“Erfmamfhis”
I loved "Saving Private Ryan". First time I saw it, in the theatre, I was sick to my stomach nearly the entire movie. They start you off with this gruesome idea of what storming a fortified beach is really like; not really like how it was in a John Wayne movie. Then they pulverize until you are a blob in your seat, exhibiting a nearly 3-hour barrage of stress. And yeah, I was in a seat in a climate controlled theatre and probably a full stomach, not actually being shot at or sleeping in a ditch.
Granted, John Wayne's era didn't really allow realistic violence and as a society, I'm not sure we're better for it. But chalk it up to a lesson learned that I realized war is less glorious that it might have once seemed. But that's not the lesson of "Saving Private Ryan".
Pastor Burnout
A twitter friend posted these links. Good stuff about the problem of pastor/ministry burnout. I can't imagine how difficult it must be and while it has it's rewarding moments, it has to be tough to be called, burdened, with a charge like this. Cheers to the pastors I know and love.
Find #1: Consumerism and the easy life makes congregations demanding
"Ministry is a profession in which the greatest rewards include meaningfulness and integrity. When those fade under pressure from churchgoers who don’t want to be challenged or edified, pastors become candidates for stress and depression."
Find #2: Demand your pastor takes time off!
"As cellphones and social media expose the clergy to new dimensions of stress, and as health care costs soar, some of the country’s largest religious denominations have begun wellness campaigns that preach the virtues of getting away."
Ace!!!
2nd Ace ever... hole 4 at Lamar's revamped course. I hadn't even deuced it yet.
Setting up your dev environment to log, instead of send, emails
Thought I'd share this since it can help a) prevent inadvertently sending out massive emails from your dev environment and b) help you debug the emails that are going out:
put this simple script somewhere, call it dev-mailer or dev-mailer.bash or something:
#!/bin/bash cat >> /tmp/logmail.txt
Save it, chmod 755.
Now, edit your php.ini script (use phpinfo() in a web server script or php -i from the command line to find which ones are being used).
For the "sendmail_path" configuration, change it to this:
sendmail_path = /dir/to/dev-mailer.bash
Save, restart your web server.
In a new terminal do:
tail -f /tmp/logmail.txt
I'm not sure if it works with Windows.
Hope that helps.
Found this a few years ago at http://seancoates.com/mail-replacement----a-better-hack
Some thoughts about being a Tourist
I was walking around Hyde Park in London by myself an hour ago, wrapping up a business trip to London that was extended due to the Klasi3r03ALK39A3KJKJ Volcano erupting and bestowing mayhem on an otherwise orderly world.
I was mentally reviewing my trip and my stolen chances to be a tourist in my off hours from work and I think I nailed this trip. I have never been out of North America before, and this was a good shallow-end-of-the-pool trip for me. And, I discovered that I am more interested in how people live than some of the big sites and typical tourist destinations.
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