Oh, yes...

One other thing. I put up a link to the website hosted by my mission. I encourage everyone to look up their respective missions as they apply. The URL starts as http://www.mission.net/ . Click on it and find your mission. It's always nice to let people know what you are up to, unless you don't want them to know. So, go ahead and be a social recluse if you wanna be...I don't mind. Really. :)

Wow, how pointless...

I have nothing to say about myself or anybody else today, so I'll go away...

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas to everyone! It's been a great day! Val and my mother-in-law got me a new wallet for Christmas. It was a complete surprise, and I had a 'kid' reaction to it. Totally excited and thrilled. That was the best present. I also got the Episode 3 DVD, a pen/ FM radio and a ton of candy. We also got a few church DVD's. All in all, a happy day! I hope everyone's Christmas is as great as mine has been.

And remember, it's Jesus' birthday, at least as far as all the rest of Christianity is concerned. So, remember to take time for Him this special day.

Merry Christmas to my family and friends, especially to my friend Ben! :)

I just gotta have it...

It's been an interesting day. Lots of emotions, problems, etc.

A co-worker of mine was ashamed to admit today that, after 2 months of being free, had started smoking again. To my shame, I sat for 2 seconds, and then pointed to him and said "WEAK!" What followed, about 30 seconds later, was a realization of what I had said. I apologized to him, saying that if I had divulged an addiction to him, I would want him to be understanding to me about my plight. So much for the Golden Rule...

His situation made me start thinking about the nature of addictions. I think that everyone has at least one, and that it is part of our personal challenge to overcome the world and better ourselves. The other thing I have figured out, is that addictions seem to come in many guises. Pornography and sexual addiction, anger, smoking, drugs, alcohol, apathy...

I find that I have real troubles with getting angry. I used to think that I was pretty mellow, and that I didn't get angry. Now, it seems that I get very upset about things or people that hurt me. I talk angrily, I write angrily, and I'm so sure that I'm right that I defend my position to the utmost. I seem to be forgetting the 100 year rule: In 100 years, is this thing you are angry about, is it going to matter? Usually it isn't important enough to even matter, but still I fall into the trap.

I try to remember that I shouldn't get upset, but I always seem to forget that when my emotions get going. I feel so powerless sometimes, because I always promise that I'll do better, and the next time isn't better. I have a friend who helps me evaluate myself and my emotions/thoughts, and I'd like to thank him for helping me realize that I may think that what I am doing is right, but that long term, it isn't Christ-like or charitable. Thank you, Mr. Raty.

I think that that is enough profundity for a Wednesday. Stay happy...

Give in to your anger...

Well, I have had it confirmed to me, once again, that ignorant, angry people are stupid. Someone called here at work and was irate about a notice that we had sent out for the Christmas holiday. We will be closed on Monday, and won't send any orders out on Sunday. Any orders sent after the usual cutoff time on Thursday will be delivered Monday.He didn't read the whole notice, and was upset about his interpretation of it. He thought that he wouldn't get an order on Friday like he usually would, which is untrue. So, rather than call up and ask a reasonable question in a reasonable tone, he calls and leaves a voice mail reaming a friend of mine for her incompetency and saying that someone should be shot for being closed for 4 days. What makes people think that it's all right to talk to someone that way? Does every single person fly irrationally off the handle at every little provocation? It seems insane.

Monday Stuff...

Well, it's Monday once again, and almost Christmas time.

My holiday humbuggies were deepened on Saturday when I recieved word from Ben about a former friend. Ben and I were friends with this person 12 or 13 years ago, he and his wife. I found out that they are divorcing after 17 years, and to add to it, that our friend was\is abusive to her. Along with other assorted sins, I was saddened to learn of the depths that this "friend" has descended to. It just goes to show that you may think you know a person quite well, but that you really don't. What a sucky situation...

I don't really have anything else to add today, so I'll bail out...

Still, old friend...

Ah, nothing like a quote from Star Trek 2 to liven things up, and for a post title it does admirably well.

I am still alive, and I'll try to get something up on Monday.

I'm out...

The worst part of getting sick...is getting better.

Good day, persons. It's been a busy day here at work, but time is crawling along. How unhelpful!

I now sound lots worse than I feel. I'm still trying to clear out my lungs, and to stay warm. The warm part is a bit harder, since the other seems to be a bit involuntary.

I have nothing else to say today, so I will bid all of you adieu, and hope your weekends are productive, relaxing and safe. Hasta!

Endurance of Champions...Or Something Like That.

Well, bloggers, I'm back @ work, and able to post coherently. I came to work yesterday, but was in no shape to try anything other than work and breathing, both of which were difficult. I was sick all this past weekend, and I'm only now getting better.

I don't feel like getting into anything strenuous right now, mentally, so I'll close and bid you all good day...

I'm sick...

Well, it's official. As of 10.30 AM this morning, I am sick and stuck at work. Fridays are the worst days to get sick at work here. One of us is here at 3 AM, the other shows up at 7 AM, and I get here at 9 AM. Usually the person who is here at 3 is gone by 7.30. So, there is no one to cover for me, without it being unfair.

You know you are sick when you don't even have the energy to keep yourself upright in your seat. That's pretty bad, isn't it? And when coughs seem to come from the soles of your feet, that just makes it worse.

I'm not looking for a pity party, just trying to tell you how I feel. I hope no one else out there is feeling like this, because then I'll throw a pity party for you instead.

Have a good weekend! I'm out......Really, really out.

This mosaic image, one of the largest ever taken by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope of the Crab Nebula, is a six-light-year-wide expanding remnant of a star's supernova explosion. Japanese and Chinese astronomers witnessed this violent event nearly 1,000 years ago in 1054, as did, almost certainly, Native Americans.The orange filaments are the tattered remains of the star and consist mostly of hydrogen. The rapidly spinning neutron star embedded in the center of the nebula is the dynamo powering the nebula's eerie interior bluish glow. The blue light comes from electrons whirling at nearly the speed of light around magnetic field lines from the neutron star. The neutron star, the crushed ultra-dense core of the exploded star, like a lighthouse, ejects twin beams of radiation that appear to pulse 30 times a second due to the neutron star's rotation. The colors in the image indicate the different elements that were expelled during the explosion. Blue in the filaments in the outer part of the nebula represents neutral oxygen, green is singly-ionized sulfur, and red indicates doubly-ionized oxygen. Image Credit: NASA, ESA, J. Hester (Arizona State University)
Here is the link to this picture.