To explain:
I’m sure if I tried to convert you to Islam or Hinduism, you would readily resist, and I would very likely be unsuccessful at doing so.  But is it because “you’re a Christian and that how it is – you’re not changing”, or that you truly believe that Christianity is the way.

Meaning:
If you were a Muslim, and I tried to convert you to Christianity, would you resist for the exact same reasons as the first scenario?

What I’m Getting at:
Are you a Christian because that’s the way you were brought up, and you’ve just learned to strengthened your stance?  Or have your actively looked at what you believe, compared it to the others, and come to the conclusion that this truly is the “The Way”?

Challenge:
I’m not saying to court other religions.  I’m just saying to make this your own – know why you believe what you do.  Not just because it was your father/mother’s religion, or that it’s the “American” religion.

AirTran Sucks

I originally made my choice to fly AirTran between my two front runners for the trip, Southwest and AirTran.  They both had non-stop service between IND and BWI, and both had the lowest price of all the airlines.  I hadn’t previously flown on either of them, so whichever I chose was going to be a new experience.  I ultimately chose AirTran because 1) I could get Frontier points for flying with AirTran, 2) I got to choose my seat, 3) they had the earliest out-bound flight for Friday, and 4) they offered WiFi (albeit, for a charge).

Unfortunately, I would have had to pay to choose my seat prior to check-in, the legroom was NOTICEABLY less than that of other carriers (I could not fit my bag between the seats to fit under the seat in front of me as I ALWAYS do on other flights), and the WiFi did not work.  The consolation was that the staff WAS friendly.

GoGo Inflight Sucks

GoGo Inflight is the WiFi operator on the AirTran flights.  I spent half the flight trying to get them to accept my credit card with no success.  I later tried on the ground in DC with still no success.  It was only after I submitted a complaint and received a free promo code for my trouble that I was able to use the WiFi on my return flight.

BWI Sucks

Okay, so it doesn’t completely suck.  Everything went very smoothly.  But the facilities need a face lift.  In-bound, when using the men’s restroom, 3 of the 4 soap dispensers were broken.  This set the tone for the rest of their facilities.  Come on guys, keep up on things!

Parting Remarks

I do have to say, the “connection” from BWI from WAS was wonderful.  Free shuttle from BWI to the BWI MARC station.  $6 fare (and only 40 minute trip) on MARC into Union Station DC.  $1.75 Metro ride from Union Station to McPherson Square.  Oh why can’t Indy have such wonderful mass transit?

Let me get this straight…

We’re trying to pass a health care plan:
1) written by a committee whose chairman says he doesn’t understand it;
2) passed by a Congress that hasn’t read it, but exempts themselves from it;
3) to be signed by a president that also hasn’t read it and who smokes;
4) with funding administered by a treasury chief who didn’t pay his taxes;
5) all to be overseen by a surgeon general who is obese;
6) and financed by a country that’s broke.

Wonder what could possibly go wrong?

1. Both were named not at birth, but on the eighth day when each was circumcised.  Of course, both names were foretold by an angel prior to conception (and neighbors and family members even assumed John would be called Zechariah after his father), but neither name was officially assigned by the parents until the eighth day.  What significance does this have?  Especially in a time when the meaning of a name was of a great deal more importance than it is today.  What if we took this opportunity today?  What if we gave ourselves a week and a day to get to know our newborn – to find a fitting and truly meaningful name?
2. It was also the tradition of the Jews to set aside the firstborn son as holy to the Lord.  We see this in the case of Jesus, and I would assume is the same for John (unless being a Levite altered this – but I’m not readily finding anything supporting such an alteration).  What does it mean to be set aside “holy to the Lord”?  This must differ in some way from the Levites being set aside for service to the Lord.  So what does this look like?  And how does it play out today?  As the firstborn male in my family, how is my roll (in relation to God) different from that of my siblings?

Two interesting topics that stuck out for me.  Any insight?

As the CEO of this organization, I have resigned myself to the fact that Barrack Obama is our President and that our taxes and government fees will increase in a BIG way. To compensate for these increases, our prices would have to increase by about 10%. But since we cannot increase our prices right now due to the dismal state of the economy, we will have to lay off sixty of our employees instead. This has really been bothering me since I believe we are family here and I didn’t know how to choose who would have to go.

So, this is what I did. I walked through our parking lots and found sixty ‘Obama’ bumper stickers on our employees’ cars and have decided these folks will be the ones to let go. I can’t think of a more fair way to approach this problem. They voted for change, I gave it to them.

I will see the rest of you at the annual company picnic!

First of all, here are the first 100 digits of Pi:

3.141592653589793238462643383279502884197169399375105820974944592307816406286208998628034825342117067

And here’s the breakdown:

1 = 8%
2 = 12%
3 = 12%
4 = 10%
5 = 8%
6 = 9%
7 = 8%
8 = 12%
9 = 13%
0 = 8% 

Interesting spread.  I’m not sure what I was expecting.  But now I’m thinking, how about the first 200 digits?  So…

3.14159265358979323846264338327950288419716939937510582097494459230781646286208998628034825342117067982148086513282306647093844609550582231725354081284811174502841027019385211055596446229489549303819

Okay, I think I’ll be done now.

• Went through the drive-thru.
• Ordered the 6-pack Burger Shot meal with fries and a drink.
• Got a 32 oz. Dr. Pepper.
• Was barely out of the parking lot when the 32 oz. Dr. Pepper tipped over – falling into my bag of burgers and fries – emptying it’s entire contents (Dr. Pepper and ice) into the bag.
• I now have soggy burgers, fries, and a damp car.
• Went back to Burger King to clean out my car.
• Decided to try “dining in” this time.
• Ordered the exact same thing.

All-in-all the food wasn’t really that good anyway.
I guess that makes up for all the productivity of the morning.

Darn it!