Captain's Log:
It has been a couple of days, do not panic, I am back. We had our first basketball game last night and it did not go as well as expected. JV lost by about 49, which was not a good start. Varsity held on for three quarters and then all but Justin decided not to play anymore I guess, because they let the game get away from them. Also, an interesting thing happened right before the varsity game. The coach from the other team approached me and said, "Your guy (Bro. Jeff) is not going to do his play-by-play, is he?" My response was, "...Yes, he is..." Well, he came back and said that we could not do that because it is against the rules in the league bi-laws. Well, I perused the bi-laws three times tonight and could not find what he was talking about. Pastor was very angry and no he will be even more so, because the rule does not exist. Hmmm...
James 1:6-7
1:6 - But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed.
a. The key to this verse is that he or she that is praying must ask in faith, otherwise it means little.
b. If a person praying were to waver in his or her faith or is too fickle and does not believe God can do what he says, they will fail in their prayer.
c. He or she would be like a wave tossed in the sea, lost and confused.
1:7 - For let not that man think that he shall receive anything of the Lord.
a. This is referring to that man or women who has no faith when he or she prays.
b. This also refers to someone who is wavering in life.
c. If a person is not doing right, he or she will not get their prayers answered.
d. Also, God will not grant the wishes or prayers of someone who does not believe he can do them.
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That will be all for tonight.
Until then,
Lorimer
11.15.2006
11.10.2006
Stardate 061110.9
Captain's Log:
Success! I finally found a store with the new XBox HD DVD player. I purchased it at Gamestop. King Kong in HD looks very good, but is still a boring movie.
I lit up the forums and email address for the backward compatibility division for the 360 telling them to make the ESPN NFL 2K5 game compatible on the new console. Hopefully the patch is in the next set of updates.
I watched the Satellite High girls soccer team beat Port St. Lucie 8-0 and end the game early. Last night they beat Cocoa High 12-0. They are tearing up every team they play.
Not much to say tonight. I am not going to post verses tonight, but hopefully I can do another three verses tomorrow night.
Until then,
Lorimer
Success! I finally found a store with the new XBox HD DVD player. I purchased it at Gamestop. King Kong in HD looks very good, but is still a boring movie.
I lit up the forums and email address for the backward compatibility division for the 360 telling them to make the ESPN NFL 2K5 game compatible on the new console. Hopefully the patch is in the next set of updates.
I watched the Satellite High girls soccer team beat Port St. Lucie 8-0 and end the game early. Last night they beat Cocoa High 12-0. They are tearing up every team they play.
Not much to say tonight. I am not going to post verses tonight, but hopefully I can do another three verses tomorrow night.
Until then,
Lorimer
11.09.2006
Stardate 061109.8
Captain's Log:
Today was quite eventful, though not in the way that I would have liked. I set out this afternoon in search of the brand new High Definition DVD Player and the wireless router for the XBox 360.
I started at Walmart, and the employees had no idea what it was that I was talking about. They were too confused, so I moved on to GameStop. The guy at this store knew what I wanted and was quick with his answer that the product would be in the following morning.
After that disappointment, but not to be dissuaded, I made my way down to Best Buy. One would think that Best Buy would have the cutting edge products on their release dates ready and willing to serve their customers with some of the highest prices in town, right? Well, not really. The guy thought that the HD DVD player was coming out next month, and when I insisted that it had been out since Tuesday, he was quite confused (not quite as badly as those at Walmart, because he actually knew what I was talking about).
In exasperation, I fled to circuit city where they are usually quite good about these things (that is: knowing what they are talking about). The employee helping me had to check his computer to even find out what it was, and then instead of looking toward the bottom of the web page where it clearly stated that all three stores within a ten mile radius did not have the product in stock went and checked for it. He went and searched the entire XBox section of the store only to come back a minute later and finally read the web page. "Oh," he said, with a hint of providential revelation in his voice, "we do not have it in stock!" In desperation and anger, I left the store.
CompUSA was no help whatsoever, so I went to Target next. Here I found employees who knew what I wanted, actually had the product on the shelf on Tuesday, but alas were sold out. In the end, I was forced to return home lacking the new DVD player. So angry was I that I was forced to stop at the local Krispy Kreme and buy some donuts...
Fortunately, I had Smallville to look forward to tonight, so that and the dozen donuts helped.
Now that I have vented about that little debacle, on to the more important things. My experience today ties in well with the lessons from James that I am covering...patience...
James 1:4-5
1:4 - But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.
a. We as Christians are to let God work on our patience with trials (like not being able to find an XBox 360 HD DVD player in Brevard County) until we are "perfect and entire"
b. When we have endured temptation and allowed God to improve us we will want nothing, because we will be content in God.
c. "Perfect" is a word which here means, "complete or content in God."
1:5 - If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
a. God is the ultimate wisdom giver; if we want to be as wise as Solomon, all we have to do is ask in faith and he shall give "to all me liberally."
b. God will give us all the wisdom we ask as long as our faith in asking is strong and as long as we are in his will. We should pray for wisdom in times of tribulation so that we may overcome with his wisdom when our own ideas and thoughts fail us.
c. "Upbraideth not" is a phrase which here means, "does not censure, or prejudice against."
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That will be all for tonight. I will have more verses soon, but I need to go to bed. Big day off tomorrow, and it is going to be a terrifically bothersome time sleeping in...
Later,
Lorimer
Today was quite eventful, though not in the way that I would have liked. I set out this afternoon in search of the brand new High Definition DVD Player and the wireless router for the XBox 360.
I started at Walmart, and the employees had no idea what it was that I was talking about. They were too confused, so I moved on to GameStop. The guy at this store knew what I wanted and was quick with his answer that the product would be in the following morning.
After that disappointment, but not to be dissuaded, I made my way down to Best Buy. One would think that Best Buy would have the cutting edge products on their release dates ready and willing to serve their customers with some of the highest prices in town, right? Well, not really. The guy thought that the HD DVD player was coming out next month, and when I insisted that it had been out since Tuesday, he was quite confused (not quite as badly as those at Walmart, because he actually knew what I was talking about).
In exasperation, I fled to circuit city where they are usually quite good about these things (that is: knowing what they are talking about). The employee helping me had to check his computer to even find out what it was, and then instead of looking toward the bottom of the web page where it clearly stated that all three stores within a ten mile radius did not have the product in stock went and checked for it. He went and searched the entire XBox section of the store only to come back a minute later and finally read the web page. "Oh," he said, with a hint of providential revelation in his voice, "we do not have it in stock!" In desperation and anger, I left the store.
CompUSA was no help whatsoever, so I went to Target next. Here I found employees who knew what I wanted, actually had the product on the shelf on Tuesday, but alas were sold out. In the end, I was forced to return home lacking the new DVD player. So angry was I that I was forced to stop at the local Krispy Kreme and buy some donuts...
Fortunately, I had Smallville to look forward to tonight, so that and the dozen donuts helped.
Now that I have vented about that little debacle, on to the more important things. My experience today ties in well with the lessons from James that I am covering...patience...
James 1:4-5
1:4 - But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.
a. We as Christians are to let God work on our patience with trials (like not being able to find an XBox 360 HD DVD player in Brevard County) until we are "perfect and entire"
b. When we have endured temptation and allowed God to improve us we will want nothing, because we will be content in God.
c. "Perfect" is a word which here means, "complete or content in God."
1:5 - If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
a. God is the ultimate wisdom giver; if we want to be as wise as Solomon, all we have to do is ask in faith and he shall give "to all me liberally."
b. God will give us all the wisdom we ask as long as our faith in asking is strong and as long as we are in his will. We should pray for wisdom in times of tribulation so that we may overcome with his wisdom when our own ideas and thoughts fail us.
c. "Upbraideth not" is a phrase which here means, "does not censure, or prejudice against."
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That will be all for tonight. I will have more verses soon, but I need to go to bed. Big day off tomorrow, and it is going to be a terrifically bothersome time sleeping in...
Later,
Lorimer
11.08.2006
Stardate 061108.9
Captain's Log:
Today was another long Wednesday. I had to drive to Orlando again for class, but thankfully I do not have to go next week. That will be nice.
Cars came out yesterday, and it is a great movie. I laughed quite a lot. Good movie.
Not much has been happening since I last wrote. Lost will not be having any new episodes until February 7, 2007. That is unfortunate.
Christy and I began a study of the book of James. We started with the first eight verses of chapter one. I am going to record many of my thoughts here, but I am thinking about starting yet another blog to record a study of James. We will see. For now, I will just write them in here. Today I am only going to record the first three verses and my notes.
James 1:1-3
1:1 - James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting.
I do not have many notes on this verse, because it is the introduction verse and has only a few things to glean.
a. James, being a stellar Christian, considered himself a servant to the man who was not only his Savior, but also his older half-brother. James knew where his loyalties belonged and begins his book by reverencing Jesus first of all.
b. His book was written to the Jews which had been scattered around Israel. These Jews had become Christians, and because of this, they were persecuted by not only Romans, but also other Jews for preaching that Jesus was the Son of God. These Jewish Christians were scattered all over and had to meet discretely in many places so as not to attract the attention of the religious leaders of the day.
1:2 - My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;
a. "Divers" is a word which here means, "something quite different from undersea explorers."
b. A Christian must remember that falling into temptation and falling into sin are two different things. One can fall into temptation, and be delivered by God for His glory. Falling into sin is a choice we make when we think it is either to hard or when we just do not want to be rescued from the sin in question. As to the former, God tells us that through Christ all things are possible (Philippians 4:13), and as to the latter, God also says, "Should we sin more that grace may abound?" (Romans 6:1).
c. Falling into temptation is something that God can use for His glory if we let him. Satan and his hellish imps from the fiery abyss hurl temptation at us everyday, but with God's help and wisdom, we can overcome anything.
d. Therefore, we are to rejoice when we are caught up in temptation, because we know that God can help us and can use it to further his cause here on earth.
1:3 - Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience.
a. The trying of our faith is the temptations that we face. God works through those to increase our patience and our dependence on him. Without Him we will fall into sin every time. He is there to try us and refine us to make us better witnesses for him.
b. Our patience is enhanced when we persevere though the storms of life. This verse is used to expound upon why one should rejoice in temptation.
c. "Trying of your faith" is a phrase which here means, "the multiple, and possibly deadly, encounters with a tuning fork, a wooden chopstick, and an uncommon plague..."
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That is all for today. I should have some more very soon. I have finished commenting on the first eight verses, so hopefully I can get those posted soon.
Later,
Lorimer
Today was another long Wednesday. I had to drive to Orlando again for class, but thankfully I do not have to go next week. That will be nice.
Cars came out yesterday, and it is a great movie. I laughed quite a lot. Good movie.
Not much has been happening since I last wrote. Lost will not be having any new episodes until February 7, 2007. That is unfortunate.
Christy and I began a study of the book of James. We started with the first eight verses of chapter one. I am going to record many of my thoughts here, but I am thinking about starting yet another blog to record a study of James. We will see. For now, I will just write them in here. Today I am only going to record the first three verses and my notes.
James 1:1-3
1:1 - James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting.
I do not have many notes on this verse, because it is the introduction verse and has only a few things to glean.
a. James, being a stellar Christian, considered himself a servant to the man who was not only his Savior, but also his older half-brother. James knew where his loyalties belonged and begins his book by reverencing Jesus first of all.
b. His book was written to the Jews which had been scattered around Israel. These Jews had become Christians, and because of this, they were persecuted by not only Romans, but also other Jews for preaching that Jesus was the Son of God. These Jewish Christians were scattered all over and had to meet discretely in many places so as not to attract the attention of the religious leaders of the day.
1:2 - My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;
a. "Divers" is a word which here means, "something quite different from undersea explorers."
b. A Christian must remember that falling into temptation and falling into sin are two different things. One can fall into temptation, and be delivered by God for His glory. Falling into sin is a choice we make when we think it is either to hard or when we just do not want to be rescued from the sin in question. As to the former, God tells us that through Christ all things are possible (Philippians 4:13), and as to the latter, God also says, "Should we sin more that grace may abound?" (Romans 6:1).
c. Falling into temptation is something that God can use for His glory if we let him. Satan and his hellish imps from the fiery abyss hurl temptation at us everyday, but with God's help and wisdom, we can overcome anything.
d. Therefore, we are to rejoice when we are caught up in temptation, because we know that God can help us and can use it to further his cause here on earth.
1:3 - Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience.
a. The trying of our faith is the temptations that we face. God works through those to increase our patience and our dependence on him. Without Him we will fall into sin every time. He is there to try us and refine us to make us better witnesses for him.
b. Our patience is enhanced when we persevere though the storms of life. This verse is used to expound upon why one should rejoice in temptation.
c. "Trying of your faith" is a phrase which here means, "the multiple, and possibly deadly, encounters with a tuning fork, a wooden chopstick, and an uncommon plague..."
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That is all for today. I should have some more very soon. I have finished commenting on the first eight verses, so hopefully I can get those posted soon.
Later,
Lorimer
10.28.2006
Stardate 061028.1
Captain's Log:
Wade Christian Academy won the State title in soccer about four hours ago. The game went into overtime 0-0 and Daniel Ibarra put in a nice one touch shot to win in the first period of overtime. In our first visit to the championship game we walked away with second place after losing to Grace, but tonight the Crusaders reigned supreme with their extrodinary effort on the pitch. DJ Smith was awarded MVP of the game and will most likely win MVP of the league. Here is a photo of our state champs!
In other news, tomorrow is Saturday, so I will be sleeping in. In fact, I believe I am going to get started on that right now.
Later,
Lorimer
Wade Christian Academy won the State title in soccer about four hours ago. The game went into overtime 0-0 and Daniel Ibarra put in a nice one touch shot to win in the first period of overtime. In our first visit to the championship game we walked away with second place after losing to Grace, but tonight the Crusaders reigned supreme with their extrodinary effort on the pitch. DJ Smith was awarded MVP of the game and will most likely win MVP of the league. Here is a photo of our state champs!
In other news, tomorrow is Saturday, so I will be sleeping in. In fact, I believe I am going to get started on that right now.
Later,
Lorimer
10.23.2006
Stardate 061023.9
Captain's Log:
Since I have not logged any thoughts in a while, I figured I had better write some thoughts down. I started an EPL fantasy league three weeks ago and we now have eleven people in the league. I am losing though, even though I started this stupid league. Uncool.
As far as the qualifications for the Europe 2008 cup, Germany won again and plays again on the 15th of November. England, however, thanks to their new coach, lost 2-0 to Croatia. The new coach comes in and changes the teams formation and they tie and then lose the following two games. I do not like their new coach.
I rented the Star Wars II Lego XBox 360 game the other month. Awesome game. It is such a fun game, and the animation is awesome.
I am currently reading John Grisham's latest book, The Innocent Man, and it is pretty good. I am only about 100 pages into it and I am going to try and finish it in a couple of days.
My parents own most of the Adventures in Odyssey, so I started borrowing them and copying the episodes onto my computer. It is so awesome. Now I will have all of the Odyssey episodes forever...not that I listen to them very often, but if I ever want to, I can.
I am creating Shannara fans like crazy now. I started Christy on the Wishsong, Brittani on the Voyage of the Jerle Shannara, Chris is on the Scions of Shannara, and Marc is reading the first book. The movement is growing. Half of the male Wade students are reading the books, and more specifically Brad is now on the last book and will be caught up with me after the second half of his book.
I developed a list of my top ten favorite books, which I will list sometime, but this post will be long enough without that.
Denver is on a winning streak, however, they play the Colts this weekend, so it will be a real test for our #1 defense.
I just saw the Prestige on Saturday night. That movie is so good. I would love to go see it again. The ending made the movie so much better than I thought it was going to be.
That is long enough for tonight.
Later,
Lorimer
Since I have not logged any thoughts in a while, I figured I had better write some thoughts down. I started an EPL fantasy league three weeks ago and we now have eleven people in the league. I am losing though, even though I started this stupid league. Uncool.
As far as the qualifications for the Europe 2008 cup, Germany won again and plays again on the 15th of November. England, however, thanks to their new coach, lost 2-0 to Croatia. The new coach comes in and changes the teams formation and they tie and then lose the following two games. I do not like their new coach.
I rented the Star Wars II Lego XBox 360 game the other month. Awesome game. It is such a fun game, and the animation is awesome.
I am currently reading John Grisham's latest book, The Innocent Man, and it is pretty good. I am only about 100 pages into it and I am going to try and finish it in a couple of days.
My parents own most of the Adventures in Odyssey, so I started borrowing them and copying the episodes onto my computer. It is so awesome. Now I will have all of the Odyssey episodes forever...not that I listen to them very often, but if I ever want to, I can.
I am creating Shannara fans like crazy now. I started Christy on the Wishsong, Brittani on the Voyage of the Jerle Shannara, Chris is on the Scions of Shannara, and Marc is reading the first book. The movement is growing. Half of the male Wade students are reading the books, and more specifically Brad is now on the last book and will be caught up with me after the second half of his book.
I developed a list of my top ten favorite books, which I will list sometime, but this post will be long enough without that.
Denver is on a winning streak, however, they play the Colts this weekend, so it will be a real test for our #1 defense.
I just saw the Prestige on Saturday night. That movie is so good. I would love to go see it again. The ending made the movie so much better than I thought it was going to be.
That is long enough for tonight.
Later,
Lorimer
10.20.2006
Stardate 061020.9
Captain's Log:
Well, it has been months since I wrote and it is with great pleasure that I post again. For I bear great news of our Wade Christian Crusaders. Tonight the guys won against Altamonte, which earns them a spot in the Championship game to be played next week. I do not know who the opponent is as of yet, but I should find out by tomorrow.
The game was great. The full time expired with the score 1-1, and overtime was scoreless, so the game came down to penalty kicks. Since we have the best goalkeeper in the league, they did not make one of their penalty kicks. DJ blocked all three of their kicks and the three kickers from our team--Mike, Daniel, and Luke--all made their shots. This is the second time in two years that Wade has reached the final game. However, this year's outcome may be quite different.
