Costello Calls To Buy A Computer From Abbott

Being in computers for a living I found this very funny, but it also gves away my age........this is a take off "Who's on First"

ABBOTT: Super Duper computer store. Can I help you?
COSTELLO: Thanks. I'm setting up an office in my den and I'm thinking about buying a computer.
ABBOTT: Mac?
COSTELLO: No, the name's Lou.
ABBOTT: Your computer?
COSTELLO: I don't own a computer. I want to buy one.
ABBOTT: Mac?
COSTELLO: I told you, my name's Lou.
ABBOTT: What about Windows?
COSTELLO: Why? Will it get stuffy in here?
ABBOTT: Do you want a computer with Windows?
COSTELLO: I don't know. What will I see when I look at the windows?
ABBOTT: Wallpaper.
COSTELLO: Never mind the windows. I need a computer and software.
ABBOTT: Software for Windows?
COSTELLO: No. On the computer! I need something I can use to write proposals, track expenses and run my business. What do you have?
ABBOTT: Office.
COSTELLO: Yeah, for my office. Can you recommend anything?
ABBOTT: I just did.
COSTELLO: You just did what?
ABBOTT: Recommend something.
COSTELLO: You recommended something?
ABBOTT: Yes.
COSTELLO: For my office?
ABBOTT: Yes.
COSTELLO: OK, what did you recommend for my office?
ABBOTT: Office.
COSTELLO: Yes, for my office!
ABBOTT: I recommend Office with Windows.
COSTELLO: I already have an office with windows! OK, let's just say I'm sitting at my computer and I want to type a proposal. What do I need?
ABBOTT: Word.
COSTELLO: What word?
ABBOTT: Word in Office.
COSTELLO: The only word in office is office.
ABBOTT: The Word in Office for Windows.
COSTELLO: Which word in office for windows?
ABBOTT: The Word you get when you click the blue "W".
COSTELLO: I'm going to click your blue "w" if you don't start with some straight answers. What about financial bookkeeping? You have anything I can track my money with?
ABBOTT: Money.
COSTELLO: That's right. What do you have?
ABBOTT: Money.
COSTELLO: I need money to track my money?
ABBOTT: It comes bundled with your computer.
COSTELLO: What's bundled with my computer?
ABBOTT: Money.
COSTELLO: Money comes with my computer?
ABBOTT: Yes. No extra charge.
COSTELLO: I get a bundle of money with my computer? How much?
ABBOTT: One copy.
COSTELLO: Isn't it illegal to copy money?
ABBOTT: Microsoft gave us a license to copy Money.
COSTELLO: They can give you a license to copy money?
ABBOTT: Why not? THEY OWN IT!
(A few days later)
ABBOTT: Super Duper computer store. Can I help you?
COSTELLO: How do I turn my computer off?
ABBOTT: Click on "START".............

Blessings BluesMan

Cross of Christ - Series of Posts

Just to let you in on what I will be doing the next few weeks, months or however long it takes me, I will be going through some ideas regarding the cross of Christ.

These are not all original thoughts many are gleaned through authors who have a much deeper mind than me. I will be posting some of these ideas on how the cross of Christ should affect our daily lives.

Stay tuned more to come

Blessings BluesMan

Long Time No Post

Let me see the last time I posted anything was, lets see, April 15th so that would be about 3 months ago. Well I have to say that it is high time I get back on the band wagon and post some new information.

So as I set to start this back up, I will have to come up with a new theme of my future posts, so let me ponder what that new theme might be. Stay tune for future developments.....

Blessings
BluesMan

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Voyage

O LORD of the oceans,
My little bark sails on a restless sea,
Grant the Jesus may sit at the helm and steer me safely;
Suffer no adverse currents to divert my heavenward course;
Let not my faith be wrecked amid storms and shoals;
Bring me to harbour with flying pennants,
hull unbreached,
cargo unspoiled.

I ask great things, expect great things, shall receive great things.
I venture on thee wholly, fully, my wind, sunshine, anchor, defence.

The voyage is long, the waves high, the storms pitiless, but my helm is held steady, thy Word secures safe passage, thy grace wafts me onward, my haven is guaranteed.

This day will bring me nearer home,
Grant me holy consistency in every transaction,
my peace flowing as a running tide,
my righteousness as every chasing wave.

