Tech support form I would like to see.
*I.T Department Computer Problem Self-Report Form*

*I.T Department Computer Problem Self-Report Form*

1. Describe your problem: ______________________________

2. Now, describe your problem accurately: _________________

3. Speculate wildly about the cause of the problem: __________

4. Problem Severity:
A. Minor__ B. Minor__ C. Minor__ D. Trivial__

5. Nature of the problem:
A. Locked Up__ B. Frozen__ C. Hung__ D. Shot__

6. Is your computer plugged in? Yes__ No__

7. Is it turned on? Yes__ No__

8. Have you tried to fix it yourself? Yes__ No__

9. Have you made it worse? Yes__

10. Have you read the manual? Yes__ No__

11. Are you sure you've read the manual? Yes__ No__

12. Are you absolutely certain you've read the manual? No__

13. Do you think you understood it? Yes__ No__

14. If `Yes,' then why can't you fix the problem yourself?____________

15. How tall are you? Are you above this line? ___________________

16. What were you doing with your computer at the time the problem
occurred?
________________________________

17. If 'nothing,' explain why you were logged in: ___________________

18. Are you sure you aren't imagining the problem? Yes__ No__

19. How does this problem make you feel? _______________________

20. Tell me about your childhood: _______________________________

21. Do you have any independent witnesses of the problem? Yes__ No__

22. Can't you do something else, instead of bothering me? Yes__

BBC NEWS | Entertainment | White House 'tried to block film':

"Film studio Disney had backed out of a deal to distribute the film in the US for political reasons, Moore says.
He has given no evidence to substantiate his allegations, but said 'someone connected to the White House' and a 'top Republican' had put pressure on film companies not to release the film."

If Bush had made statements like this about Moore, then he could be held to slander laws. But Moore can make statements like this with out proof and we are supposed to believe him. I was born during the day, not yesterday!

Gentle Ministries - A Missed Opportunity?
Some thoughts about The Passion movie by Mel Gisbson.

BLACKFIVE: Taking Chance Home
Just read it, no other comments are needed by me.

The New York Times > Sports > Baseball > Schilling's Interlocking Letters Are More Than They Seem
to obad they do not show the image, but the article says that instead of a NY on the hat, it says YH standing for Yankees hater. Thanks Curt, got to love anything that digs at the Yankees.

BBC NEWS | UK | Magazine | Glimpse inside the virtual church
Can't tear yourself away form the computer to go to church, no problem, it will come to you.....

Yahoo! News - HIV scare hits LA porn stars
It goes to show you, you do not want to get AIDS or HIV, do not have sex outside of marrige. When will they get it straight.

8-year-old escapes cupcake-tossing charge; Mother agrees driver had cause to be upset | The Patriot Ledger at SouthofBoston.com
Oh the humanity, this poor boy will be scared for the rest of his life. Being punished for throwing a cupcake at pick-up truck. You know what, I AGREE WITH IT. Ground the kid for life!

Yahoo! News - Actors Whip Easter Bunny at Church Show:

"People who attended Saturday's performance at Glassport's memorial stadium quoted performers as saying, 'There is no Easter bunny,' and described the show as being a demonstration of how Jesus was crucified.

Melissa Salzmann, who brought her 4-year-old son J.T., said the program was inappropriate for young children. 'He was crying and asking me why the bunny was being whipped,' Salzmann said. "

While I disagree with the way the message was presented, I do not disagree with the message. Easter, like Chistmas, has become a mockery of what it truly is to mean. The Church was wrong in the way they did things though, whipping an Easter Bunny does not score points with those who you are witnessing to, unless they are masochist.

Yahoo! News - Washington Delivers Partisan Pranks
so what makes this day any different than any other when it comes to Washington Politics.
Oh, this is the day they are supposed to be telling lies and make it humorous... I get it.

Science & Technology: news from swissinfo

The “Memory USB” army knife includes a “flash memory stick”, a piece of technology which has become increasingly popular with computer users over the past few months.

But can you get it passed Airport Security?
To me, an example of a useless product. Wonder what my marketing class might say?

Yahoo! News - Report: Group Claims Truce With Spain:

"CAIRO, Egypt - The Islamic militant group that claimed responsibility for last week's Madrid train bombings has called a truce with Spain to give the new government time to withdraw troops from Iraq (news - web sites), a London-based Arabic-language newspaper said Wednesday. "

Jack Nicholson as the Joker said it best..."Have you ever danced with the devil in the pale moonlight?"
Did Europe learn nothing from Hitler and World War 2? Are those who fail to learn from history doomed to repeat it (and the rest of us go along for the ride?

Humor found somewhere else on the Internet.

Four baseball fans, each from a Major League city, are climbing a mountain. On the way to the top, each is arguing about how loyal they are to their team, and what they would do for their team.

As the climb progresses, the odds increase. Upon reaching the top, the Red Sox fan shouts, “This is for the Sox!” and hurls himself off the top.

Not to be outdone, the Braves fan yells, “I love Atlanta- this is for the Braves!” and he jumps off, too.

A moment goes by… Suddenly the Mets fan shouts, “This is for everybody!” and pushes the Yankees fan off.

I could not have said this better if I had written it myself...

I don't pronounce my R's.
I call a garbage can a barrel, a liquor store a packie, a water fountain a bubbla, a milkshake a frappe.
I root for a team who has not won a World Series since 1918.
I say Larry Bird is the greatest basketball player. Ted Williams IS the greatest hitter.
To me any place west of Rte. 128 is the boonies and Cape Cod is a little piece of Heaven down here on Earth.
The best thing on a summer night is Fenway Franks off the grill.
I ride on the T.
I know better than to swim in the Charles River, but I do love that Dirty Water.
I yell YANKEES SUCK when the Red Sox are playing the Tigers.


I am a Bostonian and I'm damn proud of it.




