A year ago hard rains transformed normally quiet Rush Creek in Rushford, Minnesota into a muddy torrent that flooded hundreds of homes. The volunteers are starting to dry up, but there's still work ahead.
5 of us went from church today for 1 day of drywalling. We worked in 2 homes today and we drove past a few we had worked on before this year. It was heartening to see a home we'd hung windows in as a home. There are many still to finish but it was a blessing for us to see some fully restored. The homes that are in need of the most work sit empty a year after the disaster. It made us 5 wonder why its so easy to look past disasters so quickly.
Monday, August 25, 2008
Sunday, August 24, 2008
Virus may have a name jo
The virus may be called joke.blusod
I called tech support the local guy from charter hadn't heard of it.
I called tech support the local guy from charter hadn't heard of it.
Saturday, August 23, 2008
the virus
Found a useful discussion re the virus or malware infecting my pc. I haven't got a name yet but I hope to soon. The link is expert.com/forums/thread/379222.aspx
How the virus works
good evening
I don't know the name of the virus infecting my pc but I do know
1 it blocks access from google to anti virus sites and just straight from the browser line too
2 it stopped me from updating my pc's anitivirus files @ 1 pm yesterday
3 The virus has been redirecting to google analitics durring searches
4 just running anti virus software we use f-secure hasn't stopped it yet. F-secure finds it but doesnlt remove it.
hopefully I'll know more soon
pax
unlikely
I don't know the name of the virus infecting my pc but I do know
1 it blocks access from google to anti virus sites and just straight from the browser line too
2 it stopped me from updating my pc's anitivirus files @ 1 pm yesterday
3 The virus has been redirecting to google analitics durring searches
4 just running anti virus software we use f-secure hasn't stopped it yet. F-secure finds it but doesnlt remove it.
hopefully I'll know more soon
pax
unlikely
Computer virus
Good evening.
My post is short tonight. I'm using the little qwerty keyboard on my phone because the pc has a virus.
The great irony of this virus is that it prevents the user from actually accessing any anti virus sites. Once I have clean pc I will publish the names of the companies who hoped to profit from my misfortunes.
Who knows if any more unsavory things have been done to our pc or us yet. Charlie Brown used to say, "Uggh" and that sums it up for me.
Pax
unlikely
My post is short tonight. I'm using the little qwerty keyboard on my phone because the pc has a virus.
The great irony of this virus is that it prevents the user from actually accessing any anti virus sites. Once I have clean pc I will publish the names of the companies who hoped to profit from my misfortunes.
Who knows if any more unsavory things have been done to our pc or us yet. Charlie Brown used to say, "Uggh" and that sums it up for me.
Pax
unlikely
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Intesity and Faith
I came upon a great post at Law and Gospel that answered a tough question from Dave at Here I Stand
Law and Gospel's story comes from her work as a Chaplain in an ER. She wrote about watching a doctor slowly interact with a family. She wonders why the doctor seemed so slow in coming to speak to the family and ask any questions about what had happened. Was it the racial and cultural barriers that needed to be overcome. Or was it something else; another barrier.
the story got me thinking about the barriers I and others build up as emotional defenses. The past couple weeks have taught me again that intensity is a real part of any life and death situation. People are raw. They don't know what's coming next for the person they love or what to do with themselves. The old question, "Why God" bubbles up deep inside and we have no good answer to offer beyond an answer of faith and trust.
Tonight an ICU doctor came by church for the visitation of a member who died after a week in his care. He sought me out after meeting with the widow and his parents to express his condolences. I'd watched him do everything possible to keep this man alive, and it wasn't enough. He said it was just right to be there after a week of working hoping to keep him alive knowing and telling his family all the long that it "didn't look promising."
I've seen good people build barriers around themselves. I judge they push away people in hard situations in order (unconsciously or consciously) to push off some of the deep emotions that they might otherwise encounter in other people or in themselves.
What do you think?
Law and Gospel's story comes from her work as a Chaplain in an ER. She wrote about watching a doctor slowly interact with a family. She wonders why the doctor seemed so slow in coming to speak to the family and ask any questions about what had happened. Was it the racial and cultural barriers that needed to be overcome. Or was it something else; another barrier.
the story got me thinking about the barriers I and others build up as emotional defenses. The past couple weeks have taught me again that intensity is a real part of any life and death situation. People are raw. They don't know what's coming next for the person they love or what to do with themselves. The old question, "Why God" bubbles up deep inside and we have no good answer to offer beyond an answer of faith and trust.
Tonight an ICU doctor came by church for the visitation of a member who died after a week in his care. He sought me out after meeting with the widow and his parents to express his condolences. I'd watched him do everything possible to keep this man alive, and it wasn't enough. He said it was just right to be there after a week of working hoping to keep him alive knowing and telling his family all the long that it "didn't look promising."
I've seen good people build barriers around themselves. I judge they push away people in hard situations in order (unconsciously or consciously) to push off some of the deep emotions that they might otherwise encounter in other people or in themselves.
What do you think?
Friday, August 8, 2008
Olympics begin
Maybe we're just corny mid-westerners, but we tried to make a night of celebrating the Olympics by going out to our local Chinese restraunt (a buffet) . One of our girls even had on her official Olympic t-shirt complete with the "blue friendly" that we picked up at the Olympic Traing center in Colorado Springs.
It's good to see the Olympics begin and realize even as they do that they still represent a dream that no nation has yet achieved, freedom for its own people and peace with all other nations.
Thursday, August 7, 2008
Summer's winding down
Just about this time every year I start to notice some signs that summer is starting to disappear right before my eyes. This morning I noticed the change when Teddy, the Water Spaniel, and I were running and the dew started to gather on us just after dawn.
Sure I've started to see the change every morning as the dawn comes a little later each day but this later dew is different, its the kind of thing that happens as the nights get a little cooler.
Sure I've started to see the change every morning as the dawn comes a little later each day but this later dew is different, its the kind of thing that happens as the nights get a little cooler.
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