January 30, 2003
Blogrolling I've just shortened my
Blogrolling
I've just shortened my list by quite a number of people. I just don't have the time. If you read me and want me to read you then let me know and I'll add you. I hope I haven't stepped on anybody's toes. Please tell me if I have.
January 26, 2003
Another covenant child Jeff Steel
Another covenant child
Jeff Steel (my pastor) and his wife had a daughter last night around 11 pm. Her name is Abigail Elizabeth, and she was 8 lbs 10 oz and almost 22 inches long.
ALSO, I found out tonight at AAPC that my friends Aaron and Aleta's son was baptized this morning. Congrats to them too!
I Love Thy Kingdom Lord
I Love Thy Kingdom Lord
I love Thy kingdom, Lord,
The house of Thine abode,
The church our blessed Redeemer saved
With His own precious blood.
I love Thy church, O God.
Her walls before Thee stand,
Dear as the apple of Thine eye,
And written on Thy hand.
If e’er to bless Thy sons
My voice or hands deny,
These hands let useful skills forsake,
This voice in silence die.
Should I with scoffers join
Her altars to abuse?
No! Better far my tongue were dumb,
My hand its skill should lose.
For her my tears shall fall
For her my prayers ascend,
To her my cares and toils be given
Till toils and cares shall end.
Beyond my highest joy
I prize her heavenly ways,
Her sweet communion, solemn vows,
Her hymns of love and praise.
Jesus, Thou Friend divine,
Our Savior and our King,
Thy hand from every snare and foe
Shall great deliverance bring.
Sure as Thy truth shall last,
To Zion shall be given
The brightest glories earth can yield
And brighter bliss of heaven.
Collect for the Third Sunday
Collect for the Third Sunday After Epiphany
ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, mercifully look upon our infirmities, and in all our dangers and necessities stretch forth thy right hand to help and defend us; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
January 25, 2003
I'm really not a geek
I'm really not a geek
Decimal to binary conversion is fun. Especially if you haven't done it in a while and forgot that you remembered.
January 24, 2003
I'd like to thank the
I'd like to thank the academy...
Got the 2000th hit today. According to sitemeter, they surffed in around 10:40 this morning on aol from duane's and didn't stay very long. Anybody want to fess up? ;)
January 23, 2003
One score and ten years
One score and ten years ago...
I was going to post something yesterday for the 30th anniversary of Roe v. Wade but never did. I think Duane said it all
January 21, 2003
Yet another blogger My friend
Yet another blogger
My friend BJ (he's the one that got the concert tickets)
I'm going to be an
I'm going to be an aunt (again)
I found out a couple of weeks ago that my sister Julie is expecting again. It was quite a surprise because they were hoping for at least a two year spread between Kaleb and the next one and he's only 9 months. The due date is September 9
One more I'm a...... Take
One more
Take Squiggle UK's 'Are you addicted to online tests' test
Something the Band Geeks would
Something the Band Geeks would love
Paolo Esperanza, bass-trombonist with the Simphonica Mayor de Uruguay, in a misplaced moment of inspiration decided to make his own contribution to the cannon shots fired as part of the orchestra's performance of Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture at an outdoor children's concert. In complete seriousness he placed a large, ignited firecracker, which was equivalent in strength to a quarter stick of dynamite, into his aluminum straight mute and then stuck the mute into the bell of his quite new Yamaha in-line double-valve bass trombone.
Later, from his hospital bed he explained to a reporter through bandages on his mouth, "I thought that the bell of my trombone would shield me from the explosion and instead, would focus the energy of the blast outwards and away from me, propelling the mute high above the orchestra, like a rocket."
However, Paolo was not up on his propulsion physics nor qualified to use high-powered artillery and in his haste to get the horn up before the firecracker went off, he failed to raise the bell of the horn high enough so as to give the mute enough arc to clear the orchestra.
