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Thursday, December 1, 2011
Friday, November 18, 2011
"O that I knew where I might find him!" — Job 23:3
"O that I knew where I might find him!" — Job 23:3
In Job’s uttermost extremity he cried after the Lord. The longing desire of an afflicted child of God is once more to see his Father’s face. His first prayer is not “O that I might be healed of the disease which now festers in every part of my body!” nor even “O that I might see my children restored from the jaws of the grave, and my property once more brought from the hand of the spoiler!” but the first and uppermost cry is, “O that I knew where I might find HIM, who is my God! that I might come even to His seat!” God’s children run home when the storm comes on. It is the heaven‐born instinct of a gracious soul to seek shelter from all ills beneath the wings of Jehovah. “He that hath made his refuge God,” might serve as the title of a true believer. A hypocrite, when afflicted by God, resents the infliction, and, like a slave, would run from the Master who has scourged him; but not so the true heir of heaven, he kisses the hand which smote him, and seeks shelter from the rod in the bosom of the God who frowned upon him. Job’s desire to commune with God was intensified by the failure of all other sources of consolation. The patriarch turned away from his sorry friends, and looked up to the celestial throne, just as a traveller turns from his empty skin bottle, and betakes himself with all speed to the well. He bids farewell to earth‐born hopes, and cries, “O that I knew where I might find my God!” Nothing teaches us so much the preciousness of the Creator, as when we learn the emptiness of all besides. Turning away with bitter scorn from earth’s hives, where we find no honey, but many sharp stings, we rejoice in Him whose faithful word is sweeter than honey or the honeycomb. In every trouble we should first seek to realize God’s presence with us. Only let us enjoy His smile, and we can bear our daily cross with a willing heart for His dear sake.
Charles Haddon Spurgeon, 1834 - 1892
In Job’s uttermost extremity he cried after the Lord. The longing desire of an afflicted child of God is once more to see his Father’s face. His first prayer is not “O that I might be healed of the disease which now festers in every part of my body!” nor even “O that I might see my children restored from the jaws of the grave, and my property once more brought from the hand of the spoiler!” but the first and uppermost cry is, “O that I knew where I might find HIM, who is my God! that I might come even to His seat!” God’s children run home when the storm comes on. It is the heaven‐born instinct of a gracious soul to seek shelter from all ills beneath the wings of Jehovah. “He that hath made his refuge God,” might serve as the title of a true believer. A hypocrite, when afflicted by God, resents the infliction, and, like a slave, would run from the Master who has scourged him; but not so the true heir of heaven, he kisses the hand which smote him, and seeks shelter from the rod in the bosom of the God who frowned upon him. Job’s desire to commune with God was intensified by the failure of all other sources of consolation. The patriarch turned away from his sorry friends, and looked up to the celestial throne, just as a traveller turns from his empty skin bottle, and betakes himself with all speed to the well. He bids farewell to earth‐born hopes, and cries, “O that I knew where I might find my God!” Nothing teaches us so much the preciousness of the Creator, as when we learn the emptiness of all besides. Turning away with bitter scorn from earth’s hives, where we find no honey, but many sharp stings, we rejoice in Him whose faithful word is sweeter than honey or the honeycomb. In every trouble we should first seek to realize God’s presence with us. Only let us enjoy His smile, and we can bear our daily cross with a willing heart for His dear sake.
Charles Haddon Spurgeon, 1834 - 1892
Sunday, November 13, 2011
Stormy
11/11/2011: A bit windy and wet for my lunch time walk. A lot of the fall color will be gone by tonight, a pretty good wind is blowing.
A bit different color than what I'm used to thinking of when I think "Cherry Tree"
A bit different color than what I'm used to thinking of when I think "Cherry Tree"
Thursday, November 10, 2011
Warm Day...
59 and sunny. Didn't need my jacket when I took my walk at noon. Saw a cute little tree, I think it is a type of maple, less than 3 ft tall. I think I have seen one like it at the Rhododendron Gardens, will have to swing by there sometime and see.
