John – Page 97 – Deep Sand

Fay On The Way – 1

August 18, 2008August 20, 2008 John Fay, Ft. Meyers, hurricanes, Tropical Storm

Tropical Storm Fay has crossed over Cuba, and is making the turn more toward the north, and heading toward Florida (most likely). I thought I’d give you an update on the storm and my preparations so far.

Election Featured Politics

Trading Places-The Karl Rove Wager

August 15, 2008August 23, 2008 John Dan Akroyd, Dick Cheney, Eddie Murphy, george bush, Karl Rove, Trading Places

Back in the early ’80s, a movie was released staring Dan Akroyd and Richard Prior called Trading Places. Two characters in the movie, Mortimer and Randolph Duke (played by Ralph Bellamy and Don Ameche) are wealthy commodity brokers who argue constantly over social issues, and enjoy a small wager from time to time. The $5 wager between the Mortimer brothers is that if they put the Pryor character into the right situation, he’ll rise to his new circumstances, and behave like a well-bread, educated wealthy person. On the flip side, if Winthrope has all the trappings of wealth and influence removed from him, he’ll quickly resort to a life of crime and scamming. In the end, the joke was on the Duke brothers, as Winthrope and Valentine came together to not only financial destroy the Dukes, but become rich themselves. I think Karl Rove made a similar bet some years back.

Culture Featured Religion

The Will of God?

August 13, 2008August 18, 2008 John City Temple, God, Harold Kushner, Leslie Weathehead, London, methodist, PFOX, Will of God, WWII

Recently, my Sunday School class has been involved in a study of the “The Will of God.” We’re using a book by Leslie Weatherhead. I don’t find I’m in complete agreement with his definitions, but he does offer a comprehensive interpretation of The Will of God. It has led me to do some deeper thinking about words I’ve heard often. The concept has mostly dumfounded theologians, and I believe is primarily a construct of people looking for some kind of logic in illogical situations.

Election Politics

John Edwards Blows It

August 10, 2008 John Extramarital Affair, John Edwards, John McCain, Rielle Hunter

It seems that the tabloid National Enquirer has a knack for catching wandering politicians, and they’ve nabbed another now…my favorite recent presidential candidate, John Edwards. It appears that back in 2006 Edwards had an affair with Rielle Hunter, a lady hired to produce campaign films for the Edwards campaign.

Business Software Technology

Upgrading to Office 2007?

August 7, 2008 John 2007, Microsoft, Microsoft Office, Upgrades

I seem to be doing lots of upgrading lately. I’ve been having an issue for some time now with my Outlook crashing several times each day, and often taking multiple attempts to restart it. In some cases, it will even break the connection to the pst file, and I’ll have to restart the computer. I’ve tried everything without success, so I’m now considering an upgrade to Office 2007.