The burden of our sin , shame , sorrow , and sickness was greater than the horrible physical torture of crucifiction. Worse still, was the separation from His Father as he paid the price for sin.
Danny writes: "He not only had the weight of sin on Him but also more immediate needs in mind like warning the women about future calamity (Luke 23:28-31) and making sure His mother was watched by John (John 19:25-27) and even reassuring a thief that he'll be in heaven, too. As well as asking for forgiveness of those crucifying Him."
What compassion, to tend to these needs during His time of need.
What a savior!
Friday, April 14, 2006
Thursday, April 06, 2006
republicansource.com
Time to gear up for November,
and for the year of jockeying before the Iowa caucuses.
and for the year of jockeying before the Iowa caucuses.
Wednesday, April 05, 2006
Potfry: Cop Admits He Thought McKinney was Muppet "Beaker"; Wanted Autograph for His Kid
Potfry: Cop Admits He Thought McKinney was Muppet "Beaker"; Wanted Autograph for His Kid
Set down the coffee before you click on this.
Set down the coffee before you click on this.
Tuesday, April 04, 2006
Running on empty
Recently I was feeling that I was 'running on empty' ,
when the thought of the Empty Tomb came to mind,
and the promise from Romans 8:11- " And if the Spirit of him
who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you,
he who raised Christ from the dead will also
give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit,
who lives in you."
I think of the coming Resurrection when I read that,
but since the
"Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you"
occurs now,
I can expect "he who raised Christ from the dead "
to quicken or" give life to your mortal bodies" to occur now also.
I am running on empty,
the Empty Tomb, that is.
when the thought of the Empty Tomb came to mind,
and the promise from Romans 8:11- " And if the Spirit of him
who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you,
he who raised Christ from the dead will also
give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit,
who lives in you."
I think of the coming Resurrection when I read that,
but since the
"Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you"
occurs now,
I can expect "he who raised Christ from the dead "
to quicken or" give life to your mortal bodies" to occur now also.
I am running on empty,
the Empty Tomb, that is.
Saturday, April 01, 2006
Wednesday, March 29, 2006
Kids these days
Some minor funnies from brother Chris:
When I came home for lunch today, Thomas told me "You're my camption!"Not sure what he meant, but he said it twice, so I know what he said.Champion?
The other day, we were watching the news, and they reported that the man who robbed a store in Waterloo was a 5'10 white male.I said,"hey, that's me, but I didn't do it!"CJ said, "You're not 5'10"I said, "I'm 5'10" with shoes on."Sean said "I'm Three."
I don't remember if I told you this one, but one day we were in the car,after shopping or something. We were discussing what to do next.I said, "let's go to bed, have ice cream and snuggle."Tina said, "shh, there's a kid in the back seat."Mackenzie said, "That's okay, I know you guys go to bed and have ice cream!"
When I came home for lunch today, Thomas told me "You're my camption!"Not sure what he meant, but he said it twice, so I know what he said.Champion?
The other day, we were watching the news, and they reported that the man who robbed a store in Waterloo was a 5'10 white male.I said,"hey, that's me, but I didn't do it!"CJ said, "You're not 5'10"I said, "I'm 5'10" with shoes on."Sean said "I'm Three."
I don't remember if I told you this one, but one day we were in the car,after shopping or something. We were discussing what to do next.I said, "let's go to bed, have ice cream and snuggle."Tina said, "shh, there's a kid in the back seat."Mackenzie said, "That's okay, I know you guys go to bed and have ice cream!"
Friday, March 24, 2006
Business Reform asks: Is it profitable to practice the Golden Rule?
http://businessreform.com/blog_detail.php?postsuccess=1&blog_id=3771
Many believe that financial success is achieved through hard-nose,
hard-driving, take-no-prisoners business practices.
This model does not include much room for human sensitivity.
Recently, researchers, using a human performance screening mechanism,
performed a study in which they identified 35 public companies that excel
at motivating their workers, and treating vendors and customers well.
In other words, these companies practiced the golden rule –
treat others the way you want to be treated.
Over a ten-year period, the return on investment of these companies was 758%
while during the same period the S&P 500 index gained only 128%.
What is your explanation of this result?
Posted by Gerald Chester on March, 21st 2006 00:36 EST http://businessreform.com/user_profile.php?user_profile_id=czo1OiIxMzIxMSI7
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
My explanation:
Happy (well treated, well motivated) employees are more productive.
Many believe that financial success is achieved through hard-nose,
hard-driving, take-no-prisoners business practices.
This model does not include much room for human sensitivity.
Recently, researchers, using a human performance screening mechanism,
performed a study in which they identified 35 public companies that excel
at motivating their workers, and treating vendors and customers well.
In other words, these companies practiced the golden rule –
treat others the way you want to be treated.
Over a ten-year period, the return on investment of these companies was 758%
while during the same period the S&P 500 index gained only 128%.
What is your explanation of this result?
Posted by Gerald Chester on March, 21st 2006 00:36 EST http://businessreform.com/user_profile.php?user_profile_id=czo1OiIxMzIxMSI7
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
My explanation:
Happy (well treated, well motivated) employees are more productive.
Wednesday, March 22, 2006
PONDERISMS
Thank You , Martha for these-
PONDERISMS
· I used to eat a lot of natural foods until I learned that most
people die of natural causes.
· Gardening Rule: When weeding, the best way to make sure
you are removing a weed and not a valuable plant is to pull on it.
If it comes out of the ground easily, it is a valuable plant.
· The easiest way to find something lost around the house
is to buy a replacement.
· Never take life seriously. Nobody gets out alive anyway.
· There are two kinds of pedestrians: the quick and the dead.
· Life is sexually transmitted.
· Health is merely the slowest possible rate at which one can die.
· Some people are like Slinkies. Not really good for anything,
but you still can't help but smile when you see one tumble down the stairs.
