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My throat hurts. All those late nights and early mornings caught up to me this week. I all but lost my voice Tuesday and Wednesday. It seems to be better this morning but my throat still hurts. I really miss being able to sing. My whole life revolves around music. Whether I’m in the car, on the couch, walking down a hallway, or sitting at my desk I sing. I hum. I bob my head to the beat thumping in my mind. I want to just sing but sadly I can’t. I sound like screeching brakes. Hopefully, I’ll be over what ails me this weekend. I keep you posted.

I am about to finish my first week of reading the Bible in 90 days. Just a few initial thoughts:

One) Each day’s reading has taken me about 45 min. I have read in one sitting and I have broken up the reading into small bites throughout the day.

Two) Even in college I never read the Gospel’s back-to-back-to-back-to-back so quickly before. I have a whole new perspective of the synoptics.

Three) I find myself wanting to read even more throughout the day.

That’s it for now. Check out Read the Bible in 90 days.

I need to enroll in some sort of remedial typing course.

Earlier today I opened up my preferred Internet browser and went looking for information on the National Confrence of Youth Workers or NCYM. Instead of typing a Y I accidentally typed a W. I was immediately drawn into the wild world of the National Confrence on Weights and Measures! Woo-hoo!

The National Confrence on Weights and Measures will be held in Jacksonville, FL on January 22nd through the 25th. This year’s confrence promises to be even better than the last. A good time will be had by all.

If you are interested in joining the National Confrence on Weights and Measures, here is all you need to know.

Again, I had difficulty sleeping last night. When I was in high school I was prescibed some sleeping pills. I know that sleeping pills carry a high risk of dependence but I did not have to worry about that. My mother only let me take them once. ONCE. Of couse, years later she offered them to me again while my wife and I were visiting my parent’s house. I quiped that they would help me sleep alright, forever!

My late night ritual is as follows:

Toss, toss, toss. Turn, turn, toss. Lay on the couch for 20 minutes. Read for 30 min. Lay on other couch. Turn on TV. Laugh at the 400 Lunesta commercials on between 1 o’clock and 2 o’clock. Go back to bed. Toss, toss, turn.

It goes on like this for 2 or 3 hours. It gets real old real quick. Now I don’t know if I need to go to the doctor because I’m sick or because that little flying butterfly told me to buy Lunesta. All I know is, I am tired.

October is here! Yeah!!!!!!

As fall approaches my schedlue begins to fill up fast. I will be in Atlanta at the end of the week bloging from the 2005 Catalyst Conference at the Gwinnett Center. I went to Catalyst back in 2003. I am excited about this year’s line up including Don Miller and Malcolm Gladwell. It should be great.

I am also in the process of finishing the schedule for something here at work. I am about a month out and the program is filling up nicely.

I’ll continue updating almost evryday. I have just been so tired the last few weeks. I haven’t been sleeping well. I think I need to schedule a docotr’s appointment. We shall see.

Peace.

While the afternoons are still hot and humid, the morning and evening hours are begining to cool. We are moving into my favorite time of year: Autumn. I know, I know. I grew up in Texas. How could I like fall? I just do. I know that the colors do not burst into amazing shades of red and yellow. Everything is kinda, well, just brown. But I love the fall. I think it is the cooler weather. October is my favorite. November is a close second. This past week I have been spinning one of the best Autumn albums, Counting Crows’ August and Everything After. That album captures the quintessential September/October/November sound.

So, go grab your old CD collection. You know the one that you haven’t listened to in a while. I know you have this album. There it is. Right in between Jagged Little Pill and Pieces of You.

Stepped out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no one notices the contrast of white on white…

This afternoon I drove past a gas station and thought,

“Hmmm. $2.79 a gallon. That’s not too bad.”

Is That A Problem?

Because I waited to the very last minute to change web hosts, I haven’t been able to pontificate on a few things. Here is what I missed:

Harding’s “testicular fortitude” is called into question after it cancels Ann Coulter

That story gets picked up by the Daily Kos.

Still no outrage at Robert Kennedy Jr. for his assinine comments.

I’m sick. (sniff-sniff)

So far that’s it. I guess I didn’t miss that much.