UPDATE

Sep 24, 2003 | This Life

Update:

Re: Archives– My archives are a MESS. I have NO idea what is going on with them… and frankly, I’m tired of trying to fix it. I will say tho, that in the process of trying create a solution I had a great time reading all the old posts. I crack myself up… which is a good thing–considering my track record with other people.

Re: Guilt– Of course… it would help for haloscan to not be on the fritz for you to comment. Otherwise… it’s all a bit pointless, isn’t it? Sheesh… (stumbles off to ponder the notion of Karma)

Heaping Pile of Guilt

Sep 24, 2003 | You Can't Make This Stuff Up

Here, Have a Heaping Pile of Guilt

A message from management:

You know who you are… yes, you do. And we know who you are, too. LURKER. Yep, that’s right. We are calling you OUT! We know you are just cruising this site, thinking you haven’t left a trace. But you have. We know you are there… How? We use the FORCE, goofball. So… what does this mean to you?

Well you have two choices.

Choice A: You can actually comment for a change. Change is good. Really. It’s not that difficult… you just click on the link below the post and type away. It doesn’t even have to be on topic (although it’s nice once in awhile if it is on topic… just to appease the author, who has a God complex). OR…

Choice B: You can keep lurking and face the WALL OF SHAME. (dun dun dun!) We mean it, this time. We are gonna name names and sing like a canary. This is your last warning…

Blogger Hell

Sep 23, 2003 | Changes

blogger hell

Building on a theme here… and considering this is hell week for me anyhow. I am struggling with blogger like crazy. Evidently, they won’t support Midi files on my site… unless I upgrade to Blogger Pro–which, coincidently, they no longer offer. This just BLOWS all my Halloween plans for the site. Joy Joy. They also seem to be refusing to support my archive template. Which, I recreated, repasted into the editor, relinked and republished… TWICE. Still no go. You know, while I love to stare at unintelligible strings of symbols, there is only so much free time in the day to look at code. HTML isn’t supposed to be this complicated. Is it just me, or has this solution gone to hell since it got bought by GOOGLE? UGH.

Ok… so that’s my day. Now, I have to go power sleep so I can get through the rest of my week (two exams and a paper) Someone just shoot me now.

This Just In

Sep 21, 2003 | You Can't Make This Stuff Up

This just in

Email From Carl:

Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn’t mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a total mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe.

amzanig huh?

(doubtful, but funny. Heh. Don’t try it in Greek)

Update: I have a sneaking feeling this one is making its rounds on the web. I decided to do my part and help out in the fight to stop those pesky Urban Legends by not forewarding the email. I just posted it on my site, instead. (giggles at the irony here) It doesn’t stop anyone from c/p it into a doc and sending it along. But… at least it won’t be my email address attached to the damg thing. (note… if you do c/p it into a doc, don’t spell check it. DUH)

Let Those Who Have Ears

Sep 21, 2003 | This Life

Let those who have ears…

The first service that one owes to others in the fellowship consists in listening to them. Just as love to God begins with listening to His Word, so the beginning of love for our brothers and sisters is learning to listen to them. Christians, especially ministers, so often think they must always contribute something when they are in the company of others. They forget that listening can be a greater service than speaking. Many people are looking for an ear that will listen. They do not find it among Christians, because these Christians are talking where they should be listening. But the person who can no longer listen to others will soon be no longer listening to God either. This is the beginning of the death of the spiritual life, and in th end there is nothing left but spiritual chatter and clerical condescension arrayed in pious works. Christians have forgotten that the ministry of listening has been committed to them by the One who is the great listener and whose work they should share. We should listen with ears of God that we may speak the Word of God. ~~Dietrich Bonhoeffer