Gunpowder & Gravity

On the road again...

Posted by Bill at 8:05 PM |

I just got back from yet another road trip. I'm amazed my car still functions with how I've been abusing it these last couple weeks. Anyway...

I just got back from the most amazing half week I've ever had, and it was preceded by reading the most powerful book I've read cover to cover in a very long time. The book is "The Power of the Powerless". You can find it on Amazon (or one of their partner's website's) for under ten bucks, and it's worth its weight in gold. The author grew up with an older brother who was deaf, blind, and confined to his bed for 32 years. It's their story of love as well as the story of his brother's purpose. It is also the stories of 3 other families who read the first article he wrote about his brother and responded with stories of amazing love and purpose in their lives. I've never felt my soul torn open in such an extravagant way or for such a long time. It's been over a week since I read the book and I'm reminded of it's lessons of love many times daily. Just trying to describe it makes me tremble, so I'm going to stop for now.

Hopefully I'll be able to post tomorrow night with all my photos from the last couple weeks as well as a better bit about the book. You should read it and share it. Be prepared to understand that all we know about love is just scratching the surface of what the Creator has for us.

OOT

Posted by Bill at 5:20 PM |

I'm heading out of town to Otis for the week. Expect blogs to happen either Saturday or Sunday night when I get home from work.

June 8

Posted by Bill at 5:20 PM |

20090608, originally uploaded by harner.bill.

Radishes from tha garden. I thought they weren't gonna make it since they're almost 3 weeks behind schedule, but we have success!

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Posted by Bill at 6:15 PM |

20090607, originally uploaded by harner.bill.

Massanutten Hoo-Ha! XC Race.
32 miles of pain.

Next year, I'm gonna rock the fat boy division. Hopefully on a different bike than my busted up Rincon. Maybe a Rocky Mountain Bikes 29'er... Hey, I can dream right, but I guess I need to get a job again first to make that one come true (unless someone has about $1600 they're willing to give me for a sweet new bike).

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Posted by Bill at 6:12 PM |

20090606, originally uploaded by harner.bill.

Lots of nothing going on and I'm not too sure sometimes.

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Posted by Bill at 8:59 PM | Labels: june, one a day

20090605, originally uploaded by harner.bill.

This isn't the time for words

I'd rather talk with my fist.
It just wants to say hello
and give you a quick kiss.

---me

You'd think I'd be used to not even getting a job interview. I've only had two of them since I got laid off. My skill set is pretty much crap unless you want someone to do media related junk, which is what I want to do.
So I finally found myself a job that I REALLY wanted, AND was extremely qualified for, and even thought I might have some inside connections that could help put in a good word for me (and I know they did), but after 4 weeks of waiting and contacting their HR department to make sure everything was recieved and in process and yadda, yadda, yadda.

I called again today (I called last week but the person I needed to talk to was on vacation and the person I talked to said that the position hadn't been filled yet and my application was "in process" (whatever that means) only to find out that the position was filled earlier this week and that they had forgotten to send out notices that the position had been filled.

Grrr. I haven't been this depressed since I got laid off. At least then I had ski season. Now I've got nothing. A busted bike, a fishing license that's about to expire (and I can't afford to go get a new one) and an Xbox and the internets. And yes, I know I have a loving wife and an awesome rugrat, but they don't really help me blow off any steam. It all seems pretty darn useless. Someday I'm going to find a good full time job and work for someone with integrity. It's been a long time since I've had a boss at a full time job with integrity. Thanks, Jim and Dan, for showing me how men of integrity function in the real world.

Flickr

Posted by Bill at 12:15 PM |

This is a test post from

, a fancy photo sharing thing that I've been using for ages and it will hopefully simplify this silly blog a bit.

June 4

Posted by Bill at 11:58 AM | Labels: june, one a day

I've had this set of rubber ears for a bit and I've been planning something fun with them, I've just never gotten around to using them, so I figured I should see how well it photographs now. Hopefully once I'm back from the boonies I'll get this project finished.