Until then,
Lorimer
Well, it has been months since I wrote and it is with great pleasure that I post again. For I bear great news of our Wade Christian Crusaders. Tonight the guys won against Altamonte, which earns them a spot in the Championship game to be played next week. I do not know who the opponent is as of yet, but I should find out by tomorrow.
The game was great. The full time expired with the score 1-1, and overtime was scoreless, so the game came down to penalty kicks. Since we have the best goalkeeper in the league, they did not make one of their penalty kicks. DJ blocked all three of their kicks and the three kickers from our team--Mike, Daniel, and Luke--all made their shots. This is the second time in two years that Wade has reached the final game. However, this year's outcome may be quite different.
Until then,
Lorimer
9.07.2006
Stardate 060907.9
Captain's Log:
England and Germany are both 2-0 now after their first two games of the European Championship 2008 Cup qualifiers. England beat Andorra 5-0 and then Macedonia 1-0, while Germany beat Republic of Ireland 1-0 and then San Marino 13-0. That was awesome. I wish I could have watched that game.
I finished another book yesterday. The Tom Clancy Power Plays book that I was reading. I started Xenocide by Orson Scott Card today, which is the third book in the Ender series. I loved the first book and after about 50 pages in the second book I was into the story, so I am hoping that this one will be as good.
I drove to Orlando yesterday for class, and it was a total waste of time. I hate it that I have to drive an hour there and then an hour back just to sit in a lab for 40-50 minutes. Oh well, when the semester is over, I will not have to worry about it any more.
Good news! Sony has once again delayed the release of the Gaystation 3 in Europe. It also cut its supply in the US in half. I hope sony GS3 bombs. That would be great.
That is about all for now.
Later,
Lorimer
England and Germany are both 2-0 now after their first two games of the European Championship 2008 Cup qualifiers. England beat Andorra 5-0 and then Macedonia 1-0, while Germany beat Republic of Ireland 1-0 and then San Marino 13-0. That was awesome. I wish I could have watched that game.
I finished another book yesterday. The Tom Clancy Power Plays book that I was reading. I started Xenocide by Orson Scott Card today, which is the third book in the Ender series. I loved the first book and after about 50 pages in the second book I was into the story, so I am hoping that this one will be as good.
I drove to Orlando yesterday for class, and it was a total waste of time. I hate it that I have to drive an hour there and then an hour back just to sit in a lab for 40-50 minutes. Oh well, when the semester is over, I will not have to worry about it any more.
Good news! Sony has once again delayed the release of the Gaystation 3 in Europe. It also cut its supply in the US in half. I hope sony GS3 bombs. That would be great.
That is about all for now.
Later,
Lorimer
9.02.2006
Stardate 060902.9
Captain's Log:
Well, Saturday is over. I did not travel to the UCF game in Orlando tonight. I was going to be going by myself, and the idea of having to pay 20-30 dollars in gas did not appeal to me.
I did, however, finish my book The Edge of Darkness. Awesome book, but then, I only read awesome books. I will be in charge of the sound room tomorrow, so I need to get to bed now, but I did feel the need to post about my latest book. The Edge of Darkness is the fourth book in a series about a Biblical Archeologist. Throughout the series, he has uncovered such artifacts as the bronze serpent of Moses, the ark of Noah, the writing on the wall in Babylon, and in this latest book he went in search of the manna and Aaron's rod in the ancient temple of Dagon. Unfortunately, I will have to wait for another year for both the new Shannara book as well as the fifth in this series.
I am now finishing Tom Clancy's Power Plays book ruthless.com. This is the second book in a series of eight. I am trying to quickly race through this series and catch up with the author. The next book I am going to check out, I believe, is Eldest by Christopher Paolini. I would like to get completely caught up with that series as well.
I went to the beach today for the second time this week. For the past month, I have been taking advantage of our proximity to the beach. Today, Luke and Brad came along.
That is all for now.
Later,
Lorimer
Well, Saturday is over. I did not travel to the UCF game in Orlando tonight. I was going to be going by myself, and the idea of having to pay 20-30 dollars in gas did not appeal to me.
I did, however, finish my book The Edge of Darkness. Awesome book, but then, I only read awesome books. I will be in charge of the sound room tomorrow, so I need to get to bed now, but I did feel the need to post about my latest book. The Edge of Darkness is the fourth book in a series about a Biblical Archeologist. Throughout the series, he has uncovered such artifacts as the bronze serpent of Moses, the ark of Noah, the writing on the wall in Babylon, and in this latest book he went in search of the manna and Aaron's rod in the ancient temple of Dagon. Unfortunately, I will have to wait for another year for both the new Shannara book as well as the fifth in this series.
I am now finishing Tom Clancy's Power Plays book ruthless.com. This is the second book in a series of eight. I am trying to quickly race through this series and catch up with the author. The next book I am going to check out, I believe, is Eldest by Christopher Paolini. I would like to get completely caught up with that series as well.
I went to the beach today for the second time this week. For the past month, I have been taking advantage of our proximity to the beach. Today, Luke and Brad came along.
That is all for now.
Later,
Lorimer
9.01.2006
Stardate 060901.9
Captain's Log:
Well, it has been quite some time. I have not had the desire to log into this website and log any of my thoughts away. I am way overdue. A lot has happened in the last month, but I will not be able to go over all of it today.
DJ has been living in my house for about a month now, since he was ejected from his own home. That has been cool. Otherwise, things around here have been going pretty much the same as usual.
I finished the new Shannara book last night. It was the first in the series of what could be a six to nine part series. They will tell the story of the Great Wars and how the earth and mankind survived to be reborn. Sweet books. That was his 18th book in the Shannara series.
Now I am half-way through the new book from Tim Lahaye called Edge of Darkness. It is about a Biblical Archeologist in search of Aaron's budding rod and the jar of manna from the Ark of the Covenant.
We had our first soccer game tonight against Calvary Baptist. They are terrible this year, and we should have whipped them, but we ended the game in a tie. We were winning 2-1 and then they tied the game with only five minutes left.
Our volleyball team has had four of their games, and they have vastly improved since last year. They have won a few sets, and while they are still looking for thier first win, they are playing well.
I finished the Lords of the North book by Bernard Cornwell and it was so good. I also learned that there will be at least two more books in that series. That is awesome.
Well, that will be all for tonight I believe. I just wanted to post about the new Shannara book mostly. I will not go into too much detail, so that I do not ruin the story for those who have not read it...Marc, Mark, Robert, Matthew, Chris and others.
All right,
Lorimer
Well, it has been quite some time. I have not had the desire to log into this website and log any of my thoughts away. I am way overdue. A lot has happened in the last month, but I will not be able to go over all of it today.
DJ has been living in my house for about a month now, since he was ejected from his own home. That has been cool. Otherwise, things around here have been going pretty much the same as usual.
I finished the new Shannara book last night. It was the first in the series of what could be a six to nine part series. They will tell the story of the Great Wars and how the earth and mankind survived to be reborn. Sweet books. That was his 18th book in the Shannara series.
Now I am half-way through the new book from Tim Lahaye called Edge of Darkness. It is about a Biblical Archeologist in search of Aaron's budding rod and the jar of manna from the Ark of the Covenant.
We had our first soccer game tonight against Calvary Baptist. They are terrible this year, and we should have whipped them, but we ended the game in a tie. We were winning 2-1 and then they tied the game with only five minutes left.
Our volleyball team has had four of their games, and they have vastly improved since last year. They have won a few sets, and while they are still looking for thier first win, they are playing well.
I finished the Lords of the North book by Bernard Cornwell and it was so good. I also learned that there will be at least two more books in that series. That is awesome.
Well, that will be all for tonight I believe. I just wanted to post about the new Shannara book mostly. I will not go into too much detail, so that I do not ruin the story for those who have not read it...Marc, Mark, Robert, Matthew, Chris and others.
All right,
Lorimer
7.29.2006
Stardate 060729.9
Captain's Log:
A lot has happened in the past few days. I went to Ohio for my father's retirement ceremony and spent a few days up there. I was fortunate enough to be in the ceremony. I got to hand the General doing the ceremony the Legion of Merit medal. It was a good ceremony, but I wish he had not had to retire. Oh well, now he gets to live here and work. That will be nice.
I finished a few books in the past few days, which is nice. I have read over 1700 pages this month! That is rare this year. Last year that would have been my average per month, but this year I have been lax in my reading. I finished the Gregor book, Flight of the Nighthawk, and Tom Clancy's Politika. All great books. I am now reading The Lords of the North by Bernard Cornwell which is not supposed to be out in the USA until next January. However, I have a copy of it and it is good. I also have Flight of the Intruder, Tom Clancy's ruthless.com, and Harry Potter 6 checked out. So I have quite a few books to read. I checked out the Half-blood Prince again because I have only read it once and I need to refresh my memory on a few things.
I have almost finished the fifth season of Smallville. I have three episodes left and then I will be ready for the premiere on Sept. 28. It is great. I will not reveal what is going on in case someone is reading this and is not that far along in the show. That would be terrible.
I do not have a whole lot to say tonight, so I think that will be all for now.
Later,
Lorimer
A lot has happened in the past few days. I went to Ohio for my father's retirement ceremony and spent a few days up there. I was fortunate enough to be in the ceremony. I got to hand the General doing the ceremony the Legion of Merit medal. It was a good ceremony, but I wish he had not had to retire. Oh well, now he gets to live here and work. That will be nice.
I finished a few books in the past few days, which is nice. I have read over 1700 pages this month! That is rare this year. Last year that would have been my average per month, but this year I have been lax in my reading. I finished the Gregor book, Flight of the Nighthawk, and Tom Clancy's Politika. All great books. I am now reading The Lords of the North by Bernard Cornwell which is not supposed to be out in the USA until next January. However, I have a copy of it and it is good. I also have Flight of the Intruder, Tom Clancy's ruthless.com, and Harry Potter 6 checked out. So I have quite a few books to read. I checked out the Half-blood Prince again because I have only read it once and I need to refresh my memory on a few things.
I have almost finished the fifth season of Smallville. I have three episodes left and then I will be ready for the premiere on Sept. 28. It is great. I will not reveal what is going on in case someone is reading this and is not that far along in the show. That would be terrible.
I do not have a whole lot to say tonight, so I think that will be all for now.
Later,
Lorimer
7.20.2006
Stardate 060720.9
Captain's Log:
I rewrote the prologue that I posted yesterday, and it is much improved. It is still in first person, which I like; however, I am wondering whether I should write the whole book in first person, or just the inserts from the main character throughout the book. Time will tell. For now, here is the updated prologue.
Daylight is fading as we make our way west, sailing across the blue expanse of the Altheon, and I begin to wonder if I made the right decision in undertaking this journey. The three of us who remain are worn to the bone of the evil that hunts us at every turn. I think often of that fateful day; the day I made the choice to search out the stone of Agathon and return it to the city of Dunrel—our city. A decision born of necessity that changed the course of our lives forever.
Grief and sorrow pierce my heart with every memory of this cursed venture. I regret bringing my friends along, for their lives have been in danger from the onset; however, I do not see that I had any other choice. The journey has been one I could not have survived alone. I have lost two of my closest friends to the unbelievable misfortune we have faced through this last month. I fear that to lose another now would break my will to continue, and all hope would be lost.
The stone is vital to the salvation of our city, and so it is necessary for us to continue and press forward to gain the stone. A great army from the northern country of Sorit invades our lands and threatens to overrun us. They carry with them great evil in the form of a device called an Ortan. I am told that this device is capable of opening a rift or hole in the fabric of our world and allows vile creatures from the netherworld to enter our land. Unchecked, they would ravage the land, kill all who stand in their way, and enslave all those to unlucky to die. Those captured will be taken back to the demon’s home world to serve as slaves, condemned forever to serve the demented needs of the enemy. We are the only hope of preventing the obliteration of our race; of the genocide that surely awaits all if we fail.
Only one other time in history has this happened, and the demon armies came much to close to destroying the world in which we live. The end was near, and the hope of men lay in one man. The demons were stopped, as the legend states, by the Stone of Agathon wielded by Titus Leontius—the king. Long ago, three ages in fact, the stone was seated in its proper place, inlaid atop the staff of Agathon. When joined, the staff and the stone combine to make a powerful talisman; the holes rent by the Ortan can only be closed with the magic channeled from the staff through the stone. The magic can only be channeled by a direct descendant of Titus Leontius, for such a spell was placed on the staff when it was bestowed upon the king by the magician Eurypon so that no other could access the great power residing in the talisman. Shortly after the battle, the staff was placed in the burial vault of the ancient kings for safekeeping while peace reigned throughout the country. No one knows exactly when, but the stone was stolen from the vault by grave robbers many years later. Not knowing of the value of what they held, they tore the stone from the staff and disappeared, leaving the wooden shaft behind. Over the years, rumors have spread of the stone and its residence within the haunted walls of Grandlow, which sits on an island in the south. Until now, no one has had need of the stone, but desperate times are upon us.
How the Sorites came in to possession of an Ortan, I know not, but if we do not return with the stone, the armies of the netherworld with conquer our lands and kill us all. The Sorites must be blind to the fact that when the demons are finished with us and they no longer need the help of Sorit, they will turn and kill or enslave them all. The reason why I was chosen, along with those who accompany me, is quite a story in itself. My name is Lorimer Wynten, and this is the story of our peril.
Not a very eventful day. I will be staying overnight at my parent's house for the next couple of weeks, because they are out of town and they need someone to take care of the cat and the stupid birds. Oh well.
Later,
Lorimer
I rewrote the prologue that I posted yesterday, and it is much improved. It is still in first person, which I like; however, I am wondering whether I should write the whole book in first person, or just the inserts from the main character throughout the book. Time will tell. For now, here is the updated prologue.
Daylight is fading as we make our way west, sailing across the blue expanse of the Altheon, and I begin to wonder if I made the right decision in undertaking this journey. The three of us who remain are worn to the bone of the evil that hunts us at every turn. I think often of that fateful day; the day I made the choice to search out the stone of Agathon and return it to the city of Dunrel—our city. A decision born of necessity that changed the course of our lives forever.
Grief and sorrow pierce my heart with every memory of this cursed venture. I regret bringing my friends along, for their lives have been in danger from the onset; however, I do not see that I had any other choice. The journey has been one I could not have survived alone. I have lost two of my closest friends to the unbelievable misfortune we have faced through this last month. I fear that to lose another now would break my will to continue, and all hope would be lost.
The stone is vital to the salvation of our city, and so it is necessary for us to continue and press forward to gain the stone. A great army from the northern country of Sorit invades our lands and threatens to overrun us. They carry with them great evil in the form of a device called an Ortan. I am told that this device is capable of opening a rift or hole in the fabric of our world and allows vile creatures from the netherworld to enter our land. Unchecked, they would ravage the land, kill all who stand in their way, and enslave all those to unlucky to die. Those captured will be taken back to the demon’s home world to serve as slaves, condemned forever to serve the demented needs of the enemy. We are the only hope of preventing the obliteration of our race; of the genocide that surely awaits all if we fail.
Only one other time in history has this happened, and the demon armies came much to close to destroying the world in which we live. The end was near, and the hope of men lay in one man. The demons were stopped, as the legend states, by the Stone of Agathon wielded by Titus Leontius—the king. Long ago, three ages in fact, the stone was seated in its proper place, inlaid atop the staff of Agathon. When joined, the staff and the stone combine to make a powerful talisman; the holes rent by the Ortan can only be closed with the magic channeled from the staff through the stone. The magic can only be channeled by a direct descendant of Titus Leontius, for such a spell was placed on the staff when it was bestowed upon the king by the magician Eurypon so that no other could access the great power residing in the talisman. Shortly after the battle, the staff was placed in the burial vault of the ancient kings for safekeeping while peace reigned throughout the country. No one knows exactly when, but the stone was stolen from the vault by grave robbers many years later. Not knowing of the value of what they held, they tore the stone from the staff and disappeared, leaving the wooden shaft behind. Over the years, rumors have spread of the stone and its residence within the haunted walls of Grandlow, which sits on an island in the south. Until now, no one has had need of the stone, but desperate times are upon us.
How the Sorites came in to possession of an Ortan, I know not, but if we do not return with the stone, the armies of the netherworld with conquer our lands and kill us all. The Sorites must be blind to the fact that when the demons are finished with us and they no longer need the help of Sorit, they will turn and kill or enslave them all. The reason why I was chosen, along with those who accompany me, is quite a story in itself. My name is Lorimer Wynten, and this is the story of our peril.
Not a very eventful day. I will be staying overnight at my parent's house for the next couple of weeks, because they are out of town and they need someone to take care of the cat and the stupid birds. Oh well.
Later,
Lorimer
7.19.2006
Stardate 060719.9
Captain's Log:
Not much along the lines of comments today; however, I am going to post a section of my book that I wrote today. This is only the rough draft, so it has quite a ways to go. This will be the opening of the book, in first person, and it is from the view of the main character.
Daylight was fading as we made our way west, sailing across the blue expanse of the Altheon, and I began to wonder if I had made the right decision in undertaking this journey. The four of us who remain are worn to the bone of the evil that hunts us at every turn. When I think back on that fateful day; back when I made the choice to search out the stone of Agathon and return it to the city of Dunrel—our city.
Grief and sorrow pierce my heart with every memory of this cursed venture. I regret bringing anyone along; however I do not see that I had any other choice. The journey has been one I could not have survived alone. I have lost three of my closest friends to the various perils we have faced through this last month. To lose another now, I fear, would break my will to continue, and all hope would be lost.
The stone is vital to the salvation of our city, for a great army from the northern country of Sorit has invaded our lands and threatened to overrun us. They carry with them great evil in the form of an Ortan. Ortans, so they tell me, is capable of opening a rift or hole in the fabric of our world and allows vile creatures from the netherworld to enter our land.
Only one other time in history has this happened, and the demon armies came much to close to destroying the world in which we live. They were stopped, as the legend states, by the Stone of Agathon. Back then, three full ages ago, the stone was inlaid in its proper place atop the staff of Agathon. When joined, the staff and the stone combine to make a powerful talisman; the holes rent by the Ortan can only be closed with the magic channeled from the staff through the stone.
