Ah, very cool

Here is a link to the Daily Readings for the LCMS in calendar format. I've been slowly working on transcribing all of the daily readings for my own use that I link to in two week chunks at the top of this blog. I was thinking I might just link to this site which seems to be up to date so far. Of course I've tried this in the past in other places only to find the spot I linked to either vanishing or being less than accurate sometimes, so I think I'll keep working on my own version of this for the time being.

On the Imperial Capital

So true about the American Empire's capital city, and many other government buildings in the US, be sure to click on the image to see it full size:

Aargh!

Diane Flynn Keith proposes that since the government is trying to say that homeschoolers are outlaws we should:

Be A Homeschool Pirate!
Hoist the Jolly Roger!

What a cool idea! I've got the pirate flag by the front door already, all I need to do now is to get a bracket for the staff and I can put it up. I'm going to do this for sure! Be sure to read the story here, there are whole bunch of really cool pirate links at the bottom of the article.

Trinity Sunday

Today, the first Sunday after Pentecost, is celebrated in traditional Christian churches as Trinity Sunday. On this day our church, Messiah Lutheran Church in Danville, California, will once again confess the Athanasian Creed as we do each year. We also confessed it during this Thursday's celebration of the Holy Eucharist, so I didn't miss out. This is one of the three ancient creeds of the catholic church, the other two being the Nicene and the Apostles creeds. This creed, which tells of the doctrine of the Trinity, is somewhat like a Zen koan, it cannot be processed rationally, or at least it can't by me! When you try to understand it with your rational mind you are wasting your time, you can only accept it in faith through the Holy Spirit.

Athanasian Creed

Whoever will be saved shall, above all else, hold the catholic faith. Which faith, except everyone keeps whole and undefiled, without doubt he will perish eternally. And the catholic faith is this, that we worship one God in three persons and three persons in one God, neither confusing the persons nor dividing the substance. For there is one person of the Father, another of the Son, and another of the Holy Spirit. But the Godhead of the Father, of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit is all one: the glory equal, the majesty coeternal. Such as the Father is, such is the Son, and such is the Holy Spirit. The Father uncreated, the Son uncreated, and the Holy Spirit uncreated. The Father incomprehensible, the Son incomprehensible, and the Holy Spirit incomprehensible. The Father eternal, the Son eternal, and the Holy Spirit eternal. And yet there are not three eternals but one eternal. As there are not three uncreated nor three incomprehensibles but one uncreated and one incomprehensible. So likewise the Father is almighty, the Son almighty, and the Holy Spirit almighty. And yet they are not three almighties but one almighty. So the Father is God, the Son is God, and the Holy Spirit is God. And yet there are not three gods; but one God. So likewise the Father is Lord, the Son Lord, and the Holy Spirit Lord. And yet they are not three lords but one Lord. For as we are compelled by the Christian truth to acknowledge every person by himself to be both God and Lord, So we cannot by the catholic faith say that there are three Gods or three Lords. The Father is made of none, neither created nor begotten. The Son is of the Father alone, not made nor created; but begotten. The Holy Spirit is of the Father and of the Son, neither made nor created nor begotten but proceeding. So there is one Father, not three Fathers; one Son, not three Sons; one Holy Spirit, not three Holy Spirits. And in this trinity none is before or after another; none is greater or less than another; But the whole three persons are coeternal together and coequal, so that in all things, as is aforesaid, the Unity in Trinity and the Trinity in Unity is to be worshiped.. He, therefore, that will be saved is compelled thus to think of the Trinity. Furthermore, it is necessary to everlasting salvation that he also believe faithfully the incarnation of our Lord Jesus Christ. For the right faith is that we believe and confess that our Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God, is God and man; God of the substance of the Father, begotten before the worlds; and man of the substance of his mother, born in the world; Perfect God and perfect man, of a reasonable soul and human flesh subsisting. Equal to the Father as touching his Godhead, and inferior to the Father as touching his manhood; Who, although he is God and man, yet he is not two but one Christ. One, not by conversion of the Godhead into flesh, but by taking the manhood into God;. One altogether, not by confusion of substance, but by unity of person. For as the reasonable soul and flesh is one man, so God and man is one Christ; Who suffered for our salvation; descended into hell; rose again the third day from the dead. He ascended into heaven; he sits at the right hand of the Father, God Almighty, from whence he will come to judge the living and the dead. At whose coming all men will rise again with their bodies and will give an account of their own works. And they that have done good will go into life everlasting; and they that have done evil, into everlasting fire. This is the catholic faith which except a man believe faithfully and firmly, he cannot be saved.

Trip to the ballpark

Today Serenity and I went to the Giants game in San Francisco along with Kathy and her son Danny. It was not nice and cool the way it normally is, instead it was 99 degrees at China Basin today!

China Basin Landing, San Francisco, CA — Current Conditions

	Daily Summary for May 15, 2008

	Current:	High:	Low:	Average:
Temperature:	83.8 °F / 28.8 °C	99.9 °F / 37.7 °C	64.3 °F / 17.9 °C	81.3 °F / 27.4 °C

We had a good time anyway, lucky for us we were in the Club Level that has an enclosed and air conditioned concession area behind it, we were in our seats for about an hour, then at the play area for the kids for about an hour then we fled inside for the duration. Kathy gave me a ride home because I discovered that BART was FUBART once again with 45 minute to and hour delays all over the system.

Here is Serenity with the giant spider that lurks along the Embarcadero

Serenity and Danny on the Willie Mays statue outside the ball park.

Serenity and Danny with a local Giants fan!

Serenity and Danny before it got too hot to stay in our seats.

Ice cream please!


As usual you can go to my Flickr site and see a whole extra slew of photos. This set is here.

FUBART - Part 2

It just keeps on getting better and better!

When I got back to the Pleasanton station after work and went to my bike I discovered that some idiot had locked his bike to the rack by running his cable lock through the frame of my bike! Even with my locks removed my bike is still locked to the rack!

I cannot believe this. I have decided that there is only one way to solve my bike and BART woes. I'm going to start driving my car to San Francisco.

NOT!

No, what I'm actually going to do is to take my bike on the train the way I used to do. It's just that it's a little bit of a nuisance to hang on to it and it's hard to have it there and use my computer while I'm on the train. I do use the computer some on the train, like I did when I was venting this morning, but not frequently enough to make this sort of nonsense worthwhile!

Well a very kind BART police officer, Dexter, gave me a ride home since Lora and Mike are both up in Danville at choir practice, that's three towns north of here ;-) I'm home and I'm going to have a stiff drink now. Oh, and Dexter is watching my bike, which is doubly secure for now and will call me if and when the moron comes and unlocks it.

I don't recall asking the Lord to teach me patience but He seems intent on me learning it, also teaching me tolerance of police and such by having me encounter good guys.

I want one!

I gotta get me one of these!

Swiss pilot Yves Rossy, who calls himself “Fusion Man”, becomes the first person to fly with jet-fuel powered wings strapped to his back. He completed several loops at 300km/h (186mph) above the Alps.