I couldn't sleep last night... I can't think straight today... Tonight is my fantasy football league draft... How I am supposed to work (I don't need any cheap shots here)...
Ok, seriously... it's a big night... what happens could have drastic implications on the Fall season... on my ability to rest easy... to enjoy the Sunday afternoons I am so longing for...
oh the pressure... oh, the excitement... oh, the joy...
-Jason
Thursday, August 31, 2006
Wednesday, August 30, 2006
Since we last spoke...
-I have taken a day vacation with my beautiful wife
-I have learned my body doesn't respond to demeral or certain medications doctors use for drowsyness...
-I have had a camera placed in an uncomfortable location... (yes, the uncomfort and the lack of response to demeral are related... I wouldn't think about it too much)
-I have been visited by some great friends after the camera and demerol incident
-I have babysat some really cool kids
-I have upset a friend
-I have made things right with that friend (love ya much homie)
-I have shared in a full day of prayer with some of my favorite people in the world...
-I have had a cookout with some of my favortite people in the world
-Some great people have created a new email list sign-up for our new church... www.visiodei.org (full site is under construction)
-I have had a couple busy and somewhat stressful days...
-I have looked many times for a space for our new church to meet...
-I have realized a sense of blessing in the relationships, passion, and peace that are in my life...
-I have also found my iPod
-I have done many other things that I am missing here (it was just time for an update)
Life is Good... We are loved...
Love you all...
-Jason
-I have learned my body doesn't respond to demeral or certain medications doctors use for drowsyness...
-I have had a camera placed in an uncomfortable location... (yes, the uncomfort and the lack of response to demeral are related... I wouldn't think about it too much)
-I have been visited by some great friends after the camera and demerol incident
-I have babysat some really cool kids
-I have upset a friend
-I have made things right with that friend (love ya much homie)
-I have shared in a full day of prayer with some of my favorite people in the world...
-I have had a cookout with some of my favortite people in the world
-Some great people have created a new email list sign-up for our new church... www.visiodei.org (full site is under construction)
-I have had a couple busy and somewhat stressful days...
-I have looked many times for a space for our new church to meet...
-I have realized a sense of blessing in the relationships, passion, and peace that are in my life...
-I have also found my iPod
-I have done many other things that I am missing here (it was just time for an update)
Life is Good... We are loved...
Love you all...
-Jason
Friday, August 18, 2006
So a mini crisis...
I woke this morning and went to the gym... very typical Friday... pulled into my normal spot... opened the back hatch of my Ford Explorer (which is low on gas again-go figure)... Reached into my gym bag... and...
ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh..............
no iPod....
I went back home (which is to Jeff's house)... checked my office... double checked my car... back to Jeff's... now my office again.... nothing...
not sure what to do... I am still in a bit of shock... I don't want to do anything thing crazy or irrational... right now I am just trying to breath and control my heart rate... I feel like I got a wild cougar on me...
Where are you little buddy... where are you...!!!
ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh..............
no iPod....
I went back home (which is to Jeff's house)... checked my office... double checked my car... back to Jeff's... now my office again.... nothing...
not sure what to do... I am still in a bit of shock... I don't want to do anything thing crazy or irrational... right now I am just trying to breath and control my heart rate... I feel like I got a wild cougar on me...
Where are you little buddy... where are you...!!!
Wednesday, August 16, 2006
The Next 50 years: the birth of human machines
From a post on the blog of Alex McManus
The Birth of Human Machines
Rodney Brooks, professor of computer science and director of the Artificial Intelligence lab at MIT, writes that within the next fifty years, we will adopt robot technology, silicon and steel into our bodies not to fix something but to improve it.
This is a massive, galaxy-quaking shift in history. No longer will humankind submit to Darwinian evolution. “Now,” writes Brookes, “we will have the option of participating in explicit ways in that evolution.” This would definitely take man yet another step apart from his cousins within the animal kingdom.
