cats named Tim
(who are Garfieldian in girth and Hobbesian in temperament) 
Friday, November 25, 2005
a person or thing or 2 I'm thankful for
Thursday, November 24, 2005
Wednesday, November 16, 2005
I'm back!
I got a new cell phone today...finally...same old number.
My voice mail should be configured by tonight.
Push ups
Well I'm back on the wagon. Yesterday over the course of the day I managed to hit 155 push ups.
I was doing sets of 35 or so throughout the day. My largest set was 45 done just after dinner. (BTW Hun that chicken was fantastic last night!)
I have 2 goals over all.
1.) 250 push ups in a day at least 4 days a week.
2.) stay consistent with these for the next 2 months.
Incidentally I'm at 55 on the day thus far.
Wednesday, November 09, 2005
mmmmmmwwwwwwaahahahahahahahaha
Tuesday, November 01, 2005
BDAY !!! YEA
The prettiest Lydia in the WORLD had a birthday today!
The big 9er.
Happy Birthday darlin'
Monday, October 31, 2005
The Disciplined Life
I just received my copy of Richard S. Taylor's book "The Disciplined Life" thanks to the confronting culture blog for tipping me off to it.
I found the following quote by TR in the first chapter
The things that will destroy America are prosperity at any price, peace at
any price, safety first instead of duty first, the love of soft living, and
the get rich theory of life. - Theodore Roosevelt
His words were incredibly prophetic. What are some of the biggest threats to America today?
How about prosperity at any price (san you say free trade with China - a Marxist God and America hating nation that we are determined to call a friend because it makes the prices at Walmart oh so much cheaper)
How about Peace at any price ...Can you say Patriot Act or Son of Patriot? We are so determined to have peace that we will give up all our freedoms to obtain it. Yet some where way back in the history of this country there is a man crying out "Peace, Peace-- but there is no peace. " How long till we learn.?
As for the Love of soft living and the get rich theory of life ... porn is THE largest/fastest growing industry in a country where most people identify themselves as "Christian".
What is the connection?
Discipline, or lack there of.
I am determined to kill the beast of undisciplined living in my family once and for all. It is discipline that separates the giants from the masses of mediocrity.
To that end I would welcome any other suggestions of books on discipline that you have found useful and techniques you use to cultivate discipline in your own lives and in your family life.
Friday, October 28, 2005
Christian Tatoos?
Does God's Law allow the freedom to Christian's to get tatoos?
I know what I beleive and can defend it from Scripture....can you?
Thursday, October 27, 2005
shipping tip
Shipping is what I do for the big VF. Its what I've done to provide for my family for the last 12 years. I didn't wake up one day and say "Hey I'd like to be in shipping" but as opportunities have developed over the years of my work career, they have been in the shipping business.
I started at a company called Organic Technologies when I was 20 on the very day Deanna was born. I worked my way up to manager and then after 5 years in that job I had the chance to come to San Antonio, Tx and work with the men at Vision Forum.
I have learned a lot about almost every aspect of shipping and trucking. I've loaded and shipped haz-waste and coffee decaffinator called Ethyl Acetate (a solvent that was five nines pure 99.999%). I've received and unloaded everything from tankers of acetone and vinegar (100 times stronger than what you buy in the store) to truckloads of books and toys.
Well I digress.
From time to time I will post under the title "shipping tips" a bit of the mundania regarding shipping that I have picked up over the years that will hopfully save you all a bit of money.
So here it is Shipping Tip #1
1.) For small packages under 3 pounds always consider Priority Mail. With the all the surcharges that the big guys are inposing after the freight, Priority Mail (for now) is always cheaper for a residential package of 1 or 2 pounds and sometimes less expensive for 3 pounds packages.
Surcharges are fees that the Big shippers impose on certain packages - especially rural and residential - because it takes more work to deliver them.
Residential surcharges run about $1.75 over the cost of freight and rural - Delivery Area Surcharge is running about $2.00.
Priority Mail has a (according to the USPS) 95% delivered by the third day rate.
Always do a cost comparision. The post office has been approved for rate increases that begin to take effect on April 2006.
For instance
1 pound to Chicago zip 60617 residential with fuel surcharges shipped from 78212
UPS Ground Residential
$7.61
Priority Mail
$3.85
2 pounds
UPS Ground Residential
$8.33
Priority Mail
$5.05
3 pounds
UPS Ground Residential
$8.75
Priority Mail
$7.15
Happy Shipping!
Wednesday, October 26, 2005
random windows tip(s)
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