· Health nuts are going to feel stupid someday,
lying in hospitals dying of nothing.
· Have you noticed since everyone has a camcorder
these days no one talks about seeing UFOs like they used to?
· Whenever I feel blue, I start breathing again.
· All of us could take a lesson from the weather.
It pays no attention to criticism.
· In the 60's, people took acid to make the world weird.
Now the world is weird and people take Prozac to make it normal.
· Politics is supposed to be the second oldest profession.
I have come to realize that it bears a
very close resemblance to the first.
· How is it one careless match can start a forest fire,
but it takes a whole box to start a campfire?
· Why is there a light in the fridge and not in the freezer?
· If Jimmy cracks corn and no one cares, why is there a song about him?
· Why does Goofy stand erect while Pluto remains on all fours?
They're both dogs!
· If Wile E. Coyote had enough money to buy all that Acme stuff,
why didn't he just buy dinner?
· If quizzes are quizzical, what are tests?
· If corn oil is made from corn, and vegetable oil is made from
vegetables, then what is baby oil made from?
· If electricity comes from electrons, does morality come from morons?
· Why do the Alphabet song and Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star
have the same tune?
· Do illiterate people get the full effect of Alphabet Soup?
· Did you ever notice that when you blow in a dog's face,
he gets mad at you, but when you take him on a car ride,
he sticks his head out the window?
· Does pushing the elevator button more than once make it arrive faster?
· Why doesn't glue stick to the inside of the bottle?
· Do you ever wonder why you gave me your email address.
PONDERISMS
· I used to eat a lot of natural foods until I learned that most
people die of natural causes.
· Gardening Rule: When weeding, the best way to make sure
you are removing a weed and not a valuable plant is to pull on it.
If it comes out of the ground easily, it is a valuable plant.
· The easiest way to find something lost around the house
is to buy a replacement.
· Never take life seriously. Nobody gets out alive anyway.
· There are two kinds of pedestrians: the quick and the dead.
· Life is sexually transmitted.
· Health is merely the slowest possible rate at which one can die.
· Some people are like Slinkies. Not really good for anything,
but you still can't help but smile when you see one tumble down the stairs.
· Health nuts are going to feel stupid someday,
lying in hospitals dying of nothing.
· Have you noticed since everyone has a camcorder
these days no one talks about seeing UFOs like they used to?
· Whenever I feel blue, I start breathing again.
· All of us could take a lesson from the weather.
It pays no attention to criticism.
· In the 60's, people took acid to make the world weird.
Now the world is weird and people take Prozac to make it normal.
· Politics is supposed to be the second oldest profession.
I have come to realize that it bears a
very close resemblance to the first.
· How is it one careless match can start a forest fire,
but it takes a whole box to start a campfire?
· Why is there a light in the fridge and not in the freezer?
· If Jimmy cracks corn and no one cares, why is there a song about him?
· Why does Goofy stand erect while Pluto remains on all fours?
They're both dogs!
· If Wile E. Coyote had enough money to buy all that Acme stuff,
why didn't he just buy dinner?
· If quizzes are quizzical, what are tests?
· If corn oil is made from corn, and vegetable oil is made from
vegetables, then what is baby oil made from?
· If electricity comes from electrons, does morality come from morons?
· Why do the Alphabet song and Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star
have the same tune?
· Do illiterate people get the full effect of Alphabet Soup?
· Did you ever notice that when you blow in a dog's face,
he gets mad at you, but when you take him on a car ride,
he sticks his head out the window?
· Does pushing the elevator button more than once make it arrive faster?
· Why doesn't glue stick to the inside of the bottle?
· Do you ever wonder why you gave me your email address.
Friday, March 17, 2006
St. Patrick's Day in the K.S.A. 15 years ago today!
Hard to believe it's been 15 years since Desert Storm.
March 17th was Sunday, and the first HOT day of the spring.
The war was decided, we were scaling down the 410th Evac.
and since the OR was quiet, in the afternoon, our section
rolled up the sides of our barracks tent to allow a dry breeze,
and lazed in lawn chairs or on our cots.
What made the day really memorable was something that
arrived in the mail that morning- as Sunday was just another
work day for most, and mail is a lifeline for soldiers.
Erik Dillard , a reservist from Omaha- like me,
got a small package from his sister containing
a cassette of Irish folk music, what perfect timing!
We must have listened to it for 2 or 3 hours,
resting in the shade of the tent,sipping lukewarm
diet pepsi or near beer, and chatting.
Erik's wife Julie was expecting a child, she had sent him a
video of the ultrasound which we saw a few weeks before.
John Cordry and Trent Mengel talked about their plans for
school when they got home, Jim Torbett was regular Army,
and ready to get back to family in ,Germany, I think.
Travis and Dave were from a reserve unit in Lubbock,
great Texans , both.
Curtis told some wild stories of his experiences in an
orthopedic hospital in KC.
Ron was a young kid easing his stress with quotes like,
"If only I had a shotgun, things would be different!"
Reid , Bob Roberts, and another guy
whose name I'm blanking on were from the Topeka area.
I never knew till I met these guys that there is such a
thing as a Kansas accent. Remember Ken Curtis as
Festus in Gunsmoke? That is a Kansas accent,
and these three had it in spades .
Oh, and spades? Yes we played that most days
(I have a deck of cards we about wore the spots off of
playing 'spades' and 'hearts') but not that day .
That day was for talking , thinking of home ,
and hearing songs from a green, green place.
The only green near Quasuma was on our uniforms,
it was refreshing to think about the Emerald Isle,
and the sweet green grass of Home.
Good Grief, it's been 15 years and I still
remember some of the words to "Nancy Whisky" ,
sort of an anti-drinking song when you look at
the lyrics, I remember it mainly for the distinctly
Irish sound of it .
Thanks to Google the lyric follows.
This time of year reminds me of the 100 or so days I spent in
Saudi Arabia with the 410th.
There's no place like home.