Help me to live circumspectly, with skill to convert every care into prayer,
Halo my path with gentleness and love,
smooth every asperity of temper;
let me not forget how easy it is to occasion grief,
may I strive to bind up every wound,
and pour oil on all troubled waters.

May the world this day be happier and better because I live.

Let my mast before me be the Saviour’s cross,
and every oncoming wave the fountain in his side.

Help me, protect me in the moving sea until I reach the shore of unceasing praise.

(Taken from; The Valley of Vision)

Blessings,
BluesMan

33 Degrees - Yeah!

Well it is 33 degrees, which is the high today, never thought I would appreciate 1 degree above freezing. I have spent the last couple of days stuck in our house which has been encased in ice, and I have had a bad bout of cabin fever. But now it looks as if it will get above 40 tomorrow which means I can get back to work......now that I think about it cabin fever is not so bad.......




Blessings
BluessMan

A Shiver From Boerne

Not known for our harsh winters, South Texas is having a very unusual cold snap. Normally a cold snap would be in the low 40's but this beats all.....Ma Hoyt you can have your cold weather!

A New Year

O LORD, Length of days does not profit me except the days are passed in thy presence, in thy service, to thy glory.

Give me a grace that precedes, follows, guides, sustains, sanctifies, aids every hour, that I may not be one moment apart from thee, but may rely on thy spirit to be supplied every thought, speak every word, direct every step, prosper every work, build up every mote of faith, and give me a desire to show forth thy praise; testify thy love, advanced thy kingdom.

I launch my bark on the unknown waters of this year, with thee, O Father, as my harbour, thee, O Son, as my helm, thee, O Holy Spirit filling my sails.

Guide me to heaven with my loins girt, my lamp burning, my ear open to thy calls, my heart full of love, my soul free.

Give me thy grace to sanctify me, thy comfort to cheer, thy wisdom to teach, thy right hand to guide, thy counsel to instruct, thy law to judge, thy presence to stabilize.

May thy fear be my awe, thy triumphs my joy.

(Taken from; The Valley of Vision)

Blessings,
BluesMan

A New Year - A New Start

As the old year has pasted there is a year new starting,

As I look back at the old year there were times of great sadness and others filled with with great joy. But as this new year started there was a heaviness that encompassed us. No deaths to report but in a true sense there was....it is so hard to think about that I tried not to think of it but it has filled my mind with wonder.

Friends it seems sometimes can be the greatest blessing, and at the same time this wonderful relationship called friendship can cause us the greatest hurts. The heaviness came not from outsiders but insiders. The hurt was not only on my part but it caused great saddness in my family. As I look to the future I cannot see that the standing we once had with some of our friends will ever be the same, and this of all things has caused me to be filled with sadness.

Yet as the new year begins there are things that I look forward to, my daughter whom I dearly love will be graduating this spring and this has filled my heart with joy as well as my pocketbook will be a little better off *smile*, though this maybe short lived......*sigh*. My prayer for this year is this:

"That the Lord will be magnified in it and all the year my be a testimony of His goodness."

Blessings:
BluesMan

Quotes From A Wise Man

Born February 6, 1911 Died June 5, 2004
40th President of the United States
January 20, 1981 – January 20, 1989

"Here's my strategy on the Cold War: We win, they lose."

"The most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the government and I'm here to help."

"The trouble with our liberal friends is not that they're ignorant: It's just that they know so much that isn't so."

"Of the four wars in my lifetime none came about because the U.S. was too strong."

"I have wondered at times about what the Ten Commandment's would have looked like if Moses had run them through the U.S. Congress."

"The taxpayer: That's someone who works for the federal government but doesn't have to take the civil service examination."

"Government is like a baby: An alimentary canal with a big appetite at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other."

"If we ever forget that we're one nation under God, then we will be a nation gone under."

"The nearest thing to eternal life we will ever see on this earth is a government program."

"I've laid down the law, though, to everyone from now on about anything that happens: no matter what time it is, wake me, even if it's in the middle of a Cabinet meeting."

"It has been said that politics is the second oldest profession. I have learned that it bears a striking resemblance to the first."

"Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it."

"Politics is not a bad profession. If you succeed there are many rewards, if you disgrace yourself you can always write a book."

"No arsenal, or no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women.”

