Published on
February 22, 2005 in
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I love the awaiting moderation feature in this version of WordPress. No more comment spam!!! Today I was able to dispense with 8 “poker” comment spams with a couple of flicks of the mouse. I am a happy person (mostly).
There a few people for whom I would like to be abe to defer conversations to “awaiting moderation”. I would be able to would hear what they had to say and then have the option of marking it as spam… all without their knowing or being offended… kind of a way to clean out my personal air space.
Published on
February 20, 2005 in
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Right now I weigh in at 250 lbs. It is the heaviest I have ever been. I am putting this to blog to help me resolve to do something about it. Although, since no one reads this blog so there won’t be much pressure to stick with this resolution. Anyway, I need to trim at least 50 lbs from my person. I plan to chronicle this person improvement adventure on this blog. If anyone is reading this I would appreciate any helpful hints about weight and self control.
2007 is the year for me to climb Mt. Kilimanjaro. I’ve made a pact with 2 friends to do this. to chronicle this event I will post regular entries to this blog. You follow this adventure on my Kilimanjaro Adventure page. If this is to become a reality I need to get in physical shape. My friends Bob and Patrick are already physically fit. I definitely need to catch up. At 55 and 250 lbs. I really need to work at this. So, tomorrow I begin my physical fitness development. Syracuse University (my employer) has a complete gym facility available to employees. My fitness routine begins tomorrow @ 7 a.m. This is self directed so I hope I can stick to it.
Sometimes I wish I had the patience of these chairs. There they wait. Patiently, without complaining for this season to pass. Too often I want things to move on quickly. Particularly when things are uncomfortable or not exactly as I would like them to be. The pressures of life are sometimes difficult to bear. Learning to live with any circumstance takes time and patience. Spring is coming. It always does. It is an inevitablilty that sometimes I lose sight of. But these chairs, they know. They just wait.
soon and very soon…
Published on
February 15, 2005 in
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I started the upgrade at 6:19. it is now 6:29 and I’m done. Most of the time was taken downloading, unzipping, deleting old folders and files, and updating new folders and files. The actual upgrade took less than a minute.
Published on
February 7, 2005 in
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Blogging is evolving in many different ways. Posting something to a blog
by send an email to a “secret” email address is fascinating.
Published on
February 7, 2005 in
stuff.
This blog has been up for less than a month and already I got hit with comment spam. I remember on my last (now defunct) blog I was surprised to see several comments on each of my postings one day. I was, however, dismayed to find that the comments were all spam. Really annoying. These people should find a different way to market their less than desirable products.
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February 6, 2005 in
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How exciting. I’ve been doing catch-up on how to manage and customize Wordpress and stumbled across the 1.5 gamma release. I downloaded it and ran the updgrade. It took me all of 20 minutes from download to finish. These guys are doing an excellent job of releasing solid products that are friendly too. I like this new theme very much. It is a good palet to start with. Now… on to the customizing.
This picture was taken in late fall of 2004 when these 2 chairs retired for the season. They are patiently waiting for the return of nice weather when they will resume their places in the yard and be returned to service for our use and enjoyment.
I am looking forward to Spring. We have had a fair amount of snow this year although it hasn’t been anything like we’ve had in the past. I do like the snow. Part of the adventure of living in central New York is enduring the snow and cold and the ever changing weather.
patience…
Published on
February 6, 2005 in
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That would be me. I am an African-American who has been searching for his roots a long time. My search hasn’t been exhaustive by any means. More like a wish, or a desire to know more about my ancestors.
My Name is Ronald Denby. I have been involved in missionary work for a number of years now. Just last summer (2004) I had an opportunity to go to Kenya as a missionary with members of my church. That was quite an experience. A highlight for me was that I received a name while I was there. I was assisting with pastoral training one day. I can’t remember exactly the context in which it came up but I was telling the Kenyan pastors how much it meant to be to be in Africa. I explained to them that even though I don’t know what part of Africa my ancestors came from I am certain with a high degree of confidence that they were from Africa. It had always been a dream of mine to come to Africa and I felt as if I had finally come home. One of the Pastors said to me “we will call you Musyoka”. I asked why and he said it was KiKamba for the one had gone away and has now returned. It was a moving experience for me. I have a KiKamba name that puts me more in touch with my roots. So, Musyoka is me. I thought too it was and appropriate name for a blog. – visitors will leave and (hopefully) return to the site.