How the Sorites came in to possession of an Ortan, I know not, but if we do not return with the stone, the armies of the netherworld with conquer our lands and kill us all. The Sorites must not realize that when the demons are finished with us, they will turn and kill or enslave those who released them. The reason why I was chosen, along with those who accompany me, is quite a story in itself. My name is Lorimer Wynten, and this is the story of our peril.
I realize that I repeat a few words quite a few times, but I will rectify that by the second time around. It will also be longer, but I need to think of what else needs to be added to help with setting up the story. I will be back tomorrow, maybe with more story.
Lorimer
Not much along the lines of comments today; however, I am going to post a section of my book that I wrote today. This is only the rough draft, so it has quite a ways to go. This will be the opening of the book, in first person, and it is from the view of the main character.
Daylight was fading as we made our way west, sailing across the blue expanse of the Altheon, and I began to wonder if I had made the right decision in undertaking this journey. The four of us who remain are worn to the bone of the evil that hunts us at every turn. When I think back on that fateful day; back when I made the choice to search out the stone of Agathon and return it to the city of Dunrel—our city.
Grief and sorrow pierce my heart with every memory of this cursed venture. I regret bringing anyone along; however I do not see that I had any other choice. The journey has been one I could not have survived alone. I have lost three of my closest friends to the various perils we have faced through this last month. To lose another now, I fear, would break my will to continue, and all hope would be lost.
The stone is vital to the salvation of our city, for a great army from the northern country of Sorit has invaded our lands and threatened to overrun us. They carry with them great evil in the form of an Ortan. Ortans, so they tell me, is capable of opening a rift or hole in the fabric of our world and allows vile creatures from the netherworld to enter our land.
Only one other time in history has this happened, and the demon armies came much to close to destroying the world in which we live. They were stopped, as the legend states, by the Stone of Agathon. Back then, three full ages ago, the stone was inlaid in its proper place atop the staff of Agathon. When joined, the staff and the stone combine to make a powerful talisman; the holes rent by the Ortan can only be closed with the magic channeled from the staff through the stone.
How the Sorites came in to possession of an Ortan, I know not, but if we do not return with the stone, the armies of the netherworld with conquer our lands and kill us all. The Sorites must not realize that when the demons are finished with us, they will turn and kill or enslave those who released them. The reason why I was chosen, along with those who accompany me, is quite a story in itself. My name is Lorimer Wynten, and this is the story of our peril.
I realize that I repeat a few words quite a few times, but I will rectify that by the second time around. It will also be longer, but I need to think of what else needs to be added to help with setting up the story. I will be back tomorrow, maybe with more story.
Lorimer
7.18.2006
Stardate 060718.9
Captain's Log:
Well, it has been a while since I last posted anything. A lot has happened since. I made a weekend visit to Virginia and Maryland to visit Christy, Robert, Matthew, Mark, Randy, as well as a lot of other people. The church has changed slightly since I was there last July. Matthew had also been gone a year, so it was interesting walking around the church with him and seeing all of the new things going on. It was a great trip.
I finished the fourth Gregor book by Suzanne Collins...yes they are not adult reading level books, I know. I enjoy the stories. I am eagerly awaiting the release of the new Terry Brooks book, set for the 29th of August; Armaggedon's Children.
I started the fourth season of 24, and it is better than the third one! Which in itself is amazing. Great show.
I purchased the Lord of the Rings: Battle for Middle Earth II game for my 360. That game is awesome. It is almost like Age of Empires, and it is easy to control on the xbox. I finished the Good Campaign and now I will have to use the armies of Sauron to defeat the free peoples of Middle Earth and once and for all spread darkness over the land in an endless, enveloping shadow of death.
I am ignoring all negative feedback of my sports column, Chris...wait...maybe he can help me write it...
And maybe Israel, Palistine and Lebenon are discussing a lasting peace treaty right now...
I like the column (which is good, since I write it) so it is going to remain unchanged. I know all 3SportsDown fans (all one of you) out there will be happy.
I will be back later,
Lorimer
Well, it has been a while since I last posted anything. A lot has happened since. I made a weekend visit to Virginia and Maryland to visit Christy, Robert, Matthew, Mark, Randy, as well as a lot of other people. The church has changed slightly since I was there last July. Matthew had also been gone a year, so it was interesting walking around the church with him and seeing all of the new things going on. It was a great trip.
I finished the fourth Gregor book by Suzanne Collins...yes they are not adult reading level books, I know. I enjoy the stories. I am eagerly awaiting the release of the new Terry Brooks book, set for the 29th of August; Armaggedon's Children.
I started the fourth season of 24, and it is better than the third one! Which in itself is amazing. Great show.
I purchased the Lord of the Rings: Battle for Middle Earth II game for my 360. That game is awesome. It is almost like Age of Empires, and it is easy to control on the xbox. I finished the Good Campaign and now I will have to use the armies of Sauron to defeat the free peoples of Middle Earth and once and for all spread darkness over the land in an endless, enveloping shadow of death.
I am ignoring all negative feedback of my sports column, Chris...wait...maybe he can help me write it...
And maybe Israel, Palistine and Lebenon are discussing a lasting peace treaty right now...
I like the column (which is good, since I write it) so it is going to remain unchanged. I know all 3SportsDown fans (all one of you) out there will be happy.
I will be back later,
Lorimer
7.14.2006
Stardate 060714.9
Captain's Log:
Not a long post tonight. I just wanted to mention the sports column that I started called 3SportsDown. This weblog/sports column is located at http://3sportsdown.blogspot.com. Please visit when you have a chance for sarcastic sporting news.
Later,
Lorimer
Not a long post tonight. I just wanted to mention the sports column that I started called 3SportsDown. This weblog/sports column is located at http://3sportsdown.blogspot.com. Please visit when you have a chance for sarcastic sporting news.
Later,
Lorimer
7.13.2006
Stardate 060713.9
Captain's Log:
I am going out of town for a couple of days, so I do not know if I will have the chance to post. This is too bad, because I am on a very long streak, and it is unfortunate to have to break it. Well, it would have had to happen sooner or later.
I saw Pirates of the Caribbean II again tonight with Christy, Nathan, and Allie. Great movie. When I get back next week I will have to write in length about it, and give a good review.
Until next time then,
Lorimer
I am going out of town for a couple of days, so I do not know if I will have the chance to post. This is too bad, because I am on a very long streak, and it is unfortunate to have to break it. Well, it would have had to happen sooner or later.
I saw Pirates of the Caribbean II again tonight with Christy, Nathan, and Allie. Great movie. When I get back next week I will have to write in length about it, and give a good review.
Until next time then,
Lorimer
7.12.2006
Stardate 060712.9
Captain's Log:
Well, today is my birthday, and it was pretty good. My family and I celebrated it last weekend when my brothers were still in town.
I downloaded the trailor for the new Lord of the Rings game, and it looks so good. It is comparable to Age of Empires III for the PC, but you can play online with others. There are about 40 multiplayer maps that you can use to play online. The game looks so good. I will probably be getting that next week.
Microsoft has pretty much announced that the Zune will be coming out this Christmas. I will be selling my iPod and buying a new Zune. The portable media player is going to play color video--full and widescreen--and can update wirelessly with a PC. It is going to be so good.
Later,
Lorimer
Well, today is my birthday, and it was pretty good. My family and I celebrated it last weekend when my brothers were still in town.
I downloaded the trailor for the new Lord of the Rings game, and it looks so good. It is comparable to Age of Empires III for the PC, but you can play online with others. There are about 40 multiplayer maps that you can use to play online. The game looks so good. I will probably be getting that next week.
Microsoft has pretty much announced that the Zune will be coming out this Christmas. I will be selling my iPod and buying a new Zune. The portable media player is going to play color video--full and widescreen--and can update wirelessly with a PC. It is going to be so good.
Later,
Lorimer
7.11.2006
Stardate 060711.9
Captain's Log:
It looks as if I will not get to post a long entry for quite some time. I am very busy this week through the weekend. Hopefully, I can get back into it next week.
For now, My Name is Earl is still a great show; I am currently reading Raymond Feist's newest book--Flight of the Nighthawks; Pirates of the Caribbean 2 is the movie of the year; and Switchfoot is putting a new album out by December.
That is all for now.
Night,
Lorimer
It looks as if I will not get to post a long entry for quite some time. I am very busy this week through the weekend. Hopefully, I can get back into it next week.
For now, My Name is Earl is still a great show; I am currently reading Raymond Feist's newest book--Flight of the Nighthawks; Pirates of the Caribbean 2 is the movie of the year; and Switchfoot is putting a new album out by December.
That is all for now.
Night,
Lorimer
7.10.2006
Stardate 060710.9
Captain's Log:
Very short post tonight...seems to be a trend of late...oh well.
I had a few things to talk about tonight, but I am dreadfully tired and need sleep. I will be back tomorrow with more on the World Cup (wrapping it up that is), and so on.
Later,
Lorimer
Very short post tonight...seems to be a trend of late...oh well.
I had a few things to talk about tonight, but I am dreadfully tired and need sleep. I will be back tomorrow with more on the World Cup (wrapping it up that is), and so on.
Later,
Lorimer
7.09.2006
Stardate 060709.9
Captain's Log:
Italy won the World Cup today! My final record ended up as 40-12-12. I got the last few games right and made it to 40...which is an ok record. It will do.
I finished the third season of 24 tonight. That show is so good. Cannot wait to start the fourth season. I will have to wait until next week though.
I also finished Angel Fire East, which was a great book. His release in August should be just as good.
Later,
Lorimer
Italy won the World Cup today! My final record ended up as 40-12-12. I got the last few games right and made it to 40...which is an ok record. It will do.
I finished the third season of 24 tonight. That show is so good. Cannot wait to start the fourth season. I will have to wait until next week though.
I also finished Angel Fire East, which was a great book. His release in August should be just as good.
Later,
Lorimer
7.08.2006
Stardate 060708.9
Captain's Log:
I had a very busy Saturday, which is quite out of the normal routine. I actually had to wake up early--not a good start. The reason I had to get up so early was a good one. I went to Cliff's graduation this morning at 10:00 in the Satellite High Theater and walked in only to find the most unlikely situation ever. I walked in and the first person I see is Tyler Smith...many thoughts were running through my head at that point, and I just had to laugh out loud. Anyway, after the shock of seeing Tyler first, the graduation went well...except for the commencement speaker, who was absolutely terrible. He was one of the worst public speakers that I have ever heard. One of his jokes, "This just occured to me about 7 minutes ago, we are about to make most of you unmarried men!" (chuckles to himself) after no laughter, "because we are giving you your bachelor's degree!" Needless to say, he was very lame.
The third place in the World Cup was decided today. Germany won just like I said, and the gay-man C. Ronaldo lost...what an idiot. They caught a great shot of him diving to get a foul called. It was great. I hate him so much, so I am glad that Manchester United is not going to allow him to come back to the EPL.
Tomorrow is the France/Italy game to decide who wins the 2006 FIFA World Cup. My money is on Italy, but France is going to be a tough team to beat. The announcers are getting so annoying. They keep mentioning two things about every ten minutes. 1) Zidane (from France) is playing in his last game tomorrow, 2) Ghana was the suprise of the tournament. They said these things so many times, I wanted to fly to Germany just to shot them in the face.
Today, my lawn mower exploded in a mushroom cloud in my front lawn, while I was mowing. No, it was not quite that bad. It did explode, but it only flung shard of hot metal out at an odd angle--barely missing my leg in the blast. That being said, my lawn mower is broken. Fortunately, my yard is now mowed, thanks to Justin Snyder and his trusty lawn mower.
I will be back tomorrow,
Lorimer
I had a very busy Saturday, which is quite out of the normal routine. I actually had to wake up early--not a good start. The reason I had to get up so early was a good one. I went to Cliff's graduation this morning at 10:00 in the Satellite High Theater and walked in only to find the most unlikely situation ever. I walked in and the first person I see is Tyler Smith...many thoughts were running through my head at that point, and I just had to laugh out loud. Anyway, after the shock of seeing Tyler first, the graduation went well...except for the commencement speaker, who was absolutely terrible. He was one of the worst public speakers that I have ever heard. One of his jokes, "This just occured to me about 7 minutes ago, we are about to make most of you unmarried men!" (chuckles to himself) after no laughter, "because we are giving you your bachelor's degree!" Needless to say, he was very lame.
The third place in the World Cup was decided today. Germany won just like I said, and the gay-man C. Ronaldo lost...what an idiot. They caught a great shot of him diving to get a foul called. It was great. I hate him so much, so I am glad that Manchester United is not going to allow him to come back to the EPL.
Tomorrow is the France/Italy game to decide who wins the 2006 FIFA World Cup. My money is on Italy, but France is going to be a tough team to beat. The announcers are getting so annoying. They keep mentioning two things about every ten minutes. 1) Zidane (from France) is playing in his last game tomorrow, 2) Ghana was the suprise of the tournament. They said these things so many times, I wanted to fly to Germany just to shot them in the face.
Today, my lawn mower exploded in a mushroom cloud in my front lawn, while I was mowing. No, it was not quite that bad. It did explode, but it only flung shard of hot metal out at an odd angle--barely missing my leg in the blast. That being said, my lawn mower is broken. Fortunately, my yard is now mowed, thanks to Justin Snyder and his trusty lawn mower.
I will be back tomorrow,
Lorimer
7.07.2006
Stardate 060707.9
Captain's Log:
Pirates of the Caribbean 2 was so awesome! Loved the movie. I do not have time tonight, but I will go over a great long review soon.
July 8
Germany is going to win the game
July 9
Italy is going to win the game
That is about it for tonight...once again a short, mostly-rubbish, post.
Tomorrow,
Lorimer
Pirates of the Caribbean 2 was so awesome! Loved the movie. I do not have time tonight, but I will go over a great long review soon.
July 8
Germany is going to win the game
July 9
Italy is going to win the game
That is about it for tonight...once again a short, mostly-rubbish, post.
Tomorrow,
Lorimer
7.06.2006
Stardate 060706.9
Captain's Log:
Not much to say tonight. I just finished watching Pirates of the Caribbean I, so that I can be ready for the movie tomorrow night. Should be really great.
I will have the predictions tomorrow for the two games this weekend.
It was not the most exciting day. It rained quite a bit, which was good. This post is total rubbish, sorry for the dull addition.
Tomorrow,
Lorimer
Not much to say tonight. I just finished watching Pirates of the Caribbean I, so that I can be ready for the movie tomorrow night. Should be really great.
I will have the predictions tomorrow for the two games this weekend.
It was not the most exciting day. It rained quite a bit, which was good. This post is total rubbish, sorry for the dull addition.
Tomorrow,
Lorimer
7.05.2006
Stardate 060705.9
Captain's Log:
I forgot to mention the shuttle launch yesterday. That was a great day to launch the space shuttle Discovery; our Independence Day. I watched the take-off on NASA HD, then stepped outside to watch it rise, and then went back to watch it drop the fuel tanks and enter space. It was great.
France won today which means that I am 38-12-12 overall. Not bad. I can potentially hit 40 wins, but I will need to get both games right this weekend. I will put the predictions up sometime soon, but not tonight.
I am down to my last three Top of the Pods episodes. I finished another five today. I should be done by Friday and then I will be caught up and ready when they put a new one out. I am sending in another list, probably tonight.
I have neglected mentioning to much about the new Superman Returns movie in this weblog to avoid the taint of gayness, but it is time to expose the movie for the atrocity it really is. A couple of years ago, when I heard that they were doing a new Superman movie, I was very excited, because I do not like Christopher Reeves as Superman. I know a lot of people do and right now they are saying evil things about me while reading this, but I do not really care. I do not like him. When they announced the cast for the new movie, I immediately realized it was going to be so sub-par that seeing it in theaters would not only be a waste of money, but also a severe waste of my time. If I ever watch it I will rent it from Blockbuster with one of my free coupons, so that I am not actually paying to view the trash. The three main parts--Clark, Lex, and Lois--were the most horribly cast parts I have ever seen. They could only have done worse if they had cast Mr. Bean as Superman, Larry the Cable Guy as Lex, and Gretchen Wilson as Lois. It was terrible. They should have used the Clark, Lex, and Lois from Smallville for three very good reasons. 1) These three people have been playing the parts for five years on the Smallville show, and so they are good at it; 2) They look and act so much more like the characters they would be playing than the people that actually starred in the movie; 3) They are so popular in the eyes of young men and women around the nation (the young men and women they were targeting for this film). The storyline could have been written for a time ten years after the fifth season of Smallville. This would enable Smallville to continue for quite some time without conflicting with the movie. Another thing is the writer. I read many critics say that the storyline was not great, and then I read another article about Kevin Smith, and how he was in the running for writing the movie. That would have been good. If it were up to me to remake this movie so that it would actually make money on opening weekend, I would have those three stars specifically and I would have Kevin Smith write the story and script. This movie made less than half what Spiderman 2 made on its opening weekend...that is ridiculous. Some Superhero movie. I am so angry that this movie was actually made the way it was. Maybe they will wise up next time. One can only hope.
On a much better note, Pirates of the Caribbean comes out Friday. I will be seeing that movie, because it promises to be 1,000 times better than the lame-o Superman movie. Cannot wait for Johnny Depp's performance.
Yesterday was the Nathan's Hot Dog Eating contest. The winner was a small Japanese man who ate 53 3/4 hot dogs in 12 minutes! That is outrageous. For "training", the contestants eat about 40 hot dogs a sitting, twice a week...how sick is that? I was nasty to watch those people stuff their faces with hot dog...(sounds of regurgitation).
That was a really long blog...and yesterday's was my 50th blog. I forgot to mention it...mainly because it is not a big deal...well ok then.
Later,
Lorimer
I forgot to mention the shuttle launch yesterday. That was a great day to launch the space shuttle Discovery; our Independence Day. I watched the take-off on NASA HD, then stepped outside to watch it rise, and then went back to watch it drop the fuel tanks and enter space. It was great.
