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Go here instead!

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I'm looking forward to the near-term release of some powerful nettops. For those not familiar with the term, nettop is basically a low-powered computer.We've all heard of Moore's law which says the number of transistors in a processor should double every two years. And so as a result, clock speeds have increased- in 1993 Pentium 66MHz and in 2005 Pentium D 3.2GHz. This pace of clock speed

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We just wanted to apologize for the lack of posts over the past few days. We have been very busy in Rome and haven't had time to blog. We hope to get caught up in the next few days, so keep checking back!

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We began the day by getting up and eating breakfast on the balcony as the ship pulled into the harbor.  The sun shone on the limestone, fortress walls of Valleta, Malta.  They reminded me of the forts in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico built in the 16th century by the Spainards.  Later on we found out that these walls in Malta were built during the same time period.  After breakfast we got onto the

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Luckily for us, the shore excursion didn't start until 9:00am so we could sleep in a bit.  Our first impression of Tunisia was the dreary port and we were the only cruise ship in the port. Actually, from the appearance of the port, they were not used to receiving tourists. We got on the bus and off we went to the first stop on the excursion the "vibrant and colorful" Gabes Market. The drive

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Today we left from Santorini and are heading half-way across the Mediterranean Sea towards the country of Tunisia in North Africa. During our last day-at-sea, we started off with Sunday Mass followed with breakfast. After breakfast, Steve Ray gave a talk about Rome and early church martyrs. Karl Keating gave a talk about how Catholic Answers was started and how the church endured the greatest

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Today we visited one of the most picturesque places we have seen: Santorini, Greece.  From the boat, we immediately saw large cliffs leading to mountains with white houses atop appearing like snow.  On the island of Santorini, there is no large port where our cruise ship could dock so the only means of accessing the island was through smaller boats called tenders that dock with the cruise ship

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Today we visited the great ancient city of Ephesus, all of which is in ruins.  Our first stop is at a place that claims to be the tomb of St. Luke, which is said to be unlikely.  Up the hill on the outskirts of the old city is the house in which Mary lived.  After Jesus gave Mary to John while being crucified, Mary went with John to Ephesus while he served the area as bishop.  In a small place

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As hoped, we did feel better today than we have the past few days. We had not planned on going to the excursion today, but Matt changed his mind and we were able to snag tickets to go. So, we began today with Mass and then boarding buses to see the city of Rhodes, Greece. As we drove out to the city of Lindos, I realize quite quickly that it would be a long day. The guide our bus had for today

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Today's excursion was to Antalya, Turkey. We chose not to go on this excursion in an effort to save money. It turned out to be a good idea. We were still feeling under the weather today. We finally had a day to sleep in! This cruise has proved to not be a time of catching up on sleep or even relaxing. We have been busy with excursions, presentations, and such each day. We have enjoyed these days,

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Today was another day at sea, which means we had another day of presentations by the Catholic Answers apologists. We started the day off with Mass followed by a presentation by Karl Keating on Rome before Christ and The Life and Journeys of St. Paul by Steve Ray. Steve has been one of the most exciting speakers on this trip because he is vibrant and full of energy. He tries ardently to help us to

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We were the first tour group off of the boat this morning. Because we were leaving so early and the hot breakfast wouldn't be available in the dining room until after we needed to leave, we took full advantage of room service bringing a hot breakfast to the room for free-- an omelette, scrambled eggs, toast, sausage, cereal, and fruit. Being the first group off the ship was nice because there

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We woke up early again today. We are finding out quickly that this trip is not meant for us to catch up on sleep. After a quick breakfast at the buffet, we took a fast nap and then headed off to Mass. The excursion was set to begin at 11:00 a.m. and in order to make full use of every minute, there were two talks scheduled between Mass and disembarkment. We first listened to a talk about the

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At 12:00am, I woke up and my body was wide awake as much as it can be waking up after four hours of sleep.  While I was up I figured that I'd update the blog with the previous days adventures.  Around 3:00, I began to see some lights out our window, indicating that we were near Alexandria.  After looking out and seeing nothing but water, seeing civilization is an exciting feeling.  Seeing a

