Stardate 070705.7

Captain's Log:

912 years ago today the Crusaders of Europe captured Jerusalem from the Muslim powers that had held the city for two decades. This is the day, July the 5th that the Crusaders actually reclaimed the city and began the process of establishing the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem. This would be the only crusade that would see such a great victory. The following four or five great crusades did not fair so well.

Since it has been quite some time since my last post, many things have happened in and around my life worthy of note.

Firstly, I finally started working on my office a week and a half ago. I tore the ceiling down and the insulation only to replace it with nice new insulation. The insulation that I took out was only R13 which is 3" thick...pitiful. I installed 6 1/4" insulation when I redid the job, which should help to regulate the temperature in the room. Yesterday, my father and I hung drywall, so now the ceiling looks much better. Today, I am going to start mudding and taping the ceiling, and I hope to finish that tomorrow. I will paint this weekend, pick up my new fan/light fixture and install that, and install crown trim and baseboard. Should be a good time...

Secondly, I have finally finished a book which has been slaying me for years. It is called Apocalypse Dawn and it is the military version of the Left Behind series. Do not be fooled by the "Left Behind" tag; this is one of the worst books, if not the worst book, that I have ever read. It was so horribly written, I almost cried. I barely made it through the first one, and let me tell you, I will not be reading the next two. The quality of writing in Eragon was almost as bad, but at least that storyline held my interest. If at all possible, avoid reading Apocalypse Dawn by Mel Odom.

Thirdly, I have started using the Rosetta Stone Language Learning program to start learning German. It is a very good program, and it is very easy to use. We will see how long I actually use it, but I am learning a lot from it.

Fourthly, the U.S. Men's National Soccer Team is horrible. Maybe they should just let the U-20 team play all of the games from now on, because they actually know how to win.

I believe that is all for now. I am currently reading Hood by Stephen Lawhead which I would recommend to any and everyone. He is an excellent writer and this book is awesome.

Later,

Lorimer