What else to say? I don't feel like writing much tonight because I need to post an updated resume on all my various job search websites. I am heartened to see some positive things happening in Albuquerque - a few new businesses are opening up.
I am also hooked on a site that some of you have heard of: . I have been kickin' it with Buffy the Vampire Slayer (first 3 seasons only though), NewsRadio (except for the last season), Mary Tyler Moore show, WKRP in Cincinnati, Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends.
My beau, Merle, and I went down to see the Very Large Array on April 4. (He told me I was allowed to refer to him on this blog with his nickname) It was only 1 of 2 days that they have an open house every year. I think they do it again in October. An astronomer gives a lecture to us geek-wannabes about how the VLA works and some of the history and future of the VLA, then they show us around the facility. I found out that they are just replacing their wave guides with fiber-optics to increase their data capacity by like, 1000 times or something. The VLA is an array of 27 radio telescopes about 45 minutes west of Socorro and they collect radio transmissions from space in order to create a composite image of galaxies and so forth. They all point at the same direction at the same time to take a "snapshot" of the same place and then with many large computers (they still have some analog data tapes!) the radio waves from the 27 telescopes are converted into an image. Each telescope is actually a dish-shaped receiver that is 230 tons and 82 feet in diameter. Here is a pic "Merle" took of me. (yes, I designed and knitted that hat myself)
It was REALLY COLD! There were lots of jackrabbits running around, I guess because it was not good weather for rattlers.
I always say I don't feel like blogging and then obviously I did. What else to say? Oh - our Bible study went really well last Tuesday night. I led a study of the Syrophoenician woman and we talked about the differences between Jews and Phoenicians regarding how they viewed dogs (Jews viewed them as unclean scavengers but Phoenicians actually viewd them as having healing power). Remember, Jesus essentially refers to the woman and her non-Jewish race as a "dog" - perhaps more to express how Jews commonly viewed her and to state the "obvious" - that he came first to the Jews (of course, since he was also a Jew). But she uses what she knows about dogs, children and the household structure to make a great comeback that somehow proves her faith to Jesus. I have a feeling that the situation was more like a rabbinical debate to hash out the truth, in light of the new ways Jesus was being called to serve humanity, not only Jews but all the world. I doubt it was the first time Jesus had healed a non-Jew, but the way she approached him, he just had to respond to her in the proper way for a Jewish teacher.
The next class will be on Mary and Martha, who appear in Luke and John. I look forward to that because I have preached about them before and the sermon went pretty well. I think we have much to learn about "carpe diem" with their stories because each of their stories involve moments in which Jesus is en route to his crucifixion and they do things to make the most of that time with him. Of course there is more to it than that.
Another of me at the VLA (watching jackrabbits)
Well, I think I will head out of this blog and see what else is going on on Blogger.com. I see there is a new tab that I should investigate. More to come. Bye.
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