Finally got lights put up in the backyard. From the back of the house the lights are clearly visible from the road that runs behind the house. I think next year I would like to have lights in the trees behind the house. To do so I will need to consider running some subterranean [...]
Posted on November 30th, 2007 by pdone
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I’ve suffered through the belittling comments of my family since I did it. Therefore, I confess, I shopped at KMart on Black Friday. I wasn’t a raving lunatic at 4am when the doors opened, but I crossed th threshold joining that society for an hour. Except for the hour (8am), the retail madness consistent with [...]
Posted on November 25th, 2007 by pdone
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With Thanksgiving over the Christmas season begins. Again this year we put up Christmas lights on the house. In year’s past it has always become a chore to turn the lights on and off at appropriate times. This year I ran an electric timer from inside the garage and ran two circuits of lights [...]
Posted on November 24th, 2007 by pdone
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Still can’t get enough of the Autumn colors. Thursday was Thanksgiving Day in the United States and the beginning of the Christmas shopping season. The weather is finally getting very cold (relatively). Thursday was not indicative of this. Temperatures in Virginia were about 71 F (21 C) making it a nice day to open the [...]
Posted on November 23rd, 2007 by pdone
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It was at my missionary farewell in August 1993 that the song Master the Tempest is Raging was sung. I had no idea the hymn was to be a theme running through many portions of my life as well as missionary service.
Towards the end of my term of service I was in an area called [...]
Posted on November 18th, 2007 by pdone
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We visited the Smithsonian Natural History Museum in Washington DC today. It was to fulfill a requirement for the boys Cub Scouts awards. As we drove into DC we drove through highways surrounded by trees changing color. I have rediscovered how much I love the colors of the changing trees. I have gotten better in [...]
Posted on November 17th, 2007 by pdone
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Don’t you wish you were better able to learn using technology? Check out this video!
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Posted on November 14th, 2007 by pdone
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Those hours practicing piano scales or singing with a choral group weren’t for nothing because people with a background in music tend to have a higher education and earn more, according to a new survey.
Music lessons pay off in higher earnings: poll - Yahoo! News
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Posted on November 14th, 2007 by pdone
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I spoke with an instructor at work today about teaching the new student. Students today don’t learn, work or interact with each the way their counterparts (me) did just five years ago. I worked on group projects, even stretched the edge of technology by using email and the Internet in classes. Today’s students build outcomes [...]
Posted on November 14th, 2007 by pdone
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I’ve been offered a position with TURN Consulting as a Senior Advisor and Chief of Media Relations. My duties will include developing revolutionary approaches to change management and avoiding all relations with the media as the organization grows and expands throughout the world. This organization works on strategic change management in large international organizations where [...]
Posted on November 9th, 2007 by pdone
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