♥ [Red Sox News]

I have a solution

March 11 - The Red Sox opening game poses a dilemma for Catholics. The game is scheduled for Good Friday. And what goes with baseball more than a hot dog? [Red Sox News]

Real simple, as an ex-Catholic I know the system well. Go to the game, have your hotdog, and the next day go to confession and ask forgiveness. That is how the system works for everything else.

"In Iraq, a man believed to be a lieutenant of Osama bin Laden has released an audiocassette in which he reportedly mocks President Bush. So apparently he's running for president too, I guess."

-JAY LENO, during his "Tonight Show" monologue on NBC.

- - - -

"It really kind of looks like now that John Kerry is on his way to the presidential nomination. The only thing that can sink John Kerry now is an Al Gore endorsement."

-David Letterman during his monologue on CBS's "The Late Show."

AP Wire | 02/17/2004 | Judge compels Great Plains to return jets
Hinesight is wonderful, but I never did find the City of Tulsa putting up Air Force Plant #1, but then again I do not live in the City so it was not my call. Unfortunately, someone is going topay the bills, and the City cannot really afford it. Thank you Susan Savage...

A facinating read. I am not a big fan of NASCAR, I watch a race from time to time, but this glance into its roots.....

From the sand to asphalt

PONCE INLET, Fla. -- From where he stands, 72-year-old Webber Johnson can't smell the burning rubber. He can't hear the roaring engines. And he doesn't see any fans. There are no barbecues to smell, beers to drink or danger to worry about.

It is completely serene. The only sound is that of the Atlantic Ocean, its waves crashing together before crawling their way to the tip of his feet. Between tides, Johnson takes a deep breath, grabs his wife Marge's hands and remembers.

"They... [ESPN.com]

Traffic accident on Tulsa's Riverside Drive | KOTV - The News On Six
Look at the picture here and folks remember, if you drink, do not drive!

The Soft drink tax fizzles instate House committee | Norman Transcript
Well it is glad to see that someone paid attention to the will of the people (or at least this person).

Yahoo! News - Comedians on the Political Campaign:
"'The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (news)':

'Throughout his life, General Wesley Clark has stood up to some tough opponents. He battled the Viet Cong, and went toe-to-toe with Slobodan Milosevic (news - web sites). But today the retired four-star general capitulated to the fiercest enemy he's ever confronted: the American voter.' "

Ain't that the truth!

BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Oscar head angry at TV show delay
Hey brainy, have you not figured that it is the people who make your show a success and if they are offend they will stop watching you. In is your best interested to have the tape delay in place. People vote with their feet, like me. I stop watching your political statement fest long ago and I also have not been to anything but family type films with my daughter and son for the past couple of years.
On top of that, the ABC affiliates need to have assurances that they are not going to be hit with a fine because you want the right to sling the F word (or worse) around whenever you want to. If that is censorship, make a deal to put it on some cable channel that is not watched (like maybe Showtime)!

Massachusetts Weighs a Deal on Marriages Between Gays
Hey Massachusetts, what is next? Can I marry my cousin now. The state does have an inherent right in defining marriage and you people need to do it. Look, we cannot marry more than one person, we cannot marry a blood relative, if you take and make Gay marriage legal, what is to take any of those down a path that you do not wish. Time to wake up and smell the coffee people. (In disclosure, though I live in Oklahoma now, I am from Massachusetts and live 26 years of my life there. I have a right like any one else does to say my thoughts and any liberal that does not agree can tear up the constitution. I am not a homphobe or anything else you want to call me, OK?

Tax on pop sales draws support | KOTV - The News On Six
Here is a new idea folks, instead of finding new ways to tax me, why don't you reduce spending. I am sorry. You see, the democrats want to give the hungry man a fish, the republicans want to give the man a fishing boat, and the both want me to pay for it. Go ballance the budget guys!

Yahoo! News - CBS Apologizes for Jackson's Exposure
We were watching this at the house and we debated if it was real or not, the consensus was that it was faked up, but then, we were not watching it on plasma big screen either. CBS says it was real. What are our kids hero's doing?

Yahoo! News - Mystery Act to Perform at Super Bowl:

"Combs said that as big a deal as the halftime show has become, the musicians are just a sideshow.

'This is all about the players,' he said. 'We're here to fill some time while they get ready for the second half.' "

Well he got that right, especially since my New England Patriots are playing...

My predicition Pats 30 Panthers 27

Yahoo! News - E-Mail Worm Spreads Fast Over Internet Time to update the antivirus software and practice safe hex.

VOANews.comCaptain, we will miss you.

6GoUpstate.com: An online service of the Spartanburg Herald-Journal
This is only really fun if you saw the rant in the first place.

Nice to know that this is available, and the unedited version as well. So many times we do not get to hear it in whole, and then only hear the soundbytes later.

Audio of President George W. Bush's 2004 State of the Union Address. This version has all applause breaks edited out. [Internet Archive]

The title says it all

Law nabs three INTs, Vinatieri boots five FGs

FOXBORO, Massachusetts (Ticker) -- Peyton Manning fought the
Law, and the Law won.

Along with shutting down Marvin Harrison most of the day, Ty Law
intercepted Manning three times and Adam Vinatieri kicked five
field goals to lead the New England Patriots to a 24-14 victory
over the Indianapolis Colts in the AFC championship game.

A familiar formula was the prescription for the Patriots' second
trip to the Super Bowl in three years - coach Bill Belichick's
complex... [ESPN.com]

Through the Bible in one year notes
Jan 11, 2004 Job: 29 - 31

Job 29
v. 1 - 25
Job's wrap up pt, 1: Oh I wish that my times of prosperity, when God favored me, were back. I was a man of authority and respected then. I followed a lifestyle of piety and benevolence. I never thought that all this would come to me.

Job 30
v. 1- 31
Job's wrap up pt, 2: Now those who respected me mock me. Even young men whose fathers I would not have put with my dogs. Men who would live as outcast now use my name as a curse word. I am drained out. I cry to you God, but you do not respond except with more cruelness. Why does HE still torture these ruins. I am looking for good and find darkness.