"In closing, let me thank you, the American people, for giving me the great honor of allowing me to serve as your president. When the Lord calls me home, whenever that day may be, I will leave with the greatest love for this country of ours and eternal optimism for its future. I now begin the journey that will lead me into the sunset of my life. I know that for America there will always be a bright dawn ahead." - Letter announcing his Alzheimer's diagnosis

Blessings:
BluesMan

WW1 Airplanes

Here are a couple of my favorite ones:

"In Remembrance"

"Ginger Rogers did everything Fred Astaire did. She just did it backwards and in high heels."
- Ann Richards, 45th Governor of Texas
Born: September 1, 1933
Died: September 13, 2006

God and His Law

My pastor gave this to us this morning:

The Genesis account tells us that God made the world in 6 days and on the 7th day He rested. Then later God gave the 10 commandments to Moses on Mount Sinai and God instructed the people to observe them. Ok, here is the kicker..one of those is:

"You shall work six days, but on the seventh day you shall rest; even during plowing time and harvest you shall rest. - Exodus 34:21

Jesus in John chapter 5 heals a man on the Sabbath and tells the man to pickup his bed and walk. Later in the chapter the Jews accuse Jesus of breaking the Sabbath law by telling the man to pickup his bed and walk. The reasoning of religious leaders on this was that Jesus was telling the man to "work". Work here was the literal action of carrying of his bed.

When Jesus was confronted he accusation; "Jesus therefore answered and was saying to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of Himself, unless it is something He sees the Father doing; for whatever the Father does, these things the Son also does in like manner." - John 5:19

So in essence Jesus has stated the Father was working this day and he knew the Father was working so he joined Him in that work. So the question is:

"Does God break His own Law?"

Now before you get all up in arms there is a Theological answer, but for now I will let you chew on that one.....

Blessings:
BluesMan

Match the Epitaph

(a)"The best is yet to come"
(b)"There goes the neighborhood." (come on, you got to get this one right!)
(c)"Do not walk on the grass"
(d)"I had a lover's quarrel with the world"
(e)"Murdered by a traitor and a coward whose name is not worthy to appear here"
(f)"Cast a cold eye On life, on death. Horseman, pass by!"
(g)"She did it the hard way"
(h)"As the flowers are all made sweeter by the sunshine and the dew, so this old world is made brighter by the lives of folks like you."
(i)"Fly Quoth the Raven, 'Nevermore" (come on, you got to get this one right!)
(j)"I am ready to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me is another matter."
(k)"Beren"
(l)"Against you I will fling myself unvanquished and unyielding, O Death!"

Poeple
Winston Churchill
Rodney Dangerfield
Betty Davis
Robert Frost
Edgar Allen Poe
Virginia Woolf
Peter Ustinov
Jesse James
J R R Tolkien
Bonnie Parker
Frank Sinatra
W. B. Yeats

Answers Tomorrow :)
Blessings:
BluesMan
(For the answers see comments)

The Valley Of Vision

LORD, HIGH and HOLY, MEEK AND LOWLY,
Thou hast brought me to the valley of vision,
where I live in the depths but see thee in the heights;
hemmed in by mountains of sin I behold thy glory.

Let me learn by paradox
    that the way down is the way up,
    that to be low is to be high,
    that the broken heart is the healed heart,
    that the contrite spirit is the rejoicing spirit,
    that the repenting soul is the victorious soul,
    that to have nothing is to possess all,
    that to bear the cross is to wear the crown,
    that to give is to receive
    that the valley is the place of vision.

LORD, in the daytime stars can be seen from the deepest wells,
    and the deeper the wells the brighter thy stars shine;

Let me find thy light in my darkness,
    thy life in my death,
    thy joy in my sorrow,
    thy grace in my sin,
    thy riches in my poverty,
    thy glory in my valley.

Author unknown: taken from "The Valley of Vision, collection of Puritian Prayers and Devotions.

Blessings:
BluesMan

Finally!

Well it has happened - I can now say with pride (smile) I am older than dirt! Yes, I am 50 years, 10 hours, and 28 minutes old (29 now). I am now a half a century old and I probably will not see another half so that means I am on the down side (well at least it is down hill!).

But to be honest I feel no different than I did yesterday. I still got out of bed at my usual pace, got my coffee and ate breakfast, so in essence not much has changed. Maybe 50 will not be so bad.

Blessings
BluesMan
Jesus wept. John 11:35

Totally Bummed

OK, let me first state that I have 4:15 minutes until I turn a half century old, and the thought of that kinda bums me out. I know that 50 is not so bad and I even understand that many have never reached that golden age, but I can not help but ponder what these last 50 years have brought about.

