Hero Hiatus's Happen

A time of silence is needed again. A time of reflection to gather deep thoughts to inspire us to get through the progression of fall and through the dark cold winter. Wait...we live in California...there is no winter. Well, I have to inspire my faithful Antarctic readers. Talk to you after some trekking....

I leave you with a deep thought from Jack Handy...
"I hope some animal never bores a hole in my head and lays its eggs in my brain, because later you might think you're having a good idea but it's just eggs hatching."

The Tale of Two Pennies

So, today in SS we did a little object lesson by putting pennies in vinegar and salt to clean them, with the parallel of God cleaning our hearts from sin by the work of Jesus on the cross. The one on the left is the year I was born. The one on the right is the year Dyna Girl was born. The penny on the left was cleaned; prior to cleaning I couldn't even tell what year it was. I guess my body is kind of like that penny, beat up, banged up, and a lot of sin; hopefully the blood of Jesus will make my actual heart cleaner than this penny :-)

Insomniac 102, what the experts forgot

Yesterday, we got the Harvard expert opinion. Well, enough from that heady bunch, shame on me for broadcasting that lab-rat nonsense. Here's the real top 10 (almost), in somewhat random order...
1. Who me?
2. A little of this
3. Too bad this isn't the top one
4. Need I say more?
5. A little of that
6. Pick any of the sounds, you'll get the picture
7. It's not just for pancakes....
8. Can they come any earlier?
9. Must have more....

Insomniac 101

Hmmm, not sleeping lately? Which of these is your problem? I'm quite certain mine is #2, saving the world 1 problem at a time can wear on you; and when will that red phone stop ringing?
1. Age
2. Stress
3. Change in life patterns
4. Jet lag
5. Medications
6. Napping during the day
7. Depression/Anxiety
8. Gender
9. Work schedule
10. Eating/drinking habits

Some people write far better than I

Interesting to read the story behind the song here

All to Jesus I surrender;
all to him I freely give;
I will ever love and trust him,
in his presence daily live.
Refrain:
I surrender all, I surrender all,
all to thee, my blessed Savior,
I surrender all.

2. All to Jesus I surrender;
humbly at his feet I bow,
worldly pleasures all forsaken;
take me, Jesus, take me now.
(Refrain)

3. All to Jesus I surrender;
make me, Savior, wholly thine;
fill me with thy love and power;
truly know that thou art mine.
(Refrain)

4. All to Jesus I surrender;
Lord, I give myself to thee;
fill me with thy love and power;
let thy blessing fall on me.
(Refrain)

5. All to Jesus I surrender;
now I feel the sacred flame.
O the joy of full salvation!
Glory, glory, to his name!
(Refrain)

The Greenhouse5 response to the DNC

Tech tip, browser for your mobile

For those of us who haven't forked out the big bucks for a iPod but nonetheless have a data plan for web access on our inferior phones, I found a cool tool, the Opera Mini web browser. Interesting enough, in researching it, I found numerous references to "Is this available for the iPhone?", so hmmmmmmmm. I digress.

Here's how it works.
1. You load the browser on your phone, go to http://www.operamini.com/ on your phone's browser. Click on the download button to load.
2. You open the browser.
3. You enter a URL (web address)
4. The web page is passed thru the opera web servers and rendered small for your little bitty screen on your mobile phone. Not only does this make it easier to see the web page, but it makes loading the web page MUCH faster, by passing thru the opera web servers, they strip it down for fast loading.
5. On the small web page, there is a zoom box, so you can zoom on a place on the page. This makes it much easier to see the context of the whole page before scrolling around



COOL! Browsing the web on your mobile still is not great, but it's much better than before. Here's a cool demo of it actually works, click here.

The other tip is to use the mobile version of websites when possible. For instance, Yelp! offers a version of their site, optimized for mobile devices Yelp Mobile. Click on the links, see how stripped down the mobile version is! Many other sites offer something similiar.

Happy browsing!