Job 31
v. 1 - 40
Job's wrap up pt, 3: I have not been a lustful man. I have not falsely accused anyone. If I have been let me weighed in God's judgement. Let all that I gain be enjoyed by another. If I could not say these things to you, how could I answer God? We all, my servants and I were made by the same God. I have helped the poor and the fatherless. I have not made gold my hope, nor worshiped things I should not. I have not rejoiced at evil and have asked the stranger to stay with me. Oh that the one who prosecute me would write down my crimes in a book. I have not even been a hard person to the land I own. With this Job goes quiet.

Read tomorrow: Job: 32 34

Partiots win Playoff game
Wonderful description of what I was able to watch on TV. Only wish I could have been there.

QB thrives under playoff pressure

FOXBORO, Mass. -- There was no snow this time, no Lonnie Paxton swishing snow angels in the end zone, no -- thank the Lord for small favors -- revisit of the Tuck Rule.

It was the coldest game in 43 seasons of New England Patriots football -- a frigid 4 degrees, with a wind-chill factor of -10. At halftime, they showed a blazing fire on the big screen at Gillette Stadium and played "Baby, It's Cold Outside." By the time the game was decided, and Jeff Fisher's moustache had become... [ESPN.com]

Through the Bible in one year notes
Jan 10, 2004 Job: 24 - 28

Job 24
v. 1 - 25
Job complains about violence: Why do wicked men do evil things but do not get punished? While innocent people go around in awful conditions? Evil men who do things in secret do not get punished swiftly by you God! Why is that? But even though they are made might they like the rest of us will die. Can any of you prove my words wrong?

Job 25
v. 1- 6
Bildad, short and to point:How can man be righteous before God?

Job 26
v. 1 - 14
Job, Man is frail/God is master: Have you helped people that have no hope. There is a trembling and He is spreading his hand all over the place. We can barely understand the grandur and majesty of God.

Job 27
v. 1 - 23
Job, I am innocent: Though God has taken all from me I will not speak wickedly about Him. But I also will not say that you men are right either. The evil person who gathers all the nice things never gets to enjoy them, but his offspring do as the split it among themselves. And in the end, he will lie to his rest like we will.

Job 28
v. 1 - 28
Job on wisdom: What is deep and hidden is brought to light, like precious metals, so that they can be gathered. But where can wisdom be found? We cannot mine it like metal or precious stones. It is hidden from all living men. God knows what it is. and to man it is the fear of the Lord as is parting from evil understanding.

Read tomorrow: Job: 29 - 31

Through the Bible in one year notes
Jan 9, 2004 Job: 21 - 23

Job 21
v. 1 - 34
Job speaks again: Listen carefully to what I say, then you may go ahead and mock me. My complaint is not against man. Why do wicked man prosper and the godly struggle. Wicked men build empires that their sons take over. Everything goes right for them. And they tell God that they have no time for Him. Can anyone teach God? How can you comfort me with your words of the wicked when you can see it with your own eyes.

Job 22
v. 1- 30
Elipahaz part 3: You want a list of what you have done wrong, here is the list. (see Bible (v. 1- 11). Yet you say what does God know. Aquaint yourself with Him, repent. Return to God, He will build you up.

Job 23
v. 1 - 17
Job again: I am bitter in complaint. I wish I could present my case before God. Then I would know how he answers me. No matter which way I go he is not there. God has made me weak.


Read tomorrow: Job: 24 - 28

Through the Bible in one year notes
Jan 7, 2004 Job 17 - 20

Job 17
v. 1 - 16
More from Job: God has made me a curse word that men speak, some one that they spit upon. God has broken me. But you men come back if you wish, Maybe one wise man will be among you. I see no hope, only a path to my death.

Job 18
v. 1- 21
Bildad takes his second chance: Why are we the stupid ones, will the earth change how it works just for you? The wicked is trapped like a man in a snare, and destruction comes to him.

Job 19
v. 1 - 29
Job's reply to Bildad: How long you going to keep this up? You have wronged me. And God has wronged me. If I cry I am wronged, I am not heard. He has let his wrath out against me. The people that I paid as servants, they do not even know who I am any more. Even little children hate me. Pity me my friends, God has struck me. But I know my redeemer lives! I shall see God.

Job 20
v. 1 - 29
Zophar part two: The joy of a hypocrite is short Job. Evil is sweet in youth, but it hides till later. It becomes like food in the stomach that goes sour. The wicked man flees, and heaven will go after him.

Read tomorrow: Job: 21 - 23

Through the Bible in one year notes
Jan 7, 2004 Job 14 - 16

Job 14
v. 1 - 22
Job continues: Man is a fleeting thing, and you are eternal, how can you judge me. Trees and plants will regrow when cut down, but man dies and is in the ground, so why do You cut me down? As a mountain is worn down to dirt, so you are wearing me down God. Oh for relief before I die.

Job 15
v. 1- 35
Eliphaz Round 2: Would a wise man speak emptiness. You are crafty with your tongue you are Job. Do you speak directly to God? What wisdom do you have we do not? Man is born of a woman, he is sinful (my notes to my paraphrase: well we got one thing right here). Wicked men fail, plain and simple.

Job 16
v. 1 - 22
Job Again: Listening to you is like listening to hot air. Who are you answering, not my words. We could trade place and maybe I could speak like you do. Instead, I would give strength to you and not tare you down. You are helping God in his attack against me. God has shaken me like a rag doll and set me down as a target for archers who have pierced my heart. Oh God, if I could plea my case before you.

Read tomorrow: Job: 17 - 20

Judge Resigns Over Alleged Abuse Remarks
The problem is that he is right. No, I do not condone men abusing woman, but, too often the woman know how to hit the men's hot button till they blow, then they claim that he abused me and should never have done it. What if the man had hit her hot buttons till she blew? The shoe would be on the other foot then.

