Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Lost Souls In The Etherworld

I wonder how many souls are lost out there in the world we cannot see.  I am not talking about the spiritual souls, I am talking about the technology souls.  When I was told by my internet (email, web host) server that I had been lost and could not be found.  Maybe it is more like the lost boys on the island.  Whatever, I was suddenly told that my connection had been lost and could not be restored.  It seemed simple to me...just sign me up as a new subscriber and give me a new set of numbers, wires or whathaveyou.  Sorry..that can't happen, they said.  So me and the County Courthouse are just lost in space and we can't be helped.  
Well, after a week of patiently trying to find a way for them to make it right for me, I was told that I needed to move on.  Hey!!!I think I was fired as a customer and I was being nice!
So I moved on to the Cable guy.  He jumped right in and in a few hours, I am back on the air.  But my email is hanging around out there and they will kindly hold it open for me for awhile...oh, yes..you won't be able to reply to any of them unless you write down the address (if you can read it and do you know how many people don't let you see their address?) and go to your new email and send it out.  Ok, lots of hassle, but can be done.  
What?  Your website that we host?  Oh, it will be here for awhile.  No, we can't give you the information to get into it and change the email address that it tells people you have....and you don't have.  What do you want us to do?  Figure it out... I think that means I have to build a brand new site and get it online.  I don't know how to do that and the old one has a program in it that I need and I can't get to it.  
Oh, well...maybe my lawyer will find a way to get it.  
Lost internet sould have trouble doing business.  It appears that they had a very old piece of equipment that crashed and they don't want to replace it so it was easier and cheaper to just cut some of us loose.  I still don't know why they can't move me to another server.  But good old cablevision will take care of me.  I shall survive!

Monday, October 12, 2009

Columbus Day

I used to think Columbus was a really neat guy, sailing around in the Nina the Pinta and the Santa Maria.  I always supposed he was in the Santa Maria and he just stood on deck and waved to Nina and Pinta.  I always thought he set out to discover America and the natives were standing on the shore waving at him to 'come on down'.  'Always' being when I was a little girl.  Then I grew up and realized that he was sort of off course and that the natives did not particularly want his presence on their shores.  Then I advanced in years and decided it didn't matter much and he was just probably a hapless sailor who happened on some semi-unoccupied lant and decided to make Isabella happy.  It seemed to fit the prospectus he presented when I tried to float the loan for his trip. 
Now I am told that children are learning that he was evil and coniving and ruined the world by bringing smallpox and such things to the shores of this great land.  That he treated people cruelly and made a misery of their lives.  I can't remember all the things that I read in the article, but I am sad that children now think of him as a bad guy and the best thing he did was get a day off for public employees and make an excuse for special sales in stores.  I know history is sanitized but do we have to destroy all the past heros we learned to revere.  George Washington was probably a bad guy too, but they had better leave him alone.  Bad enough he has to share his birthday with other good-bad heros of our country. 
I am going to  celebrate good old Christopher Columbus with a drink after work.

Sunday, October 11, 2009

Nothing of Importance

mmm, it has been awhile and I have completed the reading week.  Quite interesting and nice to be among folks who have a job and just jump in and do the work and are happy and joyous to be able to do that piece of work for the church.
Everyone is busy doing their thing and that is good.  The weather is nice and we are all reasonably well so I have no complaints and am glad to be alive and ready for the next challenge.  Which may be doing the shop window for Halloween.  Then it will be a Christmas window and I will be wondering why I haven't done my shopping.
Maybe that is a clue to begin thinking about Christmas gifts now. 

Saturday, October 3, 2009

STUDY STUDY STUDY

I am spending the afternoon completing my study work before heading to Dallas Sun aft for a three day marathon of reading ordination exams.  I always love reading them, but hesitate to be the one that fails a paper.  I know how hard these students have worked to be prepared for these exams, but we are the last bastion against heresy or apostasy.  Well, it isn't that exactly, but we feel like we are the last chance to say, " you don't understand Reformed Theology enough to turn loose on a congregation."  Anyway, it requires a lot of study and reading to be prepared for the job.  I always come away from the week a lot smarter and more humble than when I began.  I am sure those papers I read will be good and have something to teach me.  I am anxious to begin the work and hope all my papers are passing papers.  Good luck writers!!! Keep the readers in your prayers.