http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/03/04/obit.gygax.ap/index.html?iref=newssearch

A little dry, and certainly not the tribute he deserves.

How much fun have you had because of him?

How many 10+ year friendships?

And, how many dice have you thrown across the room?

Dude, I sure do hope you had Jesus. Would love to sit down to a 1000 year game with you.

If the link is working:

http://www.jadatoys.com/products.php?id=1776&whichpage=2&category=ForSale&scale=64&dir=-1

Looks like someone has been taking pictures of my bus, and making a toy out of it.

Yeah, I know. Not the same year. But ya gotta admit, it's eerie finding a toy that looks so much like a car you own.

I even have the rust colored primer on mine now. Really a close match.

Not only do I have this:

My 68 Hardtop Westy.

I now have this:

My 78 Goldwing.

Cool.

the other day.

God has no red shift.

Ask an astronomer.

I have had nothing but trouble with your service.

I created an account under the email duggerenterprises@juno.com, and it accepted it. Gave a confirmation email with a link and everything. Then it wouldn't let me log in. When I clicked on "forgot password" (cuz I thought that was the problem), it said I had entered an unregistered email. What? I got a confirmation message.

SO, I created an account under sl.boyd@yahoo.com. It worked. Once. Tonight, a week later, it tells me that sl.boyd@yahoo.com is NOT A REGISTERED EMAIL! It was good when I created it, but not now.

What's up? I don't have these problems with LiveJournal, or MySpace. I have friends here that I can't communicate with, but that's the whole point of the site.

Can you fix it? If not, can you delete these two accounts? Either way, I don't want to be bothered with it.

Clay Dugger

Finally. We made an offer on a house.

We'll see.

Here it is, if the link works:

http://homes.realtor.com/prop/1087102539

And, it isn't the 1202 sq. ft. as listed.

It's more like 1642. And the garage is a two-car. One that is big enough to put 3 cars in.

Hope they like our offer.

Came upon an old game, Boulder Dash (well, one of the versions).

Made the mistake of loading it.

Now I'm sleep deprived and late for work.

if you are one who does.

Deb and I are looking for a house. As in "to buy".

Big decision, that.

definitely messing with me.

This someone is unlocking the driver's door on my bus.

That's it. Not taking anything. Not messing with anything.

Nothing is damaged, moved, or missing. The damn door is just unlocked.

The first few times, I thought that I was just forgetful.

But the last two times it has happened, I distinctly remember locking
it. Even going so far as to saying something to my wife on the last time.

And, yes, I checked. My wife (who loves a good joke) is not doing it.
For one, she would admit it when busted, and second, she would never
endanger my stuff by leaving the bus unlocked (she is totally paranoid
about that).

So, what's up? And, how can I change it? I don't want to disable the
mechanism as I don't really wanna enter through the slider all the time.

"Inquiry is not defiance."
Think about that a moment.
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Proverbs 15:1 (NIV) "A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger."
Used to, I thought that this meant that, for example, if you are in an argument and respond angrily, you will get anger response. But, if you reply softly (KJV says "soft"), then you will turn away the other's wrath.

In my experience (and I have had MANY arguments), the above just doesn't happen.

This means one of two things:

1) The scripture is wrong.
2) I have mis-translated it.

Guess which one I have to go with?

So, the revised belief:

If you are in this argument, and respond calmly, the anger that is turned away is your own.
Word picture: The soft answer is an umbrella, anger is the rain. We say that things, like emotions, 'come over' us. Like rain. Deflect that, and you don't get wet.
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"Don't use the Lord's name in vain" usually refers to a particular two-word expletive.

Exodus 20:7 "You shall not misuse the name of the LORD your God, for the LORD will not hold anyone guiltless who misuses his name."

A little different from the KJV we all memorized, isn't it?

Using God's name in vain is totally different than misusing the name. The first means using it for no reason, and the second means to use it for the wrong reason.

So, which is it?

Well, dad died on May 25.

We settled his estate today.

We expected $5822.25. Not much, but hey, we're simple folk. It's enough for a down payment on a mobile home, right?

Turns out that Dad was sneaky. He had tucked away some cash for each of the four of us.

Another $10,825.

I'm still trying to catch my breath.

the 'easy' way is the wrong way?

"You always want to do things the easy way" is usually used as an insult. I take it as a compliment.

Why would I wish to do things the hard way? Isn't it more efficient if it's easier? Isn't it faster?

Next time someone tells you that the easy way is wrong, ask him if he drives a car. Why not walk?

don't read ( this )

Just why it is so taboo to question?

Question convention. Tradition. Long standing belief. Status quo.

Why does it offend people when you question their closely held beliefs?

( Here's what I am rambling about: )

I'm 40 today.

Don't know yet just how I feel about that.

On the one hand, I'm happy to be alive and even happier to have Deb sharing my life.

On the other hand, I'm 40!!!

"We evaluate othes by their actions.
Yet we evaluate ourselves by our motives."

Now that hurts.

At one point last year, a friend and I attempted to start a Bible study. It didn't last long due to circumstances, but it was fun for a while.

What we did was this: One of us would pick a topic. We would then have the entire week to study and research that topic. On our meeting night, we would then share our findings.

My pet topic is Predestination, so that is what I chose one time.

Here is what I came up with:

( IS THE COURSE OF MY LIFE SET? )