Through the Bible in one year notes
Jan 6, 2004 Job 10 - 13

Job 10
v. 1 - 22
Job continues: This is what I would say to God. Do you enjoy inflicting pain. Do you see and feel things like a man does? Remember what you are doing to me when you are done. Why have you brought me to life, leave me alone so I can get peace before I fade in death to darkness.

Job 11
v. 1- 20
Zophar speaks to Job: God, can you tell this guy what he has done wrong? Job, can you understand God? Are you higher than heaven and lower than hell? If you would ask forgiveness he would forgive you and you could go on. Other wise you are a sinner.

Job 12
v. 1 - 25
Job replies - again!: Look guys, I am not stupid, I know as much as you do and I am innocent.You mock me with your accusations. God, who holds all life in His hand is the cause of this.

Job 13
v. 1 - 28
Job continues some more: Why do you speak deceit in defence of God. God, can you take this awfulness off of me then call me so we can talk? Please scare me no more.

Read tomorrow: Job: 14 - 16

Yahoo! News - 'Dirty Bomb' Threat Was Big New Year's Eve Worry
Interesting story. But they ask why we are as a people are not concerned. There were too many cry wolfs in the past. I cannot live like they are going to kill me. God will protect me till my time, and then I will go home.

Britney Spears Annuls Brief Las Vegas Marriage | Reuters | Latest Financial News / Full News Coverage:

"'Plaintiff Spears lacked understanding of her actions to the extent that she was incapable of agreeing to marriage because Plaintiff and Defendant did not know each other's likes and dislikes, each other's desires to have or not have children and each other's desires as to state of residency,' the court papers said. "

So let me translate this to English so the rest of us can understand. Though she has known this guy since childhood, she has the IQ of a grapefruit because she does not know any thing about him at all.
I think that sums it up real well.
Second question is why do I care?

Through the Bible in one year notes
Jan 5, 2004 Job 6 - 9

Job 6
v. 1 - 30
Job replies to Eliphaz: He proclaims that he does not know why God has done this to him. And he wishes that God would crush him, even thinks God would take delight in it. And you who have to comfort me, comfort me do not blame me. Teach me where I am wrong if you will, but do not blame me falsely.

Job 7
v. 1- 21
Job continues: Man on earth is like the servant man who seeks out shade when he should be working or a hired man looking for his wages. I have had my time, it is done, I seek the shade, the death would be like a payment. My days go by so fast and seem to be hopeless. He then asks God how long it will be before God does not pay attention to him, till he can live in peace.

Job 8
v. 1 - 22
Bildad makes his reply to Job: Look Job, God puishes the sinfull and blesses the righteous. Just like a plant will wither when cut off, so will man when he cuts himself off from God. So is the way of God Job.

Job 9
v. 1 - 35
Job replies back again: Look, I know I am innocent of anything that God can try to blame me for. God is so strong, how can I stand up to Him? I despise this life of mine. God allows the wicked to have the earth. God is not a man. I cannot have my day in court with him, there is no mediator with him. Take the rod of pain away from me God! I wish to speak without fear of more pain.

Read tomorrow: Job: 10 - 13

Lycos News | LSU Wins Sugar Bowl and National Championship
The problem with the system cannot be fixed with tinkering with the format. If the NCAA is serious about having a national championship they need to go to a playoff series like the Basketball does. Dang, we nearly have enough Bowl games to pull it off, don't we?

Through the Bible in one year notes
Jan 4, 2004 Job 1 - 5

Job 1
v. 1 - 5
We are introduced to Job, a man of wealth and status. But though he seems to love God, he seems to have an obsession that one of his children may have sinned in their times of worship to God.

v. 6 - 12
Over to heaven (it seems) and The Adversary (Satan) is their, and God asks him (as if He had to) where have you been. God points out that Job is upright and Satan says he can bring him down. God allows it. One set of notes that I read states that he was tempted not because he was unrighteous, but because of it and to give him a deeper in sight to God. I will have to ponder on that. Still notice, that God does not give the trials, it is the Accuser.

v. 13 - 22
All that Job owns, and his family (except for his wife we will find) are taken from him by various means, He has lost everything. Job says, I had nothing, God gave it to me, God can take it away, Bless God. Notice those are Job's words. He does not know who really took it all away.

Job 2
v. 1- 8
Back in heaven, comparing notes again, and Satan says, you would not let me make him sick, just take stuff away. God says OK, have at it but spare his life. So Satan makes Job ill with boils all over his body.

v. 9 - 10
Job's wife shows her spirtuality (or lack of it). "Curse God and die" she says. Nope, says Job. I will not. I accepted prosperity from Him,I accept adversity as well.

v. 11-13
His friends come. And join him and at first do not recognize him. They sit with him in silence waiting for him to speak, an ancient Jewish custom I have read. They were covenant friends, and they were there for him, not just people that he knew.

Job 3
v. 1 - 26
Job's First Speech - Job does not curse God. But he does curse a lot of things. The day he was born for starters. Next the fact he was born live instead of a still birth. Then the question. Why will those who seek death never get it, and those who seek life seem to die. And clearly, though not the reason that he has the trials, what he fears has come on him. Satan will use what you fear to torment you.

Job 4
v. 1 - 22
The first friend of Job replies. He says that Job has done well in council of others, so listen to this. You are being punished because you sinned (again, he does not have the inside information we do). He even tries to say to Job, you think you are more righteous than God?

Job 5
v. 1 - 27
He continues his speech. God sends the rains and stops the crafty people. He saves the needy. You should be happy that God is correcting you, do not despise it. Accept this so that you can go on with your life.

Read tomorrow: Job: 6 - 9

Through the Bible in one year notes
Jan 3, 2003 Genesis 8-11

Genesis 8
v. 1 - 19
God remembered that Noah was in the ark 9v. 1). Did He ever really forget? And God stopped the storm from raging. And formed a wind to push the waters together so that the land would be able to form. Noah tests the area several times by relasing birds and then he opened the ark and saw the land was dry, but waited another month before God told him it was safe to venture out. He did and all the animals with him.

v. 20 - 22
Noah's first act, build an alter and offer the blood sacrafices that he knew would please God. And God says he will not destroy the earth because of man's sins anymore. God also establishes here, seedtime and harvest, winter and summer, cold and heat, night and day. Patterns that will never change.