Brooks tells us that the widely held assumption in the field of molecular biology is that “humans are machines”. Every living system is a product of molecular interactions. In fact, writes Brooks, the thirty year goal at MIT is to so control the genetics of living systems that “instead of growing a tree, cutting it down, and building a table out of it, we will ultimately be able to grow the the table.”
Imagine a world in which we breed bacterial robots to repair or improve human bodies at the molecular level. Darwin’s revolution placed man in the animal kingdom. The 21st century may see man placed in the world of machines.
Will future generations long for the good old days when Man was just an animal?
Will “Humanity 2.0″ be characterized by self-determined evolution that resembles today’s software upgrades?
What do you think? Would you enhance your IQ, your memory, your reading speed and retention? Would you enhance your kids to give them an advantage in the world? Welcome to the future.
Crazier than my mustache in the previous post...
-J
The Birth of Human Machines
Rodney Brooks, professor of computer science and director of the Artificial Intelligence lab at MIT, writes that within the next fifty years, we will adopt robot technology, silicon and steel into our bodies not to fix something but to improve it.
This is a massive, galaxy-quaking shift in history. No longer will humankind submit to Darwinian evolution. “Now,” writes Brookes, “we will have the option of participating in explicit ways in that evolution.” This would definitely take man yet another step apart from his cousins within the animal kingdom.
Brooks tells us that the widely held assumption in the field of molecular biology is that “humans are machines”. Every living system is a product of molecular interactions. In fact, writes Brooks, the thirty year goal at MIT is to so control the genetics of living systems that “instead of growing a tree, cutting it down, and building a table out of it, we will ultimately be able to grow the the table.”
Imagine a world in which we breed bacterial robots to repair or improve human bodies at the molecular level. Darwin’s revolution placed man in the animal kingdom. The 21st century may see man placed in the world of machines.
Will future generations long for the good old days when Man was just an animal?
Will “Humanity 2.0″ be characterized by self-determined evolution that resembles today’s software upgrades?
What do you think? Would you enhance your IQ, your memory, your reading speed and retention? Would you enhance your kids to give them an advantage in the world? Welcome to the future.
Crazier than my mustache in the previous post...
-J
How Long...
I believe this is a statement of class and prestige.
How long do you think my wife will let me keep this jewel... I only post because it's possible she will have it removed by this evening...
Friday, August 11, 2006
Moving - Need Help!!!
So Diana and I are moving tonight... If you're free, have a truck, or want to just have dinner after - come to my place ~6:45 - 7:00pm... We don't have a ton of stuff left to move but we need to get our bedroom stuff (Bed, dresser, night stands) to Jeff's, a few last boxes to our storage unit, and a couple boxes to the camper . I already have one trailer and a few other people... Everything will be ready to go and should not take much time at all... Any takers? - Dinner after...
Also, Rebecca is moving Sunday. She is planning on starting at about 8 or 9 in the morning. I am trying to get some extra help for her as she will be moving everything on Sunday (Again, it will not take that long.) Anytime that day would be helpful but it would be nice to get it done before the afternoon when it starts getting hot. Also, it would be nice to get most of it done before Hungry Sunday ngiht. If you're available let me know here, send me an email, or give me a call.
Thanks...
Much Love,
-J
Also, Rebecca is moving Sunday. She is planning on starting at about 8 or 9 in the morning. I am trying to get some extra help for her as she will be moving everything on Sunday (Again, it will not take that long.) Anytime that day would be helpful but it would be nice to get it done before the afternoon when it starts getting hot. Also, it would be nice to get most of it done before Hungry Sunday ngiht. If you're available let me know here, send me an email, or give me a call.
Thanks...
Much Love,
-J
Wednesday, August 09, 2006
Updates...
We got it...
Saturday Diana and I became the owners of a beautiful 20" iMac. It really is a great machine and we look to many years of computing together.
The move has begun...
