Showing posts with label computers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label computers. Show all posts
My loved ones, rest securely,Jason and I are up in Plano this weekend for the North Texas Lutheran Free Conference at Faith Lutheran Church. We're manning an HT booth and answering the plethora of questions. Craig Parton and Pastor Wilken are the two presenters, and so far it's been awesome! We did Vespers at the close of today's sessions, and sang this hymn at the end. Gerhardt has such a good way with comforting words...
For God this night will surely
From peril guard your heads.
Sweet slumbers may he send you
And bid his hosts attend you
And through the night watch over your beds.-- Paul Gerhardt
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Yesterday I had a terrible struggle with the copier. Somehow -- still not sure if it's my fault or not -- it developed *very black* stripes down the middle of every page from every drawer through every feeder. The Ricoh repair guy doesn't come out until 2 or 3 days after you make a service call. So, I stayed at work 'till 4 with Pastor Quail trying to figure out a way to finish the propers for Sunday. It's a double-sided 8 1/2 x 11 sheet of paper, and none of our other printers print duplex. Long story short, the internet went down and one of the old copiers also developed stripes after 5 sheets, so after much pain and groaning we got one printer to print one side, then put the sheets back in and printed the other side. It all worked out, but it was SUCH a pain. Ahh technology...
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So I'm debating. Do I buy a new motherboard/processor for my desktop, or save the $300+ and put it towards a laptop? It's not like I don't like my desktop... and we do have a laptop that works fine for conferences, etc... but I do want to have a laptop someday. So what to do?? I need to research how much it really will cost to replace my motherboard and processor. If I put XP on it it'll be up to date and good to go.
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I don't really wanna post about politics, but I have a story.
Jason's boss' friend went to Popeye's recently and had his order taken by a black woman. He then went to sit down and wait for them to bring out his food. When it was ready, the black woman gave his tray to her Mexican co-worker and loudly proclaimed "Here! I don't need to serve white people any more." As in, now that Obama is president, she can be racist. The guy whose order it was promptly asked for the manager, told him what had happened, and he fired the woman on the spot.
This kind of thing makes me *beyond* angry. I have no words to describe how I feel. I also had a hard time at first believing that people can actually think this sort of thing -- but I've been hearing more and more *first-hand accounts* of such comments and situations. I just... wow. I just don't know. It's gonna be interesting...
I don't really wanna post about politics, but I have a story.
Jason's boss' friend went to Popeye's recently and had his order taken by a black woman. He then went to sit down and wait for them to bring out his food. When it was ready, the black woman gave his tray to her Mexican co-worker and loudly proclaimed "Here! I don't need to serve white people any more." As in, now that Obama is president, she can be racist. The guy whose order it was promptly asked for the manager, told him what had happened, and he fired the woman on the spot.
This kind of thing makes me *beyond* angry. I have no words to describe how I feel. I also had a hard time at first believing that people can actually think this sort of thing -- but I've been hearing more and more *first-hand accounts* of such comments and situations. I just... wow. I just don't know. It's gonna be interesting...
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On a happier note! I was inspired by the kindergarten teacher at St. Mark who is also a member of the church to get up half an hour early and work out every week day. She somehow manages to get up at 4:15 (*4:15am!!*) and work out every morning, so I figured I could get up at 7:15 when she's already at work. :-) I did it yesterday and today, so I'm hoping to make it a habit and get my body into shape. Or, a better shape than round, anyway... heh.
On a happier note! I was inspired by the kindergarten teacher at St. Mark who is also a member of the church to get up half an hour early and work out every week day. She somehow manages to get up at 4:15 (*4:15am!!*) and work out every morning, so I figured I could get up at 7:15 when she's already at work. :-) I did it yesterday and today, so I'm hoping to make it a habit and get my body into shape. Or, a better shape than round, anyway... heh.
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Oh now there's a place for you and meSomehow Jason's laptop managed to get a NASTY nasty virus. One of the pop-up ads ones that throws ads up all over the place while you're online. Now, I've got Ad-Aware, AVG, ZoneAlarm and Spybot all installed on both computers, and they've all served me well for several years. They've cut through any virus we've had, including one that Norton didn't get.
Where we can dream as big as the sky
I know it's hard to see it now
But baby someday we're gonna fly
This road we're on, you know it might be long
But my faith is strong
It's all that really matters
But, somehow, this one went undetected even though I updated and scanned with all of my programs. I tried to look it up online and remove it myself, but apparently there's several manifestations of this particular virus, and none of the 50+ files and registry keys the websites told me to look for were on the computer. I finally found several forums that referenced a free anti-virus software that WOULD detect and get rid of this specific virus, so after 3 hours and a tearful temper tantrum I FINALLY got rid of the dang thing. It's running fine now. Thank the Lord.
Newsletter Week (cue screams of terror) at church is turning out to be not-so-bad this month (knock on wood). I actually received ALL of the articles BEFORE Monday (the deadline is Sunday), which is incredibly unusual. I nearly finished formatting it today and tomorrow I'll polish it off and print it. Instead of the usual last-minute articles coming in Tuesday afternoon right before I print and me having to work way past 3 to get it all done before the ladies come to put it together early Wednesday morning.
Pastor Borghardt's gone to Symposia for the week, and of course as soon as he leaves I have a theological question. I know there's a few pastors that read this, so would someone enlighten me as to the Lutheran interpretation of Malachi 3:10? My hubby's non-denominational intern was using this verse as a law to say why WE MUST TITHE. And so hubby asked me what I thought of it, and I, in my virus-addled state, didn't have an answer.
Even with all the issues this evening, I did manage to whip up a beautiful and yummy batch of oatmeal cookies with my SHINY NEW MIXER (no, it will never get old!). Oh, the wonderful spiced fluffiness...
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