There was a really interesting article on NPR Marketplace this evening titled “Is an Enviromaniac Loose in Your Office?” Some of the people at my last place of employment would probably answer, “YES”. Listening to the article, I found myself laughing out loud at the beginning and then furling my brow at the end saying [...]
Entries from August 2008
August 18, 2008
Journaling
A recent Time Magazine article describes the power of journaling with weight loss. A study in the August 2008 issue of American Journal of Preventive Medicine describes a study where participants were encouraged to use weight-loss maintenance strategies including calorie restriction, weekly group sessions, and moderately intensive exercise. About half of the group was encouraged [...]
August 15, 2008
Reliving WILCO
On October 9, 2006 the band WILCO played in Huntsville. I started listening to them about six months prior to the show. I am a WILCO late-bloomer – I started with Yankee Foxtrot Hotel, A Ghost is Born, and the live Kicking Television CDs. I didn’t follow them during the Uncle Tupelo days and at [...]
August 10, 2008
Organic or Universal Expression of Faith
There is a theme in a couple of blogs I have been reading lately that has given me something to chew on. Pastor Sherill is starting a sermon series on the Apostle’s Creed. This creed is said in some churches throughout the world as a corporate reminder of the story we believe, the God we [...]
August 6, 2008
GATR Employee #10
After seven years working as a radar systems analysis at TSC-Phase IV Systems, I am moving on. I am the newest employee at GATR Technologies! My first day is Monday, August 11th. I have helped Paul Gierow, GATR President, develop and mature an inflatable antenna technology for satellite communications over the past five years, so [...]
August 5, 2008
E-Waste Export
We all have computers, and we all get news ones. As a steward of this Earth, pay attention to where the E-waste goes. I work in the electronics industry, and there is some nasty stuff in the circuit boards, plastic enclosures, and monitors. Be responsible with you old computer when you get a new one. [...]
