Day one over. Mostly on-boarding stuff, getting access to all things Thrivent. Reading some docs. Met two members of my team who are based here (both are almost straight out of college and are really nice fellows). The third member is based in MPLS and is on vac this week (but I’ve already met him […]
etc. (Interests)
New rock!
A $5 stone I bought at an art show on Saturday.
Jesse Wiliams at the BET Awards
A fellow by the name of Jesse Williams gave an impassioned speech at the BET awards recently. It’s been getting some (almost viral) press so I watched/listened to it, and didn’t have any issue with it, actually thought it was a pretty good speech, and he’s a very passionate, eloquent, articulate speaker. I’m not sure, […]
Model Railroading and “Collecting”
So. Most all Model Railroader hobbyists are also “collectors”. They (read: “we”) either collect engines (locomotives), passenger cars, freight cars, or even things called “structure kits” (various types of buildings you put together). We usually do our collecting via eBay, or at the local model railroading flea markets, etc. Sometimes, we even collect “track”. (to […]
Franklin Graham
A quote from Mr. Franklin Graham: “Mr. President, you’re looking at the wrong place when it comes to the root cause of gun violence. Your executive actions will do nothing to change this horrific problem. You can take all the guns in America and put them in a pile on the Mall in Washington DC, […]
