Inspiring Quote for February 6th, 2014

    “Tomorrow is the most important thing in life. Comes into us at midnight very clean. It's perfect when it arrives and it puts itself in our hands. It hopes we've learned something from yesterday.”

― John Wayne

Inspiring Quote for February 4th, 2014

    “Some people wonder all their lives if they've made a difference. The Marines don't have that problem.”

― Ronald Reagan

Network+ certification acquired

Thank the Lord!  I passed!  Thank you for the prayers, everyone!

Network+ certification test

In less than 24 hours, I will either be CompTIA Network+ certified or I will not. I ask for your prayers, as tests always make me nervous.

I take the test tomorrow at 9am in Winchester.

Inspiring Quote for January 24th, 2014

    “Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it's always your choice.”

― Wayne Dyer

Inspiring Quote for January 21st, 2014

    “Listen earnestly to anything your children want to tell you, no matter what. If you don't listen eagerly to the little stuff when they are little, they won't tell you the big stuff when they are big, because to them all of it has always been big stuff.”

― Catherine M. Wallace

It's asthma season, I guess

Breathing is difficult today.  Not sure why, but I needed my inhaler (which I normally use once a month or so) this morning, and I feel like I may need it again.

Inspiring Quote for January 15th, 2014

    “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.”

― Aristotle

I'm just a big softie...

So, I have read the Chronicles of Narnia once, listened to the audiobooks twice, and am on the home stretch of the Focus on the Family's Radio Dramas The Chronicles of Narnia.  I thoroughly enjoyed the books and the radio theater production is astounding.  I get sucked into the story every time, even though I know what will happen in the end.  The bad guys are always bad and I dislike them.  The good guys are always good and I cheer them on (except when they are being naughty).

I will certainly be reading them again in the future, but I do have to say that I'm really enjoying the concept of the radio theater.  I need to get more of these!

On the road to Greensboro

Today I go down to Greensboro, NC with the Cheese Lords. We have a concert Saturday night and Mass to sing at on Sunday morning.

The concert on Saturday night is at 7:30 PM, and is at Our Lady of Grace Catholic Church, 2205 W Market St, Greensboro, NC 27403.  The Mass on Sunday is at 1 PM in the same church.

If you have friends in that area who are interested in choral music, or who need to be introduced to this kind of music, or who like groups with totally awesome names, let them know we will be there!

Grammatical thing...

"A former aerospace executive who slapped a crying toddler on an airplane and used a racial slur against the child, who is black, received an eight-month prison sentence on Monday for an incident his attorney blamed on his alcoholism."

Who is black?

In real life, the child is black.  Grammatically, isn't the former executive black?

Source: http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2014/01/06/22203402-man-gets-eight-months-in-prison-for-slapping-toddler-on-plane?lite

Inspiring Quote for January 6th, 2014

    “One of the greatest discoveries a man makes, one of his great surprises, is to find he can do what he was afraid he couldn't do.”

― Henry Ford

Suspicious Cheese Lords in concert this evening

1601 Pleasant Plains Rd, Annapolis, MD

This is the address.

St. Margaret's Episcopal Vhurch

This is the name of the church.

Tonight, 7:30 PM

This is the time.

If you're at this place at this time, then you will hear the Suspicious Cheese Lords sing a Christmas concert; our featured work is O Admirabile Commercium by two separate composers. You'll also hear other Christmas works by various composers, many of which are little known in the choral world.

See you this evening!

Patsy

Patsy couldn't quite figure out if she wanted to go up or down...


So she went straight out.

Inspiring Quote for December 30th, 2013

    “Forgiveness is the remission of sins. For it is by this that what has been lost, and was found, is saved from being lost again.”

― Saint Augustine

Rainbow boa constrictor

I just got done holding one of the most fascinating creatures that I have held to date: a rainbow boa constrictor. She was gorgeous! It's amazing how strong they are. As I was holding her, she decided that she wanted to leave one arm go to the other, and then try to leave that arm and go to the plant standing next to me. Dom Daniel also showed me how he's able to hold her by one coil of her tail and she's able to just pull her self right back up. She's about 5 1/2 feet long, so it shouldn't come as a surprise when she coiled herself around one arm and then extended herself about 4 feet off my arm to see what else was out there.

She found my jacket very fascinating.

I should've taken a picture of her…

Inspiring quote for December 23, 2013

    “A healthy attitude is contagious but don't wait to catch it from others. Be a carrier.”

― Tom Stoppard

SCL 2013 Christmas concert #1

The first Cheese Lords concert is done.  We learned a few things, but overall that was fun.  I'm looking forward to tomorrow at the Franciscan Monastery in DC, where I expect to see you.

And speaking of coffee...

...I think my coffee will need coffee today.  Missed first alarm (3:30AM), snoozed second alarm (4:00AM) once, forgot to turn off third alarm (4:30AM).  My day will consist of driving down to Roanoke, working on a few issues, driving back home to pick up CS and KP, then going to Holy Spirit Catholic Church in Annandale to sing at a concert with the Cheese Lords at 7:30PM.

Will be a long day.  I will also add almost 500 miles to my car: 360 miles round trip to Roanoke, 120 miles round trip to Annandale.

Let's do this!  Fortune favors the bold!

Ahh, coffee

There are days when the world seems like an absolutely wonderful place, and I can rise above everything easily.  Those are the days when I have a tasty cup o' Joe in my hand.  Like today.  Like now.

Well, not NOW now.  I just finished the cup.  I need a refill!!!