Genesis 9
v. 1 - 17
In v. 4 God clearly establishes that man can eat meat, just meat that does not have the blood still in it. v. 5 and on say that anything, man or animal, that slays innocent blood of a man will have to justify it before God. You see, life is in the blood, and God will not allow blood to flow for no reason at all. God gives life, it is not man's job to take it away. And man is told to go forth, be fruitful and multiply. Then God states to Noah that he will never destroy the earth. For a sign, he put a warriors sign up, a bow (as in bow and arrow). This is the first mention of covenant in the Bible.

v. 18 - 28
We are told of Noah changing professions here, being a farmer, and getting drunk in his tent. One of his sons saw him told the other two brothers and they covered him. For some unclear reason, Noah curses not the son, but the son's son.

Genesis 10
Chapter 10 is a general genealogies. These genealogical are important to the Jew, they establish who you are. But to a Christian, they establish the bloodline. That will be important to us.

Genesis 11
v. 1 - 9
The people want to make a name for themselves, not for God. Their selfishness is what got them spread. God even says that man can if he puts his mind to it, do anything. But they are scattered and given different languages.

v 10. - 26
We go back to Shem, Noah's son, and trace the bloodline down to Terah, father of Abram.

v. 27 - 32
Final tying up of Terah's life.

Tomorrows Reading: Job 1- 5

Through the Bible in one year notes
Jan2, 2003 Genesis 4-7

Quick note on yesterday reading, chapter 3 v. 21, the Lord made clothes for them and they were not plants This is the start, the blood has to be shed for sin to be covered.


Genesis 4
v 1 - 15
Cane and Able born. Able, the second born, took care of animals, and Cain, the eldest, was a farmer. When they came to sacrifice, notice two things, there is no blood in Cain's sacrifice and he did not bring the best. There is a good chance that the blood was not necessary in this case, it was to the Lord but not for sin. But, he did not offer his best. We are to offer our best when we offer things to the Lord. We are not to offer second best. For that reason God was displeased. Cain got angry that his brother got the best from God, but rather than seek out what was the matter with him, he figured he could get rid of the problem and God would have to like him. Wrong choice. And when God punishes him, he again weasels out.
v. 16 - 24
A trip through Cain's family line.

v. 25 - 26
Eve starts the bloodline here that will eventually lead to Jesus. The one who helped in the sin will help to bring the deliver eventually.

Genesis 5
Here is the bloodline of the Adam to Noah, the start of the redemption.

Genesis 6
v. 1 - 8
It is unclear the 'Sons of God" I tend to believe that it would be Godly men from the line of Seth. It could mean fallen angels, but that would mean that angels could mate with men and that seems to be against what God would plan (I think). It does not matter a lot, as what ever came of such a mating was about to be killed in the flood as God saw that all was evil. That is except for one man, NOAH.

v. 9 - 22
Noah is instructed to build the ark. And to bring two of every animal on to the ark. Also to bring food for the animals as well(v. 21).

Genesis 7
God modifies the rules for the animals to bring on the boat. Mostly for sacrifice reasons. One thing interesting here. Rain has never been mentioned before in the Bible, yet when Noah enters the ark it rains AND the grounds open up and water floods the earth. But Noah and his family are safe.

Read tomorrow: Genesis 8 - 11

Chronlogical Through the Bible in one year notes
Jan1, 2003 Genesis 1-3

Genesis 1
Ten times (the number of perfection) God said, and seven times (the number of God), God saw that it was good. The Bible clearly states what has happened. Does that mean that these are to be taken as literal days? Does that mean there was light before there was a sun? I do not know what it all means. But I have faith that it happened as the Bible wrote it. And the progression is perfect. You need water for plants, you need plants for animals to eat. One thing I noticed though. Before the fall, man was a vegetarian. After the fall things changed.

Genesis 2
Other than the beginning of two, where the sabath is defined, Chapter 2 is just a retelling of Chapter 1 from a different direction. Notice man was doing his job of dominion over the animals. He named them, the one who rules gets to name. But a helper was needed for man. And the triune God chose to take a part of man, the female side he was created with, and make a separate being.

Genesis 3
The serpent was the Devil in disguise. He planted a seed of doubt in Eve's mind. Why did Eve respond with something that was a stretch of God's teaching. Did Adam not teach her properly, did she exegerate? The tree was good for wisdom, but the type of wisdom that wold make man independant of God, and that brought about the death, when we think we do not need God we are spirtualy dead. Adam did not need to take the food, but he did, listening to his wife (God even says that) instead of God. And here we have the first example of passing the buck. Adam blames God (the woman you gave me) and Eve. Eve blames the serpent. The serpent, actually Satan, get the first prophecy of Christ's coming said to him, Eve gets told there will be pain in childbirth, and that she will loose co-leadership with her husband and desire to rule over him. And Adam gets the worst, life without parole in working the earth and never having enough. Lastly they get kicked out of the garden so they do not eat the fruit that let them live forever in their sins.

Jan 2 reading Genesis 4 - 7

Bob's Brain by Robert Morton
If you ever want to look at my serious side.

CNN.com - 2-year-old model seeks lost wages - Dec. 26, 2003
Sometimes I cannot belive the news. Look at who is sueing. Not the kid, he got hurt, the money grubing mom. Paul Harvey had it right calling them the sewers.

Interesting quote:

"If there are no stupid questions, then what kind of questions do stupid people ask? Do they get smart just in time to ask questions?"
Scott Adams

I did not write this, but on this Christmas Day, it echos my sentiments. I heard Paul Harvey read it years ago...

