For the last couple days, God has decided "I'm going to see how much I can bless Jesse!"
I haven't gone out to get a lottery ticket, but everything short of that, God has been showing favor to me. Oddly enough *heavy sarcasm there* I've been devoting more time to prayer and worship. Funny how that works out!!
I've been having lots of progress at work which is always satisfying, all sorts of little troubles that try to pop up seem to get worked out without any worry, Thursday's status hearing went really smoothly, clogging is great, I'm working out on my own on Karate a lot more than I expected myself to do, and to top it all off - Mom and Margaret are down for the weekend!
Every once and a while *sarcasm again*, we really need to give God praise for how He blesses us and for who He is.
Friday, January 28, 2005
Friday, January 21, 2005
Note to self and other karateka
When the office is empty, don't practice crescent kicks in a corner in the kitchen where there are sharp table corners. Go out into the main office area where there's room.
OUCH!!!!!!
OUCH!!!!!!
Thursday, January 20, 2005
President Bush's Second Term Inauguration
I went to his first Inaugural Address and I consider it a great experience and a valuable part of being a part of the country. The mere attendance at the address does not make one any more responsible for or active in the country's progress - even a president has a hard time truly changing things - but it does give one a more involved feeling in the country's future and encourages a greater responsibility.
Here are the first several paragraphs from President Bush second Inaugural Address. The first and last paragraphs are really terrific. The first for how nice it sounds, and the last for the great content.
On this day, prescribed by law and marked by ceremony, we celebrate the durable wisdom of our Constitution, and recall the deep commitments that unite our country. I am grateful for the honor of this hour, mindful of the consequential times in which we live, and determined to fulfill the oath that I have sworn and you have witnessed.
At this second gathering, our duties are defined not by the words I use, but by the history we have seen together. For a half century, America defended our own freedom by standing watch on distant borders. After the shipwreck of communism came years of relative quiet, years of repose, years of sabbatical - and then there came a day of fire.
We have seen our vulnerability - and we have seen its deepest source. For as long as whole regions of the world simmer in resentment and tyranny - prone to ideologies that feed hatred and excuse murder - violence will gather, and multiply in destructive power, and cross the most defended borders, and raise a mortal threat. There is only one force of history that can break the reign of hatred and resentment, and expose the pretensions of tyrants, and reward the hopes of the decent and tolerant, and that is the force of human freedom.
We are led, by events and common sense, to one conclusion: The survival of liberty in our land increasingly depends on the success of liberty in other lands. The best hope for peace in our world is the expansion of freedom in all the world.
America's vital interests and our deepest beliefs are now one. From the day of our Founding, we have proclaimed that every man and woman on this earth has rights, and dignity, and matchless value, because they bear the image of the Maker of Heaven and earth. Across the generations we have proclaimed the imperative of self-government, because no one is fit to be a master, and no one deserves to be a slave. Advancing these ideals is the mission that created our Nation. It is the honorable achievement of our fathers. Now it is the urgent requirement of our nation's security, and the calling of our time.
Here are the first several paragraphs from President Bush second Inaugural Address. The first and last paragraphs are really terrific. The first for how nice it sounds, and the last for the great content.
On this day, prescribed by law and marked by ceremony, we celebrate the durable wisdom of our Constitution, and recall the deep commitments that unite our country. I am grateful for the honor of this hour, mindful of the consequential times in which we live, and determined to fulfill the oath that I have sworn and you have witnessed.
At this second gathering, our duties are defined not by the words I use, but by the history we have seen together. For a half century, America defended our own freedom by standing watch on distant borders. After the shipwreck of communism came years of relative quiet, years of repose, years of sabbatical - and then there came a day of fire.
We have seen our vulnerability - and we have seen its deepest source. For as long as whole regions of the world simmer in resentment and tyranny - prone to ideologies that feed hatred and excuse murder - violence will gather, and multiply in destructive power, and cross the most defended borders, and raise a mortal threat. There is only one force of history that can break the reign of hatred and resentment, and expose the pretensions of tyrants, and reward the hopes of the decent and tolerant, and that is the force of human freedom.
We are led, by events and common sense, to one conclusion: The survival of liberty in our land increasingly depends on the success of liberty in other lands. The best hope for peace in our world is the expansion of freedom in all the world.
America's vital interests and our deepest beliefs are now one. From the day of our Founding, we have proclaimed that every man and woman on this earth has rights, and dignity, and matchless value, because they bear the image of the Maker of Heaven and earth. Across the generations we have proclaimed the imperative of self-government, because no one is fit to be a master, and no one deserves to be a slave. Advancing these ideals is the mission that created our Nation. It is the honorable achievement of our fathers. Now it is the urgent requirement of our nation's security, and the calling of our time.