Diana and I have started our move out of our condo. We are renting a storage unit that costs way too much money. $119/mo for 100 sq. ft. (and this is one of the cheapest) - That is more than a finished apartment per sq. ft. - This angers me almost as much as gas prices. We have started to move boxes out and pack as we go. Our "final move" should occur on Friday as Diana's parents bring the pop-up camper into town and we move the rest of our stuff into the Ramsey's. For clarification's sake we will move into Jeff's and have the pop-up camper at my mom's place as a refuge/when Jeff kicks us out from time-to-time. (small fact: Diana and Jason maybe the only married couple in America to own a new iMac while living in a pop-up camper - someone call Apple as we should be in a commercial)
Property Owner Meeting...
We met with a property owner of space downtown this morning and I think the meeting went well... Please be in prayer that this works out as I knw he has other options... We are trusting God to do something big here as we know he can...
Other news...
We are both happy and sad to move out of our current place... It's the only place Diana and I have lived as a married couple so, well, it's our home... We are excited on the other hand for the next step of our life and where God is taking us... We are also, on the other hand, sad again because we are moving out and we have one of the best roomates in the world right now... it has been a blessing to get to know Emily and have her around... but then, it's happy again, to know Rebecca (the other best roommate in the world) is moving into our place to live with Emily. She is like a sister to me so it's great to know they are staying at our place together. (as far as renting your home - it doesn't get musch better!)
A lot of love...
Just wanted to say thanks again for all those we call family and friends. You know who you are and we couldn't/wouldn't be taking the steps in our life right now if it weren't for your prayers, love, and support... Much Love to each of you...
Love and Peace,
-J
Saturday Diana and I became the owners of a beautiful 20" iMac. It really is a great machine and we look to many years of computing together.
The move has begun...
Diana and I have started our move out of our condo. We are renting a storage unit that costs way too much money. $119/mo for 100 sq. ft. (and this is one of the cheapest) - That is more than a finished apartment per sq. ft. - This angers me almost as much as gas prices. We have started to move boxes out and pack as we go. Our "final move" should occur on Friday as Diana's parents bring the pop-up camper into town and we move the rest of our stuff into the Ramsey's. For clarification's sake we will move into Jeff's and have the pop-up camper at my mom's place as a refuge/when Jeff kicks us out from time-to-time. (small fact: Diana and Jason maybe the only married couple in America to own a new iMac while living in a pop-up camper - someone call Apple as we should be in a commercial)
Property Owner Meeting...
We met with a property owner of space downtown this morning and I think the meeting went well... Please be in prayer that this works out as I knw he has other options... We are trusting God to do something big here as we know he can...
Other news...
We are both happy and sad to move out of our current place... It's the only place Diana and I have lived as a married couple so, well, it's our home... We are excited on the other hand for the next step of our life and where God is taking us... We are also, on the other hand, sad again because we are moving out and we have one of the best roomates in the world right now... it has been a blessing to get to know Emily and have her around... but then, it's happy again, to know Rebecca (the other best roommate in the world) is moving into our place to live with Emily. She is like a sister to me so it's great to know they are staying at our place together. (as far as renting your home - it doesn't get musch better!)
A lot of love...
Just wanted to say thanks again for all those we call family and friends. You know who you are and we couldn't/wouldn't be taking the steps in our life right now if it weren't for your prayers, love, and support... Much Love to each of you...
Love and Peace,
-J
Friday, August 04, 2006
AHHHHH!!!!!!!
I awoke this morning with a crappy feeling... Something telling me that I may not absolutely need a new iMAC... I mean of coarse I don't need it... But I really can justify it pretty well... but this morning... oh, the woes of this morning... I had this sense of "is this the best investment of x number of $$$ right now..."
So horrible... I have been dropping subtle hints to my wife, mother-in-law, friends for some time now... everyone understood... today was the big day... TAX FREE WEEKEND!!! I am supposed to meet Diana at Crabtree after work... it was all set in stone - and now it has come to this... I can't pull the trigger... or will I... I just don't know... AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Maybe by 5pm I will have my "sense of entitlement" back... maybe this will all go away... AHHHHHHH!!!!
