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January 11, 2011 in nehemiah, personal with 0 Comments

Nehemiah 9:3

And they stood up in their place and read from the Book of the Law of the LORD their God for a quarter of the day; for another quarter of it they made confession and worshiped the LORD their God.

A quarter of the day they read from the Book of Law of the LORD their God.

A quarter of the day they confessed their sins and worshipped the LORD their God.

Consider this:

A quarter of the day (going by 6 hours) is 4 hours longer than most Church services.

A quarter of the day is 5.5 hours longer than the average sermon.

A quarter of the day is 350 minutes more than the average Christian prays a day (10 minutes).

A quarter of the day seems to be a long time when applied to godly things.

But a quarter of a day is only 4 hours more than the average person spends eating and drinking in a day.

A quarter of the day is 2 hours more than the time the average american spends on the phone (texting/phone calls) – 4 hours.

A quarter of the day is 2 hours less than the time spent online by 65% of Americans (8 hours a day).

The Israelites spent half of this day in reading the Word, then confessing their sins and worshipping God.

Was that time well spent?

I look at the last statistic, that most Americans spend 8 hours online, and I think its low.  At least for me, it is.  Then I’m thinking about how much time I really do spend in prayer, in reading the Word.  I have to ask myself some questions:

Is God really God?

Then why am I acting like other things are?

Is my relationship with Him important?

Then why don’t I spend time with Him?

Just a few things I’m thinking about today… maybe you feel the same way.

in Christ,

Isaiah

resolved

December 31, 2010 in freefriday, personal with 0 Comments

We’ve come to the final day of the year.  2010 has been a crazy year for me, super fast in some ways and super slow in others.  My wife and I have celebrated 5 years of marriage, and somehow, amazingly, she still puts up with me, and even loves me, haha.

Since it is the final Free Friday of the year, I thought it would be a good time to ask this…

Question of the Day:

Do you have New Year’s Resolutions?

I usually have new year’s resolutions to lose weight, read the Bible in a year, be a better husband, and so on.

Last year I did keep 14 pounds off, and read most of the Bible in the year.  I can’t answer if I was a better husband, haha.

In 2011, I resolve to:

  • Lose 20 lbs
  • Read the Bible more in-depth, growing in wisdom.
  • Be a better husband – I’ll ask Sara how ;)

So, what are your resolutions?

in Christ,

Isaiah

linksky

December 30, 2010 in personal, tech support thursday with 1 Comment

Tech Support Thursday strikes again.  Once more we have a special “TST” definitions post.  We’ll go over the correct definition for what a caller has said, what the caller thought the word meant, and what word they were going for.  I’ve experienced many of these throughout my life, and most of the are completely understandable and easy to recognize.

What follows is the customer definition (mixup) I heard the most during my tech support time.

Actual definition:

linksky |linkˌskee|  noun

not an actual word…

Caller Definition:

linksky |linkˌskee| noun

The blue box that you tell me to unplug from the power and plug back in again every time I call in.

Example: “You want me to unplug the Linksky?”

What the caller meant:

Linksys |linkˌsis| noun

Linksys is a networking company founded in 1988. It sells wired and wireless products,routers, network cards and USB adapters.  In this case they are referring to

Foxfire, I can somewhat understand.  That’s just switching the beginning and end of the word, “Firefox.”  Linksky… well.  Somehow you’re dropping an “s” and adding a “k”.  It was always funny when you had a new tech support person hear their first “Linksky.”

New guy: “You won’t believe what this guy just said!”

Me: “Linksky?”

New guy: “How’d you know?”

What verbal mixups have you heard in the computer world?

in Christ,

Isaiah

happiness

December 29, 2010 in personal with 0 Comments

Repost from July, 28 2008:

We will never be truly happy until what God wants is more important than what we want…

I don’t think the truth of that statement has changed in the past two years, and I felt that it was especially meaningful to me today.

In Christ,

Isaiah

a haunting memory

December 28, 2010 in personal with 0 Comments

This weekend we’ve been at Sara’s family’s house. It has been a wonderful time, and a great Christmas break for Sara and I.

While I was in the bathroom – don’t worry, this is clean – I noticed that the toilet seat would tend to fall when I was trying to relieve myself.

For some reason, I was reminded of my childhood, at my Great Grandma’s house. I remember being deathly afraid of her toilet seat.

You see, she had a toilet seat cover, one of those fuzzy ones that makes your time spent there just that much more enjoyable… unless you’re a guy, and say, 5 years old. Then the toilet seat cover turns into a guillotine, falling so fast that you scarcely can get out of the way.  I recall that I was trying to “relieve” myself when the toilet seat fell and, well, hit me.

It was a traumatic time.

I’ve lived in fear of the toilet seat covers ever since…

What is a memory that has haunted you (silly, or truly scary)?

in Christ,

Isaiah

gifts and such

December 27, 2010 in personal with 1 Comment

For the Free Friday question over the weekend, I asked two questions:

What was your favorite present that you received this year?

What was the best present that you gave this year?

I figured I should answer them for you myself.

My favorite present was from my wife: a new ESV Study Bible. Thanks Sara!

The best present I gave, hmm… I believe that was a racing game to Matt, because we had lots of fun playing before he left.

