We need to act like dogs on a run, instead of in one. Dogs working together to pull the project to its destination.

I need to trust my team, be eager to accept help, and make sure that everyone knows the goal we’re aiming for, including myself. The trust issue is the biggest one for me. Hubristic or not, I really believe I work quicker than everyone on my team, and to a generally higher level of quality. When I say I need to trust others, I need to trust the value they bring to the project.

Then again, reading this many years from now, I hope to say that this is all very prideful. I hope that I value people more than I do now. That’s always a good thing.

Today was different. Today was big. I worked really hard from ten in the morning to after seven at night, with only 20 minutes for lunch in between. This is the first time I’ve really exerted myself for nine hours straight, and I don’t think I’ll forget this experience.

There came a point late in the day when I hit the wall, so to speak. My body was done, and I realized that I had no energy left to burn. That’s when Monica saved my day, and acted as God’s agent, I truly believe, when she brought me apples and peanut butter.

Friend, I had the best food of my life, nourishing my spirits along with my body. I know it sounds hokey, but it’s actually pretty realistic in that the energy released by the snack did alter my mood through altering the chemicals in my brain.

The apples were sweet and moist, just enough to quench my thirst and concentrate all my senses on the pleasure of the moment. The peanut butter stuck in my mouth, giving me the feeling that I was eating more than just an apple, I was eating a whole meal. I’ve had the honor to eat in some of the world’s great places, but I have never had a better experience than this afternoon with apples and peanut butter.

This never would have happened any other day; it took the prolonged work to lead me to the point where I really appreciated God’s gift to me. And, brother, it was good.

But I don’t! I always think, “Well, I can always find it online.”  Wrong!  Wronger! Wrongest!

You have be a Google-fu master just to find a blurry, tiny scan of the owner’s manual you are looking for most of the time.  Thankfully I just found out about OwnerIQ.net.  While I’m sure they don’t have every single manual ever made, they do have thousands which is a good starting point. 

This post is more for myself in the future, when I’ll need to access owner’s manuals again. Because why should I store the darn things when it’s all online.

You know, for my frequent post office stamp purchases.

His tactics, however, were far from Christian (or even humane).  He inserted pornography as evidence into cases that it had nothing to do with, would harass by letters and emails his “enemies,” and knowingly lie.  But, still, the idea of keeping violent video games out of children’s hands is something that absolutely everyone believes in, especially those who play video games often.  Even with a white knight agenda, hate and rhetoric are his legacy.   Behold the case of the proud, violent man.

bisphenol-A (BPA), a potentially toxic chemical found in many plastics, can enter the body via non-food sources and lingers in the body longer than previously thought.

What is BPA? Since I have no clue either, let’s discover together. Reading the article(s), it turns out that BPA is in plastic everywhere, and more importantly can enter into tap water and household dust. Which means that you don’t even have to consume foods contaminated by BPA to be effected.

The good news is that there is an FDA ruling that BPA won’t kill you; however it doesn’t say that BPA won’t cause cancer, which is the primary concern of pretty much everyone.  From what I can gather, this study will probably cause the FDA to reconsider their ruling.

You know what, though; that’s just the way I want it.

And I’ll update more as soon as more interesting stuff happens.