Oh conscious, where did you find me...
-J
So horrible... I have been dropping subtle hints to my wife, mother-in-law, friends for some time now... everyone understood... today was the big day... TAX FREE WEEKEND!!! I am supposed to meet Diana at Crabtree after work... it was all set in stone - and now it has come to this... I can't pull the trigger... or will I... I just don't know... AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Maybe by 5pm I will have my "sense of entitlement" back... maybe this will all go away... AHHHHHHH!!!!
Oh conscious, where did you find me...
-J
Thursday, August 03, 2006
Decisions...
OK, so tomorrow begins the tax free weekend... Diana and I have been talking about getting a new computer for a while... I am on the fence... portability vs. power... as well as the usual decisions when it comes to this kind of purchase...
so anyone out there have any pros and cons for me to mull over... please let me know... any inside info on what's working well... what is going to be outdated sooner...
the iMac....
or the MacBook...
Any guidance or input would be well taken and appreciated... Except for negativity... Diana does not need any negative influences on this decision... PLEASE!!!
Cheers!!!
-J
so anyone out there have any pros and cons for me to mull over... please let me know... any inside info on what's working well... what is going to be outdated sooner...
the iMac....
or the MacBook...
Any guidance or input would be well taken and appreciated... Except for negativity... Diana does not need any negative influences on this decision... PLEASE!!!
Cheers!!!
-J
Wednesday, August 02, 2006
Tuesday, August 01, 2006
I slept like 3 hours last night...
Crazy... I'm not that tired though... maybe it will hit me later today...
Weekend Updates...
Great weekend this past week. A lot of times with good friends. Between the wedding rehearsal and wedding there were definately some good times had!!!
Chapps is married - let me say he and Lauren are beautiful people... I am sure they're having a blast right now in Jamaica! (I will try and get some pics up later from the fun weekend)
Our worship gathering Sunday night was awesome... my buddy Steve shared about his life, journey with God, battles he has had to fight, and how he has became the person he is... SO GREAT!!! this guys is hilarious too... if you know who he is you have got to talk to him sometime...
Last night we had a property A and D meeting for the church we are planting... Such a great team... I think I ended up eating 2 dinners though because Diana got me a Subway sandwhich that I ate before the meeting and then Rebecca made some pork tenderloin that I ate after the meeting... weird... I will tell you this... it was good!
Diana and I (well, really our entire community here) have a lot going on right now with the church plant and getting ready to move out of our place to somewhere, just not sure where yet, so we really appreciate all the prayers... thanks for all the love... this really is an exciting time for us...
Hope you're having a great start to the week...
Love you guys...
-J (and Diana)
Weekend Updates...
Great weekend this past week. A lot of times with good friends. Between the wedding rehearsal and wedding there were definately some good times had!!!
Chapps is married - let me say he and Lauren are beautiful people... I am sure they're having a blast right now in Jamaica! (I will try and get some pics up later from the fun weekend)
Our worship gathering Sunday night was awesome... my buddy Steve shared about his life, journey with God, battles he has had to fight, and how he has became the person he is... SO GREAT!!! this guys is hilarious too... if you know who he is you have got to talk to him sometime...
Last night we had a property A and D meeting for the church we are planting... Such a great team... I think I ended up eating 2 dinners though because Diana got me a Subway sandwhich that I ate before the meeting and then Rebecca made some pork tenderloin that I ate after the meeting... weird... I will tell you this... it was good!
Diana and I (well, really our entire community here) have a lot going on right now with the church plant and getting ready to move out of our place to somewhere, just not sure where yet, so we really appreciate all the prayers... thanks for all the love... this really is an exciting time for us...
Hope you're having a great start to the week...
Love you guys...
-J (and Diana)
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