A long day

Time seems to go by slowly on some days.  Yesterday and today seem to be a pair of ones.  I tried to tell my daughter that it was a long day yesterday and she looked at me strange.  I could see the cogs going in her head and before she could say anything I said, 'well technically it has been 24 hours, but it feels longer'.

Yesterday and today have been convocation days at the college that I work at. As part of the team that takes care of the multimedia and the computers I get to put in long days to make sure things go right when these events take place, and this semester it was on my campus. Rooms had to be set up, projectors made sure to be running, etc.  You get the idea.

I did get one blessing though.  I changed jobs abruptly in the college and because of that had to change shifts that I was working. That meant that I lost the two classes that I was going to teach.  Teaching brings in the extra $ that I need.  I thought that nothing could be done. But a little faith and prayer and a little putting out of feelers that I was available (the Bible does say 'faith works'), helped me get one class to teach out of the two. While it would have been better to have the two, I am sure that God will provide.

You can do it... we can help

Had an interesting night tonight.  Last night I replaced the float assembly in the toilet tank. In doing so, the old  metal pipe that was coming out of the wall which already had a kink in it got a worse kink.  In doing so, the old metal (probably original pipe from the 60s or 70s) got fatigue and started spraying water.

My thought was to get some JB Weld to try to seal the pipe.  So with some money in my pocket I headed out to the Home Depot.  The wonderful woman at the South Tulsa store talked me out of the weld and suggested that I try to replace the pipe with a new type mesh hose.  I was not sure that I had the skills but she talked me into it.  Well it took two trips to get all the parts needed, and a lot of help from my 14 year old daughter Annie, and it was after 10 when I was done, and it took a few disassembles and reassembles.  But we got it all done.  And afterwards we sat down to some Ice Cream and the first David Tennant  episode of Doctor Who.

I really could have used his screw driver thought.....

 

FOXNews.com - U.S. Atheists Reportedly Using Hair Dryers to 'De-Baptize'

FOXNews.com - U.S. Atheists Reportedly Using Hair Dryers to 'De-Baptize': "American atheists lined up to be 'de-baptized' in a ritual using a hair dryer, according to a report Friday on U.S. late-night news program 'Nightline.'

Leading atheist Edwin Kagin blasted his fellow non-believers with the hair dryer to symbolically dry up the holy water sprinkled on their heads in days past. The styling tool was emblazoned with a label reading 'Reason and Truth.'"

I kind of find this interesting even if it is a few weeks old. It seems that it is OK to make fun of the way that Christians do things. Now to be fair, they make fun of infant baptism, a thing that I do not believe in but accept that some do. But what gives these people the right to make fun of beliefs. If a Christian was to do the same about their beliefs, they would be intolerant Bible thumping fanatics. If they do it, they are trying to open our eyes to the truth.

Seems they might have a bit more faith they they claim, they seem to think that we do not have the truth and that they do.

Do people think before they create advertisement?

Sitting at lunch, reading the company magazine. They want us to sell USB sticks so they have an ad in it for colored USB sticks. Picture has a tween girl sitting at a computer. Now the kicker! The colors; fearless red, aqua blue, ... Lolita. Excuse me, did any one stop to think about this?