Back online!!!!
Whew! It's been a while since I've been able to browse the Internet from home, but now I'm back up and running.
Actually, "home" is different now, and with all the changes, it doesn't actually feel like's it's been so long. Having Internet at work helps too.
Z wants me to load up an Internet game called Runescape, and I've been promising him that I would get on with that as soon as I got online. I've also been promising to send him my AIM name, but so far our onlines haven't crossed.
Clogging has been wonderful and helps make up for not having karate around. It's just that while I came in at a great time - right when the beginning class had finished their set of classes and was moving up - it still feels like I'm scrambling all over myself trying to keep up.
Oh well! It's definitely worth it! It's a lot of fun.
Actually, "home" is different now, and with all the changes, it doesn't actually feel like's it's been so long. Having Internet at work helps too.
Z wants me to load up an Internet game called Runescape, and I've been promising him that I would get on with that as soon as I got online. I've also been promising to send him my AIM name, but so far our onlines haven't crossed.
Clogging has been wonderful and helps make up for not having karate around. It's just that while I came in at a great time - right when the beginning class had finished their set of classes and was moving up - it still feels like I'm scrambling all over myself trying to keep up.
Oh well! It's definitely worth it! It's a lot of fun.
Thursday, January 13, 2005
It's David! Belated.
Ok, so I know this is sort of out of date, but I just re-found this. After I saw it, I remembered, "Oh Yeah! I was going to post that!" Of course I never got around to it.
GCC's paper did a side article on David! Here it is, and you'll need to go to page 8 to see it. (and going over a phone line connection will be really slow).
The Collegian - Grove City College Newspaper
http://www.gcc.edu/news/collegian/12.10.04/1210collegian.pdf
And if you are really observant, that' MY blue sweater he's wearing! (that's why he looks so good, of course!)
GCC's paper did a side article on David! Here it is, and you'll need to go to page 8 to see it. (and going over a phone line connection will be really slow).
The Collegian - Grove City College Newspaper
http://www.gcc.edu/news/collegian/12.10.04/1210collegian.pdf
And if you are really observant, that' MY blue sweater he's wearing! (that's why he looks so good, of course!)
Monday, January 10, 2005
Finally getting settled in
One of the nice things about being single is that if you need to move, you don't have as much to move. Everything that I brought has been put away, set up, or re-packed away. Now all I have left is the stuff that was forgotten back up in Pennsylvania.
But there are still an untold number of things that need to be done outside of just getting the furniture and clothing in the door. I've finished or at least gotten started a lot of them (thanks to my mom pushing them along on Monday) but I still have the phone left to set up in the apartment. I need to work on the DVD player on my computer (something corrupted). My taxes need to be completed. And need to finish my car's inspection process, though I'm going to take it back up to PA to be fixed. It's a couple hundred dollars cheaper that way!
It's good to have stuff finally start falling into place. Now I can start working on all the more mundane, ever-present jobs like laundry and house-cleaning. (Yes, I do occasionally do both of those things!)
But there are still an untold number of things that need to be done outside of just getting the furniture and clothing in the door. I've finished or at least gotten started a lot of them (thanks to my mom pushing them along on Monday) but I still have the phone left to set up in the apartment. I need to work on the DVD player on my computer (something corrupted). My taxes need to be completed. And need to finish my car's inspection process, though I'm going to take it back up to PA to be fixed. It's a couple hundred dollars cheaper that way!
It's good to have stuff finally start falling into place. Now I can start working on all the more mundane, ever-present jobs like laundry and house-cleaning. (Yes, I do occasionally do both of those things!)
Monday, January 03, 2005
First day of work
A bit anti-climatic since they don't have any actual 'work' for me to do. Several of the people are still off for the New Year, so mostly I've filled out a bunch of standard new job disclaimers. These are a bit different from others I've filled out in that any inventions I design while working for them belongs to Human Bionics. Somehow I don't think that will be a problem. :^)
In some ways the duties that I've been told about are simpler than I had fretted about - I won't be doing much design work, at least at first - but I will need to learn several mostly unfamiliar pieces of software. Time to bone up! That and lots of scripting.
In some ways the duties that I've been told about are simpler than I had fretted about - I won't be doing much design work, at least at first - but I will need to learn several mostly unfamiliar pieces of software. Time to bone up! That and lots of scripting.
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