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Our body clocks aren't totally synced with the local time.  This morning, I woke up at 5:00am and went to the bathrooom.  The toilet in our room isn't quiet by any means.  The first step of the instructions for the toilet are to close the lid then press the flush button so I can't see it during the flush but the rushing water sounds like Niagra Falls.  There may be a vaccum involved also.  Maybe

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We thought we were over the jetlag, but unfortunately, that did not seem to be the case. We awoke at 4 am, ready for breakfast and to begin our day. When we realized that going back to sleep was not going to happen, Matt and I decided to call home to our parents. After being in a foreign country with very few Americans and no familiar faces for a few days, hearing their voices was comforting.When

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Today we woke up around 12:00am.  We probably shouldn't have gone to sleep so early at 6:30pm, but without a sleeping plan we just listened to our bodies.  It would have been better to keep ourselves awake until late and then go to sleep.  Still hunkered down in the hotel room trying to acclimate to the time change, time crawled to about 3:00am and we were both hungry for the American breakfast

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During the flight, grogginess started to set in-- an element familiar to me from the days of pulling all-nighters to finish a project or paper. Then the sensation of time quickly passing set in, another element common to all-nighters where after working all night I unsuccessfully command the sun to halt as it starts to rise issuing in the new day. Before I knew it Katie told me to look out the

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We all knew that the weather would be good Monday, but actually seeing the sun come out on the day we were leaving perturbed us. Nonetheless, we enjoyed the great weather on the way to Ronkonkoma Station. Public transportation is so easy! There we took a train to Jamaica Station and transferred to a monorail that takes us to JFK airport. If only Orlando would have some kind of lite-rail

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We started the day off by riding the train back into the city to go to St. Patrick’s cathedral for Mass. By the time we got to St. Patrick’s it was 12:00. So what was an early start, at first, turned out to be a mid-day start. It’s amazing how the time flies by when taking the train into town. The weather actually got somewhat worse with light to moderate rain. We ducked into Mass which was a

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So UofL lost the game last night after too many people seemed to get injured. On top of that, Lynn was not able to join us in our trip to the city today because of a french horn gig she couldn't get out of.  Luckily we'll be graced with her presence tomorrow.We took the 8:40 Long Island Rail Road train into the city which lasted about 1.5 hours.  I enjoyed a little nap and woke up at Penn Station

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Last night, I began to pack for our trip.  Of course Katie had been packing for a couple of days trying to make sure that she was prepared.  Many years of Boy Scout camping gave me the skills to pack on short notice.  Going on a weekend campout?  I'm ready in an hour.  Going on a 5-week vacation?  I'm ready in five hours.  We'll see whether my fast packing is the bane of an otherwise well

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Katie and I will be making a pilgrimage to a place we intended to go on our Honeymoon, and a place that I intended to go with a group of friends back in 2005. That place is Vatican City. We will arrive there on October 17, which is Day 22 of our pilgrimage. While we're on that side of the world, we will take the opportunity to visit some of the holiest places in existence.This trip is through

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So apparently, some water got into my phone and some of the keys stopped working. My first reaction was to turn the phone off and then turn it back on. That was the stupidest thing I could have done! When I had first gotten the phone, I set up a security code when the phone turns on. The buttons I needed for the code were either not working or typing in two characters for my one press. And

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So I called the Walmart Connection Center, a.k.a Let’s Talk.com to find out what the deal was. They said that due to my credit score, AT&T would require a deposit. Out of curiosity, I asked how much the deposit would be. $500....……..for each phone, a whopping cool $1000!!! Over a year’s worth of phone bills up front! Who would EVER pay that much just for starting cellphone service, and I know

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Nothing irks me more than someone telling me that I am not financially responsible based on my credit score. Basically, if you never borrow money, then your credit score is 0. This makes sense: if you never borrow money, then you don’t have a credit rating. Personally, I’ve never taken a loan from a bank and have never owned a credit card. I haven’t checked, but I expect my credit rating to be

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Katie and I had lived in Florida for over a year so it was time for us to switch from a Kentucky phone number to a Florida phone number. She was a member of AT&T’s Family Plan with her brother, as I was a member with my parents. Mooching on another’s plan is a good way of keeping the monthly bill low. In considering other companies, we decided to stay with AT&T. Our service had been pretty good

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Yes, you read it right-- I'm heading back to school!I applied for and was granted a fellowship through work that will let me take a year off to pursue a Masters Degree in Engineering. Don't worry-- I will continue to receive my usual paychecks. :)I'm shooting for a degree in Computer Engineering at the University of Central Florida in Orlando. My thesis is set to research self-repairing Field

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Most of us use computers on a daily basis. I'm curious to know how most people wake their computers up. Use the options below to make up your combination!Device1a Mouse Movement1b Key pressMotion2a side to side2b up down2c circularSpeed3a fast3b slowFrequency4a Many times4b Few times4c Once

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It's 60 degrees here. Lucky us!