France won today which means that I am 38-12-12 overall. Not bad. I can potentially hit 40 wins, but I will need to get both games right this weekend. I will put the predictions up sometime soon, but not tonight.
I am down to my last three Top of the Pods episodes. I finished another five today. I should be done by Friday and then I will be caught up and ready when they put a new one out. I am sending in another list, probably tonight.
I have neglected mentioning to much about the new Superman Returns movie in this weblog to avoid the taint of gayness, but it is time to expose the movie for the atrocity it really is. A couple of years ago, when I heard that they were doing a new Superman movie, I was very excited, because I do not like Christopher Reeves as Superman. I know a lot of people do and right now they are saying evil things about me while reading this, but I do not really care. I do not like him. When they announced the cast for the new movie, I immediately realized it was going to be so sub-par that seeing it in theaters would not only be a waste of money, but also a severe waste of my time. If I ever watch it I will rent it from Blockbuster with one of my free coupons, so that I am not actually paying to view the trash. The three main parts--Clark, Lex, and Lois--were the most horribly cast parts I have ever seen. They could only have done worse if they had cast Mr. Bean as Superman, Larry the Cable Guy as Lex, and Gretchen Wilson as Lois. It was terrible. They should have used the Clark, Lex, and Lois from Smallville for three very good reasons. 1) These three people have been playing the parts for five years on the Smallville show, and so they are good at it; 2) They look and act so much more like the characters they would be playing than the people that actually starred in the movie; 3) They are so popular in the eyes of young men and women around the nation (the young men and women they were targeting for this film). The storyline could have been written for a time ten years after the fifth season of Smallville. This would enable Smallville to continue for quite some time without conflicting with the movie. Another thing is the writer. I read many critics say that the storyline was not great, and then I read another article about Kevin Smith, and how he was in the running for writing the movie. That would have been good. If it were up to me to remake this movie so that it would actually make money on opening weekend, I would have those three stars specifically and I would have Kevin Smith write the story and script. This movie made less than half what Spiderman 2 made on its opening weekend...that is ridiculous. Some Superhero movie. I am so angry that this movie was actually made the way it was. Maybe they will wise up next time. One can only hope.
On a much better note, Pirates of the Caribbean comes out Friday. I will be seeing that movie, because it promises to be 1,000 times better than the lame-o Superman movie. Cannot wait for Johnny Depp's performance.
Yesterday was the Nathan's Hot Dog Eating contest. The winner was a small Japanese man who ate 53 3/4 hot dogs in 12 minutes! That is outrageous. For "training", the contestants eat about 40 hot dogs a sitting, twice a week...how sick is that? I was nasty to watch those people stuff their faces with hot dog...(sounds of regurgitation).
That was a really long blog...and yesterday's was my 50th blog. I forgot to mention it...mainly because it is not a big deal...well ok then.
Later,
Lorimer
7.04.2006
Stardate 060704.9
Captain's Log:
Today was Independence Day and I celebrated this great holiday with my family at my mother's house. Afterwards, Luke, Chris and I went to the base and watched the fireworks there. They were pretty good. My neighbors are shooting off fireworks in their front yards, and they are not doing so very safely either. As my brother was driving away from my house, they hit his car with a firework. I do not think it damaged the car though.
I have to go back to work tomorrow for the first time in five days. That is a bummer.
Germany lost today, which was the worst thing that has happened in my life since England lost. This is a bad world cup. Germany still has a chance at third place, but that is lame. They could have won it all, but they just about gave up at the end of the game today and Italy scored two goals to win. I was not happy at all.
I watched another episode of My Name is Earl. That show is getting better as it goes. Very funny show.
I emailed a few people a link to this video I saw, but then I thought that I should just put it on my weblog, that way anyone can view it. I cannot embed this video, but here is the link.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZw9m57Bcjg
Check it out; these guys are incredible.
Predictions:
July 5
France is going to win the game
I read another fifty pages in my book last night, so I am gradually working my way through it. Angel Fire East is a great book, and it is the third book in a trilogy written by Terry Brooks. This trilogy is based before his fourteen volume Shannara series. They are all very good books, and worth reading.
I think I am out of things to say. Thanks to Mark for mentioning me twice in his blog. To respond to your comments Mark, I do think that the new Superman movie is gay, but Superman in general is not.
All right, later.
Lorimer
Today was Independence Day and I celebrated this great holiday with my family at my mother's house. Afterwards, Luke, Chris and I went to the base and watched the fireworks there. They were pretty good. My neighbors are shooting off fireworks in their front yards, and they are not doing so very safely either. As my brother was driving away from my house, they hit his car with a firework. I do not think it damaged the car though.
I have to go back to work tomorrow for the first time in five days. That is a bummer.
Germany lost today, which was the worst thing that has happened in my life since England lost. This is a bad world cup. Germany still has a chance at third place, but that is lame. They could have won it all, but they just about gave up at the end of the game today and Italy scored two goals to win. I was not happy at all.
I watched another episode of My Name is Earl. That show is getting better as it goes. Very funny show.
I emailed a few people a link to this video I saw, but then I thought that I should just put it on my weblog, that way anyone can view it. I cannot embed this video, but here is the link.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZw9m57Bcjg
Check it out; these guys are incredible.
Predictions:
July 5
France is going to win the game
I read another fifty pages in my book last night, so I am gradually working my way through it. Angel Fire East is a great book, and it is the third book in a trilogy written by Terry Brooks. This trilogy is based before his fourteen volume Shannara series. They are all very good books, and worth reading.
I think I am out of things to say. Thanks to Mark for mentioning me twice in his blog. To respond to your comments Mark, I do think that the new Superman movie is gay, but Superman in general is not.
All right, later.
Lorimer
7.03.2006
Stardate 060703.8
Captain's Log:
I do not have much to say about my day, so I will take this entry to describe Oblivion.
Oblivion
This game is by far the best role-playing game that I have ever played. The graphics are outrageous and the interactivity with the player's surroundings is so extreme. The depth of the game is unbelievable. There are so many things that must be accomplished, so many quests, and so many places to explore. The map that is provided is so extensive and sprawling that it is impossible to catch everything hidden in the countryside without playing the game for months. I have no idea how many levels of play there are, but I advanced to level six in about four days and I know there are at least fifteen. I have only unlocked thirteen of the fifty achievements because there are so many things that you have to accomplish in this game. It is something that could keep a person occupied for quite some time without the need for another game. The storyline is also incredible. The character's life which is played first person, takes so many twists and turns and changes so often that it is a challenge just to keep up with everything going on in the life of the character. A person could be working on five or six quests at a time. I usually do not like role-playing games, for the only games I like are soccer and football games. Oblivion was so good, I hated to stop playing. If you own an xbox 360 and have not checked this game out, you need to at least give it a shot. If you do not own a 360...go out and buy one and then try this game.
That is about all I have for today. I should be back tomorrow.
July 4
Germany is going to win the game
Tomorrow,
Lorimer
I do not have much to say about my day, so I will take this entry to describe Oblivion.
Oblivion
This game is by far the best role-playing game that I have ever played. The graphics are outrageous and the interactivity with the player's surroundings is so extreme. The depth of the game is unbelievable. There are so many things that must be accomplished, so many quests, and so many places to explore. The map that is provided is so extensive and sprawling that it is impossible to catch everything hidden in the countryside without playing the game for months. I have no idea how many levels of play there are, but I advanced to level six in about four days and I know there are at least fifteen. I have only unlocked thirteen of the fifty achievements because there are so many things that you have to accomplish in this game. It is something that could keep a person occupied for quite some time without the need for another game. The storyline is also incredible. The character's life which is played first person, takes so many twists and turns and changes so often that it is a challenge just to keep up with everything going on in the life of the character. A person could be working on five or six quests at a time. I usually do not like role-playing games, for the only games I like are soccer and football games. Oblivion was so good, I hated to stop playing. If you own an xbox 360 and have not checked this game out, you need to at least give it a shot. If you do not own a 360...go out and buy one and then try this game.
That is about all I have for today. I should be back tomorrow.
July 4
Germany is going to win the game
Tomorrow,
Lorimer
7.02.2006
Stardate 060702.9
Captain's Log:
No games today, because the next game is on Tuesday. That will be a great game. Germany faces off against Italy in a matchup to determine who will play the winner of the France/Portugal game being played on Wednesday.
I am going to write about the Oblivion game in length probably tomorrow. If you need to know now, or if I do not post about it soon, check out my friend Mark's weblog for a synopsis of the game.
Switchfoot released a new song, which was available for download from their website (www.switchfoot.com). It was good, but they are going to need a couple of better songs to start their new album. The new CD will be coming out by the end of the year. The song available for download is Daylight to Break. I am going to make another prediction: this song will probably be number 5 or 7 on the new CD.
I started a myspace account...Let me go on record now, and say that myspace is horrible. I hate it for many reasons, but one major one is that it is terribly designed. The Top of the Pods show recently had a list about the 10 worst things about myspace. They were pretty dead-on. The link is here. The whole site is rubbish.
I finally finished equiping my IE7 with all my new RSS feeds. IE7 is so great. I like it more than Firefox, because of the built-in RSS feed reader, the compatability with all of Windows and everything Microsoft. It looks better and does multiple home pages with tabbed browsing.
All right, I am going to make dinner now.
Later,
Lorimer
No games today, because the next game is on Tuesday. That will be a great game. Germany faces off against Italy in a matchup to determine who will play the winner of the France/Portugal game being played on Wednesday.
I am going to write about the Oblivion game in length probably tomorrow. If you need to know now, or if I do not post about it soon, check out my friend Mark's weblog for a synopsis of the game.
Switchfoot released a new song, which was available for download from their website (www.switchfoot.com). It was good, but they are going to need a couple of better songs to start their new album. The new CD will be coming out by the end of the year. The song available for download is Daylight to Break. I am going to make another prediction: this song will probably be number 5 or 7 on the new CD.
I started a myspace account...Let me go on record now, and say that myspace is horrible. I hate it for many reasons, but one major one is that it is terribly designed. The Top of the Pods show recently had a list about the 10 worst things about myspace. They were pretty dead-on. The link is here. The whole site is rubbish.
I finally finished equiping my IE7 with all my new RSS feeds. IE7 is so great. I like it more than Firefox, because of the built-in RSS feed reader, the compatability with all of Windows and everything Microsoft. It looks better and does multiple home pages with tabbed browsing.
All right, I am going to make dinner now.
Later,
Lorimer
7.01.2006
Stardate 060701.9
Captain's Log:
Short entry.
England lost...I was very upset today. At least Brazil lost...that was something at least. Now I am relying on Germany to win the cup.
Current record: 36-11-12
Later,
Lorimer
Short entry.
England lost...I was very upset today. At least Brazil lost...that was something at least. Now I am relying on Germany to win the cup.
Current record: 36-11-12
Later,
Lorimer
6.30.2006
Stardate 060630.6
Captain's Log:
I just finished watching the Germany game, and it was great. Argentina is out, which means Chris and Andrew Gall were wrong when they said that Argentina was going to win the world cup. That is a good feeling to know that they were wrong and that my team beat them.
Anyway,
July 1
England is going to win the first game
Brazil is going to win the second game
Should be good games tomorrow. Today's second game is not that great right now. Italy came out to an early lead and the Ukraine is not playing well at all.
I am going to try and get through some 24 today as well as work a little more on tweaking out my IE7. This is an awesome browser. Not only does it look good, but it is so useful. It is so much of an improvement over IE6, which was rubbish.
Today is the first day of my five day weekend. I am loving it.
ALERT: Hopefully, I will be going to a flash blogger site soon, so please download the Macromedia Flash Player 8, so that my site will be visible to you. I do not know when I will get this up, but hopefully within July.
I just read that the Office 07 release is going to be delayed. Fortunately I have the beta version running on my PC. It is quite nice. I think it is very user-friendly and simply designed.
Later,
Lorimer
I just finished watching the Germany game, and it was great. Argentina is out, which means Chris and Andrew Gall were wrong when they said that Argentina was going to win the world cup. That is a good feeling to know that they were wrong and that my team beat them.
Anyway,
July 1
England is going to win the first game
Brazil is going to win the second game
Should be good games tomorrow. Today's second game is not that great right now. Italy came out to an early lead and the Ukraine is not playing well at all.
I am going to try and get through some 24 today as well as work a little more on tweaking out my IE7. This is an awesome browser. Not only does it look good, but it is so useful. It is so much of an improvement over IE6, which was rubbish.
Today is the first day of my five day weekend. I am loving it.
ALERT: Hopefully, I will be going to a flash blogger site soon, so please download the Macromedia Flash Player 8, so that my site will be visible to you. I do not know when I will get this up, but hopefully within July.
I just read that the Office 07 release is going to be delayed. Fortunately I have the beta version running on my PC. It is quite nice. I think it is very user-friendly and simply designed.
Later,
Lorimer
6.29.2006
Stardate 060629.9
Captain's Log:
Ich wünsche, daß ich alle meine Pfosten in diese Sprache schreiben könnte. Das würde bedeuten, daß ich es fließend sprechen könnte. Eines Tages...
Anyway...today I finished another five episodes of top of the pods. I also read Ann Coulter article and it was great. Here is a clip about the New York Times:
"Before the Vietnam War, this country took treason seriously.
But now we're told newspapers have a right to commit treason because of "freedom of the press." Liberals invoke "freedom of the press" like some talismanic formulation that requires us all to fall prostrate in religious ecstasy. On liberals' theory of the First Amendment, the safest place for Osama bin Laden isn't in Afghanistan or Pakistan; it's in The New York Times building."
Well, I rented the Oblivion game from blockbuster. That is a great game. I am working my way through it, and it is a lot of fun.
Back to the predictions...
June 30
Germany is going to win the first game
Italy is going to win the second game
I am going to install the beta 3 version of my IE7, so that I can fix some of the problems. I will be back tomorrow.
Later,
Lorimer
Ich wünsche, daß ich alle meine Pfosten in diese Sprache schreiben könnte. Das würde bedeuten, daß ich es fließend sprechen könnte. Eines Tages...
Anyway...today I finished another five episodes of top of the pods. I also read Ann Coulter article and it was great. Here is a clip about the New York Times:
"Before the Vietnam War, this country took treason seriously.
But now we're told newspapers have a right to commit treason because of "freedom of the press." Liberals invoke "freedom of the press" like some talismanic formulation that requires us all to fall prostrate in religious ecstasy. On liberals' theory of the First Amendment, the safest place for Osama bin Laden isn't in Afghanistan or Pakistan; it's in The New York Times building."
Well, I rented the Oblivion game from blockbuster. That is a great game. I am working my way through it, and it is a lot of fun.
Back to the predictions...
June 30
Germany is going to win the first game
Italy is going to win the second game
I am going to install the beta 3 version of my IE7, so that I can fix some of the problems. I will be back tomorrow.
Later,
Lorimer
6.28.2006
Stardate 060628.7
Captain's Log:
I am writing a bit early tonight, because I feel like going to bed early. After church of course.
I have just finished my fifth Top of the Pods episode for today. I listened to a few at work, because I am trying to catch up. They did not put one out today, so that was good that I got to gain some ground on the catching up business.
I have changed the template of my blog...as you may well have noticed...but I do not know if I am going to keep it like this. I have been hunting for a good template, but have not had much success. I believe I am going to have to create my own soon. I am trying to make one in flash, but I need to see if blogger will run a flash site. That would be awesome.
All right, that may be all for tonight. I will be back tomorrow.
Until then,
Lorimer
I am writing a bit early tonight, because I feel like going to bed early. After church of course.
I have just finished my fifth Top of the Pods episode for today. I listened to a few at work, because I am trying to catch up. They did not put one out today, so that was good that I got to gain some ground on the catching up business.
I have changed the template of my blog...as you may well have noticed...but I do not know if I am going to keep it like this. I have been hunting for a good template, but have not had much success. I believe I am going to have to create my own soon. I am trying to make one in flash, but I need to see if blogger will run a flash site. That would be awesome.
All right, that may be all for tonight. I will be back tomorrow.
Until then,
Lorimer
6.27.2006
Stardate 060627.9
Captain's Log:
Today, I was once again robbed of the second game. Spain scored first and then managed to give up three goals to France to lose.
June 28
No games
There will be no games until Friday when Germany beats Argentina.
Today was not too exciting, but it did downpour for quite some time for the second day in a row. We need the rain, so that is a good thing. I worked some on a spreadsheet I am developing to track NFL scores this coming year. I added some features today, so that it will now work forever, or at least until they add another team.
I got a CD today with some Adobe CS2 training so that I can master the program and use it more often.
I picked up Ann Coulter's new book today; Godless, the Church of Liberalism. Great book. She is hilarious and she makes many good points. I have about five books to finish, because I have not read in quite some time.
I just watched a video of Robert preaching. It was great. That was the first time I have gotten to hear him preach, and it was good. Then Pastor got up after him and spoke for about twenty more minutes...which was exactly what I expected. I need to visit the church up there again soon. I heard Jeffrey cough and sneeze into the mic way too much, which I did not enjoy. It might have been Mark though...hmmm.
This has been a long post...that is good. I have not had one in a while. I am used to just posting the game predictions and leaving.
Well, it has been fun. I am going to bed early tonight, in the hope that I will get more sleep than usual. I will be back tomorrow. I believe today was my 19th post in a row.
Current Record: 34-9-12
Tomorrow,
Lorimer
Today, I was once again robbed of the second game. Spain scored first and then managed to give up three goals to France to lose.
June 28
No games
There will be no games until Friday when Germany beats Argentina.
Today was not too exciting, but it did downpour for quite some time for the second day in a row. We need the rain, so that is a good thing. I worked some on a spreadsheet I am developing to track NFL scores this coming year. I added some features today, so that it will now work forever, or at least until they add another team.
I got a CD today with some Adobe CS2 training so that I can master the program and use it more often.
I picked up Ann Coulter's new book today; Godless, the Church of Liberalism. Great book. She is hilarious and she makes many good points. I have about five books to finish, because I have not read in quite some time.