Happy Saint Patrick's Day.
March 17th was Sunday, and the first HOT day of the spring.
The war was decided, we were scaling down the 410th Evac.
and since the OR was quiet, in the afternoon, our section
rolled up the sides of our barracks tent to allow a dry breeze,
and lazed in lawn chairs or on our cots.
What made the day really memorable was something that
arrived in the mail that morning- as Sunday was just another
work day for most, and mail is a lifeline for soldiers.
Erik Dillard , a reservist from Omaha- like me,
got a small package from his sister containing
a cassette of Irish folk music, what perfect timing!
We must have listened to it for 2 or 3 hours,
resting in the shade of the tent,sipping lukewarm
diet pepsi or near beer, and chatting.
Erik's wife Julie was expecting a child, she had sent him a
video of the ultrasound which we saw a few weeks before.
John Cordry and Trent Mengel talked about their plans for
school when they got home, Jim Torbett was regular Army,
and ready to get back to family in ,Germany, I think.
Travis and Dave were from a reserve unit in Lubbock,
great Texans , both.
Curtis told some wild stories of his experiences in an
orthopedic hospital in KC.
Ron was a young kid easing his stress with quotes like,
"If only I had a shotgun, things would be different!"
Reid , Bob Roberts, and another guy
whose name I'm blanking on were from the Topeka area.
I never knew till I met these guys that there is such a
thing as a Kansas accent. Remember Ken Curtis as
Festus in Gunsmoke? That is a Kansas accent,
and these three had it in spades .
Oh, and spades? Yes we played that most days
(I have a deck of cards we about wore the spots off of
playing 'spades' and 'hearts') but not that day .
That day was for talking , thinking of home ,
and hearing songs from a green, green place.
The only green near Quasuma was on our uniforms,
it was refreshing to think about the Emerald Isle,
and the sweet green grass of Home.
Good Grief, it's been 15 years and I still
remember some of the words to "Nancy Whisky" ,
sort of an anti-drinking song when you look at
the lyrics, I remember it mainly for the distinctly
Irish sound of it .
Thanks to Google the lyric follows.
This time of year reminds me of the 100 or so days I spent in
Saudi Arabia with the 410th.
There's no place like home.
Happy Saint Patrick's Day.
NANCY WHISKEY
I'm a weaver, a Calton weaver
I'm a rash and a roving blade
I've got silver in my pocket
And I follow the roving trade
-
Chorus: Whiskey, whiskey, Nancy Whiskey
Whiskey, whiskey, Nancy-o
-
As I rode in through Glasgow city
Nancy Whiskey, I chanced to smell
I went in, sat down beside her
Seven long years, I loved her well
-
The more I kissed her, the more I loved her
The more I kissed her, the more she smiled
Soon I forgot my mother's teaching
Nancy soon had me beguiled
-
So I rose early in the morning
To slack my thirst, it was my need
I tried to rise, but I was not able
Nancy had me by the knees
-
So, I'm going back to the Calton weaving
I'll surely make them shuttles fly
For I made more at the Calton weaving
Than ever I did in a roving way
-
So, come all you weavers, you Calton weavers
Come all you weavers, where'er you be
Beware of whiskey, Nancy Whiskey
She'll ruin you like she ruined me
-
What strange cuisine...
This year we tried some Irish food,
It wasn't very good.
Why people get so excited about
Corn Dogs and Cabbage,
I'll never know...
It wasn't very good.
Why people get so excited about
Corn Dogs and Cabbage,
I'll never know...
Gas went up 10 cents today, who do we hate ?
http://finance.yahoo.com/columnist/article/yourlife/2973?p=1
More 'How not to Ruin Your Life'- Ben Stein
This guy has his finger on the future...
the article is datelined next Monday , the 20th!
The prices you pay for heating oil or gasoline aren't
set in boardrooms in Texas but in trading rooms at
commodities markets all over the world.
...So, when prices go up or down, it's not a conspiracy.
It's panic or confidence in the market.
It's just like what happens on the stock markets
every trading day -- greed or fear at work,
not at the companies being traded but on the exchanges.
The oil companies can either lose or gain from this trading.
... if we keep punishing the companies that in good faith
give us the energy we need to power our lives at market
prices -- which sometimes give them a big profit and
sometimes give them a small one -- eventually,
they'll go away. Or they won't have the ability
to do their jobs as well because of all the
restrictions we've put on them.
More 'How not to Ruin Your Life'- Ben Stein
This guy has his finger on the future...
the article is datelined next Monday , the 20th!
The prices you pay for heating oil or gasoline aren't
set in boardrooms in Texas but in trading rooms at
commodities markets all over the world.
...So, when prices go up or down, it's not a conspiracy.
It's panic or confidence in the market.
It's just like what happens on the stock markets
every trading day -- greed or fear at work,
not at the companies being traded but on the exchanges.
The oil companies can either lose or gain from this trading.
... if we keep punishing the companies that in good faith
give us the energy we need to power our lives at market
prices -- which sometimes give them a big profit and
sometimes give them a small one -- eventually,
they'll go away. Or they won't have the ability
to do their jobs as well because of all the
restrictions we've put on them.
Monday, March 06, 2006
Standards of Life in the Future: Think Grim
Or- "To: Grasshopper From: Ant." By Ben Stein
Good, though grim article.From the
'How Not To Ruin Your Life' series
He doesn't include the biggest obstacle to accumulating wealth
- debt.
He probably mentions it in others in his series.
I look forward to reading it.
The first page carries a couple of tales of declining service,
I think it ironic that when the US started becoming a
'service economy', service went downhill!
Sunday, March 05, 2006
The Best Oscar Night
I saw about 10 seconds of the opening titles
of the Oscars, and turned on the TV at about
10:30, just in time to hear John Stewart
tell everyone to drive safely on the way home.