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The experiment continues...It's been three months since I started dedicating my keyboard to using Colemak. I have achieved an average typing speed of about 40 words per minute using the layout. The only bad thing is that I've totally forgotten how to type in Dvorak and am very rusty in using Qwerty.Since I'm well-versed in the new layout, I now plan to begin using Qwerty and Dvorak alongside of

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I own an Apple iPod Nano. I bought it about a year ago, which makes it a First Generation Nano, since they've recently come out with "Second Generation" Nanos.Recently, Apple upgraded their iTunes and latest iPods to support what's called Gapless Playback. Gapless Playback is a feature that allows MP3s to be played continuously one right after the other, without gaps (hence the name). Where this

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During my freshman year of college, I went where few computer nerds go: I learned the DVORAK keyboard layout.I first heard of the DVORAK keyboard layout by one of my Dad's co-workers while attending a company party at the Galt House for Thunder over Louisville. QWERTY was designed to separate frequently used pairs of letters, to prevent the typebars in typewriters from getting stuck. I don't know

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Today at work, I saw two women in the hallway talking. I have come across this scene many times in my life, but this one time I noticed something that I had never observed before: both of the women had high-heels of the same height. Of course, this got me thinking about society, especially that of women.The obvious, primary function of high-heels is to make one taller. Is the purpose to make one

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Over a year ago, there was a heated debate. Red or black? Here is another one that I'm sure will attract the same amount of passion, if not more.Dlo and I debated this for over half an hour last night. It only lasted 30 minutes because we started getting into the definition of Absolute Truth and whether it exists. Frankly, I was too tired last night to debate the fabric of the universe.I know I'm

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The orbiter Discovery made it! It was exciting to watch the launch and the landing. This shuttle mission was the first that I had seen from start to finish. I've been fighting for the past three years to see a mission start to finish. In that time, I had three opportunities:1.I was a new co-op here at NASA in the spring of 2003. We had all just finished four straight semesters of Speed and I had

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Katie and I watched the Shuttle launch. It was spectacular to see it go up again. I really feel sorry for TQR who came all the way down here to see it, but couldn't because of the weather delays.I'm now at work, watching the space walks. It totally brings me back to July of last year when I was watching the space walks while living in Dave's apartment while he was in Europe. It's mind blowing to

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Okay, okay. Two people called me out (Dlo and ToddQ). Having both of these guys teaming up on me reminds me of the ole freshman days in Miller. Todd, you may be interested to know that I was listening to FIF yesterday and was totally taken back to Summer 2002 Center Hall. Do you still have the five iron? The marriage proposal to Jeff?Dlo wants me to convey some news. I suppose that a blog would

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Over the past month, I've tried to listen with untrained ears to the sayings that are so common around here. I'm sure every workplace has their own unique language. Ours is no different. Aside from the mass amount of acronyms that fly around, here are some words that have special meanings:offline: not in a meeting"We'll talk this issue offline"capture: to include"We should capture that idea in

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I was thinking the other day of how certain household items are commonly referred to by a brand name, such as Kleenex. Imagine if your company's product becomes "the standard" for every other brand of that item; you're golden! Then through everyday English language, your product gets marketed for free by word of mouth!Imagine a typical consumer. "Honey, while your out could you pick up some

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You know, with all this talk about immigration it's interesting to see American's strong loyality towards English- as if it was our language. When they claim that English is America's only language, are they paying tribute to our heritage of having come from the British or do they think that English is OUR language? Quite frankly, we don't have an official language and shame on us for not

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In the middle of the work day, I got to thinking about the question that will one day be asked:"How did Matt die?"I have tried to think of what would be good responses to this question when the time comes. So far I've come up with two."A whale ate him.""A house fell on him."I'm still trying to come up with some more. I'll post them as I think of them.