I just watched a video of Robert preaching. It was great. That was the first time I have gotten to hear him preach, and it was good. Then Pastor got up after him and spoke for about twenty more minutes...which was exactly what I expected. I need to visit the church up there again soon. I heard Jeffrey cough and sneeze into the mic way too much, which I did not enjoy. It might have been Mark though...hmmm.
This has been a long post...that is good. I have not had one in a while. I am used to just posting the game predictions and leaving.
Well, it has been fun. I am going to bed early tonight, in the hope that I will get more sleep than usual. I will be back tomorrow. I believe today was my 19th post in a row.
Current Record: 34-9-12
Tomorrow,
Lorimer
6.26.2006
Stardate 060626.9
Captain's Log:
Another birthday. Happy Birthday Christy. I know you read this weblog, so at least one of my happy birthday's will be read by the birthdayee (not a word).
I went 1-1 today. Ukraine should not have won, but Switzerland has the worst penalty kickers in the world, so they did.
June 27
Brazil is going to win the first game
Spain is going to win the second game
That is all for now,
Current Record: 33-8-12
Later,
Lorimer
Another birthday. Happy Birthday Christy. I know you read this weblog, so at least one of my happy birthday's will be read by the birthdayee (not a word).
I went 1-1 today. Ukraine should not have won, but Switzerland has the worst penalty kickers in the world, so they did.
June 27
Brazil is going to win the first game
Spain is going to win the second game
That is all for now,
Current Record: 33-8-12
Later,
Lorimer
6.25.2006
Stardate 060625.9
Captain's Log:
Well, today is my father's birthday. Happy Birthday, Dad. The likelyhood of him actually ever reading this rubbish weblog is slim at best.
I went 2-0 today, so now I am on an 9-0 streak, going all the way back to Brazil beating Japan four days ago.
Current Record: 32-7-12
June 26
Italy is going to win the first game
Switzerland is going to win the second game
That second game is a tough one to call, but Switzerland looks pretty good this year. We will see how they do.
I believe that is all for now.
Night,
Lorimer
Well, today is my father's birthday. Happy Birthday, Dad. The likelyhood of him actually ever reading this rubbish weblog is slim at best.
I went 2-0 today, so now I am on an 9-0 streak, going all the way back to Brazil beating Japan four days ago.
Current Record: 32-7-12
June 26
Italy is going to win the first game
Switzerland is going to win the second game
That second game is a tough one to call, but Switzerland looks pretty good this year. We will see how they do.
I believe that is all for now.
Night,
Lorimer
6.24.2006
Stardate 060624.9
Captain's Log:
Well, another good day. I got both guesses right today. Not too hard, but it is still nice.
June 25
England is going to win the first game
Portugal is going to win the second game
Portugal/Netherlands is such a tough call. Both teams look good, but I am going to have to go with Portugal, because of their win over Mexico. Hopefully, England can win tomorrow. It will be tough without Owen, but they can pull it off.
Overall Record: 30-7-12
I believe that will be all for tonight. I am going to miss half of the England game, because it starts at 11. Oh well. I will be home for the end.
Until then,
Lorimer
Well, another good day. I got both guesses right today. Not too hard, but it is still nice.
June 25
England is going to win the first game
Portugal is going to win the second game
Portugal/Netherlands is such a tough call. Both teams look good, but I am going to have to go with Portugal, because of their win over Mexico. Hopefully, England can win tomorrow. It will be tough without Owen, but they can pull it off.
Overall Record: 30-7-12
I believe that will be all for tonight. I am going to miss half of the England game, because it starts at 11. Oh well. I will be home for the end.
Until then,
Lorimer
6.23.2006
Stardate 060623.9
Captain's Log:
I went 4-0 today on my predictions. Great day.
June 24
Germany is going to win the first game
Argentina is going to win the second game
Hopefully, Germany can win tomorrow, and advance to the next round. England, unfortunately, plays Sunday morning, so I will not be able to see the game. That is terrible.
Christy came back for a visit. She will be here through Sunday. We just got back from seeing The Break-Up...not what I expected. Funny movie, but weird ending.
I believe that is all for tonight. I will be back tomorrow.
Until then,
Lorimer
I went 4-0 today on my predictions. Great day.
June 24
Germany is going to win the first game
Argentina is going to win the second game
Hopefully, Germany can win tomorrow, and advance to the next round. England, unfortunately, plays Sunday morning, so I will not be able to see the game. That is terrible.
Christy came back for a visit. She will be here through Sunday. We just got back from seeing The Break-Up...not what I expected. Funny movie, but weird ending.
I believe that is all for tonight. I will be back tomorrow.
Until then,
Lorimer
6.22.2006
Stardate 060622.9
Captain's Log:
I did ok today on the predictions, but not as well as I would have liked. Now the US is out...so gay. Fortunately, England is still in! As is Germany; so that is good.
June 23
France is going to win the first game
Switzerland is going to win the second game
Spain is going to win the third game
Ukraine is going to win the fourth game
Current Record: 24-7-12
All right, another short post. Not much happened today, so I do not have much to talk about. I will be back tomorrow.
Later,
Lorimer
I did ok today on the predictions, but not as well as I would have liked. Now the US is out...so gay. Fortunately, England is still in! As is Germany; so that is good.
June 23
France is going to win the first game
Switzerland is going to win the second game
Spain is going to win the third game
Ukraine is going to win the fourth game
Current Record: 24-7-12
All right, another short post. Not much happened today, so I do not have much to talk about. I will be back tomorrow.
Later,
Lorimer
6.21.2006
Stardate 060621.9
Captain's Log:
Well, really quick post tonight.
June 22
Italy is going to win the first game
US is going to win the second game
Australia is going to win the third game
Brazil is going to win the fourth game
I will be back tomorrow.
Current record: 22-6-11
Tomorrow,
Lorimer
Well, really quick post tonight.
June 22
Italy is going to win the first game
US is going to win the second game
Australia is going to win the third game
Brazil is going to win the fourth game
I will be back tomorrow.
Current record: 22-6-11
Tomorrow,
Lorimer
6.20.2006
Stardate 060620.9
Captain's Log:
Well the day started out well. I went 2-0 for the first games and then 0-1-1 on the next two. I cannot believe that England tied; that was terrible. My overall record now is 20-6-9.
June 21
Angola is going to win the first game
Portugal is going to win the second game
Ivory Coast is going to win the third game
Argentina is going to win the fourth game
Should be some good games tomorrow. I finally got the third disk to season three of 24. Awesome show. I also downloaded the episodes of My Name is Earl. That is a very funny show. He get nailed by a car in the first episode after winning the lottery. Hilarious.
That is about all for now. I will be back tomorrow.
Night,
Lorimer
Well the day started out well. I went 2-0 for the first games and then 0-1-1 on the next two. I cannot believe that England tied; that was terrible. My overall record now is 20-6-9.
June 21
Angola is going to win the first game
Portugal is going to win the second game
Ivory Coast is going to win the third game
Argentina is going to win the fourth game
Should be some good games tomorrow. I finally got the third disk to season three of 24. Awesome show. I also downloaded the episodes of My Name is Earl. That is a very funny show. He get nailed by a car in the first episode after winning the lottery. Hilarious.
That is about all for now. I will be back tomorrow.
Night,
Lorimer
6.19.2006
Stardate 060619.9
Captain's Log:
Well, I had a great day today. I went three for three on my predictions. My overall record is now 19-5-8. Not bad. Hopefully I can get at least three of the four tomorrow.
June 20
Germany is going to win the first game
Poland is going to win the second game
Trinidad and Tobago is going to win the third game
England is going to win the fourth game
The toughest game of the day to call is going to be the Germany/Ecuador game. Germany is the host nation and has two great wins under their belts. Their spectacular finish against Poland proves that they can put it together when they need to, but they are going to need to play a lot better against Ecuador if they expect to get the top spot in the group. Right now, because of goal differential, Ecuador has the upper hand. They have been playing so well it is unbelievable. In their first game, they shock Poland with a 2-0 win and then come out against Costa Rica and shut them out 3-0. Ecuador is on the top of their game and it will be tough for Germany to beat them. Germany’s defense is going to have to play harder than they have the last two games. I am going to go with Germany because they need a win to get the top spot in the group. Ecuador can settle for a draw and still get the top position. Germany, hopefully, will be playing harder and will want it more. Once again, this is the toughest game of the day to call, so in essence, it could go either way.
I am almost caught up to the fifth season of Smallville and it is getting good. I will be back tomorrow, after I make the tough calls on the games for Wednesday.
I believe that will be all for now.
Later,
Lorimer
Well, I had a great day today. I went three for three on my predictions. My overall record is now 19-5-8. Not bad. Hopefully I can get at least three of the four tomorrow.
June 20
Germany is going to win the first game
Poland is going to win the second game
Trinidad and Tobago is going to win the third game
England is going to win the fourth game
The toughest game of the day to call is going to be the Germany/Ecuador game. Germany is the host nation and has two great wins under their belts. Their spectacular finish against Poland proves that they can put it together when they need to, but they are going to need to play a lot better against Ecuador if they expect to get the top spot in the group. Right now, because of goal differential, Ecuador has the upper hand. They have been playing so well it is unbelievable. In their first game, they shock Poland with a 2-0 win and then come out against Costa Rica and shut them out 3-0. Ecuador is on the top of their game and it will be tough for Germany to beat them. Germany’s defense is going to have to play harder than they have the last two games. I am going to go with Germany because they need a win to get the top spot in the group. Ecuador can settle for a draw and still get the top position. Germany, hopefully, will be playing harder and will want it more. Once again, this is the toughest game of the day to call, so in essence, it could go either way.
I am almost caught up to the fifth season of Smallville and it is getting good. I will be back tomorrow, after I make the tough calls on the games for Wednesday.
I believe that will be all for now.
Later,
Lorimer
6.18.2006
Stardate 060618.7
Captain's Log:
Well it has been a slow Sunday. After church this morning, I ate at firehouse while watching the Brazil game. For now I am 1-0-1 today and the France-Korea game is almost over. I am finally catching up on the topofthepods episodes, for I only have about 19 left after listening to about 40. Those guys are hilarious. I submitted a list to them last night, so we will see if they read it or not.
I got a letter in the mail from BCC the other day informing me that I made the Dean's List...that was nice, because I did not make the Dean's List last semester. I am going to start at UCF this fall, and I am going to try and make Dean's List every term, but we will see what happens.
I am trying to decide whether or not to order the German language course from Rosetta Stone or from some other company. I still have some research to do, but I would like to get started on that soon. That would be a good language to master.
Tonight I have to run the soundroom again, so I will have to leave here early so that I can turn on the board and the choir mics for practice. I am currently reading about five books, but I am going to bring Angel Fire East by Terry Brooks and try to finish off that series. I have only read 10 books this year, which is terrible and sickning. This time last year I had finished 25 books and was almost finished with number 26. Last year I finished my tenth book one week into February. I will be lucky to hit 10,000 pages this year.
The game between France and Korea just ended in a draw which puts my record at 16-5-8. That is terrible. Hopefully I can pull all three points tomorrow.
All right, I believe I have gone on long enough, so I will sign off for now. I have already put my predictions in for tomorrow, and I have nothing else to say.
Goodnight,
Lorimer
Well it has been a slow Sunday. After church this morning, I ate at firehouse while watching the Brazil game. For now I am 1-0-1 today and the France-Korea game is almost over. I am finally catching up on the topofthepods episodes, for I only have about 19 left after listening to about 40. Those guys are hilarious. I submitted a list to them last night, so we will see if they read it or not.
I got a letter in the mail from BCC the other day informing me that I made the Dean's List...that was nice, because I did not make the Dean's List last semester. I am going to start at UCF this fall, and I am going to try and make Dean's List every term, but we will see what happens.
I am trying to decide whether or not to order the German language course from Rosetta Stone or from some other company. I still have some research to do, but I would like to get started on that soon. That would be a good language to master.
Tonight I have to run the soundroom again, so I will have to leave here early so that I can turn on the board and the choir mics for practice. I am currently reading about five books, but I am going to bring Angel Fire East by Terry Brooks and try to finish off that series. I have only read 10 books this year, which is terrible and sickning. This time last year I had finished 25 books and was almost finished with number 26. Last year I finished my tenth book one week into February. I will be lucky to hit 10,000 pages this year.
The game between France and Korea just ended in a draw which puts my record at 16-5-8. That is terrible. Hopefully I can pull all three points tomorrow.
All right, I believe I have gone on long enough, so I will sign off for now. I have already put my predictions in for tomorrow, and I have nothing else to say.
Goodnight,
Lorimer
6.17.2006
Stardate 060617.9
Captain's Log:
Well today's adventure on the water was good. We had a good activity, which of course was well organized. Also, tonight Luke, Brad, Chris, Allie, Nathan, and I went to see Cars, which was great. That was an extremely funny movie. The short film at the beginning was good too.
Today was weird as far as the world cup is concerned. Ghana beat the Czech Republic and the US tied with Italy. So I went 1-1-1 today. Total score overall is 15-5-6. Now the US has to beat Ghana and Italy has to beat the Czech Republic so that the US can advance to the second round in the second spot in group E.
Predictions for the next two days...
July 18
Japan is going to win the first game
Brazil is going to win the second game
France is going to win the third game
July 19
Switzerland is going to win the first game
Ukraine is going to win the second game
Spain is going to win the third game
All right, I am going to go to bed, because I get to run the sound room alone tomorrow for the second week in a row. I may be back tomorrow to continue my streak. I believe this is the 9th day in a row which is the most in a row and the most in a month.
I will be back,
Lorimer
Well today's adventure on the water was good. We had a good activity, which of course was well organized. Also, tonight Luke, Brad, Chris, Allie, Nathan, and I went to see Cars, which was great. That was an extremely funny movie. The short film at the beginning was good too.
Today was weird as far as the world cup is concerned. Ghana beat the Czech Republic and the US tied with Italy. So I went 1-1-1 today. Total score overall is 15-5-6. Now the US has to beat Ghana and Italy has to beat the Czech Republic so that the US can advance to the second round in the second spot in group E.
Predictions for the next two days...
July 18
Japan is going to win the first game
Brazil is going to win the second game
France is going to win the third game
July 19
Switzerland is going to win the first game
Ukraine is going to win the second game
Spain is going to win the third game
All right, I am going to go to bed, because I get to run the sound room alone tomorrow for the second week in a row. I may be back tomorrow to continue my streak. I believe this is the 9th day in a row which is the most in a row and the most in a month.
I will be back,
Lorimer
6.16.2006
Stardate 060616.9
Captain's Log:
All right, not too bad today. Mexico had a rough go of things, tying Angola...not good. I went 2-0-1 today, so my total overall is 14-4-5. Could be better.
Yesterday was terrible because I only pulled a 1-2-0. I did get a point for the only game I really cared about though. England pulled off a win in the last minutes of the game. I had about 10 people over watching the game. Quite a crowd.
I will make predictions for Sunday's games tomorrow.
Microsoft has just announced that they will be putting out an ipod killer. They have not released a name or pictures, but it will be a nice mp3 and video device to beat out Apple at their own game. So awesome.
Nothing more for today. I will be back tomorrow.
Bye,
Lorimer
All right, not too bad today. Mexico had a rough go of things, tying Angola...not good. I went 2-0-1 today, so my total overall is 14-4-5. Could be better.
Yesterday was terrible because I only pulled a 1-2-0. I did get a point for the only game I really cared about though. England pulled off a win in the last minutes of the game. I had about 10 people over watching the game. Quite a crowd.
I will make predictions for Sunday's games tomorrow.
Microsoft has just announced that they will be putting out an ipod killer. They have not released a name or pictures, but it will be a nice mp3 and video device to beat out Apple at their own game. So awesome.
Nothing more for today. I will be back tomorrow.
Bye,
Lorimer
6.15.2006
Stardate 060615.9
Captain's Log:
Well, I did terribly today on the guesses, but quite well yesterday. I cannot believe Sweden scored, and Germany is going to have a tough time against Ecuador.
More predictions...
June 16
Argentina is going to win the first game
Netherlands is going to win the second game
Mexico is going to win the third game
June 17
Portugal is going to win the first game
Czech Republic is going to win the second game
Italy is going to win the third game
As much as I would love to see the US win, I do not think they can pull off a win against such a tough team. Hope they can win though. Without a win we cannot advance to the next round.
England won today! So awesome! What a game. Peter Crouch played terribly until the 84th minute.
I do not have much more to say today. I may be back tomorrow, but I will probably just keep reading and sleeping after work.
Later,
Lorimer
Well, I did terribly today on the guesses, but quite well yesterday. I cannot believe Sweden scored, and Germany is going to have a tough time against Ecuador.
More predictions...
June 16
Argentina is going to win the first game
Netherlands is going to win the second game
Mexico is going to win the third game
June 17
Portugal is going to win the first game
Czech Republic is going to win the second game
Italy is going to win the third game
As much as I would love to see the US win, I do not think they can pull off a win against such a tough team. Hope they can win though. Without a win we cannot advance to the next round.
England won today! So awesome! What a game. Peter Crouch played terribly until the 84th minute.
I do not have much more to say today. I may be back tomorrow, but I will probably just keep reading and sleeping after work.
Later,
Lorimer
6.14.2006
Stardate 060614.9
Captain's Log:
What a set of games today! All three were great.
I got to watch the entire Germany game, and what a great goal at the end. That was awesome.
This post is going to be extremely short; it was mainly just to continue my streak. Also this is my 30th post...not that that is a big thing at all...just letting everyone know...
Ok, I will be back tomorrow,
Lorimer
What a set of games today! All three were great.
I got to watch the entire Germany game, and what a great goal at the end. That was awesome.
This post is going to be extremely short; it was mainly just to continue my streak. Also this is my 30th post...not that that is a big thing at all...just letting everyone know...
Ok, I will be back tomorrow,
Lorimer
6.13.2006
Stardate 060613.9
Captain's Log:
Quick post tonight. Mostly predictions for the next couple of days.
