Entries Tagged 'Life'
Driving and My Digital IQ
How did you do? Post yer results (or your answers to the “Sunday Brunch” questions) below.
A New Meaning for DOA
Most things you receive are guaranteed that they won't be dead on arrival. What if, on the other hand the whole point of its arrival was death? That must have been the thought that crossed the mind of founder of a new e-mail service: MyLastE-mail.
Apparently, the concept revolves around the idea that a person would want to send people e-mail messages when they died (you can send personal messages, not just a generic announcement). Afterall, as the site points out, you never know when you might kick the bucket, and you certainly may have things to say to those who you leave behind after your farm purchase. Yeah, right. I just can't see sending loved ones an e-mail message saying:
Hi there, I'm dead. I'll miss you.-Tim
PS: Don't forget to feed my cats. Thanks!
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I'm back.
Well, I'm back from an unexpected blogging break. This week was really busy and then the weather change got the best of me leaving me a bit under the weather (pun intended), so I just haven't had a chance to come blog.
I've also spent a lot of time on the phone with FedEx and NewEgg.com. FedEx delivered about $300 worth of parts I ordered to the wrong address (an address which apparently had a waiver that said that FedEx didn't have to get a signature from them). After several days of repeated calling, FedEx finally got the driver to go back, only to find out that the resident of the home it was delivered to took the FedEx package to where you would logically take a wrongly delivered FedEx package: UPS!
After that, they waited around a day hoping UPS would call and report the package. When that didn't happen they had me call NewEgg and ask them to resend the package (saying they'd settled the claim with NewEgg). Of course, when NewEgg called FedEx, FedEx said it was my problem because I signed a signature waiver (rather the resident of where ever they delivered to signed that waiver and even if I had… how's that relate to delivering to the wrong address?!!?!). Finally, after talking to FedEx a few more times, I called NewEgg back and they now have my order shipped again. They were nice enough to up the shipping from FedEx Economy to FedEx 2 Day. Hopefully this time FedEx will get the address right.
Unfortunately all of this also ended up preventing me from getting a few articles on OfB that I was hoping to. On the bright side, one of those articles depended on the parts that are now MIA at UPS, so I couldn't have written the piece anyway. There's always next week.
Moral of the story: this is the second time in four months I've had trouble with FedEx. I recommend UPS at the moment.
More tomorrow.
It was Administrative Night tonight, so it is a bit late to come up with a good post. So, for tonight, I guess I'll just leave you with this important question to seriously ponder: If a person falls in the woods and there are no trees around…
Good Book So far...
If you're like me, and have been an avid reader of the Left Behind series by Tim LaHaye and Jerry Jenkins, I have a good book recommendation for you. It's Soon by Jerry Jenkins and it's very good so far (I've read the first four or five chapters thus far).
Of course, it might be awhile before I finish it — I tend to read a number of books at once. Right now: The Purpose Driven Life by Rick Warren, Wild at Heart: Discovering the Secret of a Man's Soul by John Eldredge, The Remanent (Left Behind #10) by Tim LaHaye and Jerry Jenkins, Through the Gates of Splendor by Elizabeth Elliot and What Went Wrong?: The Clash Between Islam and Modernity in the Middle East by Bernard Lewis. Yeah, I should read one at a time, but…
Until last week I was also reading Napoleon by Paul Johnson, but I finished that. I also have a number of books waiting for reading, including Twelve Ordinary Men by John MacArthur, The Loving God of Prophecy by Tim LaHaye and some little book I picked up a flea market from Michael W. Smith. Later on my reading list, I have Traveling Light by Max Lucado and The Jesus I Never Knew by Philip Yancy.
Anyone out there reading any good books?
Christmas!
I'm not sure why, but I'm ready for the holiday season this year. I know it's early. But I'm ready for Christmas. I'm ready for the whole works — the Christmas trees, the lights, the carols, and of course, the celebration of the meaning of the season.
Note to self: must resist urge to start decorating before even the beginning of November.
NASA Tidbits
Whirlwind Continued
Well, I'm just taking a very momentary break. I'm still pretty far behind due to the problems mentioned in my last post, so I must get back to work, but I thought I'd stop by and say “hi” first.
I'm just hoping tomorrow I can post a few good things at WIT!?!?!?! and also get to visit the 40 Days of Purpose board that Christopher set up….
Yikes!
What a whirlwind the last few days have been. I've been meaning to head over to Christopher's 40 Days of Purpose internet small group for two days but haven't ever had the chance. I've had several “planned” irons in the fire, plus the continued onslaught of the DoS attack against my host that has kept me busy keeping my clients informed as to what's going on (and trying to keep them calm).
Additionally, my Charter Pipeline internet service has been down more than it has been up lately, so I've been offline a lot over the last week or so. sigh Just hoping things calm down a bit later this week…
