Category Archives: personal

Forced Semi-fast

I’m the victim of pharmaceutical pollution and poisoning. Not that I plan any campaign or lawsuits; that’s not how the Lord moves me. Some of it is my own folly and ignorance during the time I could have prevented most … Continue reading

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Quick GIMP-ing Tricks

I don’t pretend to be a photographer or graphics artist; I’m just a guy telling stories and adding a few pictures. I’m hardly a master of GIMP or any other kind of image editing software. I don’t have the interest … Continue reading

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Odds and Ends

Odds and Ends There have been at least two folks ask me for help with recent “Patch Tuesday” updates for Win7. It’s mostly patches failing or borking something else. The few times I could stand to run Win7 on any … Continue reading

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Prayer Request: Digital Camera

Folks, I’m not a camera gadget guy. I like taking pictures, cropping and adjusting things (I love GIMP), and I like using the images to talk about things. So I have zero interest in researching which camera I should seek; … Continue reading

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Nothing New

I don’t have any revelations from God. All I have is this weird sense of waiting. So the wedding last night went off well enough. The State of Oklahoma makes us clergy folk the custodians of the marriage license once … Continue reading

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God’s Bow in the Clouds

“I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth. And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow … Continue reading

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The Vacation Continues

Back when I was first sent to my assigned military duty station in the Netherlands, I spent a week shadowing my supervisor. He and another sergeant were chatting about taking in a volksmarch later that day. The other fellow said, … Continue reading

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Pacem Maius

(Latin for “the peace of May”) We’ve been having a peaceful time the past week or so. The car is working, though it still needs a new wheel bearing and we can’t seem to get the cooling fan to run … Continue reading

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On the Road Again

For the past month, our car has not moved. My wife managed to get use of something else temporarily while we tried to get some help diagnosing the problem. Lots of promises that turned out to be vapor. Finally we … Continue reading

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Friday Extra: Laugh and Pray

A little humor to make the prayer request more memorable. Our car still needs expert help from someone who understands automotive wiring and electronics. Near as we can tell, it’s some kind of electrical short. We did replace bad parts … Continue reading

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