June 14
Spain wins the first game
Tunisia wins the second game
Germany wins the third game
June 15
Costa Rica wins the first game
England wins the second game
Paraguay wins the third game
Updated record: 9-2-3
I just finished The Rapture, the final prequel to the Left Behind trilogy. Now I am working on Angel Fire East by Terry Brooks, in preperation for his next novel set to hit shelves Aug. 29.
Not much more today, I might be back tomorrow.
Maybe tomorrow,
Lorimer
Quick post tonight. Mostly predictions for the next couple of days.
June 14
Spain wins the first game
Tunisia wins the second game
Germany wins the third game
June 15
Costa Rica wins the first game
England wins the second game
Paraguay wins the third game
Updated record: 9-2-3
I just finished The Rapture, the final prequel to the Left Behind trilogy. Now I am working on Angel Fire East by Terry Brooks, in preperation for his next novel set to hit shelves Aug. 29.
Not much more today, I might be back tomorrow.
Maybe tomorrow,
Lorimer
6.12.2006
Stardate 060612.9
Captain's Log:
USA needs to win the next two games, thanks to their dismal performance in the first game. They really need to pull together and win, or else they will be headed home early.
For those readers who do not know how the world cup is structured, let me briefly explain. There are 32 teams that qualify for the world cup, and there are 8 groups into which the teams are placed. 4 teams to each group. Each team plays the other three teams in its group once. Each win earns the team 3 points, and a tie earns the team 1 point. After the initial three games, the top two point leaders in each group advance to the next stage--16 teams. From then on it is single elimination.
I only got one of my three guesses right today, and one draw. Not the best. I cannot believe that Japan lost this morning to Australia. That was an amazing comeback in the last eight minutes.
In other news, the second movie in the Chronicles of Narnia has been pushed back to summer 2008. Also, pixar's new movie was announced, and it is called Ratatouille. Looks good. Toy Story 3 is set to come out in 2008.
That is about all for tonight.
Record for WC - 7-2-2
Later,
Lorimer
USA needs to win the next two games, thanks to their dismal performance in the first game. They really need to pull together and win, or else they will be headed home early.
For those readers who do not know how the world cup is structured, let me briefly explain. There are 32 teams that qualify for the world cup, and there are 8 groups into which the teams are placed. 4 teams to each group. Each team plays the other three teams in its group once. Each win earns the team 3 points, and a tie earns the team 1 point. After the initial three games, the top two point leaders in each group advance to the next stage--16 teams. From then on it is single elimination.
I only got one of my three guesses right today, and one draw. Not the best. I cannot believe that Japan lost this morning to Australia. That was an amazing comeback in the last eight minutes.
In other news, the second movie in the Chronicles of Narnia has been pushed back to summer 2008. Also, pixar's new movie was announced, and it is called Ratatouille. Looks good. Toy Story 3 is set to come out in 2008.
That is about all for tonight.
Record for WC - 7-2-2
Later,
Lorimer
6.11.2006
Stardate 060611.9
Captain's Log:
I must make a slight correction to yesterday's predictions. I placed the Brazil game on the 12, when in fact it is on the 13th, so the pick for Brazil is still correct, but for the following day. As for the first game tomorrow:
June 12
Japan will win the first game
The other two picks for tomorrow will remain the same. I think the USA game will be the most exciting of the day.
I must go back to word tomorrow, but I will be coming home to watch the game at noon, and then heading back to finish out the day. Tomorrow night is wing night, and I will probably not have time to blog tomorrow afternoon. Here are the picks for Tuesday just in case.
June 13
South Korea will win the first game
France will win the second game
Brazil will win the third game
My record for picking the games of the tournament so far is 6-1-1. I got all three right today, which helps.
I think that is all for now. I will be back tomorrow maybe, for sure on Tuesday, because I will need to input Wednesday's picks.
Stay classy,
Lorimer
I must make a slight correction to yesterday's predictions. I placed the Brazil game on the 12, when in fact it is on the 13th, so the pick for Brazil is still correct, but for the following day. As for the first game tomorrow:
June 12
Japan will win the first game
The other two picks for tomorrow will remain the same. I think the USA game will be the most exciting of the day.
I must go back to word tomorrow, but I will be coming home to watch the game at noon, and then heading back to finish out the day. Tomorrow night is wing night, and I will probably not have time to blog tomorrow afternoon. Here are the picks for Tuesday just in case.
June 13
South Korea will win the first game
France will win the second game
Brazil will win the third game
My record for picking the games of the tournament so far is 6-1-1. I got all three right today, which helps.
I think that is all for now. I will be back tomorrow maybe, for sure on Tuesday, because I will need to input Wednesday's picks.
Stay classy,
Lorimer
6.10.2006
Stardate 060610.4
Captain's Log:
England has put away their first game in the world cup with a 1-0 win over Paraguay! Great start. They really did not play that well today. The only goal came in the fifth minute when Beckham curved a shot off the head of Paraguay's captain. After that they really only had one or two good runs. Joe Cole was playing well as usual, as was Beckham, but the team looked a little off today. Ashley Cole was not playing well today at all. He turned the ball over a few times. At least they came away with a win though.
I went 1 for 2 yesterday on the predictions, but so far today I am back on track. Hopefully Sweden can pull a win over T & T.
More predictions:
June 11
Netherlands wins the first game
Mexico wins the second game
Portugal wins the third game
June 12
Italy wins the first game
USA draws with CZR
Brazil wins the third game
More predictions to come later. I have not really blogged in a long time, aside from yesterday's quick note. School is finally over and summer has come. I am working full time at the base again, which is nice. I heard DJ broke his hand yesterday...playing some "tackling game"...
On a better note, top of the pods has put out five or six shows in the last two weeks, which is good.
I have a picture of a very young Zaphod Beeblebrox...if you do not know who that is, read the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Here is the picture...
All right, I think that is all for now. I should get back to my new book--The Rapture, Left Behind Prequel.
Bye for now,
Lorimer
England has put away their first game in the world cup with a 1-0 win over Paraguay! Great start. They really did not play that well today. The only goal came in the fifth minute when Beckham curved a shot off the head of Paraguay's captain. After that they really only had one or two good runs. Joe Cole was playing well as usual, as was Beckham, but the team looked a little off today. Ashley Cole was not playing well today at all. He turned the ball over a few times. At least they came away with a win though.
I went 1 for 2 yesterday on the predictions, but so far today I am back on track. Hopefully Sweden can pull a win over T & T.
More predictions:
June 11
Netherlands wins the first game
Mexico wins the second game
Portugal wins the third game
June 12
Italy wins the first game
USA draws with CZR
Brazil wins the third game
More predictions to come later. I have not really blogged in a long time, aside from yesterday's quick note. School is finally over and summer has come. I am working full time at the base again, which is nice. I heard DJ broke his hand yesterday...playing some "tackling game"...
On a better note, top of the pods has put out five or six shows in the last two weeks, which is good.
I have a picture of a very young Zaphod Beeblebrox...if you do not know who that is, read the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Here is the picture...
All right, I think that is all for now. I should get back to my new book--The Rapture, Left Behind Prequel.
Bye for now,
Lorimer
6.09.2006
Stardate 060609.5
Captain's Log:
Well the first game of the world cup is about to start, so this will be a short post.
Predictions:
June 9
Germany wins the first game
Poland wins the second game
June 10
England wins the first game
Sweden wins the second game
Argentina wins the third game
That is all for now. I just wanted to get those in before the first game started. I might post later tonight...we will see.
Later,
Lorimer
Well the first game of the world cup is about to start, so this will be a short post.
Predictions:
June 9
Germany wins the first game
Poland wins the second game
June 10
England wins the first game
Sweden wins the second game
Argentina wins the third game
That is all for now. I just wanted to get those in before the first game started. I might post later tonight...we will see.
Later,
Lorimer
5.19.2006
Stardate 060519.9
Captain's Log:
I am writing to you from my center monitor, and I am viewing my mail on my right and my music on my left. Three monitors is the only way to go. I got all three in the mail today, rather than just the one I thought that I was going to get. So, instead of writing a really long blog tonight, I will be tweaking the three monitors I have set up.
Later,
Lorimer
I am writing to you from my center monitor, and I am viewing my mail on my right and my music on my left. Three monitors is the only way to go. I got all three in the mail today, rather than just the one I thought that I was going to get. So, instead of writing a really long blog tonight, I will be tweaking the three monitors I have set up.
Later,
Lorimer
5.18.2006
Stardate 060518.9
Captain's Log:
Friday is almost here...praise the Lord. Though tomorrow is the science fair, and I will be especially glad when that is over. However, tomorrow is the day my first monitor should arrive. That will be nice. I can replace this massive beast on my desk with a sleek widescreen. Sweet.
My cousin Jordan has joined the marines...what an idiot. He picked the marines over the Air Force. I am thinking about driving out to Kansas right now and shooting him in the face with a beanbag gun or a taser. Jordan, if you are reading this, that means I have not found the time to make my way to your house yet...but I am coming...
I am still thinking about the Air Force myself, but that will not be for another two years, because I have to finish my degree first. I am going to get a commission if I go into the military.
Speaking of school, I applied to UCF today and should get some notification back in about a month so that I can start in the Fall. That will be good. Hopefully I can hurry through my degree and get it done. It will be nice to get a permanent job, or have the option to join the Air Force.
I was able to talk to Mark yesterday, and beat him in Fifa 4-0. That was good to be able to talk to him, since we have not talked in a long time.
This is my fifth post in a row...record...write this down...
Quick news headlines...great stories!
Rabid bat bits six year old boy in Payless
A drug cartel was busted just recently. 52 tons of cocaine were recovered from their headquarters.
Those are the good ones.
You stay classy San Diego,
Lorimer
Friday is almost here...praise the Lord. Though tomorrow is the science fair, and I will be especially glad when that is over. However, tomorrow is the day my first monitor should arrive. That will be nice. I can replace this massive beast on my desk with a sleek widescreen. Sweet.
My cousin Jordan has joined the marines...what an idiot. He picked the marines over the Air Force. I am thinking about driving out to Kansas right now and shooting him in the face with a beanbag gun or a taser. Jordan, if you are reading this, that means I have not found the time to make my way to your house yet...but I am coming...
I am still thinking about the Air Force myself, but that will not be for another two years, because I have to finish my degree first. I am going to get a commission if I go into the military.
Speaking of school, I applied to UCF today and should get some notification back in about a month so that I can start in the Fall. That will be good. Hopefully I can hurry through my degree and get it done. It will be nice to get a permanent job, or have the option to join the Air Force.
I was able to talk to Mark yesterday, and beat him in Fifa 4-0. That was good to be able to talk to him, since we have not talked in a long time.
This is my fifth post in a row...record...write this down...
Quick news headlines...great stories!
Rabid bat bits six year old boy in Payless
A drug cartel was busted just recently. 52 tons of cocaine were recovered from their headquarters.
Those are the good ones.
You stay classy San Diego,
Lorimer
5.17.2006
Stardate 060517.6
Captain's Log:
Wow, this will be my fourth day in a row posting on this site...that is amazing.
Anyway, I had a couple things to write about, but I forgot what they were...
Oh yes,
1. I am probably going to Holland next year at the end of July. I will be going to coach a basketball team made up of the most well behaved and talented athletes in Melbourne. The trip will be totally paid for, and all I have to do is watch a couple of teenagers while I am there. More on this story as it develops.
2. One of the monitors that I ordered was shipped yesterday, so I should be recieving that in a couple of days. Then I can replace this massive, hidious CRT on my desk that is hording desktop space.
I believe that is all, though if I think of something else really good before the end of the post, there may be a number three.
Current Events:
I have a few opinions on this immigration issue which is so pervasively invading our newspaper columns and news airtime.
Illegal immigration should be stopped and we should throw all of the illegal immigrants out of the country right now who refuse to become full citizens. Deport them and tell them that if they want to come back, they will have to become an english-speaking citizen of the United States. In no other country in the world is it possible for a group of people to flock to and say, "We are going to need you to change and start placing the text on your product and directions and just about everything in our language so we can live there." When I went to Germany, I saw many Americans getting upset because the Germans that were helping them could not speak English. That is ridiculous. You cannot just walk into someone else's country and expect them to know your language so that you can get what you want. It is fine if they only speak German, that is the language of the country, and they should not have to learn one word in English. Too bad if the American tourist has to learn some German to get by in the country he or she is visiting. I am done with this expose on languages and countries, but this whole immigration thing is ridiculous. If you are not a citizen, either become one or leave.
As far as the NBA playoffs...I don't care.
I am not taking classes this summer...at least I do not think that I am since the final day to sign up for them was last Wednesday...
Day 3 - Munich and Dachau
We left Rothenburg at about 8 in the morning and drove to Munich, where we had lunch and climbed the tallest tower in the city for a Euro...to much if you asked me. I did get some good pictures from up there though. After a couple of hours, we boarded the bus and took off to Dachau, the concentration camp. Very unsettling. We spent three hours there and we toured the grounds and the museum. Once we were through, we climbed onto the bus again and slept our way to Garmish where we were to spend five whole days, touring the countryside and eating in pastry shops (by far the best part). That night, Bro. Jeff gave devotions and the guys quartet sang the song they won the state finals with. I had a hard time keeping Michael in the room that night...mostly because I was asleep when he left. I fixed that the rest of the time, by locking the door from the inside and hiding the key. That worked quite nicely. That is about all for the third day of the trip.
To Be Continued...
All right then, that will be all for now. I will be back; maybe tomorrow, to set a record five straight posts!
Later,
Lorimer
Wow, this will be my fourth day in a row posting on this site...that is amazing.
Anyway, I had a couple things to write about, but I forgot what they were...
Oh yes,
1. I am probably going to Holland next year at the end of July. I will be going to coach a basketball team made up of the most well behaved and talented athletes in Melbourne. The trip will be totally paid for, and all I have to do is watch a couple of teenagers while I am there. More on this story as it develops.
2. One of the monitors that I ordered was shipped yesterday, so I should be recieving that in a couple of days. Then I can replace this massive, hidious CRT on my desk that is hording desktop space.
I believe that is all, though if I think of something else really good before the end of the post, there may be a number three.
Current Events:
I have a few opinions on this immigration issue which is so pervasively invading our newspaper columns and news airtime.
Illegal immigration should be stopped and we should throw all of the illegal immigrants out of the country right now who refuse to become full citizens. Deport them and tell them that if they want to come back, they will have to become an english-speaking citizen of the United States. In no other country in the world is it possible for a group of people to flock to and say, "We are going to need you to change and start placing the text on your product and directions and just about everything in our language so we can live there." When I went to Germany, I saw many Americans getting upset because the Germans that were helping them could not speak English. That is ridiculous. You cannot just walk into someone else's country and expect them to know your language so that you can get what you want. It is fine if they only speak German, that is the language of the country, and they should not have to learn one word in English. Too bad if the American tourist has to learn some German to get by in the country he or she is visiting. I am done with this expose on languages and countries, but this whole immigration thing is ridiculous. If you are not a citizen, either become one or leave.
As far as the NBA playoffs...I don't care.
I am not taking classes this summer...at least I do not think that I am since the final day to sign up for them was last Wednesday...
Day 3 - Munich and Dachau
We left Rothenburg at about 8 in the morning and drove to Munich, where we had lunch and climbed the tallest tower in the city for a Euro...to much if you asked me. I did get some good pictures from up there though. After a couple of hours, we boarded the bus and took off to Dachau, the concentration camp. Very unsettling. We spent three hours there and we toured the grounds and the museum. Once we were through, we climbed onto the bus again and slept our way to Garmish where we were to spend five whole days, touring the countryside and eating in pastry shops (by far the best part). That night, Bro. Jeff gave devotions and the guys quartet sang the song they won the state finals with. I had a hard time keeping Michael in the room that night...mostly because I was asleep when he left. I fixed that the rest of the time, by locking the door from the inside and hiding the key. That worked quite nicely. That is about all for the third day of the trip.
To Be Continued...
All right then, that will be all for now. I will be back; maybe tomorrow, to set a record five straight posts!
Later,
Lorimer
5.16.2006
Stardate 060516.6
Captain's Log:
Today it rained. Finally, the skies have opened up and God has given us the much needed rain. Hopefully all the brush fires will now be out, and my grass can turn green again. Maybe it will continue to rain for a couple of days.
Today in computer science class I lectured on RSS feeds and the language of html. Yesterday we went over a few MS Office products and some Macromedia products. This is all in preparation for their final June 1. We will see how those go.
I unlocked my fourth of five achievements last night in my FIFA World Cup soccer game. I am working on the last one, but it will take a while. I have also downloaded the demo for Call of Duty 2, and it looks great. I may have to go and get the game, if I find it on sale somewhere. We will see.
My three 19" widescreen flat-panal monitors should be coming in sometime this week. It will be nice having more than one monitor to work with again. I have been going crazy on one.
Slightly more than 24 days remain until the first game of the world cup in Germany. The first game will be Germany vs. Costa Rica. The entire schedule is here. I plan on watching all of England's, Germany's, and America's; and I would love to see Brazil lose.
Christy is in Holland, enjoying herself. This is her last training flight before she graduates at the end of next week. She has also visited Atlanta and Denver on training flight, but could not get off of the plane. Today, she gets the entire day to tour some city over there and then flies back to the US tomorrow. That is very cool.
I am having spaghetti tonight, and since I am very hungry, I think I am going to go and fix it right now.
Maybe tomorrow,
Lorimer
Today it rained. Finally, the skies have opened up and God has given us the much needed rain. Hopefully all the brush fires will now be out, and my grass can turn green again. Maybe it will continue to rain for a couple of days.
Today in computer science class I lectured on RSS feeds and the language of html. Yesterday we went over a few MS Office products and some Macromedia products. This is all in preparation for their final June 1. We will see how those go.
I unlocked my fourth of five achievements last night in my FIFA World Cup soccer game. I am working on the last one, but it will take a while. I have also downloaded the demo for Call of Duty 2, and it looks great. I may have to go and get the game, if I find it on sale somewhere. We will see.