So, what about you?

What was your favorite present that you received this year?

What was the best present that you gave this year?

Merry Christmas Eve!

December 24, 2010 in freefriday, personal with 0 Comments

Isaiah 9:6

For to us a child is born,
to us a son is given;
and the government shall be upon his shoulder,
and his name shall be called
Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,
Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

Merry Christmas to all, from the Henni family.

I hope you’re having a blessed and wonderful Christmas Eve, and hope you enjoy the Christmas weekend.

For the Free Friday question over the weekend, two questions:

What was your favorite present that you received this year?

What was the best present that you gave this year?

Merry Christmas!

in Christ,

Isaiah and Sara

foxfire

December 23, 2010 in personal, tech support thursday with 4 Comments

Tech Support Thursday strikes again.  Today I’m starting a special “TST” definitions post.  What I’ll do is go over the correct definition for what a caller has said, what the caller thought the word meant, and what word they were going for.  I’ve experienced many of these throughout my life, and most of the are completely understandable and easy to recognize.

Actual definition:

foxfire |ˈfäksˌfīr|  noun

the phosphorescent light emitted by certain fungi on decaying timber.

Caller Definition:

foxfire |ˈfäksˌfīr| noun

The web thingy that you told me to install because it was better than Internet Explorer

Example: “Browser?  Oh, I use the foxfire.”

What the caller meant:

Firefox |fīrˌˈfäks| noun

A complete free, open-source web browser from the Mozilla Foundation.  www.getfirefox.com

I must’ve heard “my foxfire isn’t working,” or “the foxfire says work offline,” 20 times over two years of tech support.  Gladly, this is one of the easiest mistakes to understand, and then to correct.  People generally stopped calling it FoxFire after the first call.  Next’s week definition, however, is another story.

What verbal mixups have you heard in the computer world?

in Christ,

Isaiah

what’s your favorite dessert

December 17, 2010 in freefriday, personal with 4 Comments

Free Friday time.  We’re having a celebration/going away party for Becky today.  She is leaving SCC to intern at a Christian school, so we’re celebrating as Christians do, by eating!  We’re eating cupcakes and donuts, which got me to thinking about my favorite dessert, so I thought I’d ask this question:

What’s your favorite dessert?

Mine would have to be Pumpkin Cheesecake.  I could eat lasagna and pumpkin cheesecake every meal, every day for the rest of my life.

How about you?

in Christ,

Isaiah

Tech Support Thursdays #2

December 16, 2010 in personal, tech support thursday with 4 Comments

I can’t give you the title to today’s Tech Support Thursday, without giving away most of the story.  So, here’s teh story, then you may be able to guess the title.

Me – “*ISP* Tech Support, my name is Isaiah, how may I help you?”

Caller – “My internet doesn’t seem to be working.”

Me – “Alright, let’s get started with some tests.  I’ll run a few on my side and while I’m doing that, can you please unplug the modem for 30 seconds, then plug it back in?”

Aside – I’m basically checking if her dsl modem is trained up to us, and mostly just asking her to powercycle the modem, as that fixes the issue 90% of the time.

Caller – “Sure.”

Me – “Alright, well, I see the modem came back up.  Please open up your browser and see if you can connect to the internet.”

Caller – “Ok.”

Me – [modem loses train with *ISP] “Huh, its not working is it?  It appears that the modem dropped its connection.  Can you unplug the power from the modem, and wait until I say to plug it back in?”

Caller – “Sure.”  (Strangely very compliant with what I have to say, unlike the usual caller.  I find out why a few minutes later).

Me – “Ok, the modem connected to us again.  Let’s just see what it does.”

Caller – “Ok.”

Me – [modem drops, again] “That’s weird, the modem disconnected again.  I think your modem may be having some problems.”

Caller – “Um, yeah, I think so.  Can I get it replaced?”

Me – “Let me see if you have the replacement plan, and how long you’ve had the modem.”

Caller – [as I'm searching] – “Um, will the modem work if it got wet?”

Me – “Um, it may… did you unplug it right away?”

Caller – “Yes.”

Me – “Did you let it dry out completely?”

Caller – “Yes.”

Me – “Ok, it may work, but it may not… but if it got wet, we might not be able to replace it for free.”

Caller – “Ok.  So, what if it was cat pee?”

Me – “I’m sorry, what did you say?”

Caller – “Ok, ok, my cat peed on my modem.”

Me – [holding back laughter] – “Your cat peed on your modem?”

Caller – “Yeah, I was just on the computer and the cat comes up to it, and pees all over it.”

Me – “Wow.”

Caller – “Yeah, so, you probably can’t replace it for free, can you?”

Me – “Uh, no.  I’m sorry, ut that’s crazy about your cat.  What happened?”

Caller – “I guess he thought I was spending too much time on the computer, and not with him.”

Me – “Well, I guess he’ll get his chance for a while, huh [laughing].”

Caller – [laughing as well] “Yeah.”

Me – “Alright, we’ll get another one ordered and out to you, and I’ll pass you on down to sales to get the billing information.”

Caller – “Thanks!”

This one is somewhat long, but I think you’ve figured out the title, by now.

“My Cat Peed on My Modem!”

Have a great day!

in Christ,

Isaiah

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