Caught a link on Drudgereport.com to
see the results. A perfect Oscar night!
of the Oscars, and turned on the TV at about
10:30, just in time to hear John Stewart
tell everyone to drive safely on the way home.
Caught a link on Drudgereport.com to
see the results. A perfect Oscar night!
Thursday, March 02, 2006
Chronicles
Rushing headlong through another week.
The eBay thing is working so-so.
I spent a lot of time for a little money,
need a better handle on what of our stuff pile
should be listed, and what should be in the
garage sale.
Soccer Tournament and Invention
Convention- regional this Saturday.
Libby's Tramp-o-tent idea moves on to the
next level.
Steve has a black eye from a baseball
that skipped off his glove at practice
Sunday and popped him in the cheek.
will post a photo , He looks like a
Tareyton cigarrette ad.
The eBay thing is working so-so.
I spent a lot of time for a little money,
need a better handle on what of our stuff pile
should be listed, and what should be in the
garage sale.
Soccer Tournament and Invention
Convention- regional this Saturday.
Libby's Tramp-o-tent idea moves on to the
next level.
Steve has a black eye from a baseball
that skipped off his glove at practice
Sunday and popped him in the cheek.
will post a photo , He looks like a
Tareyton cigarrette ad.
Wednesday, March 01, 2006
The last full measure of devotion.
On a postal worker eMail list, a lady from California told
us of the death of her son, SPC Clay Farr,a cavalry scout
from California with the 10th Mountain Division in Western Iraq.
The next day at work coworker Russ mentioned,
"Today is an anniversary for me,
40 years ago today I left for Viet Nam."
"Welcome home, Russ. "
I believe that every soldier lays his life down
when he raises his right hand, and signs his name,
most of us get to pick it back up again.
An article in the Bakersfield paper talks of
Clay's selfless, earnest desire to serve his
country and community which shows that his life was
'laid down for his friends' long before it was ended.
I pray God's comfort for all of Clay's
family and friends, and I thank God for Clay and Russ,
there will be a free America only as long as
there are men like them in it.
"Welcome home, Clay."
us of the death of her son, SPC Clay Farr,a cavalry scout
from California with the 10th Mountain Division in Western Iraq.
The next day at work coworker Russ mentioned,
"Today is an anniversary for me,
40 years ago today I left for Viet Nam."
"Welcome home, Russ. "
I believe that every soldier lays his life down
when he raises his right hand, and signs his name,
most of us get to pick it back up again.
An article in the Bakersfield paper talks of
Clay's selfless, earnest desire to serve his
country and community which shows that his life was
'laid down for his friends' long before it was ended.
I pray God's comfort for all of Clay's
family and friends, and I thank God for Clay and Russ,
there will be a free America only as long as
there are men like them in it.
"Welcome home, Clay."
Sunday, February 26, 2006
Tuesday, February 14, 2006
An old hillbilly farmer
An old hillbilly farmer had a wife who nagged him unmercifully.
From morning till night (and sometimes later), she was always complaining
about something. The only time he got any relief was when he was out
plowing with his old mule. He tried to plow a lot.
One day, when he was out plowing, his wife brought him lunch in the field.
He drove the old mule into the shade, sat down on a stump, and began to eat
his lunch. Immediately, his wife began haranguing him again. Complain, nag,
nag; it just went on and on.
All of a sudden, the old mule lashed out with both hind hooves; caught her
smack in the back of the head. Killed her dead on the spot.
At the funeral several days later, the minister noticed something rather odd.
When a woman mourner would approach the old farmer, he would listen for a
minute, then nod his head in agreement; but when a man approached him, he
would listen for a minute, then shake his head in disagreement. This was so
consistent, the minister decided to ask the old farmer about it.
So after the funeral, the minister spoke to the old farmer, and asked him why
he nodded his head and agreed with the women, but always shook his head
and disagreed with all the men.
The old farmer said: "Well, the women would come up and say something
about how nice my wife looked, or how pretty her dress was, so I'd nod my
head in agreement."
"And what about the men?" the minister asked.
"They wanted to know if the mule was for sale."
From morning till night (and sometimes later), she was always complaining
about something. The only time he got any relief was when he was out
plowing with his old mule. He tried to plow a lot.
One day, when he was out plowing, his wife brought him lunch in the field.
He drove the old mule into the shade, sat down on a stump, and began to eat
his lunch. Immediately, his wife began haranguing him again. Complain, nag,
nag; it just went on and on.
All of a sudden, the old mule lashed out with both hind hooves; caught her
smack in the back of the head. Killed her dead on the spot.
At the funeral several days later, the minister noticed something rather odd.
When a woman mourner would approach the old farmer, he would listen for a
minute, then nod his head in agreement; but when a man approached him, he
would listen for a minute, then shake his head in disagreement. This was so
consistent, the minister decided to ask the old farmer about it.
So after the funeral, the minister spoke to the old farmer, and asked him why
he nodded his head and agreed with the women, but always shook his head
and disagreed with all the men.
The old farmer said: "Well, the women would come up and say something
about how nice my wife looked, or how pretty her dress was, so I'd nod my
head in agreement."
"And what about the men?" the minister asked.
"They wanted to know if the mule was for sale."
Monday, February 13, 2006
24
From Dave Barry's blog
a running commentary on each episode.
http://blogs.herald.com/
dave_barrys_blog/2006/02/24_1.html
...And some responses.
My Favorite:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Oh my god!! The vice president just shot some guy!!
Wait ... I don't watch 24 ...
Posted by: Cheryl | 10:27 PM on February 13, 2006
a running commentary on each episode.
http://blogs.herald.com/
dave_barrys_blog/2006/02/24_1.html
...And some responses.
My Favorite:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Oh my god!! The vice president just shot some guy!!
Wait ... I don't watch 24 ...
Posted by: Cheryl | 10:27 PM on February 13, 2006
Saturday, February 11, 2006
Busy week
Busy week, like most.