My three 19" widescreen flat-panal monitors should be coming in sometime this week. It will be nice having more than one monitor to work with again. I have been going crazy on one.
Slightly more than 24 days remain until the first game of the world cup in Germany. The first game will be Germany vs. Costa Rica. The entire schedule is here. I plan on watching all of England's, Germany's, and America's; and I would love to see Brazil lose.
Christy is in Holland, enjoying herself. This is her last training flight before she graduates at the end of next week. She has also visited Atlanta and Denver on training flight, but could not get off of the plane. Today, she gets the entire day to tour some city over there and then flies back to the US tomorrow. That is very cool.
I am having spaghetti tonight, and since I am very hungry, I think I am going to go and fix it right now.
Maybe tomorrow,
Lorimer
5.15.2006
Stardate 060515.6
Captain's Log:
This is the twentieth captain's log, a milestone.
Top of the Pods still lacks a new show, and I am very dissapointed. They have not released a new show in six weeks.
In the news, Libya is no longer considered a country that harbors terrorists. We as America are now negotiating a peaceful treaty with this country. That is big news.
I mentioned yesterday that I had purchased the new teamgeist soccer ball that they will be using in the world cup. The ball I bought is just a replica, but here is a picture of the real ball...
And here is a picture of the ball they will be using in the final game...
Tonight is wing night at Longdoggers...not too exciting. I will be relaxing all afternoon, so I think that I am going to go and get started on that. I will be back sometime.
Sometime,
Lorimer
This is the twentieth captain's log, a milestone.
Top of the Pods still lacks a new show, and I am very dissapointed. They have not released a new show in six weeks.
In the news, Libya is no longer considered a country that harbors terrorists. We as America are now negotiating a peaceful treaty with this country. That is big news.
I mentioned yesterday that I had purchased the new teamgeist soccer ball that they will be using in the world cup. The ball I bought is just a replica, but here is a picture of the real ball...
And here is a picture of the ball they will be using in the final game...
Tonight is wing night at Longdoggers...not too exciting. I will be relaxing all afternoon, so I think that I am going to go and get started on that. I will be back sometime.
Sometime,
Lorimer
5.14.2006
Stardate 060514.9
Captain's Log:
I took it easy today, but I did get something accomplished at least. This morning I had church as usual, then the normal Firehouse ritual. Afterwards, I went to my parent's house to eat dinner for my dad and sister are now in town (my dad for the week, and my sister for the summer). My dad is retiring this year in August, so he will be coming to live here after that.
I ran over my parent's neighbor's dog yesterday and killed it. I was pulling out of my parent's driveway and this little dog darts out of nowhere, under my back tire and I squished the life out of it. Today I quoted the Anchorman line, "A small dog clings to life..." but the dog only clung to life for a short while before it died. That was not the best ending to a day.
Robert and Mark now have a 360, which is sweet. I talked to Rob last night and he is good. I hope they are doing alright, and I hope to get up there to see everybody this summer. That will be nice, since I have not been up there in quite some time.
I am doing my last load of laundry for the day...(sigh of relief)...finally finished with that for a while. But today's big event was my trip to Home Depot, where I picked up some baseboard and started doing the trim in my house. I finished 90% of the hall and the closet in the hall. I also started working my way out into the living room. Next sunday, I might finish the hallway and living room...we will see how ambitious I get.
I watched Hoodwinked last night...hilarious movie. Worth seeing again.
I just downloaded and installed Windows Live Messenger. Looks great. One of the great features (which also include video conferencing and voice chat) is the ability to share files through the messenger. Great advancement.
I purchased a replica of the World Cup Match Ball...the Teamgeist...from Dick's sporting goods, which just opened. Great store...great ball. It is not as nice as the 130 dollar ball, but what can you expect for 25 bucks.
I am all finished with college for the semester, and I am looking to find a university at which to finish my degree. Hopefully I can be done soon.
School at Wade ends in two weeks and then we have three days of finals, and then I am done for the year. All I have to do on graduation night is walk the isle and sit in the choir loft. Totally awesome...well it will be once I get there.
I believe that post is long enough for tonight. I will be back soon. Hopefully. How many times have I said that and then not written in about a month...oh well.
Later (I don't know what that means any more),
Lorimer
I took it easy today, but I did get something accomplished at least. This morning I had church as usual, then the normal Firehouse ritual. Afterwards, I went to my parent's house to eat dinner for my dad and sister are now in town (my dad for the week, and my sister for the summer). My dad is retiring this year in August, so he will be coming to live here after that.
I ran over my parent's neighbor's dog yesterday and killed it. I was pulling out of my parent's driveway and this little dog darts out of nowhere, under my back tire and I squished the life out of it. Today I quoted the Anchorman line, "A small dog clings to life..." but the dog only clung to life for a short while before it died. That was not the best ending to a day.
Robert and Mark now have a 360, which is sweet. I talked to Rob last night and he is good. I hope they are doing alright, and I hope to get up there to see everybody this summer. That will be nice, since I have not been up there in quite some time.
I am doing my last load of laundry for the day...(sigh of relief)...finally finished with that for a while. But today's big event was my trip to Home Depot, where I picked up some baseboard and started doing the trim in my house. I finished 90% of the hall and the closet in the hall. I also started working my way out into the living room. Next sunday, I might finish the hallway and living room...we will see how ambitious I get.
I watched Hoodwinked last night...hilarious movie. Worth seeing again.
I just downloaded and installed Windows Live Messenger. Looks great. One of the great features (which also include video conferencing and voice chat) is the ability to share files through the messenger. Great advancement.
I purchased a replica of the World Cup Match Ball...the Teamgeist...from Dick's sporting goods, which just opened. Great store...great ball. It is not as nice as the 130 dollar ball, but what can you expect for 25 bucks.
I am all finished with college for the semester, and I am looking to find a university at which to finish my degree. Hopefully I can be done soon.
School at Wade ends in two weeks and then we have three days of finals, and then I am done for the year. All I have to do on graduation night is walk the isle and sit in the choir loft. Totally awesome...well it will be once I get there.
I believe that post is long enough for tonight. I will be back soon. Hopefully. How many times have I said that and then not written in about a month...oh well.
Later (I don't know what that means any more),
Lorimer
5.12.2006
Stardate 060512.9
Captain's Log:
Today was not very eventful. I am not very happy right now about losing in the writing contest I entered into. I found out today that I placed eighth in the top ten...It is ridiculous. Here is the link to the Proteus review, which I have discovered is a load of crap. The winning prose paper looks like someone took a load of crap and smeared it on a piece of paper and turned it in. They must be related to the judges somehow. Ridiculous!
I am going to get a Culligan water cooler for my house soon, so that I have nice water to drink at all times. That will be good.
Top of the Pods has not put out a new show in five weeks. I am disappointed. Hopefully they will put out a new one soon.
I really do not have much more to say, or complain about, so I will say goodnight.
Later,
Lorimer
Today was not very eventful. I am not very happy right now about losing in the writing contest I entered into. I found out today that I placed eighth in the top ten...It is ridiculous. Here is the link to the Proteus review, which I have discovered is a load of crap. The winning prose paper looks like someone took a load of crap and smeared it on a piece of paper and turned it in. They must be related to the judges somehow. Ridiculous!
I am going to get a Culligan water cooler for my house soon, so that I have nice water to drink at all times. That will be good.
Top of the Pods has not put out a new show in five weeks. I am disappointed. Hopefully they will put out a new one soon.
I really do not have much more to say, or complain about, so I will say goodnight.
Later,
Lorimer
5.11.2006
Stardate 060511.0
Captain's Log:
It is very early, and I am going to bed in a minute, but I had to log this thought away before I forgot too. I am going to make a prediction about when the next Harry Potter book is coming out.
July 7, 2007
Reasons:
7th book
7th month
7th year after 2000
7th day of the month
7th day of the week
This day has too many sevens in it to pass up. This is the day she will release the seventh and final book in her bestselling series. I wanted to make sure I documented this before they officially announced the release date.
If I am wrong, which hardly seems possible at this point, I will give up on guessing release dates for books forever.
Until later,
Lorimer
It is very early, and I am going to bed in a minute, but I had to log this thought away before I forgot too. I am going to make a prediction about when the next Harry Potter book is coming out.
July 7, 2007
Reasons:
7th book
7th month
7th year after 2000
7th day of the month
7th day of the week
This day has too many sevens in it to pass up. This is the day she will release the seventh and final book in her bestselling series. I wanted to make sure I documented this before they officially announced the release date.
If I am wrong, which hardly seems possible at this point, I will give up on guessing release dates for books forever.
Until later,
Lorimer
4.30.2006
Stardate 060430.9
Captain's Log:
Another late night...
This weekend was nice; very relaxing and peaceful. I got a few things accomplished and read some of my books. I need to hurry and finish The Pale Horseman, because that is a great book. I cannot wait until the next one comes out this fall. I am still mad that Brian Haig's next book was pushed back eleven months. I wish it had come out when it was supposed to--Feb 06. John Grisham is not coming out with one next year, which is two years after his last one. These authors need not wait this long to put these books out.
Another week is starting and means that I only have five weeks of teaching left before I am done. That is a good thought. However, this Tuesday, I have to drive to Haines City for the AD meeting, which will be a waste of my time. I know this already, yet if I do not go, it costs the school 100 dollars. Not very cool (snap).
I am still waiting on the results of the contest of the Proteus Review for BCC. They should be coming out soon, because it is the May edition and they were supposed to release the results this month, but...this month is over and there are no results.
Well, I believe that is all for now. I will be back soon.
Lorimer
Another late night...
This weekend was nice; very relaxing and peaceful. I got a few things accomplished and read some of my books. I need to hurry and finish The Pale Horseman, because that is a great book. I cannot wait until the next one comes out this fall. I am still mad that Brian Haig's next book was pushed back eleven months. I wish it had come out when it was supposed to--Feb 06. John Grisham is not coming out with one next year, which is two years after his last one. These authors need not wait this long to put these books out.
Another week is starting and means that I only have five weeks of teaching left before I am done. That is a good thought. However, this Tuesday, I have to drive to Haines City for the AD meeting, which will be a waste of my time. I know this already, yet if I do not go, it costs the school 100 dollars. Not very cool (snap).
I am still waiting on the results of the contest of the Proteus Review for BCC. They should be coming out soon, because it is the May edition and they were supposed to release the results this month, but...this month is over and there are no results.
Well, I believe that is all for now. I will be back soon.
Lorimer
4.25.2006
Stardate 060425.8
Captain's Log:
Another uneventful day. Although, my Dad is in town for a few days, and I was over at my parents house for a while today. That was fun.
I posted the beginning of the second chapter to the book Robert and I are writing tonight. I need to write some more for it, but it will have to wait until summer when school lets out.
The weather is starting to heat up. It is consistently in the high 80's everyday now, and hardly ever rains, which is not the best. Hopefully we get some rain soon, because it is very dry here. Even with all of this nice weather, I have not been to the beach in quite some time. How unfortunate...oh well, soon hopefully.
Sean McLay, a 9th grader at Wade, knocked his tooth out in gym class today on the head of another student, causing the other student to bleed profusely from his scalp. Needless to say, it was not a pretty sight. Sean's tooth was still connected to the bracket of his braces, and so was still hanging grotesquely from his mouth. Enough sick talk for the day though.
I believe that is all for this evening. I will talk more tomorrow; hopefully.
Later,
Lorimer
Another uneventful day. Although, my Dad is in town for a few days, and I was over at my parents house for a while today. That was fun.
I posted the beginning of the second chapter to the book Robert and I are writing tonight. I need to write some more for it, but it will have to wait until summer when school lets out.
The weather is starting to heat up. It is consistently in the high 80's everyday now, and hardly ever rains, which is not the best. Hopefully we get some rain soon, because it is very dry here. Even with all of this nice weather, I have not been to the beach in quite some time. How unfortunate...oh well, soon hopefully.
Sean McLay, a 9th grader at Wade, knocked his tooth out in gym class today on the head of another student, causing the other student to bleed profusely from his scalp. Needless to say, it was not a pretty sight. Sean's tooth was still connected to the bracket of his braces, and so was still hanging grotesquely from his mouth. Enough sick talk for the day though.
I believe that is all for this evening. I will talk more tomorrow; hopefully.
Later,
Lorimer
Stardate 060424.9
Captain's Log:
Today was normal, nothing too out of the ordinary. I went to wing night at long doggers again, as usual, with Ted and Chris. I also baked a cake today...first time at that, and that went well. It tastes normal, so that is a good thing.
I am not going to go into detail about day three today, and I do not know when I will. Though I hope that it will be soon, because at this rate, I will be preparing to go on the next trip when I finish writing about this one.
I will be getting the new FIFA World Cup game for my 360 sometime this week or the next. Ted is hooking me up, because he knows someone who works at EA Sports.
I am about halfway through two of the four books I am working my way through now. The Pale Horseman and Salamandastron are about halfway finished. I am almost one hundred pages into The Flight of the Nighthawk, and Running With the Demon has only just started. I need to finish these books so that I can get them back to the library, because I think they have been overdue for quite some time.
I need to finish the two books that I have started writing as well as the collection of short stories. I would start putting some of the new writing here, but it would take up a lot of space. We will see. I will probably add it as a supplemental log entry. I am trying to decide which story to start with. Probably the book Robert and I am writing to write together. Actually, I need to add it to another weblog site, so that I can devote an entire site to that book. The address for the RSS feed is lanceandrobsbook.blogspot.com. I posted the entire first chapter for your enjoyment.
I am going to bed, so I will talk soon.
Bye,
Lorimer
Today was normal, nothing too out of the ordinary. I went to wing night at long doggers again, as usual, with Ted and Chris. I also baked a cake today...first time at that, and that went well. It tastes normal, so that is a good thing.
I am not going to go into detail about day three today, and I do not know when I will. Though I hope that it will be soon, because at this rate, I will be preparing to go on the next trip when I finish writing about this one.
I will be getting the new FIFA World Cup game for my 360 sometime this week or the next. Ted is hooking me up, because he knows someone who works at EA Sports.
I am about halfway through two of the four books I am working my way through now. The Pale Horseman and Salamandastron are about halfway finished. I am almost one hundred pages into The Flight of the Nighthawk, and Running With the Demon has only just started. I need to finish these books so that I can get them back to the library, because I think they have been overdue for quite some time.
I need to finish the two books that I have started writing as well as the collection of short stories. I would start putting some of the new writing here, but it would take up a lot of space. We will see. I will probably add it as a supplemental log entry. I am trying to decide which story to start with. Probably the book Robert and I am writing to write together. Actually, I need to add it to another weblog site, so that I can devote an entire site to that book. The address for the RSS feed is lanceandrobsbook.blogspot.com. I posted the entire first chapter for your enjoyment.
I am going to bed, so I will talk soon.
Bye,
Lorimer
4.17.2006
Stardate 060417.7
Captain's Log:
I am back again, and so soon at that. I believe that I mentioned writing about day 2 of my Europe adventure. Let me get that over with.
Day 2 - Rothenburg
We arrived at the Frankfurt airport after our eight hour flight at about eleven in the morning. We passed through customs and met our tour guides, Andrew and Carrie Bach. They were a very nice couple, and I am very thankful we had such great guides on our trip. After everyone had gathered in a central location, we boarded our bus and departed the airport. After a two and one half hour drive to our destination, Rothenburg, we gratefully stepped off of the bus and stretched--moaning and groaning the aches out of our limbs.
Joshua Expeditions, and our tour guides in particular, employee a wonderful method of touring the country. They would tell us briefly about the place we were going, some of the history and some of the best sights, and then they would let us break off into whatever groups we wanted and explore the city ourselves. That is the best way to view any new place, exploring for yourself.
Rothenburg was an ancient city, whose walls have been preserved since the 1300's. Ted, Luke, Danny, Jonny, and I toured around the wall and explored a few towers around the perimeter of the city. Everything was so old and very, very interesting. We met the entire group for dinner and afterwards had devotions in the hotel conference room. The beds were great everywhere we stayed the night, and I got plenty of sleep that night. The jet lag and the half day of exploring wore just about everybody out, and we were asleep in no time.
To be continued...
I will probably add day 3 in my next post. We will see.
I went to Books-a-Million last Monday and started reading a book entitled House by Frank Peretti and Ted Dekker. Very good book. I finished it, once again at BAM, on Friday. Another great book from Peretti. I have never been a fan of Dekkers, but I will have to read a book he wrote by himself to see for sure if his books are worth my time. I still have to finish the Redwall series and I am only on book five.
I just downloaded the England theme and gamer picture as well as the Broncos theme and gamer pictures for my XBox 360.
I believe that will be all for today. I am going to relax for the rest of the afternoon, and get some things done.
Goodbye,
Lorimer
I am back again, and so soon at that. I believe that I mentioned writing about day 2 of my Europe adventure. Let me get that over with.
Day 2 - Rothenburg
We arrived at the Frankfurt airport after our eight hour flight at about eleven in the morning. We passed through customs and met our tour guides, Andrew and Carrie Bach. They were a very nice couple, and I am very thankful we had such great guides on our trip. After everyone had gathered in a central location, we boarded our bus and departed the airport. After a two and one half hour drive to our destination, Rothenburg, we gratefully stepped off of the bus and stretched--moaning and groaning the aches out of our limbs.
Joshua Expeditions, and our tour guides in particular, employee a wonderful method of touring the country. They would tell us briefly about the place we were going, some of the history and some of the best sights, and then they would let us break off into whatever groups we wanted and explore the city ourselves. That is the best way to view any new place, exploring for yourself.
Rothenburg was an ancient city, whose walls have been preserved since the 1300's. Ted, Luke, Danny, Jonny, and I toured around the wall and explored a few towers around the perimeter of the city. Everything was so old and very, very interesting. We met the entire group for dinner and afterwards had devotions in the hotel conference room. The beds were great everywhere we stayed the night, and I got plenty of sleep that night. The jet lag and the half day of exploring wore just about everybody out, and we were asleep in no time.
To be continued...
I will probably add day 3 in my next post. We will see.