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*************** The Man and the Birds ***************
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Now the man to whom I'm going to introduce you was not a scrooge, he was a kind, decent, mostly good man. Generous to his family, upright in his dealings with other men. But he just didn't believe all that incarnation stuff which the churches proclaim at Christmas Time. It just didn't make sense and he was too honest to pretend otherwise. He just couldn't swallow the Jesus Story, about God coming to Earth as a man.
"I'm truly sorry to distress you," he told his wife, "but I'm not going with you to church this Christmas Eve." He said he'd feel like a hypocrite. That he'd much rather just stay at home, but that he would wait up for them. And so he stayed and they went to the midnight service.
Shortly after the family drove away in the car, snow began to fall. He went to the window to watch the flurries getting heavier and heavier and then went back to his fireside chair and began to read his newspaper. Minutes later he was startled by a thudding sound. Then another, and then another. Sort of a thump or a thud.
At first he thought someone must be throwing snowballs against his living room window.
But when he went to the front door to investigate he found a flock of birds huddled miserably in the snow. They'd been caught in the storm and, in a desperate search for shelter, had tried to fly through his large landscape window. Well, he couldn't let the poor
creatures lie there and freeze, so he remembered the barn where his children stabled their pony. That would provide a warm shelter, if he could direct the birds to it.
Quickly he put on a coat, galoshes, tramped through the deepening snow to the barn. He opened the doors wide and turned on a light, but the birds did not come in. He figured food would entice them in. So he hurried back to the house, fetched bread crumbs, sprinkled them on the snow, making a trail to the yellow-lighted wide open doorway of the stable. But to his dismay, the birds ignored the bread crumbs, and continued to flap around helplessly in the snow.
He tried catching them. He tried shooing them into the barn by walking around them waving his arms. Instead, the scattered in every direction, except into the warm, lighted barn. And then, he realized, that they were afraid of him. To them, he reasoned, I am a strange and terrifying creature. If only I could think of some
way to let them know that they can trust me. That I am not trying to hurt them, but to help them. But how? Because any move he made tended to frighten them, confuse them. They just would not follow. They would not be led or shooed because they feared him.
"If only I could be a bird," he thought to himself, "and mingle with them and speak their language. Then I could tell them not to be afraid. Then I could show them the way to safe, warm ... to the safe warm barn. But I would have to be one of them so they could see, and hear and understand."
At that moment the church bells began to ring. The sound reached his ears above the sounds of the wind. And he stood there listening to the bells - Adeste Fidelis - listening to the bells pealing the glad tidings of Christmas. And he sank to his knees in the snow.

Merry Christmas

Crossing the Delaware too dangerous for reenactment
Good thing Washington did not call off the first one!

Yahoo! News - Ventura's MSNBC Show Placed on Indefinite Hiatus
I am sorry to see this happen. Though I have not seen his show, I have seen his commentary for MSNBC and have had respect for the man. He is not some "dumb wrestler" as some would make him to be. In fact, for those guys to do what they do and not get hurt, I am sure not many are dumb at all. Needless to say, like many, I do not always agree with his politics (though he is closer to me than many), I have respect for the man.

Yahoo! News - Patriots Aiming for Home-Field Advantage
Nice to see my team is favored, I will be glad when the game is over and we have won the game though.

ESPN.com - NHL - Santa claws: Isles' promotion turns into brawl
othing says Merry Christmas like a good fight!

Lycos News | Vegetarian Virgin Mary Ad Riles Boston Church
Guess what, Catholic people are not the only ones offened by this ad, and I have not even seen it yet. Think I will go have a Ham sandwich!

Yahoo! News - Namath Apologizes to ESPN Reporter Kolber
Personaly, I think he owes an appology to the American Public. It is bad enough to be hit with sexual inuendo during the commercials on these games, to be hit with it during a sideline interview was just sickening. Where was Namath's head. To make matters worse, Boston Sports blog has a recording of the event if you missed it.

BostonHerald.com - Local/ Regional News: Fur flies over flier: PETA targets �Nutcracker� kids

The fliers include a color drawing of a woman plunging a large bloody knife into the belly of a terrified rabbit. The fliers urge kids to ``ask your mommy how many dead animals she killed to make her fur clothes.
``And the sooner she stops wearing fur, the sooner the animals will be safe. Until then, keep your doggie or kitty friends away from mommy - she's an animal killer.''

First PETA nutcake that gets near my kids with this get the cops called on them! For you who want to see the poster

Boston Sports Blog#107170134780601488 Hey check it out, you have not seen evil incarnate and its proof untill you have seen this. I knew there was a reason i did not like Sadam. It is cute. Who ever was resposible for the image you did a good job.

Bush Signs First National Anti-Spam Bill Into Law | Reuters | Latest Financial News / Full News Coverage:

"And by preventing individual lawsuits, Congress shut the door on an effective way to harness consumer anti-spam sentiment, he said. "

Says it all right there. I think personally that the only way to get rid of spam is to either stop using email (read use RSS feeds) or to change how Email works. I do not think either will happen soon.

The Register: "Typosquatter pleads guilty to luring kids to porn sites"
My take, throw him in jail and take away the key. He on purpose, lured kids to PORN SITES. One thing worse than Kiddie porn is luring kids to porn. Inocense can never be gotten back again.

The RegisterWell, now the fool is a fool around the world. I know the NFL stands for No Fun Leauge. but it is getting out of hand. Players, to those of us watching, it is NO FUN.

The Sports Frog -- "The Frog is no longer a tadpole, baby!"
Being a fan of the New England Patriots can be a hard thing at times. I love this picture, even if it was taken by a Dolphins Fan. For those of you not aware, after the blizzard last weekend, they played football at Foxborough Stadium. Seats were not cleared and people sat in snow. But when they scored a touchdown, well take a look at the picture....

Grace Fellowship - Pastor Bob Yandia - Precepts Broadcast -
Power of Prayer
Monday Broadcast - 11/10/2003

1) Righteousness

1 Jn 3 22 And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.

2) Obediance
Amplified Bible says: We obey His orders...

I can not outrun my blessings, old testement says blessings will ovetake us if we obey the commads of the Lord.

