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Day 2, Night 2

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Well, the folks at Alt-N rock. Arvel does literally. Everyone else has a great time being social when needed, but also they can get the work done when they need to as well. I’m really enjoying myself and the Texas weather has been on its best behavior. If anything I’ve missed seeing Dave O. who has been home with his sick family.

Tonight we saw Mouk’s apartment in downtown Dallas as well as the view from the top of his building which was fabulous. I must say that I wish I brought my camera because there are so many pictures that could have been taken.

I talked to Abby this evening for a little bit and the little two year old voice melts my heart and makes me want to fly home immediately so I can be with my baby. I miss Jessica as well and can’t wait to be whole again with my family. It’s amazing how absence makes the heart grow ravenous for your spouse and their fellowship. I’m glad I’m married to Jessica.

A Night On the Town

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[note: this post jumps and skips arond like Memento… this is intended]

Last night we travelled to a vast array of places, as long as you define vast array as three. I had a great time hanging out with the Alt-N after-hours crew and got to eat at Razzoo’s (sorry Sha’i). I also saw Arron’s new house which has a nifty second story game room. This game room may soon be occupied by a pool table and a large screen television. What is so amazing about this house is that it has a Neptune washing machine that is the latest in design which agitates your clothes in such a way that it shouldn’t agitate the clothes’ owner when they come out of the system.

Before we went to Razzoo’s and Arron’s we went to some other cajun-ish bar and hung out with a few (3) of the GIS2 crowd. All was good. Except that when I finally got ‘home’ to our fancy hotel room I had to stay up and watch cable TV as to make sure that my host’s money was well used 🙂 As I suspected not much was on so I turned off the TV and did the unthinkable: I went to sleep.

More Photos

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I’ve added more photos on Flickr. Of course one of the real critical issues is bandwidth and storage space. Once things get in order I’ll probably host many of the pictures on this site, but for now I’m putting them up on Flickr to offset my storage limitations with my current host. Subject matter: A duck, some leaves, water, moss and some rocks.

Greek Class

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I’ve really been enjoying our Greek class on Saturday nights. Craig Kaes has done such an outstanding job preparing for and teaching the class. Granted we’re currently doing a survey of Greek to get most of the other students familiar with the language the pace and the content are excellent. Craig has been going through the English parts of grammar and then helping us relearn or understand diagramming those sentences so that we can grasp how those diagrams will work in Greek.

Unlike English the Koine Greek (the New Testament Greek) language is very logical but still takes some adjusting to since it’s not a modern spoken language that adds a layer of difficulty for us to wrap our minds around. However, it is so exciting to read a Greek New Testament (or try to) and pick up words and phrases. When I translated my first passage in Seminary and it roughly said the same thing that my New American Standard Bible said I was so excited. Not because I had re-invented the wheel but because it added another layer of certainty to the Word of God. It is Truth and it is fantastic for daily application.

Too Much Fun

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Can you have too much fun? Probably. I, however, am at the very least enjoying my new camera… as evidence, I give you a tree near our apartment:
Face in the tree
You will notice that there is a face-like shape in the knots and grooves in the tree. Maybe it’s Gollum.
A fall leaf
A pretty bright red leaf.
A building across the street from my office.
A building across the street from my office. I love its architecture.

Camera Part III

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OK, the camera has arrived. The battery needs to charge and I’ve got to go out tonight so I won’t be able to use it until tomorrow. However, get ready for excessive pictures. I may have to upgrade my hosting package just to make room for all of the photos 😉

Now I just have to go pick up the car at around 4:30. I would have had the car earlier but the mechanic broke my window actuator (or so they tell me) so I have to go back a second time later to pick up the car. Plus I have to pay for the window actuator. It seems pretty shifty to me, but since my brother used to be a mechanic I know how the dealerships work… therefore, I’m hosed 🙂

Anyway, thanks goes out to the DHL driver who came back over to our apartment after the company responsible for sending it mislabeled the package for apartment #13 (which doesn’t exist in this complex). Nice.

Gloves

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Between watching the excellent movie Bourne Supremacy and watching The Original Avengers I don’t trust people with gloves anymore. Since winter is coming up and I’m in Denver I’ve decided to stay inside my apartment until Spring arrives and warms things up. If someone comes to my door and knocks whilst wearing gloves I suppose they’ll just have to think I’m not home. The reason the gloves bother me is the fact that nine and a half out of ten killers in either of the fantastical sources mentioned above are wearing gloves or have a glove on at least one hand.

One episode of Avengers had a guy in leather work gloves that were unmatched! Therefore if I see someone wearing unmatched gloves I shall have to just knock them out before they get me. You may be laughing right now but I know they’re coming. One day I’ll be coding, looking towards the outside of my office and snap – I’ll have my head twisted, neck broken or worse, Jessica will bring me more wheat-free desserts!

I should also clarify that black leather gloves give me the hibijibi’s much more than most other gloves. Thinsulated skiing gloves only effect me slightly and thumb only mittens don’t cause me any fear whatsoever. Thank you for not wearing any gloves around me. Also, thank you for not wearing gloves while surfing my site.