What actually happened should serve as a lesson to us all during those delirious moments of divine inspiration. First, because he failed to sufficiently elevate the bell of his horn, the blast propelled the mute between rows of players in the woodwind and viola sections of the orchestra, missing the players and straight into the stomach of the conductor, driving him off the podium and directly into the front row of the audience.
Fortunately, the audience were sitting in folding chairs and thus they were protected from serious injury, for the chairs collapsed under them passing the energy of the impact of the flying conductor backwards into row of people sitting behind them, who in turn were driven back into the people in the row behind and so on, like a row of dominos. The sound of collapsing wooden chairs and grunts of people falling on their behinds increased logarithmically, adding to the overall sound of brass cannons and brass playing as constitutes the closing measures of the Overture.
Meanwhile, all of this unplanned choreography not withstanding, back on stage Paolo's Waterloo was still unfolding. According to Paolo, "Just as the I heard the sound of the blast, time seemed to stand still. Everything moved in slow motion. Just before I felt searing pain to my mouth, I could swear I heard a voice with a Austrian accent say "Fur every akshon zer iz un eekvul un opposeet reakshon!" Well, this should come as no surprise, for Paolo had set himself up for a textbook demonstration of this fundamental law of physics. Having failed to plug the lead pipe of his trombone, he allowed the energy of the blast to send a super heated jet of gas backwards through the mouth pipe of the trombone which exited the mouthpiece burning his lips and face.
The pyrotechnic ballet wasn't over yet. The force of the blast was so great it split the bell of his shiny Yamaha right down the middle, turning it inside out while at the same time propelling Paolo backwards off the riser. And for the grand finale, as Paolo fell backwards he lost his grip on the slide of the trombone allowing the pressure of the hot gases coursing through the horn to propel the trombone's slide like a double golden spear into the head of the 3rd clarinetist, knocking him unconscious.
The moral of the story? Beware the next time you hear someone in the trombone section yell out "Hey, everyone, watch this!"
January 19, 2003
Exhalt the Lord, His Praise
Exhalt the Lord, His Praise Proclaim
Exalt the Lord, His praise proclaim;
All ye His servants, praise His Name,
Who in the Lord’s house ever stand
And humbly serve at His command.
The Lord is good, His praise proclaim;
Since it is pleasant, praise His Name;
His people for His own He takes
And His peculiar treasure makes.
I know the Lord is high in state,
Above all gods our Lord is great;
The Lord performs what He decrees,
In heaven and earth, in depths and seas.
He makes the vapors to ascend
In clouds from earth’s remotest end;
The lightnings flash at His command,
He holds the tempest in His hand.
Exalt the Lord, His praise proclaim;
All ye His servants, praise His Name,
Who in the Lord’s house ever stand
And humbly serve at His command,
Forever praise and bless His Name,
And in the church His praise proclaim;
In Zion is His dwelling place;
Praise ye the Lord, show forth His grace.
Collect for the Second Sunday
Collect for the Second Sunday after Epiphany
ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, who dost govern all things in heaven and earth; Mercifully hear the supplications of thy people, and grant us thy peace all the days of our life; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
January 18, 2003
This week's Friday Five 1.
This week's Friday Five
1. Where do you currently work? Bank One
2. How many other jobs have you had and where? For two summers when I was in high school I baby-sat two twin girls (age 11/12, respectively) and their little brother (6/7). When I started at Tech I got a job working at the bookstore and worked there for my entire college career (only four years). Also while in school I worked for The Avenue: Bibles, Books & Gifts, a little Christian bookstore downtown. In the store she had a JCPenney catalog center where I was most of the time.
3. What do you like best about your job? The people I work with and most of the customers
4. What do you like least about your job? The work and getting "yelled at"
5. What is your dream job? Stay at home wife/mom
January 17, 2003
Being stingy doesn't pay Realizing
Being stingy doesn't pay
Realizing that the temperature reading on my thermostat has a direct correlation to the price of my electricity bill, I lowered it. What a mistake.
