Im still alive

Hey all who may wonder if I dropped off the planet. I didnt. I am still around. I have had some change in my life and its good.

1) As I posted before I got a new job. This has taken away 80% of the negativity that I had. I really hated my old job, It was poisoning me. I like my new one a lot so I havent felt the need to complain. I used to blog to vent. However, I am still gonna blog. It just may be lighter.

2) I had been so antiChurch and now I am not sure. I actually enjoy going to the services but the BS detectors are working hard. I guess rather than complain, I am just having a bit of an internal struggle. I am coming to the conclusion that God is there in Churches but so is the bad stuff. Jesus cares enough about us to be there even amongst the fakeness.

As I ponder that, I will say that it feels good to blog again. I will start doing it more. As I see things. I guess my life is just boring (in a good way) right now.

Take care and God Bless all who still read this

Moving On

I finally got a better job that is a lot closer to home. Instead of 67 miles each way, it will only be 24 miles. Also going to work for a bigger company. Not a small office full of moody people. I thank God for this and hopefully I will have a better attitude. I start on the 12th.

Jesus Camp

I watched the movie Jesus Camp this weekend. It disturbed me greatly, not because its irreverant, but because it shows what people teach. It is sick and twisted that people are teaching children (or adults) to be good republicans. This false gospel of nationalism has infiltrated many Churches.

I was a youth leader of sorts (Royal Rangers) for years. I could have been the people on Jesus Camp. What have a done. I want to tear my clothes and wail. I may have led innocent Children astray while thinking I was doing Gods will. I felt so close to God then, but the people were so much worshipping the false gospel of nationalism that I wonder if it was real. Was it God, was it the spirit of the antichrist? I am so confused.

I went to Church today and was looking for the hook in everything, though I didnt see one. Could this Church be different.

I cannot handle it anymore. I may have had a part in leading young boys to follow George W Bush's bloody path to hell. Or did I lead them to the Lord? I am not sure anymore.

I feel convicted, but I am not sure exactly about what. My mom says people like that who teach nationalism are raising up the army for the Antichrist. I have to say I think raising up an army to take back America (which never was a Christian nation) is very unbiblical.

I dont know who I am anymore or where I am going

Vista

I know. Its not out yet, but I work for a company that allows me to have it for testing and evaluation purposes. I installed Vista on my PC. Here is my initial assessment:

1) It took 3 hours to install on a P4 2.8 with 1gig of RAM. If you have less than that, you may want to give it a day

2) My computer is a bit slower than it was, but still decent. However, I suspect I am on the edge of the REAL system requirements not what M$ posts. If you have less than I do, watch out

3) Its WEIRD. Everything is in different places, however I see no real benefits. Its like they did it just to frustrate the hell out of people. It really looks like Mac OSX to me, though its not exactly Mac. You can tell its another knockoff though.

I had to upgrade because my customers will and I have to learn how to support it. I dont think it will really hurt me, but I am a tech with over 10 years experience.

Advice, if you like XP, dont go to Vista. XP is fairly stable. Normal people should at least wait till SP2 for Vista comes out in a few years. I will post any bugs I find. Its too early to tell. I can say that I dont hate it, but overall I am unimpressed. Give me a good reason to like it.

Another stupid truck pic

Here is my truck. I like my bumper stickers. LOL

Coastal People

This is the kind of people that live around here. Here is a truck that parked outside my workplace. I cannot believe some of these stickers. This is the kind of people that really scare me. I wonder what trailer park he lives in.

Newport Freezes Over

It has happend. I never thought it would but the Oregon Coast has snow. Here is a picture to prove it. Talk about WEIRD weather.

I heard next its gonna snow in Las Vegas and it was 70 in Boston last week. Global Warming?? Maybe a big iceburg broke off and hit the west coast. Maybe I should move back to Minnesota for mild winters.

Btw, I didnt drive my normal 67 mile commute in this crap. A friend was nice enough to let me stay with them in Newport last night. I got here before it got too bad. Otherwise, I probably would have gotten hit. People in Oregon dont handle snow well at all.