Monday, 16 November 2009

Friday, 13 November 2009

  • Days

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    Ledger & a Guinness | The Gardeners Arms, Oxford, UK | October 26, 2009

    It is no secret that I’ve been looking forward to the DVD release of Star Trek since, well, the film opened early this summer. But when the wife and I were randomly flipping through channels last night and the usual pre-release commercial for the DVD ran with the tagline “Own it this Tuesday,” I immediately thought, “wow....that’s tomorrow,” thinking that it was Monday night, November 16.

    Today is not the 17th, nor last night the 16th. Since the onslaught of the day-after-day feeling of drowning in work and to-do lists that never end or never get finished—beginning when the acquisition occurred and which continues to snowball exponentially—I have slowly lost track of days. For a person who used to be able tell you the time of day—to the minute—if you asked hours into the day and hours since I last checked the time, this is quite troubling. Forget minutes, I’ve lost track of days.

    What will I be losing next?

Monday, 09 November 2009

  • GRC Fighter Verses: Week 6

    Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all comprehension, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. Finally, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is of good repute, if there is any excellence and if anything worthy of praise, dwell on these things.
    PHILIPPIANS 4:6–8 (NASB)

    This week’s memory “Fighter Verses” from Grace Redeemer Church in Teaneck.

Saturday, 24 October 2009

  • Fool

    Remember this entry: “Convictions” from 2007 March? Who’s the fool indeed? Indeed, in the last 1.5 years, the project I had been working 3 yrs to get approved...well, got approved. And since then, I’ve been toiling away—on weekends, into the weeknights—to get the work done to meet the deadlines which we’ve set (although seriously, what did I have to say in the deadline/timelines).

    What was the alternative? Especially in this economy, does one such as myself say “no more!” I would surely have been let go, replaced by someone who would get the job done. What would you do? Does being a Christian change your answer?

Monday, 19 October 2009

  • A different world

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    Looking westward on 35th St at Madison Ave in 1911
    New York Public Library Collection | Flickr Commons

    I know now that I know very little, if at all. What years and years of education I have had, what degrees I have listed, what papers I have scrawled, what tests I have finished (or not finished), what objects I have handled and learned, and what images my eyes have seen: all means nothing.

    As one works and works and works, sacrificing hours and minutes and even days of quality time spent with family and friends because the work requires it—deadlines have been set (often without your input and sometimes even over your objections), money has been budgeted, etc.—there is some understanding that you will be recognized at least (if not rewarded) for such dedication, for such sacrifices. Right?

    As I “grow” in life, I am learning that there is no such thing. It is a lesson, I suppose, I’ve learned before and constantly must be taught again and again and again. At what point, I wonder, will I learn? At what point will I accept that there is no mutually beneficial relationship in employer and employee? As a lawyer, I suppose, I should know that the very existence of a corporation is to shield itself from legal responsibilities: and perhaps also to moral, ethical and humane considerations, as well.

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