July 2009
1 post
Practicing
I have always loved games of strategy.  Before geek was cool, I was on the high school chess team.  Predicting, forward-looking, and anticipating any possible combinations of moves and responses still fascinates me.  But, because I played mostly guys geekier than me back then, I tended to loose more games than I won.  Eventually, I lost interest which explains why today, even computer...
Jul 10th
June 2009
1 post
Hard Times Come Again No More
“Nobody knows the trouble I’ve seen, nobody knows but Jesus.  Oh, nobody knows the trouble I’ve seen, glory, hallelujah.” “While we seek mirth and beauty and music light and gay, there are frail forms fainting at the door; Though their voices are silent, their pleading looks will say ‘Oh! Hard times come again no more.’” No one can ever say when trouble will knock on our door.  Over the past few...
Jun 10th
May 2009
4 posts
May 28th
Minority Report
Everyone loves the underdog.  Just look at the media circus surrounding last night’s crowing of a new “American Idol” superstar.  (May 21, 2009)  We all love the downtrodden, the guy with the sad story, the team that shouldn’t be in the final game.  Our U.S. history began with the underdog, the downtrodden rising up to freedom and success.  It permeates our story. Jewish scriptures speak...
May 21st
Let There Be....
I can still remember first visiting First Methodist, Alexandria.   It was a warm Monday, December 3, 2007.  I knew the church had a long history of supporting the visual arts through the Tom Peyton Memorial Arts Festival but I was simply not prepared for the extent to which art permeated the entire building.  Art, real art, not the stereotypical kitsch that passes for sacred or church art found in...
May 19th
WatchWatch
Who Am I?
May 1st
April 2009
2 posts
Weekend Warriors
I am sure that everyone has, at some point in their life, participated in activity that demanded training and practice.  Whether you wanted to start running long distance, play chess, learn a language, or play better tennis, the only route to improvement is practice.  So daily and weekly we put on the running shoes or drive over to the tennis courts.  We take classes and lessons.  We start slow of...
Apr 30th
Start Over
I played around with a computer based blog in the past but found being tied to my home desktop pretty much stopped me from posting.
Apr 29th