PatrickXFCE:Chronicles

Hi All

I don't remember if I mentioned this, but on the aforementioned date, the choirs of  churches (1st Pres, Gallatin, 1st Pres, Hendersonville) will be joining in an afternoon concert, and we will be singing Bach's Cantata 147(Herz und Mund und That und Leben) and Vivaldi's Gloria.

I went to a joint rehearsal on Wednesday night with a sinus infection, and came out of the rehearsal with an invitation to join the Hendersonville Singers(a group that performs twice a year, I believe).  I was so amazed!  Here I am, sounding a bit out of tune and I get an invitation to sing some more!  Wow!

As for the upcoming concert, both Choir directors have said that we have worked hard and we will work some more on both pieces.  I am looking foward to it as always.  Last night, I was even dreaming the Cantata!  A wonderful dream as far as dreams go, LOL!

BTW, the concert is free!

'

Today our neighbors came by (usually they want something i.e. the phone, the internet etc.) to tell us that there is a turtle in our yard.  We looked and yes, there was a huge turtle in our yard. It's a snapper at that and they are going to keep it as a pet?!?!?!?

They have at least 2 very young children in the house, and 2 infants!  The mother/grandmother has just had her 7th child and she's diabetic.  They already have a lot on their plate, without a snapper in the house, in my opinion.

Hopefully, mom/grandma will help them to see the error of their ways(although she has 2 tarantulas!)

Yikes!

Oh dear.

Hi all

Those of you have ever taken a gander at the Bible already know about the longish book of Job.  We often use the phrase, "the patience of Job"

For those who don't know, I will give you a brief synopsis.
God was having a council in Heaven and Satan was there.  God asked Satan if he had looked on his servant Job who loves him with all of his heart.
Satan challenged him saying that Job would not love God so much if God hadn't been so good to him.
In essence, this started a whole series of events for the character Job

He would lose his land, his servants, his children , his wife and his health.  He would become an outcast. 

Job then has this rather long conversation with his 3 friends who proceed to tell him that he is having all of this trouble because there was something he had done that offended God.

Today, I have a dear friend who is  in similar circumstances as Job. 

Like Job, I want to ask God, "why".  But then again, somethings are not meant to be understood by mankind. 

At the end of the book, Job's health, land, and family are restored to him plus some.  Perhaps we can take comfort in this.

I know that there are many Voxers who are having some rough times. 

As for me, I will continue to pray for my friends. Stay with us

Thinking in Pictures, Expanded Edition: My Life with Autism

Temple Grandin

I am just now reading this book and I find it most enlightening.  I first heard about Temple Grandin from a videotape that I got on loan from RIP; we were interested in this after Fightinggale and I received a sprovisional diagnosis of Asperger's for our son, Josh.

So while I am reading this to understand my son's situation more, I am actually finding out more and more about myself.

The way she describes her thought processes is just about the way mine worked as well, when I was about Josh's age.

I know that most of the people at Faces of Autism are already familiar with Temple Grandin, but for you edification and mine, I highly recommend it.

Hi All

I just learned something today about one of my bosses.  There's this pic of him with John Travolta(1970's or 80s I think).  From what he tells me, its not photoshop, its real. 

My boss is also a trombone player and he sometimes does gigs at various places. 

I am going to contact Steve since we have a choir holiday coming up and we could use some special music

Peace out!

What do you want to be famous for?
Submitted by bluemoon07.

Famous for being annoying and/or utterly boring.

Hey all

Woke about 4:30 am(I always do anyway) and I felt everything shaking;  I looked outside and saw nothing that could have caused all that shaking that was around for about 5 seconds and then went away.

I later found out that we were having an earthquake(the famous New Madrid fault).Anyone else? 

Report in on your statuses anyone in the areas affected

Thanx

PatrickXFCE

Hi All

They say ignorance is bliss, but sometimes it can yield some rather surprising results!

Yesterday at the office, I had an interesting dialogue with one of my coworkers.

Him - "Hey Patrick, what's your favorite Beatles song?"

Me(my mind draws a complete blank).  "I really don't know that many Beatles songs to be quite honest"

Him - "Well what about Yesterday?

Me - "Well, yesterday, I still didn't know that many Beatles' songs"

After that, he had hysterics!  Evidently, what I said was the funniest thing he has ever heard, so he tells the boss man, who guffaws heartily!

Moral,-- well, the moral of the story is uh......maybe....."this sort of thing is going to happen anyway, so get used to it?"

Dolphin Dance by Tangerine Dream

I got that tape after my first year in college.  I loved this bit. 

Fightinggale loves swimming and she loves dolphins

so...