We went to Dan and Ciel's - friends of ours, Mary used to work with Dan.
Dan sells Home Theatre systems for mansions so we got to watch the game
on a billboard sized screen in HD. Mary even watched most of the game,
it was a great view, except for when the camera was looking over
the Pittsburg D-line and their Right Tackle stuck his fat butt
right into the room, it was pretty gross.
We ate well, Dan has a Cookshack smoker, and smoked and chopped pork roasts
(Boston Butt, how fitting after that visual!) for sandwiches, and potlucked sides and desserts- terrific.
Been working on getting items listed on Ebay,
Old Play Station, Cleats the kids outgrew, and some misc.
I used their software to create the listings, but it is barebones stuff,
I get only error messages as I try to upload the listings.
Frustrating!!
<...20 minutes of frustration later...>
Success!!
Terry and Mary's Friendly Market
Ten hours of work for a few dollars,
just like owning a real store!
We went to Dan and Ciel's - friends of ours, Mary used to work with Dan.
Dan sells Home Theatre systems for mansions so we got to watch the game
on a billboard sized screen in HD. Mary even watched most of the game,
it was a great view, except for when the camera was looking over
the Pittsburg D-line and their Right Tackle stuck his fat butt
right into the room, it was pretty gross.
We ate well, Dan has a Cookshack smoker, and smoked and chopped pork roasts
(Boston Butt, how fitting after that visual!) for sandwiches, and potlucked sides and desserts- terrific.
Been working on getting items listed on Ebay,
Old Play Station, Cleats the kids outgrew, and some misc.
I used their software to create the listings, but it is barebones stuff,
I get only error messages as I try to upload the listings.
Frustrating!!
<...20 minutes of frustration later...>
Success!!
Ten hours of work for a few dollars,
just like owning a real store!
Friday, February 03, 2006
Western Union Telegrams. Stop.
This just in…
“The Jack Benny Show “ and “The Shadow”
won’t be on the radio tonight.
Who knew anyone sent telegrams?
The first telegram was "What Hath God Wrought?"
I wonder what the last one contained?
"Yo,dude,lookie what Man did!" ??
From Pajamas Theater 3000
http://www.pjt3k.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-t.cgi/39
The Ultimate Legacy Media Concludes
Don Surber writes:
Western Union Telegrams. Stop.
Why? The company stopped telegraphing on Friday. No one noticed until Wednesday.
Wow, and I thought VHS was passé.
(Via Pajamas Media.)
“The Jack Benny Show “ and “The Shadow”
won’t be on the radio tonight.
Who knew anyone sent telegrams?
The first telegram was "What Hath God Wrought?"
I wonder what the last one contained?
"Yo,dude,lookie what Man did!" ??
From Pajamas Theater 3000
http://www.pjt3k.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-t.cgi/39
The Ultimate Legacy Media Concludes
Don Surber writes:
Western Union Telegrams. Stop.
Why? The company stopped telegraphing on Friday. No one noticed until Wednesday.
Wow, and I thought VHS was passé.
(Via Pajamas Media.)
A Letter Carrier from Goleta writes the following updates about the postal shootings in Santa Barbara
A Letter Carrier from Goleta writes
the following updates about the postal shootings in Santa Barbara.
I found the information about the victims touching, the info about the
killer interesting.
What a sad sudden end for 6 folks who were just doing their jobs.
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:January 31st 7:00 pm PST
Latest News of the postal shooting at the Santa Barbara Processing &Distribution Center on Storke Road in Goleta, California. There are six confirmed fatalities including the shooter,Jennifer (44), who took her ownlife. Dexter, 58, lived in Oxnard and had +30 years with the USPS. Maleka,28, lived in Santa Barbara and was known for her long hair that extended toher waist. Witnesses have told us that the shooter headed straight forMaleka, she was definitely targeted. Nicky, 42, of Lompoc, was the daughterof the APWU shop steward Lou Gross. Zee, 37, lived in Santa Barbara. Lupe,52, lived in Lompoc. One survivor, Charlotte, remains in a medically-inducedcoma in intensive care. Charlotte has three children with the oldestafflicted by Cerebral Palsy.A lot of speculation has gone on about thesequence of events. The facts are that two victims were killed in theparking lot. Two victims were shot at the employee entrance, one survived -Charlotte. Three victims were found deceasedinside the building including the shooter.Post-shooting fallout.....Carriers reported to work today at the Goleta PostOffice. There was no letter mail....no residual letters ....no DPS...nosecond-class flats. Carriers cased third-class flats and hot case mail. Wedid have advos, otherwise half my customers would of received no mail today.Most carriers felt that postal deliveries should have been canceled fortoday. Postmaster gave a standup and read the PMG statement. When asked ifcarriers would be granted administrative leave if they finished their routesearly, Postmaster would only say "I'll get back to you on that."Contrary to the bad joke going around, our flag wasn't at half mast thismorning. One callous move by a supervisor was when the supervisor left3971's at everyone's cases after the standup. The assumption was carrierswould take LWOP or annual leave when they returned early. Here is a releaseby the Commission for Violence in the Workplace that was releasedtoday...what great timing.
http://www.usps.com/communications/
P.S. Customer support on the route and on the street was been great!(Goleta Post Office)Branch 290Santa Barbara
Message: 5Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2006 16:52:11 -0800
I've got to ask what you think the Postal Service should have done forJennifer in the 2+ years since she was removed. What employer, anywhere,would have or could have done anything?