I went to Books-a-Million last Monday and started reading a book entitled House by Frank Peretti and Ted Dekker. Very good book. I finished it, once again at BAM, on Friday. Another great book from Peretti. I have never been a fan of Dekkers, but I will have to read a book he wrote by himself to see for sure if his books are worth my time. I still have to finish the Redwall series and I am only on book five.
I just downloaded the England theme and gamer picture as well as the Broncos theme and gamer pictures for my XBox 360.
I believe that will be all for today. I am going to relax for the rest of the afternoon, and get some things done.
Goodbye,
Lorimer
4.16.2006
Stardate 060416.9
Captain's Log:
Happy Easter! Not a very eventful day for me, although, I did finish Dan Brown's Digital Fortress. Very good book. Now I am trying to finish the other three I have started.
I was going to do Day 2 of my trip, but I am going to bed soon, so this will be a short post.
I wrote another essay for school yesterday and turned it in today. It was on Napoleon Bonaparte and his achievements in life.
I ran out of hangers...so now I have three shirts that do not have something to hang out with in the closet. I am going to go and get some soon. I am tired of not having enough hangers. Anyway, not that that is that important. What do you think of all those thats in that sentence that I just wrote...too many?
All right, enough for tonight. I am going to bed.
Later,
Lorimer
Happy Easter! Not a very eventful day for me, although, I did finish Dan Brown's Digital Fortress. Very good book. Now I am trying to finish the other three I have started.
I was going to do Day 2 of my trip, but I am going to bed soon, so this will be a short post.
I wrote another essay for school yesterday and turned it in today. It was on Napoleon Bonaparte and his achievements in life.
I ran out of hangers...so now I have three shirts that do not have something to hang out with in the closet. I am going to go and get some soon. I am tired of not having enough hangers. Anyway, not that that is that important. What do you think of all those thats in that sentence that I just wrote...too many?
All right, enough for tonight. I am going to bed.
Later,
Lorimer
4.13.2006
Stardate 060413.6
Captain's Log:
I finally did my taxes yesterday, and can relax on that count for a while...another year that is. I get a nice return, so that will be good. I also recieved Ted's pictures from the trip yesterday, but have not gotten a chance to look at them. He took about 900 pics, so when combined with mine, that is almost 1300! That is awesome.
Another thing that I discovered in the month-long sabatical I took from weblogging; topofthepods podcast. Very hilarious. I love listening to those guys count down whatever top ten list they have for the day. Great entertainment.
Europe was awesome. Especially Milan, Italy. That was great. Unfortunately we did not get to see The Last Supper painting, but it was awesome just the same.
I am going to journalize the ten days of our trip, but not all in one post. Probably just one day per post.
Day 1 - Monday, March 27
I had finished packing very early in the morning and gotten a few hours sleep. We met at the church at noon to leave for the airport. It took quite a while to get through customs and check bags, but finally we all gathered at the gate about an hour before the flight was to leave. The flight to New York was about two and one half hours and then we had an hour long layover in JFK. The flight to Frankfurt was about eight hours long. I sat next to Luke, so it was not too bad. It was more fun than if I was sitting next to someone very large...we landed in Frankfurt at about eleven o'clock on Tuesday, which would be the second day.
I believe that is all for now. I will have more some other time.
Bye,
Lorimer
I finally did my taxes yesterday, and can relax on that count for a while...another year that is. I get a nice return, so that will be good. I also recieved Ted's pictures from the trip yesterday, but have not gotten a chance to look at them. He took about 900 pics, so when combined with mine, that is almost 1300! That is awesome.
Another thing that I discovered in the month-long sabatical I took from weblogging; topofthepods podcast. Very hilarious. I love listening to those guys count down whatever top ten list they have for the day. Great entertainment.
Europe was awesome. Especially Milan, Italy. That was great. Unfortunately we did not get to see The Last Supper painting, but it was awesome just the same.
I am going to journalize the ten days of our trip, but not all in one post. Probably just one day per post.
Day 1 - Monday, March 27
I had finished packing very early in the morning and gotten a few hours sleep. We met at the church at noon to leave for the airport. It took quite a while to get through customs and check bags, but finally we all gathered at the gate about an hour before the flight was to leave. The flight to New York was about two and one half hours and then we had an hour long layover in JFK. The flight to Frankfurt was about eight hours long. I sat next to Luke, so it was not too bad. It was more fun than if I was sitting next to someone very large...we landed in Frankfurt at about eleven o'clock on Tuesday, which would be the second day.
I believe that is all for now. I will have more some other time.
Bye,
Lorimer
4.11.2006
Stardate 060411.7
Captain's Log:
Wow, it has been a very long time since I last wrote in this weblog. Over a month! Good to be back. Lots of things have been happening since I have been away.
First of all, I went to Europe a couple of weeks ago and visited five different countries. Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Lichtenstein, and Italy. Ted and I actually broke away from the group for the last day to make an unplanned trip to Milan, Italy for the day. That was awesome. Great scenery the whole trip, so I took a lot of pictures. I believe that I took around 375 pictures overall, and Ted took about 750, so when we combine, we will have quite the collection. Awesome trip.
Cliff is leaving and is going to take the job at the Cape. That means that I will probably be getting his job in a couple of weeks. It is an awesome job, it is just too bad he has to leave for me to get it. He is a very good friend.
So much has been going on in the news, but I am not going to go too deeply into it all. Needless to say, a lot has been happening.
Christy left on Sunday for flight attendant training. She will be gone seven weeks and then has to move a week later to DC. Hopefully, she can transfer back to MCO soon, so we will see.
Two new books that I am currently reading: House by Frank Peretti/Ted Dekker and Digital Fortress by Dan Brown. Both very good. I am over halfway in the House book and should finish that tomorrow.
That is about all for now. I will be writing again soon...of course I said that last post and that was a month ago...we will see.
Later,
Lorimer
Wow, it has been a very long time since I last wrote in this weblog. Over a month! Good to be back. Lots of things have been happening since I have been away.
First of all, I went to Europe a couple of weeks ago and visited five different countries. Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Lichtenstein, and Italy. Ted and I actually broke away from the group for the last day to make an unplanned trip to Milan, Italy for the day. That was awesome. Great scenery the whole trip, so I took a lot of pictures. I believe that I took around 375 pictures overall, and Ted took about 750, so when we combine, we will have quite the collection. Awesome trip.
Cliff is leaving and is going to take the job at the Cape. That means that I will probably be getting his job in a couple of weeks. It is an awesome job, it is just too bad he has to leave for me to get it. He is a very good friend.
So much has been going on in the news, but I am not going to go too deeply into it all. Needless to say, a lot has been happening.
Christy left on Sunday for flight attendant training. She will be gone seven weeks and then has to move a week later to DC. Hopefully, she can transfer back to MCO soon, so we will see.
Two new books that I am currently reading: House by Frank Peretti/Ted Dekker and Digital Fortress by Dan Brown. Both very good. I am over halfway in the House book and should finish that tomorrow.
That is about all for now. I will be writing again soon...of course I said that last post and that was a month ago...we will see.
Later,
Lorimer
3.10.2006
Stardate 060310.6
Captain's Log:
Thank goodness, it is Friday. I am ready for the weekend. I did not have to teach today, either. Ray needed the kids for three periods to help set up for tomorrow's conference. So, I just got to go home. That was nice.
News: The port deal has been called off! The UAE pulled out of the deal, because they thought that it was causing too much trouble in our country. They pulled out and let the American company take the contract. President Bush may still have trouble with congress for a while, because of his stand on the deal; however, the issue at hand is resolved.
News: The Patriot Act extension has finally passed through congress and President Bush has signed it.
I just watched Spaceballs...very funny. I am going to sign off and relax now. I will be back later. Later - as in tomorrow.
Lorimer
Thank goodness, it is Friday. I am ready for the weekend. I did not have to teach today, either. Ray needed the kids for three periods to help set up for tomorrow's conference. So, I just got to go home. That was nice.
News: The port deal has been called off! The UAE pulled out of the deal, because they thought that it was causing too much trouble in our country. They pulled out and let the American company take the contract. President Bush may still have trouble with congress for a while, because of his stand on the deal; however, the issue at hand is resolved.
News: The Patriot Act extension has finally passed through congress and President Bush has signed it.
I just watched Spaceballs...very funny. I am going to sign off and relax now. I will be back later. Later - as in tomorrow.
Lorimer
3.08.2006
Stardate 060308.8
Captain's Log:
Well today I discovered a brand new toy. Live.com.
This is a great new web search engine and it has the ability to rival Google in the coming months. At this present time, Live is only in Beta testing mode and it still looks and performs so well. It not only has a sharp look, but great versitility. I cannot wait until the full-blown version comes out. Should be an awesome thing.
I have been busy the past few days, and I can only write for a little while, for I am about to go and pick up my dad from the airport.
I have now nearly finished formatting my computer, for today I activated my desktop and placed Live as the backround, so that I now have instantaneous access to the web and news stories from any source I wish.
I have not yet read the Ann Coulter column this week, so I will have to post my opinion about that tomorrow. However, today I would like to touch on a few items of interest in the news today.
First of all, it seems that Mount Vesuvius, which destroyed Pompeii all those years ago, is going to explode sometime in the near future. That would be bad, because scientists are predicting a huge eruption which could destroy the town of Naples. Not the best for them.
Google is about to start a new service. Backing up clients files online on a server. They are going to allow people to store things online so that the files can be accessed from anywhere. Googling your hard drive, while not the safest thing, could be useful in some instances.
I am going to have to end for tonight, but I should be back tomorrow. Talk to you soon.
Lorimer
Well today I discovered a brand new toy. Live.com.
This is a great new web search engine and it has the ability to rival Google in the coming months. At this present time, Live is only in Beta testing mode and it still looks and performs so well. It not only has a sharp look, but great versitility. I cannot wait until the full-blown version comes out. Should be an awesome thing.
I have been busy the past few days, and I can only write for a little while, for I am about to go and pick up my dad from the airport.
I have now nearly finished formatting my computer, for today I activated my desktop and placed Live as the backround, so that I now have instantaneous access to the web and news stories from any source I wish.
I have not yet read the Ann Coulter column this week, so I will have to post my opinion about that tomorrow. However, today I would like to touch on a few items of interest in the news today.
First of all, it seems that Mount Vesuvius, which destroyed Pompeii all those years ago, is going to explode sometime in the near future. That would be bad, because scientists are predicting a huge eruption which could destroy the town of Naples. Not the best for them.
Google is about to start a new service. Backing up clients files online on a server. They are going to allow people to store things online so that the files can be accessed from anywhere. Googling your hard drive, while not the safest thing, could be useful in some instances.
I am going to have to end for tonight, but I should be back tomorrow. Talk to you soon.
Lorimer
3.05.2006
Stardate 060305.6
Captain's Log:
Once again, it has been a while since I have written in my weblog, but I was not able to yesterday, nor the day before, so here I am. Friday I attended the new members reception at Pastor's house, because I am on staff. I learned that staff members could come, so I decided to drop in and have a good meal and get to know the new church members. That was fun.
I still cannot get my computer fixed. Cliff and I came up with a few ideas on Friday at work to check the hard drive and run some tests to make sure it has not gone bad. All of the tests came back ok, so I have no idea why the computer is not working correctly. Maybe I will fix it on Monday.
Yesterday, Luke and I spent the day at Nathan and Allie's condo, installing the baseboards. That was fun.
I just got back from Firehouse and decided to write an entry here, since I had missed a few days.
I am almost finished with the second disk in the third season of 24. That is always good.
I was ready a Fox News report about the new project "Origami" that Microsoft is putting out. It is supposed to be Microsoft's version of the iPod, but way more advanced. It has touch-screen capability, and the screen slides up to reveal a keyboard. The actual article describes it a little better than I can here, but it looks to be an awesome product. Some news sources are calling it a mini laptop as well as a portable media device. Looks good; can't wait.
Nathan is leaving tomorrow for two weeks of training, and then when he gets back, he is getting married. I will be without a roommate for a while, and that will be a nice change. Nathan was a good roommate, but some time alone will be nice.
I think that may be all for now. I think I am going to go and finish Mariel of Redwall today, since it was due last month at the library. Terry Brooks just announced the title to the new Shannara book today. It will be called Armageddon's Children, and will be available late August.
All right then, until next time.
Lorimer
Once again, it has been a while since I have written in my weblog, but I was not able to yesterday, nor the day before, so here I am. Friday I attended the new members reception at Pastor's house, because I am on staff. I learned that staff members could come, so I decided to drop in and have a good meal and get to know the new church members. That was fun.
I still cannot get my computer fixed. Cliff and I came up with a few ideas on Friday at work to check the hard drive and run some tests to make sure it has not gone bad. All of the tests came back ok, so I have no idea why the computer is not working correctly. Maybe I will fix it on Monday.
Yesterday, Luke and I spent the day at Nathan and Allie's condo, installing the baseboards. That was fun.
I just got back from Firehouse and decided to write an entry here, since I had missed a few days.
I am almost finished with the second disk in the third season of 24. That is always good.
I was ready a Fox News report about the new project "Origami" that Microsoft is putting out. It is supposed to be Microsoft's version of the iPod, but way more advanced. It has touch-screen capability, and the screen slides up to reveal a keyboard. The actual article describes it a little better than I can here, but it looks to be an awesome product. Some news sources are calling it a mini laptop as well as a portable media device. Looks good; can't wait.
Nathan is leaving tomorrow for two weeks of training, and then when he gets back, he is getting married. I will be without a roommate for a while, and that will be a nice change. Nathan was a good roommate, but some time alone will be nice.
I think that may be all for now. I think I am going to go and finish Mariel of Redwall today, since it was due last month at the library. Terry Brooks just announced the title to the new Shannara book today. It will be called Armageddon's Children, and will be available late August.
All right then, until next time.
Lorimer
3.01.2006
Stardate 060301.8
Captain's Log:
Well, it has been quite a while since I have written in this weblog. It seems I need to enter something of the past four days. I got a cat on Monday, which is weblog worthy, and his name is Smokie. I am going to have to get the cat declawed, I think. He is very friendly, but has a tendency of slowly inserting his claws into you. He will be fine soon.
Today at work we started imaging laptops, and it is taking about an hour per laptop, which is not good. There are 75 laptops to image. Hopefully we can find a faster way tomorrow.
In the news, the money from the British bank robbery was found.
Also, Ann Coulter's new column came out today, entitled 'Speaking the Truth to Dead Horses: My Oscar Predictions'. Very good.
Not much left to say, except that my computer for my office at the church is not loading correctly. I will have to solve that mystery tomorrow. I did not have time today.
Another thing, try this game out that I found online. Very cool game.
I think that is all for tonight.
Lorimer
Well, it has been quite a while since I have written in this weblog. It seems I need to enter something of the past four days. I got a cat on Monday, which is weblog worthy, and his name is Smokie. I am going to have to get the cat declawed, I think. He is very friendly, but has a tendency of slowly inserting his claws into you. He will be fine soon.
Today at work we started imaging laptops, and it is taking about an hour per laptop, which is not good. There are 75 laptops to image. Hopefully we can find a faster way tomorrow.
In the news, the money from the British bank robbery was found.
Also, Ann Coulter's new column came out today, entitled 'Speaking the Truth to Dead Horses: My Oscar Predictions'. Very good.
Not much left to say, except that my computer for my office at the church is not loading correctly. I will have to solve that mystery tomorrow. I did not have time today.
Another thing, try this game out that I found online. Very cool game.
I think that is all for tonight.
Lorimer
2.24.2006
Stardate 060224.8
Captain's Log:
I learned more about the port deal today. President Bush asked the company buying the contracts to wait a little while, which they agreed too, so that he could convince congress that it was the right move to make. I also learned that the company we are selling this contract to is from a friendly Arab nation. The President, in an effort to keep peace and alliance with this country, has kept the ball rolling on this deal. Other than the fact that they are a friend to America, I know nothing else about the company. Time will tell if the White House is making the right move.
I started the third season of 24 today and finished the first disk...very exciting.
I talked to Bro. Snyder today and discussed the possibility of moving from a lame linux server to a more powerful MS Server 03 RC2 server. He likes the idea, but I need to get the purchase approved by Pastor as well. We will see how that goes.
In the Olympics, we are one medal away from first place in medal count. Germany has 24 and we just got our 23 medal. Hopefully, if we keep up our medal count for the next two days, we can walk away with first place. I do not think Germany got a medal today, so we can take the upper hand tomorrow.
It is supposed to rain all day tomorrow and the next. We were supposed to move a bunch of appliances for Nathan tomorrow, so that he can finish his kitchen in his condo. We will see how that goes. We also have to move and install his concrete countertop...which weighs almost four hundred pounds...
That will be all for tonight; short post. I am going to go to bed and then sleep in tomorrow. I cannot wait.
Night,
Lorimer
I learned more about the port deal today. President Bush asked the company buying the contracts to wait a little while, which they agreed too, so that he could convince congress that it was the right move to make. I also learned that the company we are selling this contract to is from a friendly Arab nation. The President, in an effort to keep peace and alliance with this country, has kept the ball rolling on this deal. Other than the fact that they are a friend to America, I know nothing else about the company. Time will tell if the White House is making the right move.
I started the third season of 24 today and finished the first disk...very exciting.
I talked to Bro. Snyder today and discussed the possibility of moving from a lame linux server to a more powerful MS Server 03 RC2 server. He likes the idea, but I need to get the purchase approved by Pastor as well. We will see how that goes.
In the Olympics, we are one medal away from first place in medal count. Germany has 24 and we just got our 23 medal. Hopefully, if we keep up our medal count for the next two days, we can walk away with first place. I do not think Germany got a medal today, so we can take the upper hand tomorrow.
It is supposed to rain all day tomorrow and the next. We were supposed to move a bunch of appliances for Nathan tomorrow, so that he can finish his kitchen in his condo. We will see how that goes. We also have to move and install his concrete countertop...which weighs almost four hundred pounds...
That will be all for tonight; short post. I am going to go to bed and then sleep in tomorrow. I cannot wait.
Night,
Lorimer
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