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Read more...Notes: Children as Gifts
Jeremiah 1:5 - God knows each before they are even formed in the womb.Ephesians 2:1 - Our lives, actions, works, have been prepared for us beforehand by God Himself.Psalm 95:6 - worship, bowdown, kneel before the Lord, our Maker.Jeremiah 29:6 - Marry and have sons and daughters; take wives for your sons, and give your daughters in marriage, that they may bear sons and daughters; multiply there, and do not decrease.Jeremiah 29:11 - God has plan for your future and hopeJeremiah 31:17 - Hope for the future, childrenRuth 4:13b - The Lord gives conception.1 Peter 3:12 - God hears our prayers Psalm...
Read more...Status Updates is Hard
Back in 2004, our family was much smaller (myself, Tracey, Samantha, and Bethany) and we could fit into a 2001 Ford Focus easily. On one particular trip, Tracey, Samantha and Bethany were all reading novels as I drove towards our destination, and it had been quite some time since anyone had spoken. I had Led Zeppelins Boxed Set jamming, and life was good as the family took to the open road. Suddenly, from the rear of the car, Bethany exclaimed, “I hate the tone of her voice!” Bethany was somewhere between eight and nine at this point, so I had a number of years to accustom myself to her particular...
Read more...J. I. Packer Introduces C. H. Spurgeon
I love Spurgeon. I have an extensive collection of his sermons and various other writings. As well, I fancy I share a number of things in common with the man. We both love to pursue Christ, enjoy fine cigars, suffer the pain of gout, neither have attained a college education, are overly familiar with depression, and the list could go on and on. Most importantly to me Spurgeon knew unbelievable physical pain and would glorify God through that. His first attack of gout came in 1869 at the age of 35 (mine at age 30). It became progressively worse so that "approximately one third of the last twenty-two...
Read more...Bubba’s Notes: Magmaw
Things to Remember Requires two tanks to get to him, but only one to tank him. Mangle automatically kills the tank if not broken within 30 seconds. It is exceptionally easy for a hunter to accidentally begin auto-shots on Magmaw simply by moving and turning in the room with right-mouse-button. This happens because as of 4.0.3, the entire floor of the room for ~20 yards in front of Magmaw is considered targeting his lower body. So long as there is at least 1 player within melee range of Magmaw, he won’t become buffed with Molten Tantrum. Magma Spit - Every 5 seconds or so, balls of lava arc out from...
Read more...NOTES: Porting IIPImage Server to VS2010
If you aren’t interesting in porting C\C++ code to VS2010, nor are you interested in Image Processing Servers; you probably want to stop reading right about ….. here. For the rest of you, this is a rough documentation of what I have done to get IIP to compile under Windows 7 Ultimate (x64) using Visual Studio 2010 (version 10.0.30319.1). There are my notes for getting it to compile, there are still a few issues, but it compiles and it runs under Apache on Windows. Even though this is a x64 OS, we are relentlessly targeting an x32 architecture in the build. Created an IIP_Port directory structure...
Read more...Kindergarten – Job Day 2011
The Assignment Dear Parents, As part of our community unit, we will be having Job Day in our class on Thursday, March 10th. Please have your child discuss with you what she would like to be when she grows up. On Thursday, she may bring or wear the clothes/uniform for that job. Please help her find the tools, clothing and other items a person with that job would use to bring in and share with the class. Each child will present their job and tell what tools/materials that are used in that occupation. Please help your child answer the questions on the attached sheet to help...
Read more...What is Your Favorite Animal?
Our teacher asked us what our favorite animal was, and I said, "Fried chicken." She said I wasn't funny, but she couldn't have been right because everyone else in the class laughed. My parents told me to always be truthful and honest, and I am. Fried chicken is my favorite animal. I told my dad what happened, and he said my teacher was probably a member of PETA. He said they love animals very much. I do, too. Especially chicken, pork and beef. Anyway, my teacher sent me to the principal's office. I told him what happened, and he laughed too. Then he told me not to do it again. The next day in class...
Read more...In the Defense of Grumpy Old Men
As a youth, we attended a church that had a large focus on college students. If you moved to town, and began attending our church in the summer, you would find a small community of a few hundred gathered regularly and living life together. However, the moment students began to arrive at Mississippi State University for the fall semester the church would begin to burst at the seams and the congregation became numbered much closer to the thousands, with the median age being around twenty. It turns out that back in the 80’s our church was Evangelical, Missional, & Intentional – much like what...
Read more...Manly?
We have had an ongoing conversation on the topic of Real Men™ and most of that conversation has taken place offline. Around a fire, on the back porch, standing around the patio, over cigars, or even over a glass of scotch (Tommy had rum). Tommy took the conversation online with his post (Manly?) and there are certainly some good conversation happening in the comments there. Take a minute and go read it if you haven’t. For those that are new to the topic, the essential question is “How do you explain to a young man what it means to be a man?” The answers various individuals have put forth...
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