Yes, everyone here agrees that Jennifer's behavior was erratic prior to her being forceably removed from the workfloor by the Santa Barbara Sheriff's Office. She was placed on an involuntary 72 hour hold after a psychiatric evaluation. I have almost as little knowledge about what happened after her discharge as you. Maybe, the post office sought help for Jennifer. Maybe, the post office had a standup and informed everyone that the post office thought Jennifer was a danger to herself and others. I don't know ... but my past experience is they do nothing until after there is a crisis. After 9-11, our postmaster refused to allow the morning food truck to drive to the back of our post office at break time. They were a security risk! But the rear of our facility is public parking for our customers and anyone and everyone can drive to the rear of our building to drop off mail or walk to the front. Postal Insanity...I'm still mad that I can't get my breakfast burrito!! I can't blame Jennifer's actions on management .... yet. We don't know what happened to her during six years of postal service. I am just cynical when others are quick to label a former employee as a suddenly psychotic former postal employee. She was 44 years old. Why didn't she kill coworkers at a former job before the post office. What motivates someone to hold a grudge over more than two years and travel from two states away to carry out an act of retribution. Something definitely snapped when she was dragged out of the Santa Barbara PD&C and now she came back for vengeance. Could a mental health caseworker have made a difference? I don't know if anyone tried to help Jennifer after she was removed from the postal service. Has the postal service helped the survivors of previous postal shootings...at Edmond, Oklahoma or Royal Oak, Michigan.
Update....3:00 PM PST Santa Barbara Sheriff Press Conference
Plant will remain closed till this weekend. Charlotte, 44, died this morning at Cottage Hospital in Santa Barbara. Another victim (non-postal) has been found at a residence on Overpass Road in Goleta near where Jennifer lived. Beverly was shot inside her residence between 7:15 - 8:15 PM prior to the shootings at the plant (9:15 PM). Another detail released by the Sheriff was that Jennifer was in Los Angeles at 11:00 AM on January 30th (the day of the shootings) One reporter asked if the Sheriff's Office could confirm that Jennifer was shouting obscenities and racial epitaphs at her coworkers when she had been forceably removed form the facility....Sheriff said he had no knowledge of that but it raised the question if this was racially motivated. Jennifer was white and all her victims were black, hispanic and Filipino at the plant shootings. Beverly, her former neighbor, was white. More information, more mystery. I've been told that Jennifer had cut her hair extremely short, like a flattop or "butch" haircut. Definitely different than the photo on the news. I'll try to report the facts but when I get sidetracked, please realize it is only my opinion and you're welcome to agree or disagree with it. None of the victims at the plant were in any supervisory position over Jennifer. It is reported she forced an employee at gunpoint to give her an employee's card to access the building and that employee was not harmed. "My opinion" is that Jennifer targeted certain co-workers, she was on a mission of retribution. In other rampage style killings, the shooters had already justified their actions in their own mind. The unusual part of this case is that the shooting was carried out by a female, very rare for a woman to kill multiple individuals. Even rarer is a woman who carries out a murder and then commits suicide. Woman normally do not see suicide as a way out...this was told to me by a police detective. Santa Barbara>>
Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2006 08:07:58 -0800 (PST)From:
-1February 1st 7:30 AM PST Working in Goleta is not any more stressful than working anywhere else in the country and probably is a lot less stressful than some of your work environments. We are all shocked that a former employee felt so much anger and bitterness that she felt compelled to return after two years to carry out this act of retribution. But, can we say that if she had worked for UPS, K-mart, or McDonalds, she would still have gone on a killing spree...I doubt it. Jennifer had worked with her victims, she had exhibited bizarre behavior, and she was forcefully removed from the workplace kicking and screaming. Do you just throw an employee out the door like a bag of garbage. What help was given Jennifer in the past two years by the post office...A letter of removal. At this point, we don't know what motivated Jennifer to kill. But whatever it was, it was personal between her and her victims. "Beware a woman scorned" may have been appropriate in this case. The trouble with workplace violence in the post office is that it can become a self-fullfilling prophecy. The more it happens, the more it becomes an accepted form of dealing with the problems of our workplace. I feel this was definitely a case of the wrong person in the wrong job. I have never understood why the postal service creates so many stressful working conditions on it's employees but that is the nature of the beast. Some managers seem to handle it while others do not. Day 2 ....manager said the plant will still be closed, no DPS. Heaven help us on Thursday. (Goleta Post Office) Santa Barbara Branch 290
Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2006 19:46:01 -0800 Subject: [ ] The post-shooting "can't we all work together"feel good
Today's fifteen minute standup seemed to me to say "Put on a happy face"
Highlights were ....
"the post office was not responsible for the actions of a former disgruntled employee and that nobody knows her motivation. Do not talk to customers or media about this incident or any other problems in the post office. We don't want to give them (media) anything to put a spin on. Problems in the post office should be dealt with inside the post office. If questioned, give them the public number for our post office (1-800-PLS-HOLD) where operators will be able to give them another number for them to call." (Seriously, I am not making this up except fOR the 1-800 number..lol) Supervisor A D, visiting from her job as postmaster of Santa Maria (they send more supervisors during time of crisis), gave the standup. Let's see...she promised things will get better around here. The new district manager K W is "very proactive and can put a good spin on even the worst situations". His assistant and MPO is S N (who survived a scandal with a female employee who turned him in for engaging in an on-the-job tryst ...). A said "K is now approving the hiring of new employees" whereas Ann admitted that the postal service had frozen the hiring and replacement of workers in the past. A said she started at Santa Maria with twenty-three ptf's and now she only had seven who were all on opts. Part of the standup dealt with reporting any threats made my coworkers or customers against the post office. Customer support has been overwhelmingly positive but we did have one incident where a customer was screaming at a ptf that she wanted her check and she didn't care what had happened on Monday. Announcement was made that the Santa Barbara Processing & Distribution Plant would reopen at 9:00 AM attended by PMG Jack Potter and other high-ranking postal officials. Six EAP trailers would receive employees reporting to work and the employees would be broken into groups, counseled and debriefed, then escorted inside the building by counselors. Shifts would be starting at 9:OO AM/ 4:00 PM/11:00PM but not at 9:00 PM. We were told not to expect too much mail...the mail is already delayed and they are not trying to push through all the delayed mail. We have had very little letter mail since Monday and no DPS. Sad note...the funerals. The post office is allowing those who wish to attend the services time off. At the end of the standup, A made a statement that "she" could get more room in our cases or expand the cases if carriers made the request through her. Somewhere over the rainbow...... If I only had a brain!
the following updates about the postal shootings in Santa Barbara.
