August has been good. First we had our annual week at the cottage with the Vogel clan. It was probably the most relaxed year for me. I didn’t get much accomplished there but that wasn’t my intention. I had thought I might be inspired to write another poem while I was there (I was the ...

There hasn’t been any one big news item lately but I suppose there are a few little things I could compile into one entry. So, in rough chronological order: I was at BlockBuster on July 14th and saw Chaos Theory in the bargain bin. I thought it would probably be worth $9.98 and so I ...

Question for you – which is larger? $1,133.55 or $1,224.23? This had me going up the wall for a while the other day, ’cause I was sure the smaller one was larger. Right now I feel like Neo when he finally saw the world as Matrix code, except I don’t understand it. Ya, I’ve been ...

We’ve had another office shuffle. I’m now working with most of the rest of the office team out of a nice little house in town. The move was surprisingly uneventful (that is a good thing). However, we’re working on setting up two new servers, a Linux box for the phones and a Windows 2003 Server ...

I had a great weekend. Mom, Dad, and I went over to Montreal to visit Aunt Beth and Grandma. Aunt Beth is back in the hospital undergoing the next step in her treatment. I’m really glad that I could finally go see her, and it was great to spend some more time with Grandma too. ...

I just returned from a weekend young people conference hosted by the Brockville URC. It was really good – I’m glad I went. At around three hours driving distance it was a bit of a hike but worth it. The speaker, Rev. Jeremy Veldman, gave three messages on “Running the Race” and really developed the ...

Normally I’d be at church right now but the good old Teal Squeal seems to have gone on vacation. Or at least the starter… So instead I’ll take this oportunity to let you know I am indeed safely back again in ON. We arrived after midnight, so about 00:40 this morning. The trip was heaps ...

On Tuesday the 24th I’m flying off into the sunset. Well, at least in that direction… I’m heading to BC for my little sister’s graduation. The grand finale of what, 6, 7 years of mental and emotional torture? OK, maybe that is exaggerating a bit, but  they were a challenging 3 years and my dear ...

He is risen. Yes, last Friday was Good Friday, followed closely by Easter Sunday. It was good to again focus on the monumental events that these days celebrate, events that shook all of history and haven’t diminished after two millenniums. It is traditional that after the Good Friday morning church service, those of the congregation ...

The time between Sunday services seems almost suspended. It feels good today. Last week found me pretty busy. There was lots to do at the office, as we’re off to a rocky start with the new contact management software we’ve switched to, plus we moved the phone system and some of the computers on Thursday. ...