Looking back I see that my life in many ways has been blessed. I understand many would love to be in my shoes.

But 50 ........ now that gives me pause........

The clock is running an my new mantra is:

.... I am still 49 .... I am still 49 .... I am still 49 ....

(for another 4:00 hours)

.... I am still 49 .... I am still 49 .... I am still 49 ....

Blessings
BluesMan
"in everything give thanks; for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus. - 1Thes 5:1818

Natural Law

When reviewing the subject of natural law I find it very interesting to view others people discussion on points of fact. I am currently reading a book by "J. Budziskewski" called; "What We Can't Not Know" and I am fascinated at what I see as points of fact that he gives.

There are many interesting tidbits in this book, which I call "pearls of wisdom" and they are scattered throughout this book. Let me give you one to think about (now remember he is discussing natural law):

"....everything in creation is a wannabe."

Think about that statement.

Blessings:
BluesMan

P.S.
I do not often recommend books but I would recommend this one. As with any reading keep an open mind.

philosophia

Philosophy comes from the Greek word 'philosophia' translated literally it means 'love of wisdom' (philo meaning love and sophia wisdom).

What then is “Philosophy?” The question itself is a philosophical question. Asking the question brings into context the nature of philosophy. The continuum of philosophy itself is broad and is distinctive among the disciplines, and embraces itself in its scope. Philosophy may be described as asking the elementary questions on varied subjects like; ethics, morality, religion, self, and the universe.

In looking at Philosophy there is not just one way that these questions are asked. There are many schools of thought. These schools have developed over the years and each has built upon the other. There are no “true” new schools of thought; they all take pieces from the old schools to create a “new” view.

As we walk through the next few months of posting I will look more closely at the different schools of thought and how we as cogent thinking residents of this planet earth look around and ask the questions and how those questions are formed and thought out.

Stay tuned…

Blessings:
BluesMan

Reflection on Easter

We server a risen Saviour....
You ask me how I know he lives....
He lives within my heart.....

Blessings:
BluesMan

Vacation Planning

As we near the time for our annual vacation (which we take every four years) my wife (Rhonda the planner) goes an gets information on the cities we are to visit in the time allotted.

Well this year we are going to drive the pacific coast highway. With the advent of the internet her planning is even more detailed. While doing her searches Rhonda has found that there are many places that offer free material they will send to you, all you have to do is ask (and she has..). Today we received information on San Francisco and there was one event listed with this material that made us laugh and I must share it.

In San Francisco there is a new musical being performed, and we, a musical family, started to see what it was about. Here is the title:

"Menopause The Musical"

No kidding, do a google search and read about it. What caught our attention was that they were offering a free gift for those who attended. Of course this bought to our minds all kinds of things, as you well can imagine, but we won't go there.....

As we plan the drive on the west coast there are always things we all can agree to skip, and guess what — you guessed it, "will probably skip the musical .... "Menopause The Musical"

Blessings:
BluesMan

The New Revolutionist

As I was reading my new book (remember my last post?) I am continually stunned by the wisdom of the author, G. K. Chesterton. In the part I am reading he is talking about the old style of revolutionist (circa French revolution) and comparing them to today's "new" revolutionists. Let me give to you a quote to think about;

"But the new rebel is a skeptic, and will not entirely trust anything. He has no loyalty; therefore he can never be really a revolutionist. And the fact he doubts everything really gets in his way when he wants to denounce anything. For all denunciation implies a moral doctrine of some kind; and the modern revolutionist doubts not only the institution he denounces, but the doctrine by which he denounces it." G. K. Chesterton, Orthodoxy (chapter 3, The Suicide of Thought).

Think about it, it is true, the post modern revolutionist is a contradiction, ponder this thought...

Blessings:
BluesMan

Doubt Reversed

I was given a couple of books for Christmas and I am now getting around to reading them. I am unusual in a way, when I am reading and I come upon something that strikes me as insightful I highlight the passage and then note the highlight in the book for reference later. Let me quote to you something I read that caught my attention;

"A man was meant to be doubtful about himself, but undoubting about the truth; this has been exactly reversed. Nowadays the part of a man that a man does assert is exactly the part he ought not to assert—himself. The part he doubts is exactly the part he ought not to doubt — The Divine Reason."