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Last night, I was watching some TV and I saw the funniest commercial ever. Interestingly enough, it wasn't trying to be funny. Maybe those of you who watch TV more than I do may have already seen this commercial, but this was my first- so bear with me. The commercial was for the new 5-blade Gillette Fusion.Is this a joke? I just about died laughing. I remembered (on SNL or MAD-TV) a parody

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Don't know if you heard, but about a month ago, liquid water was discovered on a moon of Saturn. This seems rare and almost impossible for water to be in liquid form out in the far reaches of the solar system where the sun's heat barely touches planets, but the water appears to be coming from within the moon and shooting up like a geyser. Somehow, there's heat there to keep it from freezing. Cool

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Thanks to everyone who played. Below are the scores. Below are also variations of the original game for your enjoyment.From the looks of it, I’d say that the limits of what scores are possible were found. 323.5, 207.6, 188.9, and 64.1 seem to be the best possible scores able to be won in the various categories. I tried to verify these on the internet somehow by seeing what other people got. One

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In light of the winter olympics, I'll have a little competition of my own.Below is the game. The contest will last two weeks (will end on March 29th at 00:00).There are four categories that can be won:1) Farthest distance with penguin on its belly2) Farthest distance with penguin stuck in ground3) Closest distance with penguin on its belly greater than zero (thanks dlo)4) Closest distance with

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College is finished...change has come and continues to come. So to, the blog has changed: an infrequently updated blog has become a blog medically declared to be in a persistent vegetative state. Nonetheless, the blog continues with a pulse every three months. Consider this the Q4 post.Life has changed significantly since I've left Louisville. Florida has become my new home. The transition was

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So it was time for another fight...In began two weeks ago when Morris called while Katie and I were in Phase 2. He was asking me to help him with his flat tire in the back of Phase 2. As I approached his abandoned car, I noticed a note atop a lunch cooler which sat atop his closed trunk. I knew his didn't have a flat tire, but I was curious what was in the cooler. As I got closer, I noticed three

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FIGHT!

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Happy Birthday, Ben.You're awesome at ultimate. Never change.KIT,Matt

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Yesterday, I was walking north on 3rd street from Speed to go to Phase 2. I tried to remember what it was like to walk that path over 3 years ago. The swing set was there to the left and so was the fountain. Usually kids were playing in it, taunting me to come join them instead of doing calculus homework. Jay-walking was still a fairly new concept but usually wasn't difficult at 9:15am. The lawn

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It has been almost a year since I was employed by someone who monetarily compensated me for my services. During this past year, my large reserves of money have slowly become exhausted. Now that they no longer exist, I have to resort to making use of the ole freshman trick of looking to alternative sources of money to pay for bills, namely food. The meal card worked for a while but was quickly

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Florida Five Finishes in Top Three!We just got back from Ft. Lauderdale where UofL's Florida Five placed third among 27 other robots from around the States. The journey is not over and will continue until the end of the semester. To capture the spirit of the Florida Five, a DVD will be released late Summer 2005. To whet your appetite, here is a trailer of the DVD to come...

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I really like blogger.com. A lot of people use it and it provides a lot of customization. It has suited me well....until now.I have found a new hosting service for me to place my musings: Diaryland.com. If you aren't convinced that this hosting service is far superior to any other, read on. These benefits far outweigh the problems it has. I can't wait to switch!Dave, WordPress 2.0 can't even

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Everyone went to Florida this week... well, almost everyone. But it was amazing seeing about 15 of my best friends 800 miles outside of school. The weather sucked, but Area 51 prevailed and made it the best week possible. Here's a BRIEF rundown of what happened:Sunday: Setup camp in an hour, hit the beachesMonday: Moped gang takes to the streetsTuesday: 20 hours of

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"Hey! Remember that comedian who talked about his kid not hearing his profanity, other kids being made to order in restaurants when they can't talk, and being out-drunk by a woman?""Yeah...I kinda do.""You know who I'm talking about, the guy with the red shirt, blue jeans and a hat.""I thought he had a black shirt on.""No, it was definitely red."An so it continues: the greatest debate this

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Life's Current Priorities (in an ordered disorder):1) Robot Team2) School (18hrs)3) Fryberger Sing4) E-days Coordination5) Co-leader of weekly Bible study6) 2-year Engineering Job Consideration7) Seminary Application8) Music MinistryPlease understand if I seem to be disconnected in the near future.