I found the information about the victims touching, the info about the
killer interesting.
What a sad sudden end for 6 folks who were just doing their jobs.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
:January 31st 7:00 pm PST
Latest News of the postal shooting at the Santa Barbara Processing &Distribution Center on Storke Road in Goleta, California. There are six confirmed fatalities including the shooter,Jennifer (44), who took her ownlife. Dexter, 58, lived in Oxnard and had +30 years with the USPS. Maleka,28, lived in Santa Barbara and was known for her long hair that extended toher waist. Witnesses have told us that the shooter headed straight forMaleka, she was definitely targeted. Nicky, 42, of Lompoc, was the daughterof the APWU shop steward Lou Gross. Zee, 37, lived in Santa Barbara. Lupe,52, lived in Lompoc. One survivor, Charlotte, remains in a medically-inducedcoma in intensive care. Charlotte has three children with the oldestafflicted by Cerebral Palsy.A lot of speculation has gone on about thesequence of events. The facts are that two victims were killed in theparking lot. Two victims were shot at the employee entrance, one survived -Charlotte. Three victims were found deceasedinside the building including the shooter.Post-shooting fallout.....Carriers reported to work today at the Goleta PostOffice. There was no letter mail....no residual letters ....no DPS...nosecond-class flats. Carriers cased third-class flats and hot case mail. Wedid have advos, otherwise half my customers would of received no mail today.Most carriers felt that postal deliveries should have been canceled fortoday. Postmaster gave a standup and read the PMG statement. When asked ifcarriers would be granted administrative leave if they finished their routesearly, Postmaster would only say "I'll get back to you on that."Contrary to the bad joke going around, our flag wasn't at half mast thismorning. One callous move by a supervisor was when the supervisor left3971's at everyone's cases after the standup. The assumption was carrierswould take LWOP or annual leave when they returned early. Here is a releaseby the Commission for Violence in the Workplace that was releasedtoday...what great timing.
http://www.usps.com/communications/
P.S. Customer support on the route and on the street was been great!(Goleta Post Office)Branch 290Santa Barbara
Message: 5Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2006 16:52:11 -0800
I've got to ask what you think the Postal Service should have done forJennifer in the 2+ years since she was removed. What employer, anywhere,would have or could have done anything?
Yes, everyone here agrees that Jennifer's behavior was erratic prior to her being forceably removed from the workfloor by the Santa Barbara Sheriff's Office. She was placed on an involuntary 72 hour hold after a psychiatric evaluation. I have almost as little knowledge about what happened after her discharge as you. Maybe, the post office sought help for Jennifer. Maybe, the post office had a standup and informed everyone that the post office thought Jennifer was a danger to herself and others. I don't know ... but my past experience is they do nothing until after there is a crisis. After 9-11, our postmaster refused to allow the morning food truck to drive to the back of our post office at break time. They were a security risk! But the rear of our facility is public parking for our customers and anyone and everyone can drive to the rear of our building to drop off mail or walk to the front. Postal Insanity...I'm still mad that I can't get my breakfast burrito!! I can't blame Jennifer's actions on management .... yet. We don't know what happened to her during six years of postal service. I am just cynical when others are quick to label a former employee as a suddenly psychotic former postal employee. She was 44 years old. Why didn't she kill coworkers at a former job before the post office. What motivates someone to hold a grudge over more than two years and travel from two states away to carry out an act of retribution. Something definitely snapped when she was dragged out of the Santa Barbara PD&C and now she came back for vengeance. Could a mental health caseworker have made a difference? I don't know if anyone tried to help Jennifer after she was removed from the postal service. Has the postal service helped the survivors of previous postal shootings...at Edmond, Oklahoma or Royal Oak, Michigan.
Update....3:00 PM PST Santa Barbara Sheriff Press Conference
Plant will remain closed till this weekend. Charlotte, 44, died this morning at Cottage Hospital in Santa Barbara. Another victim (non-postal) has been found at a residence on Overpass Road in Goleta near where Jennifer lived. Beverly was shot inside her residence between 7:15 - 8:15 PM prior to the shootings at the plant (9:15 PM). Another detail released by the Sheriff was that Jennifer was in Los Angeles at 11:00 AM on January 30th (the day of the shootings) One reporter asked if the Sheriff's Office could confirm that Jennifer was shouting obscenities and racial epitaphs at her coworkers when she had been forceably removed form the facility....Sheriff said he had no knowledge of that but it raised the question if this was racially motivated. Jennifer was white and all her victims were black, hispanic and Filipino at the plant shootings. Beverly, her former neighbor, was white. More information, more mystery. I've been told that Jennifer had cut her hair extremely short, like a flattop or "butch" haircut. Definitely different than the photo on the news. I'll try to report the facts but when I get sidetracked, please realize it is only my opinion and you're welcome to agree or disagree with it. None of the victims at the plant were in any supervisory position over Jennifer. It is reported she forced an employee at gunpoint to give her an employee's card to access the building and that employee was not harmed. "My opinion" is that Jennifer targeted certain co-workers, she was on a mission of retribution. In other rampage style killings, the shooters had already justified their actions in their own mind. The unusual part of this case is that the shooting was carried out by a female, very rare for a woman to kill multiple individuals. Even rarer is a woman who carries out a murder and then commits suicide. Woman normally do not see suicide as a way out...this was told to me by a police detective. Santa Barbara>>
Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2006 08:07:58 -0800 (PST)From:
-1February 1st 7:30 AM PST Working in Goleta is not any more stressful than working anywhere else in the country and probably is a lot less stressful than some of your work environments. We are all shocked that a former employee felt so much anger and bitterness that she felt compelled to return after two years to carry out this act of retribution. But, can we say that if she had worked for UPS, K-mart, or McDonalds, she would still have gone on a killing spree...I doubt it. Jennifer had worked with her victims, she had exhibited bizarre behavior, and she was forcefully removed from the workplace kicking and screaming. Do you just throw an employee out the door like a bag of garbage. What help was given Jennifer in the past two years by the post office...A letter of removal. At this point, we don't know what motivated Jennifer to kill. But whatever it was, it was personal between her and her victims. "Beware a woman scorned" may have been appropriate in this case. The trouble with workplace violence in the post office is that it can become a self-fullfilling prophecy. The more it happens, the more it becomes an accepted form of dealing with the problems of our workplace. I feel this was definitely a case of the wrong person in the wrong job. I have never understood why the postal service creates so many stressful working conditions on it's employees but that is the nature of the beast. Some managers seem to handle it while others do not. Day 2 ....manager said the plant will still be closed, no DPS. Heaven help us on Thursday. (Goleta Post Office) Santa Barbara Branch 290
Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2006 19:46:01 -0800 Subject: [ ] The post-shooting "can't we all work together"feel good
Today's fifteen minute standup seemed to me to say "Put on a happy face"
Highlights were ....
