The older I get, and I plan to get as old as I can, I am amazed at how monotonous things really are. When I was young, everything seemed to be so new and exciting and I looked forward to the next new adventure.
Now that I have a few years under my belt, along with a couple thousand lunches and suppers, I am in a position to have a better perspective of life. And I have noticed that all the important things repeat themselves over and over again.
What refreshing encouragement I’ve seen in God’s word this morning!!
Just after the Mount of Transfiguration, Jesus, Peter, James and John come down the mountain to find the other disciples with a large crowd around a man and his son. The mute boy was often thrown to the ground, would foam at the mouth, gnash his teeth and become rigid. His father had brought the boy to Jesus. The disciples tried to help. Chronologically this event was after “[the disciples] drove out many demons and anointed many sick people with oil and healed them” [6:13]. But no healing this time.
I have the power of attorney for an 88 year old spinster woman who is confined to bed in a local nursing home. She has been a part of our church family for all of the 13.5 years that I have pastored at WestsideBibleChurch. Amongst my duties as POA (an acronym not far from POW for a reason) is shopping for personal items that she needs brought to the home.
That is how I came to be in the Shoppers Drug Mart this afternoon on a quest of senior proportions. It was my job to hunt down a bottle of Estee Lauder “Youth Dew” perfume, a mirror small enough to see one’s chin but not large enough to see one’s face, and some large nail clippers.
I was not feeling particularly enthusiastic about doing this shopping because I knew it was going to take me into parts of the store where I was going to have to ask for help. I have never been good at finding specific things in stores and as I get older (I am 44) I can see I’m getting even worse at item specific browsing.
You always hear the usual stories of pennies on the sidewalk being good luck, gifts from angels, etc. This is the first time I've ever heard this twist on the story. Gives you something to think about.
Several years ago, a friend of mine and her husband were invited to spend the weekend at the home of her husband's employer.
My friend, Arlene, was nervous about the weekend. The boss was very wealthy, with a fine home on the waterway, and cars costing more than her house.
Anybody who has spent any significant time on a computer knows what it is like to lose valuable data due to a failed hard drive or scratched/lost cd.The moment of acceptance that valuable data has been lost forever brings with it a determination to never again operate without a reliable backup.That moment also comes with an introduction to a whole new frustration with computers - how to actually backup one's data.
Backing up one's data can be a nightmare.The "Ntbackup" utility that comes with Windows XP (I've avoided Windows Vista like the swine flu) is certainly more versatile than Win98's laughable "briefcase" program, but it runs from a command line whose syntax bears this form:
To be fair, the help area of XP does elaborate on the above, but let's keep perspective here.The need is to back data up - not get a degree in running Ntbackup.Even once you've come up with a complete and accurate command to run, I doubt you want to type it in every time you want to back your files up - not to mention any other commands you create for backing up other areas of your computer with info not in your main data area.I guess you could always put all your command lines in a batch file and run them all that way.What are batch files you ask?Yeah, let me tell you about something far more simple instead.
+ I've been asked a number of times how it is that the Cybersalt Twitter updates are automatically appearing as status updates on my Facebook Account. It is very easy to do. Log in to your Facebook account and add the Twitter App to your Facebook. After that, all you need to do is set up the app with your Twitter account info and follow directions. The next time you update your Twitter status your Facebook Status will update too!
When I lost my Palm Treo 600 (just a few days before my contract expired) I was quite disappointed. Of all the electronic things I wanted to spend money - that I did not have on - my cell phone was dead last. I was going to dial that Treo right into the ground. But after not finding it for 2 weeks I needed to replace it and the cell phone covenience I was missing.
To make a long story short, I replaced my Treo with an 8 gig iPhone. Plain and simple: I love my iPhone and it's been awesome. However, soon after setting it up I did experience a significant disappointment. iTunes (the syncing software for the iPhone) would not run on Windows XP64 which was installed on my main PC. My work around at the time was simply to use my other PC (running XP) for iPhone syncing.
I am happy to report, however, that iTunes can run on XP64. I found a wonderful and simple set of instructions and links to make this happen. I am now able to sync and back up my iPhone using my computer with XP64 on it. I hope this link and referral will help anyone who was in the same boat as me.
The older I get, and I plan to get as old as I can, I am amazed at how monotonous things really are. When I was young, everything seemed to be so new and exciting and I looked forward to the next new adventure.
What refreshing encouragement I’ve seen in God’s word this morning!!
I have the power of attorney for an 88 year old spinster woman who is confined to bed in a local nursing home. She has been a part of our church family for all of the 13.5 years that I have pastored at 
You always hear the usual stories of pennies on the sidewalk being good luck, gifts from angels, etc. This is the first time I've ever heard this twist on the story. Gives you something to think about.
Backing up one's data can be a nightmare.
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When I lost my Palm Treo 600 (just a few days before my contract expired) I was quite disappointed. Of all the electronic things I wanted to spend money - that I did not have on - my cell phone was dead last. I was going to dial that Treo right into the ground. But after not finding it for 2 weeks I needed to replace it and the cell phone covenience I was missing.