Storm system comes in late tonight/early tomorrow, bringing snow down to the 1500 ft level and a continual threat of showers here for the next week.
Storm system comes in late tonight/early tomorrow, bringing snow down to the 1500 ft level and a continual threat of showers here for the next week.
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
Partly Cloudy
and 53° F right now. The mountain has just its head above the clouds, and the colors of the leaves are magnificent. And there are even roses still blooming.
And I did find a reference to the average rainfall in the month of November here, 6.57" at Seatac according to KIRO's Sam Argier.
And I did find a reference to the average rainfall in the month of November here, 6.57" at Seatac according to KIRO's Sam Argier.
Thursday, November 3, 2011
Presidential Quote
"There are a good many problems before the American people today, and before me as President, but I expect to find the solution of those problems just in the proportion that I am faithful in the study of the Word of God. A man has deprived himself of the best there is in the world who has deprived himself of this, a knowledge of the Bible. When you have read the Bible, you will know that it is the Word of God, because you will have found it the key to your own heart, your own happiness, and your own duty." — Woodrow Wilson
Sunlight on my...
Sunny right now (9 AM). Poured rain last night for a couple of hours. A chance of rain in the forecast today but I only see widely scattered showers on radar. about 45 degrees this morning, but the forecast high is only a couple of degrees warmer. Can't see the mountains for the cloud banks, so don't know if they got snow; but road reports say that Stevens Pass (4000 ft) has snow and slush while Snoqualmie Pass (3000 ft) has rain.
November is rainiest month in this part of the world, guess we can look forward to more. I seem to recall reading that we can expect 6+ inches of rain this month (but can't find the reference right now).
(Later) Went out for a walk at lunchtime. Still can't see the mountains for the haze, but the sun is bright. Here is a photo I took on my walk. I don't know what kind of tree it is, but to me it appears to have purple leaves during the summer. Right now it appears to me as a riotous blend of purples and oranges and I think it is quite nice.
November is rainiest month in this part of the world, guess we can look forward to more. I seem to recall reading that we can expect 6+ inches of rain this month (but can't find the reference right now).
(Later) Went out for a walk at lunchtime. Still can't see the mountains for the haze, but the sun is bright. Here is a photo I took on my walk. I don't know what kind of tree it is, but to me it appears to have purple leaves during the summer. Right now it appears to me as a riotous blend of purples and oranges and I think it is quite nice.
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Winter?
Once upon a time I used to put my weather observations on this blog. At least it gave something new to read every day. I am going to attempt to resume that habit.
First Frost of the season this morning, had to scrape my windshield. Also heavy fog. Forecast tonight is for rain here and snow in the mountains down to the 3,000 foot level, prompting a "First snow of the season" Winter Storm Warning for the Mountain Passes.
First Frost of the season this morning, had to scrape my windshield. Also heavy fog. Forecast tonight is for rain here and snow in the mountains down to the 3,000 foot level, prompting a "First snow of the season" Winter Storm Warning for the Mountain Passes.
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
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Friday, August 12, 2011
Thursday, August 4, 2011
TomTom or, the GPS Saga
Back while I was driving truck I got a GPS, and there-in lies a story.
I saved my pennies for over a month, and bought a Rand McNally TND 700. $500, but it was designed and programmed for truckers by the same people that write and publish the trucker maps and truck stop guides, and it was supposed to have the best info built in. Bridge heights were supposed to be considered, trip and route planning with single or a pair of drivers, fuel stops; all these were supposed to be included.
I had been using the GPS in my LG Rumor phone, but I was also very aware that it had no consideration for the size of vehicle I was driving. I was hoping for an easy way out.
After two very short trips, less than 150 miles total, I returned the TND 700 and got my money back. While my cell phone GPS had never steered me wrong, the TND consistently ran me the long way around, consistently led me off the truck routes. And I paid over $500 for this functionality! And I was only clearing $150 a week at the time!
But I still wanted a GPS. The screen on my LG Rumor is too small to see, and it can be used as either a phone OR a GPS, but not both at the same time, which is rather inconvenient. So, I started looking.