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This is a screenshot of my computer last fall when I was living in Florida. I was laughing all the way to the ocean. Now I'm having to live in it! All of the sudden, a funny joke is not so funny.

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Thanks to all that commented. Interesting points were brought out. I think that my sarcasm found at the end of my previous post confused the point that I was trying to make. Right now, I could easily turn this into a debate of infant baptism vs. "age of consciousness" baptism, but that would take away from the point of this post. Let me try to better explain my point as I originally intended it:

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From the World Council of Churches' Website: (Churches of this council include all kinds of flavors of Baptist, Presbyterian, Episcopal, Lutheran, Methodist, Church of Christ, Anglican, and 300 more. The Roman Catholic Chuch has opted to not be a member of the World Council of Churches, probably because the number of votes each church gets within the council is proportinately based on its

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Do you know what today is? Some would say Halloween. For me, though, today is a very important day. Today is the one year anniversary of MoMo and RooBearPoo- that's right, one year's worth of days filled with happiness and love for each other. They love each other so much. They're so hot right now. MoMo may lead others to believe that he's not in love, but believe you me, I know better. I see

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Dear Protestant friends, Thoughts were stirred within me due to the interdenominational dating / being "brought to perfection as one" conversation. The following four posts are the significant reasons for me choosing to be Catholic. I hope that they inspire you to thoroughly consider why you worship the way you do. Feel free to comment. I would love to discuss your ideas. Part 1- Since the

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More than Scripture... Why do I believe in a church with genuine authority? First, I believe His Church should reflect the same authority Jesus had on Earth. Second, I cannot accept the claim that Scripture is the only authority to discern everything that needs to be known for salvation. The problem is that this definition can be applied to any text, such as C.S. Lewis’ Mere Christianity. Couldn

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Infallible Doctrine... If the church wasn’t corrupt when it discerned the Bible, then was all of its other teaching at that time still “in tact” as well? If not, maybe the Bible was also one of those corrupt teachings. How can we know for sure that the Bible is infallibly the Word of God? How can we be sure about any teachings? Some Christians seem to be more agnostic than Christian by saying "

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The Eucharist... Amid this world-wide unity, there seems to be a theme among protestant churches to start all over, to reinvent the wheel, because the wheel didn’t work the first time; somehow at sometime the church became corrupt. With that mindset, I believe that there’s a danger to forget everything that has happened up to now and just jump right back to “the beginning.” What has happened up

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Since the Beginning... I hear people, some Catholic and most protestant, say that denomination does not matter. I've thought about this for a while and determined that I agree- denominations don't matter. I was reading an article by Ann Landers from 1996 who challenged everyone to discover when their denomination began and by whom. The challenge wasn't too difficult as she listed the information

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Who's ready for a little theology thinking? What does everyone think about the idea of praying away our free will? Is it possible to ask God to take away our free will so we sin?

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Tonight my roommate Dave asked me: "You know what I forgot to get?" Of course I knew what he had forgotten because we had been forgetting for the past three days and, as a result, we were not able to go number two in our bathroom. I said to him, "You want to go and get some Smoothies?" implying that we get some smoothies and then get some toilet paper, so we are not just going out to get toilet

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I made it back to school alright. As DLo predicted, I'm glad to be back. I've gotten to see friends that I haven't seen in a while. It's the final stretch of school before graduating- three semesters. I anticipate a lot going on from frisbee to bible studies. Now, I'm living in Phase 2 with a pretty cool setup. You should stop by sometime.

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August 20th is officially my last day of work. I plan on not coming back to work after today. How is this? Through Generous Uncle Sam. I'll be taking paid vacation all next week and enjoying Florida for once, instead of working underneath florecent lights all day. I should be getting back on Friday the 20th. This being my last day here has made me think. I may not return here. This may be my

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I took off work that Thursday and Friday. My flight was to leave Orlando Thursday at 11:00. I spent the morning going to church and packing my bags. I packed clothes, hygiene products, a camera, and a Spanish-English dictionary. I got to the airport and waited to board the flight. I was beginning to see how this trip was going to be- I was going to suddenly become a minority. It seemed that

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You get a phone call and are informed that your housemate is in jail in another state 4 hours away. Reason: He claims that he was pulled over at night for not having his seatbelt on. The police then finds out that his driving license is suspended from not paying a parking citation, which was given to him for parking in a handicap spot in the past. He claims to not have known about the license

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Join us for another controversial debate.

