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I tried to write a post about work, but I couldn’t subject you to my own woes.  In fact, I was going to term this post “Breathe!”, as work really gets intense as the quarter ends, but it’s the following gulf of emptiness after the tough work that gnaws at the very fiber of my being.

NOM NOM NOM!

Sorry.  Let’s talk about church!  Back on the 13th I performed “Rivers of Babylon” for service, the first time I’ve ever played guitar and sung in front of an audience.  My next special music performance will be “If We Never Meet Again This Side of Heaven” on the 10th and I am already practicing for it, so this performance should be a lot better.  Please pray for me, as I can use all the help I can get.

As I’ve previously addressed, I am going to try and move to make this site more financially sound, and in doing so, I have come across someone that I think deserves support.  Dan Miller has written many books including 48 Days to the Work You Love and No More Mondays, which talk about doing something really rewarding when it comes to work.  So I signed up to be an affiliate to sell his 48 days book.  You’ll see it in the right hand strip towards the bottom, and if you feel sometimes that there is no hope in your worklife, consider reading a terrific inspiration like Dan.

Man, did anyone listen to French President Sarkozy address Congress today?  Finally, someone sticking up for the USA besides the USA that the media is unable to hush.  God bless you, President Sarkozy, and here’s to a renewed relationship between your country and ours.  The Statue of Liberty seems to smile more because of you.

Due to rearrangements at the office, my need for an internet appliance has become more critical.  I hear the ASUS Eee PC maybe my best bet for so little money.  Now, it’s a matter of windfall.  The other possibility is hacking the cell phone I have to pick up wifi signals and perhaps posting via sms/twitter/somesuchnonsense.  Does anyone know if this has been done?  I know that there are phones out there with a dual capability (coughs the word “iphone”).  I appreciate any feedback on this.

I was just re-listening to Net(a)Nite 36, and recalling the world of stock options and when workplaces would issue them out like candy on a Halloween night.  I worked for an online provider (where I met Brian, actually) that had a stock option vesting thing that just had the bottom drop out of it.  Leo and Amber bring up the point of how this isn’t the smartest idea as people sit around work all day calculating their net worth.  I did that, and consequently took the loss on it when I sold out.  But I remember that the price of the stock would literally set the tone for morale in the workplace.  Most damaging in this regard.

But wait, there’s hope!  Jesus says in Matthew Chapter 6:19-34 that the wealth of this world is just that, of this world.  So it’s better to take up the cross and follow Him.  Don’t just listen to me say it, dust off that old bible and gain a whole new outlook on life.  In it is a peace that passes all understanding.

Many apologies for not getting a duck up on Monday and that I’m just posting today.  Work is a mess and I will be flying to Pennsylvania this weekend.  So I’m putting two ducks up for this week and next.

God Loves You!  Just ask Him.

So great, I got a super fast new computer at work (P4HT@3Ghz and a gig of ram) and it’s completely choked down to 10Mbps due to a router. So the CPU has really very little to do. I did try http://folding.stanford.edu, but would like to hear if there’s a similar distributed computer app that works well from a usb drive (like grid.org did). My LAN is rendered unable to access the internet, so I would have to pull files down to my usb drive and walk it over to one of the few internet capable computers in the building. Please comment if you have any ideas.

Wow!  It’s been 6 people in the last week either moving to a different contract or leaving the company entirely.  It really makes you assess your own current situation.  I am in the blessed position of being paid a decent wage, while not having to go traveling to the field to produce.  I stay in the project office and amass all the reports that get passed on to the customer.  Money’s still tight, but I get the notion that it’s better than having too much money to deal with.  And then I consider what could be out there.  I’m intensely loyal to my company, but have been burned by that before in previous situations.  I do want to get deeper into technology, but I feel so out of it when I read job requirements.  It’s better to be not satisfied in this regard. And THEN, I consider what I’m doing for the Lord.  Am I going out to all the nations to tell them about Jesus?  We had some missionaries fromThailand at church last night, and they really brought to focus that the more people hear the word, the better.  Are you working for the Lord?  I’d love to hear your story in the comments if you are.