Over the Thanksgiving weekend 2010 I spent the night in a WalMart parking lot. I went in the store and picked up some groceries. On Black Friday, this WalMart had the TomTom Ease for $50 or $60 (don't remember now). I figured that was worth a try.
The Ease did me pretty good. I never did quite trust it, and always did my trip and route planning and used the TomTom to help keep me on route and schedule, mostly using it for daily running. I would pick a landmark a few hours ahead and route the TomTom to it so I would know time to my next stop. Worked well. I did rely on it exclusively for one trip that I took in which I was short on time, and didn't do any backup. When it said I had reached my destination in the middle of nowhere I called the customer and asked for directions and told them where I was. The first question I was asked was "Are you using a TomTom?" seems that TomTom users always had this problem.
I've been using it since for navigation learning my way around the Puget Sound. It seems as though any secondary (or lesser) roads that are less than 5 years old it knows nothing about, otherwise pretty accurate and the ETA has always been within a few minutes. And since the vehicle I'm driving has a flaky speedometer (always reads high, between 15% and 50% high!) I've been using it as my speedometer.
But last night when I hit the power switch for the trip home nothing happened. It had been working OK just a couple of hours earlier. Even after charging all last night nothing happened when I hit the power switch.
I need to check the battery voltage, and I might pop the cover off and glance inside for obvious problems. But I'm going to miss it.
I saved my pennies for over a month, and bought a Rand McNally TND 700. $500, but it was designed and programmed for truckers by the same people that write and publish the trucker maps and truck stop guides, and it was supposed to have the best info built in. Bridge heights were supposed to be considered, trip and route planning with single or a pair of drivers, fuel stops; all these were supposed to be included.
I had been using the GPS in my LG Rumor phone, but I was also very aware that it had no consideration for the size of vehicle I was driving. I was hoping for an easy way out.
After two very short trips, less than 150 miles total, I returned the TND 700 and got my money back. While my cell phone GPS had never steered me wrong, the TND consistently ran me the long way around, consistently led me off the truck routes. And I paid over $500 for this functionality! And I was only clearing $150 a week at the time!
But I still wanted a GPS. The screen on my LG Rumor is too small to see, and it can be used as either a phone OR a GPS, but not both at the same time, which is rather inconvenient. So, I started looking.
Over the Thanksgiving weekend 2010 I spent the night in a WalMart parking lot. I went in the store and picked up some groceries. On Black Friday, this WalMart had the TomTom Ease for $50 or $60 (don't remember now). I figured that was worth a try.
The Ease did me pretty good. I never did quite trust it, and always did my trip and route planning and used the TomTom to help keep me on route and schedule, mostly using it for daily running. I would pick a landmark a few hours ahead and route the TomTom to it so I would know time to my next stop. Worked well. I did rely on it exclusively for one trip that I took in which I was short on time, and didn't do any backup. When it said I had reached my destination in the middle of nowhere I called the customer and asked for directions and told them where I was. The first question I was asked was "Are you using a TomTom?" seems that TomTom users always had this problem.
I've been using it since for navigation learning my way around the Puget Sound. It seems as though any secondary (or lesser) roads that are less than 5 years old it knows nothing about, otherwise pretty accurate and the ETA has always been within a few minutes. And since the vehicle I'm driving has a flaky speedometer (always reads high, between 15% and 50% high!) I've been using it as my speedometer.
But last night when I hit the power switch for the trip home nothing happened. It had been working OK just a couple of hours earlier. Even after charging all last night nothing happened when I hit the power switch.
I need to check the battery voltage, and I might pop the cover off and glance inside for obvious problems. But I'm going to miss it.
Monday, June 27, 2011
Jenna
Got a new Hartshorn last week, Jenna Hartshorn. She was born at 12:53 PM on 6/21/2011 and was 19-3/4 inches long and weighed 7 lbs. Congrats to Jon and Patty (and Phillip for being a great big brother!).