He rewards, those who seek AND obey Him.
You can obey the Word, but you need to obey the Spirit when he speaks to you. That is just as important as the Word.

3) Inward Sins.
1 Tim 2: 8 I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting.

We are to pray everywhere. Not just at home or church.
Pray for needs you see, pray for the harvest.
Holy Hands, an outward life of righteousness. Do not take this literaly at your workplace. Work without sin to the world. The world will see if you are in sin. Live a clean life before not only God, and the church, bit also in front of the world.
And make sure your heart is clean as well. AMP says for wrath and doubting - without anger, quareling, resentment and doubt. These are things are in our heart. It needs to be as clean as the heart.

4) Temperate in Life
1 Peter 4:7 But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.

Lay aside the things that will tie you up and keep you away from the things of God. They are not sins, but lure you away.


Tuesday 11/11 Broadcast
5) Ask in Faith - No Doubts
James 1: 5 If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him. 6 But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed. 7 For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord. 8 A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.

Asking in faith without doubt
Doubt says you ask God but not sure that you are going to get anything, it is a fruitless prayer. Go to the Word and see what you can pray for.

Doubt means to waver, to go back and forth. Come to the Lord rock steady. Doubts will come, that is part of life. You cannot stop doubts from coming. Just do not receive then when they come to you.

6) Desires in Prayer should be Godly

James 4: 2 Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not. 3 Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.

Prosperity is not just to feed our lusts. What is your motive. Prosperity is to put the kingdom first, then you will be rewarded.

7) Agreement in Marrige
1 Pet 3: 7 Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.

Even though weaker vesel she is heir together, equal to you in the Church

1 Cor 7: 5 Defraud ye not one the other, except it be with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency.

Defraud means do not deprive sex. Fasting is not in Greek, prayer means unhindered prayer. It is for a time of prayer that this should be done.

Evangelical Colleges Make Marks in a Secular World
Interesting article about Evangelical schools (may require registration)

Don't Say You're Sorry - Marriage
Excellant article. One quote worth the price of the article..

The three hardest words in the English language to say are, "I was wrong." I've watched grown men and women stutter, stumble, and even choke when asked to turn to a mate and say, "I was wrong for …" Why are these three words so important?

I can say I 100% agree with the author.

Yahoo! News - IRS Audits Nation's Top Teachers' Union

While promising cooperation, the president of the nation's largest teachers' union is also pledging to "vigorously defend our constitutional right to speak to our members about the role of politics in public education."

Back up man, no one said that you cannot speak to members about politics, what they said is that you have to report obvious support of cannidates, etc. You can say you do not do that but:

The Associated Press reviewed the NEA's filings from years 1993 through 1999, reporting in a series of stories that the NEA has said on its tax returns that no union dues were spent on politics despite extensive internal memos laying out numerous union-funded political activities.

You got your hand caught in the cookie jar, now do not say it is not there, and take the puishment like you should. After all, would you not expect your students to....

Yahoo! News - Fox Chief Says Second 'Joe' Was Greedy
Are they trying to say the first one was not greedy??

Yahoo! News - Some Radio Stations Going All-Christmas:

" It's not even Thanksgiving yet, but on radios nationwide it's beginning to sound a lot like Christmas."

Enough is enough. Thanksgiving is the cutoff, anything before that is inane. Lets put CHRIST back in Christmas.

Help Net Security - Flooding From The Underground - A Global Threat
The PDF file downloadable from this page is facinating to me. I am an old time mIRC user but have stoped of late. Again, why do these people have to do this. Just to say they can I guess.

Ananova - Bad Santa shocks Disney bosses:

"'Nothing appears sacred, anymore, this is just not in the spirit of Walt Disney,' a source close to Chief Executive Michael Eisner is quoted as saying."

So why did you wait so long to find out what was going on with the script Disney folks. The time to protest and kill the picture is not when it is about to go to the theaters (if it is not there already), but long before that. Are they really upset or is this just a way to get more publicity for a film no one would watch otherwise.

MSN Newsbot
Google News with a MS Butterfly, how cute.

Microsoft tests Web news service | CNET News.com
Who would have thought that Microsoft would want to grab Google. It is funny, I remember when Google was not really all that big. Now MS wants to obliviate them... wonder what they want to do with my little consulting company...

InfoWorld: Attack code surfaces for latest Windows holes: November 17, 2003: By : Security
I wondered why my machine told me an update was waiting for me Friday. Gates had promised one patch a month and I had just done mine. Now I know why.
To you people doing this, get a life, go get some air, free yourselves. Why must you make my life misrable so you can prove how good you are.
I tire of this. I blame Microsoft to some degree, but I blame the hackers to a larger degree. They need to realize the problems the cause.

'Smart shelf' test triggers fresh criticism | CNET News.com
Wonder which Wal-Mart. My wife loves the store. I personally call them the 'Evil Empire' myself. This just proves that they want to step on peoples rights.

InfoWorld: Phishes and bugs: New worm uses PayPal scam: November 14, 2003: By : Security
Get an Email from EBay recently, better look again. It may not be who you think it came from.

Oklahoma's Newschannel 8 - Power Outage Left Thousands In The Dark Thursday Morning
And here is the reason my kids had their snow day today.

No Snow Day
The little ones spent the day at home today on a declared SNOW DAY when there was no snow. How does that work? Well a fire at an electric power substation took out power to the area where the school is (and right be where I live also). This power outage happened early enough and with no information as to when it would be over that they closed the school system. So on a day where the tempature is 50 degrees, kids are having a ball with no school. Of course there is no snow either, which is what when I was growing up made a snow day not only a snow day but FUN.

Comedy on CSPAN2
I have to laugh as I have CSPAN2 on tonight. The Rebublicans are taking over the Senate!! Democrats are blocking the judges, and the Rebublican senator on now (Lidnsey Grahm, SC) even admitted that the Republicans did the same things to the Democrats. And the Democrats said it was unfair when it happened under Clinton's watch. Guess what, it is unfair both ways...who ever is doing it. And further more, it was supposed to be a quick check of character of a man, not a litmus test of a man's politics. Can't we all get along!

