There are images of historical figures (like Josephus, who bears no resemblance at all to Bocephus whom my mind has always strayed to when I read the name) and there are notes on the culture of the times what exactly was happening in Corinth when Corinthians was written?... And there are time capsules on some of the pages that give a snapshot of what was going on historically... For example, the one on page 1374 covers A.D.64, and Nero s rule and the great fire in Rome... Putting this information in the context of 1 Timothy helps paint a complete picture, and the explanation of widows on that same page brings home the point that Ecclesiastes has made for millennium... … View Post »

Wal-Mart , Walgreens , that sort of thing... I haven t tried fast food yet, but if I don t get something by the middle of next week, that will be the next step... I don t want to do that, because I am not as fast as I used to be, thought I can still put most teens to shame, AND because those jobs are typically very part time... The one job I am very hopeful about is as a cosmetics clerk... addthis_url = ' http%3A%2F%2Fwww.midlifemusings.com%2F2008%2F11%2F13%2Fhowdy-howdy%2F ' ; addthis_title = ' Howdy%2C+howdy%21 ' ; addthis_pub = ' ' ;... … View Post »

The other day, my magical friend Trevor tweeted about an article he was reading... I glanced over it, more because he was interested in it than anything else, until I got to this part: People at all levels stop doing any activity that is a waste of their time, the customer s time, or the company s money... Now, I reread that a couple of times, and then I remembered what I had posted about never being still , and I then I reread that sentence again, and I realized that if I better corralled my work I would have more time to just be... Same with email: I doubt the president is going to email me for my opinion before he launches the nukes, so I don t need to be available by email at all times either... So here is my new plan: In the morning, I open the email, and go through it deleting, deleting, deleting, and dealing with anything that needs a reply NOW, and then closing Thunderbird... I check my message boards, and then I start working my Google calendar... The calendar holds internet and non internet stuff, but I want to knock out as much internet stuff as I can before lunch... After lunch: school, then finish up internet... … View Post »

Do you expect to keep your books in pristine condition even after you have read them?... Does watching other readers bend the cover all the way round make you flinch or squeal in pain?... I know that it is impossible to keep a book looking new forever, but I do try to take good care of my books... The really good ones are like friends and I enjoy visiting them time and again, so it behooves me to treat them well... I ll be right upfront and tell you that that banner above is an affiliate banner, but I believe the service has some merit, and is of direct interest to my readers... And here s another thing I think will interest you: Thomas Nelson is looking for bloggers to review books ... addthis_url = ' http%3A%2F%2Fwww.midlifemusings.com%2F2008%2F10%2F30%2Fbook-through-thursday-the-short-edition%2F ' ; addthis_title = ' Book+through+Thursday%2C+the+short+edition ' ; addthis_pub = ' ' ;... … View Post »

My mother and I were discussing history a while back, and she found my theory of counting history by lifetimes intriguing... I adhere to the young earth theory, and that will give us about 6,000 years of BC history, and of course about 2000 of AD history, rounding off a bit... Given an average lifespan of 75 years, thats just 106 lifetimes... But Biblical life spans were much longer, and that helps to balance the much shorter life spans during the middle ages... My point with that is this: 8000 years ago can be hard to grapple with, mentally... Methuselah was the son of Enoch, who walked with God and was no more, for God took him... Methuselah died at 969 years of age, just before the flood... So we can do some simple math and find that the flood occurred approximately 1656 years after creation... … View Post »

Well, I guess I should break the silence, eh?... After I posted about my lack of time and general frazzled-ness, I spent some time thinking... I feel like I have to much to do, becasue I have a metric ton of things to do... Like video... As for the rest of my list, I m not sure Gadget Advisor can help me... A new MSI x58 Eclipse motherboard may speed up my system, and the best extensions for Firefox may boost my productivity a bit, but in the end, it s time management/goal setting and some boundaries that are going to allow me to get more done... … View Post »

Every day, there is more stuff to do than minutes to do it in... I m not taking the time today to make sure it s acceptable ... Sometime this week, remind me to tell you how I said I need 5 minutes and walked into my room and shut the door, only to have it opened not 45 seconds later... … View Post »

I read three items: two books and a magazine... But I also had the flu for 10 days and worked 16 hours a day anyway... A wife... Check this out: Here is another great video review by Lisa, who coincidently writes the blog Lisa Reviews... She writes about how she can write at 150 words per minute with Dragon NaturallySpeaking... So if you re looking for a practical tool for your home office, for your writing or blog work, or even just to keep up with e-mail in your spare time, Dragon NaturallySpeaking can give you the power to write at 150 words a minute for a price that starts at $99... If I could blog in my spare minutes .man,... I could dictate my blog posts in the morning in odd pockets of time between this and that student/chore/distraction while my mind is still working and then edit/publish them in the afternoon during quiet time, and I wouldn t be sitting here at ..what... … View Post »

You know, I understand that many of you came here yesterday, and read what I wrote, and then didn t know what to say to it... See, the other day, I was sitting here trying to pull myself out of the muck; berating myself, actually, for wallowing in my mental mire... And I remembered a friend looking me dead in the eye after he found out Grandma had died, and saying it will take you a year to get over what has happened to you , and I remembered thinking that I really hoped that wasn t true, because, oh my word, who wants to live confused and hurt for a year!... … View Post »