My daughter tells me she just “fools around with” her electronic gizmos until she figures out how to do whatever it is she is trying to do. My brain will not go there.
In fact, I would rather buy a used camera like two that I actually knew how to use than try to re-learn how to download pictures. (I want to post the one-of-a-kind wreaths I am making for a sale in November.) HP has stopped making that camera, probably because the battery compartment has a latch that gets broken easily. (I know this because both of my cameras bit the dust for that reason.) I ordered a third camera on eBay; it arrived today. The latch is broken. I disputed the sale and was asked to send it back.
I don’t know why the seller wants it back unless he is determined to sell it again. (I was tempted to take an indelible marker and write DEFECTIVE on the body, but I didn’t. )
Without a camera, I am resorting to my new phone. I have the pictures taken, now I am looking for the manual to maybe figure out how to upload them via Facebook. See you in the loony bin.
Monday, October 24, 2011
Monday, October 17, 2011
The Battle for Education
A friend of my daughter is studying to be a secondary teacher and, as one of the requirements for her degree, spent Friday observing in a local high school. This particular school is one that has been praised in the media of late for its great improvement; no guns have been reported in over a year, and no students or teachers have been permanently injured.
She saw two fights break out in the hall, neither of which was reported. She heard students using fowl language on phones and other electronic communications during classes without consequence. She heard the same language directed at teachers, and she witnessed teachers trash talking students and the teaching profession.
God bless her; she still wants to teach, and she wants to teach in just such a school. She will be giving her talent, her youth, her enthusiasm and her potential earning power to a system and a student body that will show no appreciation and could potentially do her bodily harm. She and others like her are on the front lines of a war that needs to be waged by all of us.
And, praise God, the community surrounding that school has joined the battle. This month they raised over twenty thousand dollars to fund a “Bible in the Schools” teacher for the next three years. Whoever holds that position will be a seasoned professional and a practicing Christian whose faith and commitment will be tested daily. Please pray for God to bless all those who are willing to sacrifice so much to bring true peace and knowledge to our schools.
She saw two fights break out in the hall, neither of which was reported. She heard students using fowl language on phones and other electronic communications during classes without consequence. She heard the same language directed at teachers, and she witnessed teachers trash talking students and the teaching profession.
God bless her; she still wants to teach, and she wants to teach in just such a school. She will be giving her talent, her youth, her enthusiasm and her potential earning power to a system and a student body that will show no appreciation and could potentially do her bodily harm. She and others like her are on the front lines of a war that needs to be waged by all of us.
And, praise God, the community surrounding that school has joined the battle. This month they raised over twenty thousand dollars to fund a “Bible in the Schools” teacher for the next three years. Whoever holds that position will be a seasoned professional and a practicing Christian whose faith and commitment will be tested daily. Please pray for God to bless all those who are willing to sacrifice so much to bring true peace and knowledge to our schools.
Monday, October 10, 2011
How Did We Get Here, Ladies?
One day last week I viewed a romantic comedy made in the late forties, starring June Allyson and Van Johnson. In the movie, a young couple dance around the usual plot of boy meets girl; boy looses girl (because of a misunderstanding that makes the young man look entirely unsuitable); the misunderstanding is cleared up, and boy gets girl again. At that point, boy proposes marriage; girl accepts, and all is right with the world. Granted this is not reality, but it illustrates the accepted mores’ of the time.
Later that day, I watched the contemporary reality show, “Clean House.” In that show, a young woman with a teenage daughter lives with a semi-starving artist and his three boys. The men refuse to help around the house, so the woman and her daughter are left to cook and clean. At one point in the episode, the artist presents the woman with an engagement ring. She reacts with elation and relief!
But what choice did she have? She is living in his home; she is sleeping with him daily; she has made him a father figure to her daughter; she has become a mother to his children—and she is probably ironing his shirts!
How did we get to this point? Women aren’t just settling for bad bargains but are overjoyed to do so.
Well, Duh.
It’s time to get back to reality and claim our God-given value. The Bible said it first, “We’re worth it.”
Later that day, I watched the contemporary reality show, “Clean House.” In that show, a young woman with a teenage daughter lives with a semi-starving artist and his three boys. The men refuse to help around the house, so the woman and her daughter are left to cook and clean. At one point in the episode, the artist presents the woman with an engagement ring. She reacts with elation and relief!
But what choice did she have? She is living in his home; she is sleeping with him daily; she has made him a father figure to her daughter; she has become a mother to his children—and she is probably ironing his shirts!
How did we get to this point? Women aren’t just settling for bad bargains but are overjoyed to do so.
Well, Duh.
It’s time to get back to reality and claim our God-given value. The Bible said it first, “We’re worth it.”
Sunday, October 2, 2011
Bible in the Hamilton County Schools
Hamilton County has had Bible history classes in public schools since 1921—the oldest such in the U.S. Based on a supreme court ruling in the 1980’s, classes are privately funded, elective and for credit. No evangelizing goes on in the classroom, but the intent of nearly 1,000 Christians gathered this evening at Brainerd gym was unmistakable. Fifteen preachers from fifteen separate congregations and nearly as many denominations led us in prayers for every teacher, every administrator, every board member, every student or public official involved now, in the future or never. Those of that number in attendance, including school board members, city council members, Representative Fleishman and Mayor Littlefield, had hands laid on them in prayer. The prayers, unbridled and fervent, asked God to hold sway in our schools, our city and our country. Praise God for Patsy Hazlewood who put the meeting together, and Amen!
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