Thursday, June 23, 2011
Learning Powershell
I'm studying Powershell and have written a couple of small but useful scripts in it. Just for fun I decided to try my hand at something a little different when I saw an article in the TechNet Library about how to list Fonts on a computer. This script is adapted from that one and is actually kinda useful. It displays ONLY the TrueType Fonts on a PC, as did the original. However, where the original only displayed the Font Name, this one also displays a little more text and also the name of the logged on user. Also, the original script, if re-run, appended the new list onto the old one (appended the content of $objFonts to $strHTML); I am clearing $strHTML to that only fresh results appear.
$UserName = (Get-Item 'HKLM:\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon').GetValue('DefaultUserName')
$objFonts = New-Object System.Drawing.Text.InstalledFontCollection
$colFonts = $objFonts.Families
$objIE = New-Object -com "InternetExplorer.Application"
$objIE.Navigate("about:blank")
$objIE.ToolBar = 0
$objIE.StatusBar = 0
$objIE.Visible = $True
$objDoc = $objIE.Document.DocumentElement.LastChild
foreach ($objFont in $colFonts)
{
$strHTML = $strHTML + "<font size='5' face='" + $objFont.Name + "'>" + 'This ' + $objFont.Name + ' font is on the computer of '+ $UserName + "</font><br>"
}
$objDoc.InnerHTML = $strHTML
Clear-Variable strHTML
[void] [System.Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName("System.Drawing")$UserName = (Get-Item 'HKLM:\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon').GetValue('DefaultUserName')
$objFonts = New-Object System.Drawing.Text.InstalledFontCollection
$colFonts = $objFonts.Families
$objIE = New-Object -com "InternetExplorer.Application"
$objIE.Navigate("about:blank")
$objIE.ToolBar = 0
$objIE.StatusBar = 0
$objIE.Visible = $True
$objDoc = $objIE.Document.DocumentElement.LastChild
foreach ($objFont in $colFonts)
{
$strHTML = $strHTML + "<font size='5' face='" + $objFont.Name + "'>" + 'This ' + $objFont.Name + ' font is on the computer of '+ $UserName + "</font><br>"
}
$objDoc.InnerHTML = $strHTML
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Your Love Is Extravagant
Your love is extravagant;
Your friendship, it is intimate.
I feel I'm moving to the rhythm of Your grace,
Your fragrance is intoxicating in our secret place.
Your love is extravagant.
Spread wide in the arms of Christ is the love that covers sin
No greater love have I ever known You considered me a friend
Capture my heart again
Spread wide in the arms of Christ is the love that covers sin.
No greater love have I ever known; You considered me a friend.
Capture my heart again
Your love is extravagant
Your friendship, it is intimate .
By Darrell Evans
Recorded by Casting Crowns
Your friendship, it is intimate.
I feel I'm moving to the rhythm of Your grace,
Your fragrance is intoxicating in our secret place.
Your love is extravagant.
Spread wide in the arms of Christ is the love that covers sin
No greater love have I ever known You considered me a friend
Capture my heart again
Spread wide in the arms of Christ is the love that covers sin.
No greater love have I ever known; You considered me a friend.
Capture my heart again
Your love is extravagant
Your friendship, it is intimate .
By Darrell Evans
Recorded by Casting Crowns
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
On Stranger Tides
Got to see the new Pirates of the Caribbean movie. Some very interesting plot twists there. Not a bad movie, some very good moments. Went with some friends, some of which can't watch 3d movies, so we saw it in 2d. Looking forward to seeing it in 3d.
Some very interesting ideas there. Almost (not quite!) reminiscent of Indiana Jones.
Some very interesting ideas there. Almost (not quite!) reminiscent of Indiana Jones.
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
The Tourist
Not the most notable film. An interesting idea for a plot, but the movie never seems to come to life. A surprise ending. Nope, not part of my collection, but it will remain notable for other reasons in my memories.
Tron: Legacy
Got to see Tron: Legacy. I wanted to see it more as a sequel to the original movie then for any other reason. Good graphics, the vehicles are really cool. And they used 3d and 2d as part of the scene setting, which I liked. Still haven't decided if I liked the movie well enough to add it to my collection. Really good graphics.
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