January 16, 2003
January 14, 2003
Generosity My friend BJ called
Generosity
My friend BJ called me yesterday and asked if he could stop by after work to give me a gift. I asked what it was for and he said that it was a "pay back" for paying for him to get into the confederate ball. I met him at the top of the stairs and he handed me a envelope that had a ticket to the Jars of Clay/Caedmon's Call concert @ ULM in March. He said that he gotten four tickets for me, him and two other people (he's not sure who he's going to ask). I had forgotten about how several of us had talked about wanting to go and I forgotten all about it. But best of all...guess where we're sitting. FRONT ROW....IN THE MIDDLE (Sec B Row 1 Seat 10 to be exact). WOW...thanks B!
January 13, 2003
OK, it's official I'm an
OK, it's official
I'm an addict. It's 1:30 in the morning and I start back to work tomorrow from a week-long vacation. I have to get up @ 7 in the morning and what am I doing? Blogging. G'nite.
Web Design My pastor asked
Web Design
My pastor asked me the Sunday morning if I could help out with the church's website. He's wanting colors to change for the different parts of the church calendar and several other things. Valerie, Mike, Emeth, anybody...I might need some help.
my busy weekend Friday -
my busy weekend
Friday - wedding rehearsal @ 6:00 with great south louisiana gumbo for the rehearsal dinner
Saturday - Mary Katherine and Chuck get married: brunch @ 10:30; hair appointment @ 12:00; limo ride @ 2:45; pictures at 4:00; beautiful wedding @ 5:30; dinner and dancing immediately following; games and hanging out @ the Bourgeois after that was over; home @12:30
Sunday - Sunday School @ 9:30 on Face to Face by Steve Wilkins; glorious worship service @ 10:30; congregational meeting @ 6:30 with dinner at the pastor's house immediately following
I just walked in the door like 20 mintues ago because I was still at my pastor's house talking with him, his wife, my friend BJ, and John B. He really is a great and funny guy. (He kept us laughing anyway.) For those of you that have not had the priviledge to meet him, I would strongly suggest it. I look forward to seeing you again.
January 12, 2003
blogrolling just added amanda and
blogrolling
just added amanda and her dad lamar to the list. i met amanda back when i was in high school playing percussion, and she was the section leader for the pit at ulm. they had what was called a drum day where high school percussionists came to the school and played with the band during a football game. i saw her again when i met her sister rebecca at aapc. i think i've formally met mr cranston at church one nigh when i was visiting.
WOW... i remember when i tried to keep up with 10 people and now i've got almost 60!!!
Christ, Whose Glory Fills the
Christ, Whose Glory Fills the Skies
(sung to the Lux Prima tune)
Christ, Whose glory fills the skies,
Christ, the true, the only Light,
Sun of Righteousness, arise,
Triumph o’er the shades of night;
Dayspring from on high be near;
Day-star, in my heart appear.
Dark and cheerless is the morn
Unaccompanied by Thee;
Joyless is the day’s return
Till Thy mercy’s beams I see;
Till they inward light impart,
Glad my eyes, and warm my heart.
Visit then this soul of mine,
Pierce the gloom of sin and grief;
Fill me, Radiancy divine,
Scatter all my unbelief;
More and more Thyself display,
Shining to the perfect day.
The Collect for then First
The Collect for then First Sunday after Epiphany
O LORD, we beseech thee mercifully to receive the prayers of thy people who call upon thee; and grant that they may both perceive and know what things they ought to do, and also may have grace and power faithfully to fulfil the same; throTugh Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen
January 10, 2003
pictures barb just posted a
pictures
barb just posted a link to her pictures from the conference and the blogger's lunch here. thanks for putting them up!
January 09, 2003
is it just me or
is it just me
or does the tree in LOTR:TT sound just like the rockbiter in Never Ending Story?
