T-Mobile Selling Linksys Routers for $19.99
Anyone need a Linksys WRT54G router? T-Mobile is selling their branded version for $19.99, even to non-customers. Just go here click any phone on that page and then choose the Linksys router (they also have a D-Link router available).
If the information that has been reported is correct, the model is a customized version of the WRT54GL (the “Linux version” that has a larger amount of ROM). I needed another router, so I ordered one; my invoiced showed the model as a WRT54GS, which is the “Speedbooster” model, which fits the reported specs — essentially a WRT54GL with double the memory of a normal WRT54GL.
Semester Finished
Well, another semester is checked off, and with it, I am ever so slightly past the half way mark of my seminary career. I find it amazing I've been at Covenant for two years now, or — more properly — will be so in January. I have learned a lot, been pushed hard, been worked on by God and have had the pleasure of getting to know many brothers and sisters in Christ. It has been hard, even painful, but good.
And speaking of pain, I have completed the first part of Hebrew. That feels tremendous, and means I can look forward to… the second part. The first two weeks of January, I will be in an accelerated Hebrew class dealing with weak verbs and other nasty things. The class itself is for two and a half hours per day, but it comes coupled with an estimated six hours of out of class work a day. It will be Hebrew Bootcamp. And that makes me nervous.
But, once I get past that, hopefully I will have completed most of the “feared' milestones at Covenant. Others include Greek, of course, and Acts and Paul, which I completed this semester.
Still, there are two years to go and undoubtedly many surprises therein.
Happy Thanksgiving
I have far more to be thankful for than I deserve, though too often I don't reflect enough on that. Just this very day has been a day with much for me to thank God for.
Blessings to all of you on Thanksgiving!
Life and Stuff
It seems like this semester has been wild — inexplicably so — to the point that blogging just isn't happening. Which is a shame. I find I am far better off when I blog, since blogging is often a way to process things and get ideas. I need to make myself pick up the habit of writing a blog post a day, even if it is a short one. That sort of goal helps to make one pull stuff out and analyze it, rather than just wait for the “perfect post.”
Instead, it leads me to post posts like this one. Fancy that.
For Veterans' Day
For Veterans' Day, it seemed appropriate to post one of the most notable poems coming out of the Great War, certainly the sort that sticks with you once you've read it. I had just been talking about this poem with Jason K. not all that long ago.
WILFRED OWEN: Dulce Et Decorum EstBent double, like old beggars under sacks,
Knock-kneed, coughing like hags, we cursed through sludge,
Till on the haunting flares we turned our backs
And towards our distant rest began to trudge.
Men marched asleep. Many had lost their boots
But limped on, blood-shod. All went lame; all blind;
Drunk with fatigue; deaf even to the hoots
Of disappointed shells that dropped behind.GAS! Gas! Quick, boys!— An ecstasy of fumbling,
Fitting the clumsy helmets just in time;
But someone still was yelling out and stumbling
And floundering like a man in fire or lime.—
Dim, through the misty panes and thick green light
As under a green sea, I saw him drowning.In all my dreams, before my helpless sight,
If in some smothering dreams you too could pace
He plunges at me, guttering, choking, drowning.
Behind the wagon that we flung him in,
And watch the white eyes writhing in his face,
His hanging face, like a devil's sick of sin;
If you could hear, at every jolt, the blood
Come gargling from the froth-corrupted lungs,
Obscene as cancer, bitter as the cud
Of vile, incurable sores on innocent tongues,—
My friend, you would not tell with such high zest
To children ardent for some desperate glory,
The old Lie: Dulce et decorum est
Pro patria mori.
In memorium. The armistice was signed 90 years ago today, offering a brief respite before the smoldering embers of discontent raged again two decades later.
Hello, Dr. Freud
This was fun. Here's a free association meme.
I say … and you think … ?
Coverage :: Political
Cynical :: Obama
Gust :: Wind
Improvised :: Jazz
V :: Violin
Guests :: Odyssey
Brutal :: Beast
Grant ::Ulysses S.
Pull :: Push Technology
Streaming :: Audio
Logos Pre-Launches Mac Edition
Well, it looks like Logos is about ready to go live on the Mac with their Bible software. You can read about it here. The software will go head-to-head with longtime Mac Bible software Accordance. I really like Accordance, but suspect the added competition will be good for everyone.
I'm anxious to see what Logo accomplishes here.
In the Aftermath
The elephant fell
And with it a great hero.
Arise anew, friend.
Congratulations, Sen. Obama
This election did not turn out how I hoped, but the time has come to congratulate President-elect Barack Obama on his victory tonight. I also congratulate his supporters, of which I call many friends. We have called the election at OFB.
We may not agree on every issue, but I believe we agree that we want a better future for the country. Let's hope everyone can work together for that. Let us have a spirited debate on the issues that challenge us, but let us do so respectfully and remembering that we are all Americans.
I thank Sen. John McCain for running a honorable, challenging campaign and for representing me and many of my fellow Americans over the past months admirably. I look forward to seeing him continue to do the business of the country in the coming years in the Senate. I appreciate his classy speech tonight (Read It Here) congratulating Sen. Obama — it once more showed why I am proud to have cast my vote for him, despite the outcome.
May God bless the next president of the United States, my president, and the people he will govern in the years to come.
Don't Give Up Yet
It looks tough, but if you still have time to vote, don't give up on John McCain yet. Go Vote!