"the post office was not responsible for the actions of a former disgruntled employee and that nobody knows her motivation. Do not talk to customers or media about this incident or any other problems in the post office. We don't want to give them (media) anything to put a spin on. Problems in the post office should be dealt with inside the post office. If questioned, give them the public number for our post office (1-800-PLS-HOLD) where operators will be able to give them another number for them to call." (Seriously, I am not making this up except fOR the 1-800 number..lol) Supervisor A D, visiting from her job as postmaster of Santa Maria (they send more supervisors during time of crisis), gave the standup. Let's see...she promised things will get better around here. The new district manager K W is "very proactive and can put a good spin on even the worst situations". His assistant and MPO is S N (who survived a scandal with a female employee who turned him in for engaging in an on-the-job tryst ...). A said "K is now approving the hiring of new employees" whereas Ann admitted that the postal service had frozen the hiring and replacement of workers in the past. A said she started at Santa Maria with twenty-three ptf's and now she only had seven who were all on opts. Part of the standup dealt with reporting any threats made my coworkers or customers against the post office. Customer support has been overwhelmingly positive but we did have one incident where a customer was screaming at a ptf that she wanted her check and she didn't care what had happened on Monday. Announcement was made that the Santa Barbara Processing & Distribution Plant would reopen at 9:00 AM attended by PMG Jack Potter and other high-ranking postal officials. Six EAP trailers would receive employees reporting to work and the employees would be broken into groups, counseled and debriefed, then escorted inside the building by counselors. Shifts would be starting at 9:OO AM/ 4:00 PM/11:00PM but not at 9:00 PM. We were told not to expect too much mail...the mail is already delayed and they are not trying to push through all the delayed mail. We have had very little letter mail since Monday and no DPS. Sad note...the funerals. The post office is allowing those who wish to attend the services time off. At the end of the standup, A made a statement that "she" could get more room in our cases or expand the cases if carriers made the request through her. Somewhere over the rainbow...... If I only had a brain!
Thursday, February 02, 2006
Wednesday, February 01, 2006
Men of Honor Dinner
My son (13) and I went to a men's dinner at Church last night.
Great meal, good entertainment, recognition of men for work in
various ministries in our local church- a few of which I wasn't aware of .
I was honored with a framed certificate and a cool travel cup
for working with the preschoolers. It's nice to be appreciated,
though the 2-3 hours I spend every other Sunday is dwarfed
by the time and talent given by so many other guys.
I was humbled to stand with them, and encouraged to press in
to Christ, and press onward to His plan for the ministry He has me in.
I get to lead the kids in praise and worship.
Kids are so honest, if they are not participating,
they show it on their face and in their actions, while adults
can look like they are praising God, worshiping him,
and their mind can be elsewhere.
When the kids get an understanding of who God is, and respond to Him,
its a beautiful thing, a powerful thing, a necessary thing.
They don't worship a "junior Jesus" or a "pint-sized Holy Spirit"
as David and Kathie Walters have written
http://www.goodnews.netministries.org/Church&Children.htm
We must learn to see as God sees. When Pharaoh's daughter saw Moses, she saw a no doubt cute little baby, but when God saw Moses in the little basket, He saw Genesis, Exodus, Deuteronomy, Leviticus, & Numbers. God has big vision.
It isn't the size of their understanding, it's the size of their God that makes all the difference.
True for us (supposed ) grown-ups too!
Great meal, good entertainment, recognition of men for work in
various ministries in our local church- a few of which I wasn't aware of .
I was honored with a framed certificate and a cool travel cup
for working with the preschoolers. It's nice to be appreciated,
though the 2-3 hours I spend every other Sunday is dwarfed
by the time and talent given by so many other guys.
I was humbled to stand with them, and encouraged to press in
to Christ, and press onward to His plan for the ministry He has me in.
I get to lead the kids in praise and worship.
Kids are so honest, if they are not participating,
they show it on their face and in their actions, while adults
can look like they are praising God, worshiping him,
and their mind can be elsewhere.
When the kids get an understanding of who God is, and respond to Him,
its a beautiful thing, a powerful thing, a necessary thing.
They don't worship a "junior Jesus" or a "pint-sized Holy Spirit"
as David and Kathie Walters have written
http://www.goodnews.netministries.org/Church&Children.htm
We must learn to see as God sees. When Pharaoh's daughter saw Moses, she saw a no doubt cute little baby, but when God saw Moses in the little basket, He saw Genesis, Exodus, Deuteronomy, Leviticus, & Numbers. God has big vision.
It isn't the size of their understanding, it's the size of their God that makes all the difference.
True for us (supposed ) grown-ups too!
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