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I think that I saw the brother of the guy two weeks ago who used the Kindergarten style. I walked in, and there he was, at the sink with his pants around his ankles. I don't know why his pants were down at the sink. The only thing I can think of is that he was tucking in his shirt and didn't want to wrinkle his shirt? There was no one else in the bathroom so he must have been enjoying the privacy

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Over a year ago during the spring of 2003 on my first co-op, I met a fellow co-op who is from the University of Mayaguez in Puerto Rico. During that time, we became good friends. Before we departed ways after the spring semester, he invited me, and another coworker and his fiancée, to his wedding that would be the weekend of July 4th 2004 in Puerto Rico. I thought that it was a nice offer and was

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Sorry to hear the ACL news about Morris. I remember him complaining about his knee not aligning properly. I guess that it was injured then and he finished it for good recently? About 2 years ago, while playing soccer, I planted my left foot and turned my body. Well, my knee didn't like that very much so it twisted and lifted out of the socket a bit, stretching all those good tendons in there. I

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So I went shopping to Wally world last night to pick up some food for tonight’s dinner that I'm preparing. I'm going to cook some quick chili; Greg gave me the recipe on my first co-op because I wanted something to cook for myself besides frozen pizzas. 2 Lbs of Ground Beef 1 medium onion 2 cans of Diced Tomatoes 2 cans of Kidney Beans 1 can of Tomato Soup Chili powder, pepper, and garlic powder

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One of the things of Florida I enjoy most is the beautiful displays of nature. These vary from the gorgeous sunrises on the beach of the Atlantic to the powerful thunderstorms seen off in the distance to various insects. Last night, there was a storm on the horizon which was producing lightning about once every 3 seconds. It was an awesome sight to see. I got out the trusty camera and tried to

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Target Practice Bathroom Etiquitte

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Andy's suggestion of estats4all is one awesome site! Here's why. I can see that there have been over 100 hits to my site in the past 3 days. Below is a table of websites whith number of documented referals to my site: Andy- 10 DLo - 7 Yeiser-5 Hinton - 5 Todd - 3 The "Recently Updated Blogs" Site - 3 [THANKS GUYS!] I can also see that Lubbers uses Netscape 3.01 and IE 6 on WinXP at work and

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Along with learning my orgazational structure and scope of responsibility, I have had other experiences that are just as important; going to the Bathroom in the professional environment. Since beginning my co-op, I have had various experiences that have impacted me. I choose to tell you these stories in the hope that you will recepricate your own unique bathroom blunders. Below is a list of

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Hello World. I must admit- blogging is fun. I went on a sabbatical because I got tired of blogging. I'm ready to blog again. I'm trying to decide about the theme. Blogger now provides some professional themes. Should I bring my "made-from-scratch" theme? We'll see. Andy wins a prize of some sorts. Before I said anything about my new blog (I wondered if anyone would find it while making

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I've sold out! I don't know whether to be disappointed with myself or happy. I got a real mattress yesterday. One of my co-op buddies stayed over our place last weekend. Preparing for his arrival, my roommate went over another co-op's place and got an extra boxspring and mattress. When the co-op buddy left, I ended up taking the mattress. After one night, I have yet to notice a difference in

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Back by popular demand is the Yuript counter.

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God revealed something to me this morning while I was sitting at work. It is very disturbing. Jesus calls us to radically change from what we naturally are. A change from our sinful, natural state is the fruit of our faith. Without this change, what is the purpose or need of Jesus being in our life? I often wonder if my kind, optimistic spirit is my natural, sinful state or is due to a

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Look ma, no tables! New web code omits the use of tables. You might be asking, "What is it good for?" "Absolutely nothing! Say it again."

