David and his Abs

I've really enjoyed using "The Narrated Bible" for my bible study. The idea is to put the bible in chronological order. I'd been reading from the beginning for some time. Then our small group studied Genesis followed by Exodus. Wow! The OT is not dead! I think we had some very interesting discussions.

Since then I've gone on through the story of David. The NB combines Samuel and Chronicles to keep the story all together. The "Abs" referred to in the title are ABner, JoAB and ABsalom, but really it includes all the other folks involved. I wonder what it was like to be a person hearing the story or experiencing it in reality. Did they understand the motives of all the different people? I can't decide if I'm too dense or lazy to really get it or if we all just think very differently in our modern times. I imagine I'm watching it like a play so that I can stop a character (and the play) and ask him "Why are you doing this? What are you feeling right now?" Maybe he would tell me. Then the action would begin again and he would stab someone with a spear or whatever. Why did so-and-so do this-n-that? The broader story isn't that hard to understand but there are all sorts of little things going on that perplex me. I wonder if anyone has written a fictional account trying to fill in the emotions of the characters while staying true to the actual bible story. Hey, all you readers out there! Here is your chance to fill me in!

Fine-tuning

I've just got to thank Adam for telling me about finetune.com in the first place. And I could never have got it onto my blog without Chris helping me. Fine-tuning can also refer to trying to get to my blog to try to post in the first place. Every time I think I may be able to get the hang of it, something results in further complications. I hope that part gets easier soon or I will go nuts.

I think finetune.com is really interesting. But at times I end up with a live version when I thought I would be getting the original. Or I look up an artist I like but some of the songs I want are not there. Or while it is playing it looks like it came off an album I never heard of before. Dazed and Confused soundtrack? What is this movie? How did it get so many of my old favorites? Hmmm... Really, though, I enjoyed picking my first 45 songs. Now I have to get the next few hundred in place!

Back again!

Somehow I fell through a weird window of password problems only to emerge back at my blog!

The problem now....What to write?!

Stuck hating a song

I was trying to explain how I felt about my aunt dying. Since it is close to Christmas, I mentioned my dislike for "The Christmas Shoes." I shouldn't have. That distracted from my explaining how I have been feeling lately. Like there was an angel on one shoulder saying "Embrace life!" On the other shoulder was a devil saying "Who gives a flying Funk & Wagnalls? You won't learn anything about life or death from a dictionary!" I suppose the devil could also have used one of my favorite quotes from Jack Kerouac: "I don't know, I don't care, and it doesn't matter anyway." Real upbeat stuff, right?

I've been doing better lately by trying to listen to the angel more. She has connections with some very positive people!

A reason I'm short here

Too much paranoia! Enemy lawyers may be afloat! Oh, yea, sure, like they are that worried about little ol' me! Get over it Ron, that's what I would tell me if I were in my shoes!!

I might as well start somewhere.

I don't know why I am doing this. I hope to figure it out and go from here.