Where Are The Wise Men?

This is just the first part of a two person conversation about the nature of work and how it relates to our Christian faith. Did I say “two person”?  Why, yes I did — Dave will be talking blogging about it too.  Right here.  On this blog.I’m not sure why Dave wants to do this, [...]

In the past couple of days, I’ve been forced to use an application that I really absolutely detest. I cringe every time I have to use it and every time it just frustrates the heck out of me. That application is Microsoft Word.

If I just have to write something short and sweet, Word [...]

This is how we learned that Leah has a stash of magic markers in her room.  And we also learned that just because she’s quiet after we put her to bed doesn’t necessarily mean that she’s sleeping.

Oh, and we are thankful that Crayola markers are just as washable as they advertise.

Let me give you one of the strangest websites I’ve seen in a while: the promo website for the book No One Belongs Here More Than You. 

It’s strange in a good way.  Highly creative, it took everything everyone has said about creating a good website, folded it into a neat little ball, and dropped kicked [...]

Dave’s comment on the Lord’s Supper echoed my own during the Maundy Thursday service at our church. And still does, as I contemplate it. Our pastor always does a fine job in all his services, but he does it up even better on reflexive days such as Maundy Thursday. Last night, he made [...]

From Reuters: Early U.S. Daylight Savings a bust in power savings

Gina and I have always said that the people who invented Daily Savings Time must not have ever been parents of small children, for the wreck it causes to them.  Leah has just gotten adjusted to it.

So if the Energy Department has always said [...]

Okay, so I’m behind the Eight Ball. But I’m using Jython 2.2b1 and finally had a reason to use generators. Of course, we are back in 2.2-land, so our first line is this:

from <strong>future</strong> import generators

Then here is my function. Generators are very nice for processes the result of a SQL query!

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<p>def getResults(): conn [...]

I realized that my login name is going to be changing at work, so I better backup all my files. Be they Word files, config files, or scripts that I have written, I don’t want to lose them alll, or just simply have the hassle of having to have a backup restored.

Almost everything I [...]

The latest issue of our denominational newsletter, The Banner, just came out. There’s an article about how the CRC is looking at adopting The Belhar Confession. And this got me curious and then to thinking about this serious undertaking.

Wikipedia has a good explanation and summary of The Belhar Confession. It has an interesting [...]