January 08, 2003
highlights of the 2003 aapc
highlights of the 2003 aapc pastor's conference
- hearing all 8 speakers and being edified by their talks and discussions
- meeting and having lunch with barb, john, duane, sarah, matt, sora, jon and a couple of non-bloggers
- hearing not once but twice that all reformed roads lead to john knox pca (right john?)
- the music and singing
- playing with jon's precious baby boy ethan
- the fellowship with other belivers
January 05, 2003
Holy God, We Praise Thy
Holy God, We Praise Thy Name
Holy God, we praise Thy Name;
Lord of all, we bow before Thee!
Infinite Thy vast domain,
Everlasting is Thy reign.
All on earth Thy scepter claim,
All in heaven above adore Thee;
Infinite Thy vast domain,
Everlasting is Thy reign.
Hark! the loud celestial hymn
Angel choirs above are raising,
Cherubim and seraphim,
In unceasing chorus praising;
Fill the heavens with sweet accord:
Holy, holy, holy, Lord.
Infinite Thy vast domain,
Everlasting is Thy reign.
Lo! the apostolic train
Join the sacred Name to hallow;
Prophets swell the loud refrain,
And the white robed martyrs follow;
And from morn to set of sun,
Through the Church the song goes on.
Infinite Thy vast domain,
Everlasting is Thy reign.
Holy Father, Holy Son,
Holy Spirit, Three we name Thee;
While in essence only One,
Undivided God we claim Thee;
And adoring bend the knee,
While we own the mystery.
Infinite Thy vast domain,
Everlasting is Thy reign.
Prayers In Time of War
Prayers
In Time of War and Tumults.
O ALMIGHTY God, the supreme Governor of all things, whose power no creature is able to resist, to whom it belongeth justly to punish sinners, and to be merciful to those who truly repent; Save and deliver us, we humbly beseech thee, from the hands of our enemies; that we, being armed with thy defence, may be preserved evermore from all perils, to glorify thee, who art the only giver of all victory; through the merits of thy Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
For the Army.
O LORD God of Hosts, stretch forth, we pray thee, thine almighty arm to strengthen and protect the soldiers of our country. Support them in the day of battle, and in the time of peace keep them safe from all evil; endue them with courage and loyalty; and grant that in all things they may serve without reproach; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
For the Navy.
ETERNAL Lord God, who alone spreadest out the heavens, and rulest the raging of the sea; Vouchsafe to take into thy almighty and most gracious protection our country's Navy, and all who serve therein. Preserve them from the dangers of the sea, and from the violence of the enemy; that they may be a safeguard unto the United States of America, and a security for such as pass on the seas upon their lawful occasions; that the inhabitants of our land may in peace and quietness serve thee our God, to the glory of thy Name; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
deployment the national guard in
deployment
the national guard in this area is sending a load of people over to the Afghan area today. i heard several large helicopters pass by my house this morning. Godspeed the batallion.
The Collect for the Second
The Collect for the Second Sunday After Christmas
ALMIGHTY God, who hast poured upon us the new light of thine incarnate Word; Grant that the same light enkindled in our hearts may shine forth in our lives; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
January 02, 2003
well...there it is new design
well...there it is
new design is up. didn't change a whole lot. i'll trade out pictures ever so often.
[p.s. the title is a quote from one of my alltime favorite movies....can anybody tell me which one? :) ]
"i don't know if it
"i don't know if it was in your kitchen or what but it sure sounded like it"
that's what my landlady said to me over the phone today. "it" being a rat or medium sized rodent of some kinda. a rat. in our house (2-story home; i live up; she's down). i don't think it was in my kitchen. everything looked the same when i got home. we believe "it" is residing in between my floor and her ceiling. my kitchen and bathroom are over her bedroom and she hears "it" at night. i think only at night because "it" knows we're asleep and not moving around enough to do him harm. she put a trap in a little cubby-hole covered by a small door and maybe we'll get a hit tonight and be rid of the sucker.