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Another week has passed by... Right now, I'm "trapped in a place between this world and the machine world." If you know what I'm talking about, then kudos to you. I, also, am STOKED. But what I actually mean to say is that I'm in limbo land. You might know what I'm talking about... After work today (17:00), I crashed on my semi-deflated airmattress. I didn't wake up until 1:00. According to my

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What is the difference between the Holocaust and Abortion? One was about exterminating Jewish people while the other is exterminating unwanted, unborn people. At least the Jews could fight against the Nazis if they felt compelled. I do not mean to make out the Holocaust less than what it was, but instead manifest abortion in its true light. A friend that I met from church has begun a pregnancy

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Wow. Time sure does fly by when I'm having fun! There is a lot that has been happening lately... Last weeked, I went on a retreat. There, God graced me with His presence. It was awesome. Currently, I am working on a letter to explain some of my new learnings. I'll post it as soon as it's complete. Last Tuesday, I participated in the InterCenter Run/Walk. This event is put on by NASA and

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Recently, I have become aquainted with a very interesting person. This guy works in the same office as my roommate and is about 65 years old. What makes this guy interesting is that he knows where and when to get the deals on EVERYTHING! Allow me to explain... We were over his house. Ed has a lovely home and greeted us with a "Hey Guys," spoken with a distinguishable Boston accent- he lived

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No, that was not a test, nor a fire drill. I was going through a tough time with many questions. They all have been answered now. I wish to reserve my experiences from past days for the confines of personal conversation. ...and now back to our regularly scheduled program... I awoke today at 6:00 after going to bed at about 1:00. I felt a little groggy and it took me a while to actually

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Well...here I am on my computer on a Friday night. I'm not disappointed in that there is no late night activity; just stating a fact. One week of work is complete, and I have much to say about it. I have yet to get into a routine. Every night, I go to bed at a different time and I convince myself that I will attend church at the 7:00 service before driving to work- but I do not always wake up in

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I received all of my computer parts on Thursday. Needless to say, my best friend Murphy also paid me a visit (he warns me that whenever something can go wrong, it will). You would think that whenever new things are bought, they would all work properly...that wasn't the case. I put the whole computer together when I received the rest of the parts and it booted correctly. When it came time to

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Well, I got half of my new computer in the mail yesterday. I am expecting the other half of it today. (a computer is not much good without a processor, RAM, or video card). To the left is an attempt to post the HTML code for a TagBoard, which Dave kindly signed me up for. Apparently, the Tagboard website is down for the moment, so I don't know if it works or not. I'll be testing it in days to

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So I'm finally able to access a computer to add another entry. I am now moved into my place in Florida. It is in Cape Canaveral, which is just north of Cocoa Beach and 40min east of Orlando. My condo is unfurnished, which can be depressing at times. It's a 5 minute walk to the Atlantic Ocean. Just last night, I enjoyed one of the most beautiful sites that I have seen in a while: a clear sky on

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I arrived back home last night from the Nolin Lake trip. As always, the trip was a blast. My body is sore from being tossed around on the innertube and my stomach is full from the good meals. After one last good night sleep in the bed at my parents' house, we are ready to depart for Florida. My parents are not sure where we will initially be going in Florida so we are playing it by ear. That's

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I'm sure that everyone knows what it means to be a slug: the sunshine of dusk makes one wither and pull the covers up closer to the head, eating cereal with Bob Barker and Al Borland, and having no purpose but to make one's environment dirty. When school is out, I am a slug. (Those who know me best know that going to school doesn't change the fact that I'm a slug.) I have been a slug for 2 days

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I think that the final touches for the site are complete. Now the site, instead of being a color representing my feelings towards final exams (pea soup), is a modern motif of red, white, and black (and some extraneous yellow) manefesting my enormous school pride. It's time for bed.

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Is it possible that I have avoided death? Or is it lurking aroung the next corner, waiting to kill me unsuspectedly? While playing ultimate frisbee at Waterfront Park, I made a run towards the endzone to score. Meanwhile, my teammate tried to throw me the frisbee but overshot and consequently went into the Ohio River- the frisbee, not my friend. To make a long story short, I jumped into the

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Thanks, tovrax, for introducing me the idea of transcribing my many states of mind. I'm looking forward to keeping somewhat of a journal. Hopefully, divulging all my thoughts will be a means of people to keep tabs on me. My goal is for this site to become a similar situation to that of The Truman Show (starring Jim Carey). If you don't know what I'm talking about, go see that movie...it's great.

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