Glass Panes That Separate

transparent barriers to communication

Author: nosilver4u

  • still

    Nothing would be the same without my darling one and only. Today marks four years since she said, “Yes.” I love you, and you’re still my favorite. It also happens to be the day to remember Saint Valentine. Whoever he was.

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    LLL            OOO      VVV   VVV   EEEEEEEEE
    LLL          OOOOOOO     VVV VVV    EEE
    LLL         OOO   OOO     VVVVV     EEEEEE
    LLL          OOOOOOO       VVV      EEE
    LLLLLLLLL      OOO          V       EEEEEEEEE

          YYY   YYY      OOO      UUU   UUU
            YYYYY      OOOOOOO    UUU   UUU
             YYY      OOO   OOO   UUU   UUU
             YYY       OOOOOOO    UUU   UUU
             YYY         OOO       UUUUUUU

  • slick

    We had freezing rain the other day (maybe it was yesterday, but it seems like it’s been longer already), and it’s insane. I didn’t get to take Scooter out for a walk yesterday, because it was more insane, icy, and freezinger by the time I got home from work. Today, I decided to brave it anyway, and it was awesome. I found out I have a sled dog, because Scooter almost could have drug me along behind him the whole way. So I gave in and did a shuffle/run behind him. Naturally, if you’re running on ice, you’re sliding, and there’s where the shuffle comes in. I’m sure it was hilarious to watch, but we had fun anyway.
    Of course, I can’t write something without mentioning technology. Chrome is slick. Seriously, check it out.

  • host

    It’s amazing to me that God can still show me new things in a story I’ve heard and read a hundred times or more. This morning, Pastor mentioned the host of angels that appeared to shepherds just outside of Bethlehem. I’m sure that I’m not the only one who has had this misconception, but I’ve always had this mental picture of fifty or so angels appearing in the night sky. Of course, any shepherd (because shepherds were ‘nobodies’) would be amazed at seeing a group of angels.
    Wait a second. The Bible said ‘host’. What is a host? A host is certainly more than fifty. Perhaps a host is several hundred? ‘Host’ is most often used to describe armies in the Bible. It always meant thousands of soldiers. Sometimes it was a hundred thousand or more. Wow! That would amaze more than humble shepherds. That would amaze even the mightiest king with the strongest army in history.
    And God sent them to shepherds. Base, lowly, humble, filthy, rugged, worthless shepherds. Who, in their right mind, would send a host of angles to shepherds? Only God. Because he knew they would tell everybody. Because, outcasts that they were, shepherds were dependable. Because shepherds took care of their sheep.

  • dwelling

    We now have real pictures of the house we bought in Glendive. Or, as Amanda likes to call it, our ‘cottage’.

  • outlaws captured

    I couldn’t resist using the tired-out reference about in-laws being outlaws. And captured on camera (not in jail). For shame…

    Anyway, back in September, Amanda’s parents came to visit. We took them out to Makoshika (the largest state park in Montana), and got some great pictures. We finally bought a new card reader so that I could upload them. I also found some great pictures of Scooter that hadn’t been posted, so there’s some new stuff in the ‘Scooter’ gallery as well.

    There are also a couple of the new house in Glendive. There will surely be more in the not too distant future, but that’s all we’ve got for now.

    Lastly, if anyone ever needs to edit EXIF information on a photo (it’s the extra information your camera stores about when the picture was taken, what camera was used, exposure, etc.) and you’re using Linux, try out mapivi. It’s not the fanciest program in the world, but it works, and has an option to make ‘relative’ adjustments to the date a picture was taken. This can be quite useful if you have 40 pictures that were taken after your camera was without power and you forgot to reset the date.