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Well made it to the finals of another position but still haven’t crossed the finish line. Hopefully the interview this week will work out.
I have managed more interviews lately I don’t know if it’s a sign that the economy is getting better or just that the people more impressive than me are filling positions.
Anyway my extended benefits last till mid October I have until then to get something before we get to the “take the 40% paycut” stage.
Here is the proof of the fun of dunk tanks at any party night or day:
One bit of advice for a cool party:
Dunk Tank.
The Dunk tank was in constant use and other than one broken window from a ricochet it was an incredible success.
How much of one? When your totally sober wife gets in the dunk tank fully clothed at 9:45 p.m. with the tank lighted by car headlights you know everyone has had a lot of fun.
I was in on two separate occasions if you can afford it you will find it’s a world of fun, but try to lean forward since you don’t want your back to hit anything.
As for the rain the forecast suddenly changed, instead of it starting at 2 it didn’t start till after 8, plenty of time for a bunch of fun.
Who says you have to drink a lot for a good time?
People often laugh at the idea of prayer imagine a grown adult asking an invisible power to adjust something for them. Prayer is also attacked as an assault on free will. For example the reporter who attacked pro-life people for praying that president Obama have a change of heart.
I have a theory on prayer, this is not to my knowledge based in specific theology, so someone who knows the church better than me can tell me if I’m committing heresy but consider the following:
How many things in life are actually certain? Very few. Spock’s example of letting go of a hammer and not having to see it to know has fallen not withstanding everything is subject to a certain amount of probability.
The medical field is a great example, you are always dealing with a level of probability on recovery from operations, risks from behaviors and so on. An excellent example is that we all know people who have avoided cancer and non smokers who have gotten it. This is a function of probability. Haven’t we all had close calls of one type or another? Or bad luck that has come hitting that one stone that was loose to trip and break a leg etc?
In my opinion this is where prayer comes in, I believe prayer can alter the probabilities on situation and actions. Since the actions are indeterminate (we don’t know for sure how they will go) it seems simply a function of luck. I believe that the power of prayer is basically channeling the intrinsic link between God and man and the community of saints to nudge probability. The stronger the link of the individual to God or the number of people involved prayer the better the chance of the odds moving.
That doesn’t effect the idea that God is a part of it, for example because a wind comes to help a becalmed ship and the wind is a natural phenomena that doesn’t mean that God allowed it to come.
This is in contarast to direct action by God that would be classified as a miracle. In that case you can have either objectively impossible action (Joshua and the sun) or an action so improbable that it seems to be no odds take place. (Curing of the blind man). Those are solid miracles.
Anyways that’s my theory. What do you think?
Update: Corrected awful spelling and grammar in post as it was rushed due to the party today.
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