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| why ask?Some conversations really make me wonder why people ask questions. Recently a few conversations have left me puzzled. one in particular was about printing a document. Describing your experience of a problem is part of solving the problem. What happened, what can i do about it? When the question is posed to me i give an explanation. apparently though, my answer isn't good enough. "but no..., what happens is..." (and they describe the problem again). Then i submit a possible quick explanation of what may have happened to produce the unexpected outcome. Maybe you printed differently than usual here, (from windows instead of from the server). That's not possible though, since you use the same method all the time without fail eh. it must be just this computer you say. "nope, its based on your user name, not your location". my explanation still hasn't fixed the "problem" in their perception, they walk away from it entirely. "well we're not using this system anymore in a couple weeks so it doesn't matter anyway." It doesn't matter? then why did you ask? your original unexpected outcome prompted to you ask a moot question, and my unexpected answer prompted you to give up understanding? very curious.
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| For anyone interested in the global warming conversation... Here is a great article from an Australian newspaper.
From my perspective I'm seeing one high profile person, that i know of, making large sums on this issue. I thought the whole idea was to preserve the planet and prevent catastrophic problems, not line the pockets of a few. Our planet moves through periodic and natural climate shifts. Government action isn't going to prevent this. Let's take care of the Earth, use resources responsibly, replant trees as forested areas are cut down. Do it in the name of being responsible. My question is: who is accountable for the "carbon offsets" that have been purchased? What really is being done with the money? Both sides have quoted studies. Let's lay them out for public review. Where does the evidence point? Maybe we should ban solar flares and mandate the capture of all bovine emissions. Forget oil. Methane, the new black.
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| i heard this today.
"The
liberal view is America in a permanent state of decline. They want
everybody to believe that everybody else in this country is barely
hanging on, and that the only solution is more and more of what has
created the poverty circumstances. Because it is liberalism that
creates poverty, promotes poverty, extends poverty, and spreads it --
and they want eight more years of power to keep doing it."
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| Each night Asa and I go through our pre-bed routine.
brush teeth, wash a bit, diaper (his diaper, not mine :) ) ,
PJ's, pray, songs, attempt to leave the room.
for the past couple weeks i've been asking him if he wants to talk to God too. his usual response involves thankfulness for basketballs or grandad, or the occasional God is good. we'll see how that develops. Molly noted that on his own Asa had started saying "Thank the Lord!" our songs are from a variety of sources.
we have the 10 commandments song from summer music workshop an age ago,
the hymn "when he cometh" of which i know 2 of 3 verses,
"Jesus Song" - Jesus loves me,
"inch worm"
"praise the name of Jesus"
"Asa song" - one i made up where we sing about today's activities
"this little light of mine". this one is by far the one Asa has enjoyed the most. he lets out a belly laugh when i say "no!" to hiding the light under a bushel. it must be so entertaining to him that saying "no!" can be part of a song. he quickly learned to say "bushel" and "let it shine". tonight we had the added prop of a glow in the dark football to use for the light instead of our fingers. oh man. a football and let it shine in one song. it doesn't get much better than that. well, maybe the glow in the dark basketball. tomorrow.
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