Yahoo! News - Sprint Adding TV Service for Cell Phones
First we eliminate the home phone, now we eliminate the Cable Box. Is this idea seem bad just to me?

Yahoo! News - Senate Begins Around-The-Clock Debate on Judges: "'Republicans need to show some backbone,' said David Keating, executive director of Club for Growth, a conservative public advocacy group. 'I'm not sure 30 hours will be enough.' "
And he is right. They will need to fight them not play nice to them.....

Wired News: E-Mail From the Great Beyond
Is it me or does this not make any sense at all. Should you be at peace with all men as Jesus said. Do you need an email from beyond to tell people how you really feel? The time to take care of these things is before you die, not after.

Microsoft Issues Security Patches
Time to update your windows machines... Make sure as these seem to be heavy hitters to me.

GeorgeWBush.com :: W Stuff News Feeds
Added a news feed from the Bush Chaney Campaign. If you want to add one also, just follow the link..

C Languages Knowledge Base - High-TECH Firms Tout Outsourcing As Crucial I try to explain this to people but it never gets heard. I am happy to have a job. My job could go away if this continues...

E-Mail Virus Turns PCs into Spam Machines - Reuters | Latest Financial News / Full News Coverage
Got an email that says our private photos? Be afraid, BE VERY AFRAID

The problem with online classes

I have 48 hrs left to take the 10 answers that I got wrong on a test for Object Oriented Programming and explain why the wrong answers are wrong and the right answer is right. If I succed, I will get 1/2 points back for those questions. This will bring my grade for the test up to a C from an F.
I am taking 4 classes, teach part time, and work full time. I know, it is my choice, but as my wife said, that is a lot of work for 1/2 points. I will get 15 points back. It seems like if I knew why it was wrong in the first place, I would not have got it wrong.
I appreciate the efforts of the instructor to let us redeem ourselves. But it reinforces what I have begun to believe about almost all on-line classes. They are self taught. In a face to face class like I teach, a good instructor would say, 'you guys tanked and on some questions, what did I do wrong?" In online classes it was, "you did not study enough, here is more work for you to do."
I have no solution. I am just part of the problem.

Sophos virus analysis: W32/Dafly-B
For the most part I have stoped reporting on viruses here, I was getting too many little pidly ones and they were taking up time I should have been doing homework et. all. That does not mean that I have not been keeping track, just not reporting them. For some reason, even though this one has a bug in its running I have a feeling that it is going to spread. Time will tell, won't it?

Yahoo! News - Daily Choice Turned Deadly: Children Left on Their Own: "Brooklyn prosecutors argue that no matter what, Ms. Brathwaite should not have left her children, 9-year-old Justina Mason and 1-year-old Justin Brathwaite, alone in a basement apartment in the Canarsie section of Brooklyn, especially children as young and vulnerable as hers. "
And I would have to agree with them. I do not care how responsible they say that this child was. In the end, a 9 year old does not have the skills to care for a 1 year old unsupervised. On the other hand, the woman does not deserve 16 years in prision for trying to take care of her children's finacial needs. She is going to have to deal with the death of those children and the wrong mistake she made in choosing between them and a job, a choice I would not be sure I would have made differently if I had to make it myself.
Let the critics come out of the high dollar homes and go take care of the children instead of sending her to jail.

I must apologize for not posting much this week, It has been a weird week. I am up in the offfice during the days in a training class, and my usual hours have kinda disapeared so I sleep when I can etc. Any way, all should be back to normal next week.

Student faces suit over key to CD locks | CNET News.com
So let me get this straight.

1. I can stop copy protection from happening by holding down the shift key.
2. A student publishes this informatioin on a web site.
3. It is basic Windows 101.
4. Student gets sued.

And people said the Fox 'Fair and Ballanced' suit was funny.

gods dissolve in the rain - DAWN News from India and Indonesia (2003 #39)I guess that shows you who the real God is!

ZDNet UK - News - Accused port hacker says log files were 'edited'
And I expect that he thinks I will believe him if the tells me that the dog ate his homework too.

Reuters | Latest Financial News / Full News Coverage
SO what you are telling me is that if I run Linux, or if I hold down the shift key when I insert the CD I can rip all the files of of this new copy protection scheme that they paid big money for.... what is the matter with this picture? [giggle]

NewVirus Information

From Sophos
W32/Gibe-F Windows Worm (Email/Kazar/IRC) low risk
W32/Agobot-AE Windows weak password file shares
Troj/Ircbot-M Windows Backdoor program

From Trend
WORM_MEXER.D seems same as Gibe above.
TROJ_LADMIN.A Backdoor trojan

GeorgeWBush.com :: Official BlogNow here is a blog that may be worth reading. I noticed a lot of blogers with RSS feeds mention the democratic canidates blogs all the time. I wonder if they will mention this one at all.

Yahoo! News - 'Do Not Call' List Can Proceed, Court Says: "WASHINGTON/DENVER (Reuters) - Telemarketers may not dial the 51 million phone numbers on the national 'do not call' registry while a U.S. appeals court decides whether their free-speech rights are being violated, the court said on Tuesday. "
Why is this a free speech issue? Who pays for the phone going into my house. Why do you have a right to invade my property? Sorry that one does not wash!

SOX WIN It may yet be the end of the world yet! Or at least the sports world. Red Sox up against the evil Yankees tomorrow night. Meanwhile, tonight The cubs take on the Marlins. Could it be the curse of the bambino is broken. Could we see a Cubs-Red Sox World Series. Time will tell.

Jogger
Not as nice a tool as Blogger, but if you want to get your feet wet with things, this may be a way to learn some blog techiques. Of course you must be using Jabber in some way shape or form.

Yahoo! News - Cubs End 95 Years of Playoff Frustration
Could we possibly have a rare occurs. Could the Cubs face the red Sox (my team) in the world series. Yup. Of couse the world could end tomorrow also.