Carol Rutz’s Annexe

This July, O’Reilly Publishing will host their Open Source Convention in Portland, and I got word that there is a deep discount for students. Yay! Yay! Yay!

See you in Portland. You may find me at the Voodoo Doughnut.

Here is a nifty Threadless Select tee, featuring visual puns of very popular dances. Can you name them without looking at the answer? One hint: None of the dance moves mentioned are from “Let’s Dance This Mess Around” by the B52s.

Here is my entry for the ThreadCakes contest. Hope this comes out nice.

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Thanks for chatting with me at lunchtime on Monday. Hopefully, you still have my URL and the linkage to some of the best Left Behind commentary ever.

Here it is, from Fred Clark’s Slacktivist blog…the Left Behind Commentaries!

Mind you, he is a Progressive Christian. But what he writes about is worth reading. Like: Good Intentions does not excuse Bad Writing. Also: When evangelizing, do not be a “Jerk for Christ”. And most of all: God wants you to love Him with all your heart, soul, *and* your mind.

Today, I’ve started to make a Threadless-themed cake for ThreadCakes.com. The grand prize is one 12-Club subscription and lots of swag from the Junk Drawer ™!

For my cake, I’m using StingerStyler’s Happy When It Rains as the theme, and I see plenty of potential with that.

Wish me luck, as I’m saving my money for the O’Reilly OSCON ‘07 conference and I want to pinch pennies when I can. If I can win the 12-Club instead of buying one, that would save me 200 bux for renewal.

Man, I’m tired. You would be too if you are studying for the A+ exam and spent an exciting time at the Sem.
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Several notes:

To the fellow Fall Greekies of 2002…I’m proud of you and I hope that your congregations love you and respect you. You deserve the best! Prayers ascend, especially to the future Rev Porter of Minnesota.

Dennis Meeker: You deserve that applause and you and Lorna will be a blessing for Kenya. We are glad that we saw you and took you out to dinner. God has a plan for you and His people. Give them the Word. Give them the Sacrament.

Stephen and David, the fieldworkers from Shepherd of the City: Congrats! I wish you the very best in your endeavors. The Prediger and I are rooting for you!

Tall Paul: We’ll see you there in Rogers City with a HUGE appetite.

To the District Presidents: Thanks for the hilarity and for befriending me for the last several years while at Fort Wayne. (Props especially to Newton, Hartman, Krueger, and May, who I’ve known for a long time.) My husband looks forward to meeting several of you one of these days. What can I say except that I count you all as my friends, no matter your theological stance. Like I’ve told one of you: I advise my classmates to treat you guys like a kind-hearted uncle. Such is the way of the Carol.

Chris and Julie Ann “Fred” Raffa: Yay! Congrats! I love you two and think highly of you. Fred, we need to get together and hang out. I’ve just discovered this sweet sparkling red wine and it’s awesome!

Today at lunchtime, I ate with some of the District Presidents, and they asked what I’ve been doing lately. I told them about my studies and projects. (To those who hang out at Threadless.com and at Fark.com, the DPs are the guys who oversee the various regions of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod.) I then told them that I worked around with Linux. One guy asked why Linux is free. I replied that it allows people to tinker around the inner workings to what they want. As long one is willing to learn and have the time, Linux is a great OS to use.

Here is one video introduction to what one can do with Linux.

Granted, some of you are more comfortable with Windows XP and are hesitant with going to Vista. The thing is that one can be comfortable with Linux as well. Hope you enjoy this.

Prediger and I were celebrating the completion of one of my classes by taking me to Culver’s. On the way, we talked about the recent United List endorsements, and about the 1st VP nominations.

C: Who would win, Diekelman or Preus?
P: If Kieschnick gets it, it’s Diekelman.
C: Better yet, same thing, different matter: Who would win in a barfight?
P: O_o

This song reminds me of spending one Miami evening with the Prediger drinking mojitos.

In my nite life I don’t think twice
Everything is so nice
Loving the luxury of the nite life
Everything is all right

Pity the woman who has to decide between her object of attention or the scene. There is something special about enjoying a marvelous evening with the one you love. The neon lights would not be the same without my best friend.