2009 | 06:09 AM

Catch Up

~~~Day’s Verse:Love is patient,love is kind and is not jealous; love does not brag and is not arrogant,does not act unbecomingly; it does not seek its own, is not provoked, does not take into account a wrong suffered,does not rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth;bears all things,believes all things, hopes all things, endures [...]



13 February 2009 | 05:21 AM

“Just Be Grateful You Have a Job.”

~~~Day’s Verse:These things happened to them as examples and were written down as warnings for us, on whom the fulfillment of the ages has come. So, if you think you are standing firm, be careful that you don’t fall! No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; he [...]



11 February 2009 | 12:00 PM

Layoffs

~~~Day’s Verse:We sometimes tend to think we know all we need to know to answer these kinds of questions—but sometimes our humble hearts can help us more than our proud minds. We never really know enough until we recognize that God alone knows it all.1 Cor. 8:3~~~ To give some details about yesterday: We had [...]



10 February 2009 | 07:50 AM

Like the Rapture, but Bad

~~~Day’s Verse:Hide me from the conspiracy of the wicked,from that noisy crowd of evildoers.Psalm 64:2~~~ Today is the worst day I’ve ever had at work. Ever. Updated [3:25 pm] to add: Charles River also intends to reduce its headcount by approximately 3% company-wide, mostly in the PCS business segment… (Source) I work in the PCS [...]



8 February 2009 | 12:05 PM

This & That

~~~Day’s Verse:[God is] the one who runs the earth! He cradles the whole world in his hand!If he decided to hold his breath, every man, woman, and child would die for lack of air. Job 34:15~~~ Me, reading aloud from this web site: “As a rule, males are larger and somewhat lazier than females…”Ian: “Ain’t [...]



4 February 2009 | 05:22 AM

TEN THOUSAND MILES: A Cycling Retrospective

~~~Day’s Verse:Not only so, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope.Romans 5:3-4~~~ This morning, creeping along at 9 miles an hour somewhere on the snowy back roads, I passed 10,000 miles ridden since September 2007. We started actually keeping track of my mileage [...]