—Taken from Orthodoxy by G. K. Chesterton.

Have we truly reversed the logic of doubt?

Blessings:
BluesMan
"cogito ergo sum"

Reflection on Affliction

As I was reading today, I read this and for some reason I could not go on till I pondered it's meaning. Now I put it to you, the reader to ponder it's meaning...

Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust,
neither doth trouble spring out of the ground;
yet man is born unto trouble,
as the sparks fly upward.
       —Eliphaz the Temanite to Job, 5:6-7

Resemblance

Rhonda thought this was interesting picture. For me it reminded me of myself, trying to get up off the floor ..... a little help please! Your trunk would be nice.....

Blessings:
BluesMan

It's Cold ... In Boerne

As I left my house this Saturday morning for my cup of coffee from Boerne's famous Daily Grind, I noticed a very COLD chill in the air. A chill not known to us here in South Texas.

On my way I turned on the radio to listen to my favorite country station and heard with my own two ears that the temperature here was 34 degrees! Panic set in, and my thoughts within my head started to give way to un-rational thinking. Was my cup of Daily Grind coffee worth risking my life for in such terrible weather? Could I make it home to my loving wife, or would I get stranded somewhere on the streets of Boerne and freeze to death?

Finally a calm took hold of me, and a resolution I that I have never known before pushed me forward for the smell of dark roasted coffee which my body was yearning for. When I made it to the Daily Grind there were others there that had also braved this terrible winter storm as well. We all smiled at each other with a knowing of what it took for us to make this trip in such awful weather.

When I finally made it home the temperature had risen to 36 degrees. Though this winter storm has abated some, there is a lesson that I learned today, and that is, my caffeine fix is greater than my need to survive.

For those who think that I am going overboard here, please note that the temperature hear in Boerne will drop well below 30 degrees tonight, but fear not, while I was at the Daily Grind I bought a pound coffee that I can brew at home!

Blessings:
BluesMan

A Transition We All Have to Make

Then so small .. - :)



17 Years Later, now so grown up .. - :P



Sometimes I miss my "little" girl.....but I love her even more now...

Blessings:
BluesMan

What Was That?

As I was sitting this afternoon reading a book I heard a strange sound, it was kinda like a soft ka-boom. Later I got up to check on my chicken I was cooking for tomorrow, and I heard it again. This time it was a little louder. As I thought more about it it came to my mind what I was hearing, it was thunder! So I started to listen more carefully. Now I'm starting to also hear the patty-pat of rain drops. It was really starting to sprinkle here, and boy do we need it.

As you may know we are in a drought here in South Texas. This is February and it was 79 degrees here today. This is supposed to winter but the days have been dry and the temperature is averaging about 75 degrees. Man we are in the middle of a long cold snap! I sure wish we would get some cooler weather here, but I need to be careful what I ask for, right?

As I type this the sound I now hear is no longer just the pitty-pat of sprinkles but it is now raining. Thank You, Lord:)
Hope it keeps up for a while........

Blessings:
BluesMan

Holly Bush in Bloom

Here is a picture I took of our blooming Holly bush. Now if I could just get the hang of this new Photo Shop software .....!

Blessings:
BluesMan

My Major - What it should have been

Thanks to Ma Hoyt and the link she placed on her blog I have new clarification on the major I should have had. You see, back in the old days, when we walked to our classes, we did so on our knees in respect of our professors (what this has to do with my blog post I have no idea). My major then was Philosophy, with a minor in Religion.

Well, after taking the test I have now come to understand what my major should have been, you guessed it...Drum roll please...

Philosophy

Here are my scores:

1. Philosophy    100%


2. Sociology      100%


3. Anthropology    92%


4. Mathematics     92%


5. Journalism    83%


6. English    75%


7. Theater    75%


8. Psychology    67%


9. Linguistics    67%


10. Engineering    58%


11. Biology    42%


12. Chemistry    42%


13. Art    33%


14. Dance    33%

I was not surprised by my scores, other than I do love to dance. But you see, no one wants to dance with me :(   

Though, if I think about it, it could be because they would have to put warning signs on the floor about my dancing to protect others....like the road warning signs about curves ahead...

Oh well, I never got to finish my major because I changed it, I decided to Major in Marriage instead and I think I am doing well with that choice as my major. What do you think, Rhonda?

Blessings:
BluesMan