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It’s been several years in the making, and will be a continually-added-to tool (I hope!), but I am finally nearing the releasability of a Bible study cross-referencing tool to see what books on your shelf (or on Amazon’s 
) cover a passage you are interested in learning more about for personal, group, or church settings.
As soon as it is fully ready, another announcement will be posted here.
Today was my aunt’s birthday. If she were still here, she would be 57. Just under two years ago, she passed away. I know she’s in a much better place now, but it doesn’t make it hurt any less that she’s not here any more.
In 38 days, I will be marrying the most amazing girl I’ve ever met.
I know Cindy would be thrilled with Christina, and would’ve loved adding a new niece.
I wish there had been the opportunity for them to meet – but while there isn’t in this life, there will be in the next.
Cindy, you were loved and are missed.
Christina – I love you!
I know not why God’s wondrous grace
To me He hath made known,
Nor why, unworthy, Christ in love
Redeemed me for His own.
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But I know Whom I have believed,
And am persuaded that He is able
To keep that which I’ve committed
Unto Him against that day.
I know not how this saving faith
To me He did impart,
Nor how believing in His Word
Wrought peace within my heart.
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I know not how the Spirit moves,
Convincing us of sin,
Revealing Jesus through the Word,
Creating faith in Him.
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I know not what of good or ill
May be reserved for me,
Of weary ways or golden days,
Before His face I see.
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I know not when my Lord may come,
At night or noonday fair,
Nor if I walk the vale with Him,
Or meet Him in the air.
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As is often the case with a first attempt, improvements need to be made. My Wolf1 (reference) one-way hashing algorithm, while operational, does not avalanche as well as it should: one-bit changes to the source being hashed are not creating vastly different outcomes.
I’m reworking the Wolf1 process into a new version, and will post its details shortly.
When the trumpet of the Lord shall sound, and time shall be no more,
And the morning breaks, eternal, bright and fair;
When the saved of earth shall gather over on the other shore,
And the roll is called up yonder, I’ll be there.
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When the roll is called up yonder,
When the roll is called up yonder,
When the roll is called up yonder,
When the roll is called up yonder, I’ll be there.
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On that bright and cloudless morning when the dead in Christ shall rise,
And the glory of His resurrection share;
When His chosen ones shall gather to their home beyond the skies,
And the roll is called up yonder, I’ll be there.
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Let us labor for the Master from the dawn till setting sun,
Let us talk of all His wondrous love and care;
Then when all of life is over, and our work on earth is done,
And the roll is called up yonder, I’ll be there.
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After posting one of my fiancée’s favorites, I thought I’d post one of mine. I’ve decided to this a regular feature – a weekly (ish) song post.
Lyrics from wikipedia.
Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord:
He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored;
He hath loosed the fateful lightning of His terrible swift sword:
His truth is marching on.Glory, glory, hallelujah!
Glory, glory, hallelujah!
Glory, glory, hallelujah!
His truth is marching on.I have seen Him in the watch-fires of a hundred circling camps,
They have builded Him an altar in the evening dews and damps;
I can read His righteous sentence by the dim and flaring lamps:
His day is marching on.Glory, glory, hallelujah!
Glory, glory, hallelujah!
Glory, glory, hallelujah!
His day is marching on.I have read a fiery gospel writ in burnished rows of steel:
“As ye deal with my contemners, so with you my grace shall deal;
Let the Hero, born of woman, crush the serpent with his heel,
Since God is marching on.”Glory, glory, hallelujah!
Glory, glory, hallelujah!
Glory, glory, hallelujah!
Since God is marching on.He has sounded forth the trumpet that shall never call retreat;
He is sifting out the hearts of men before His judgment-seat:
Oh, be swift, my soul, to answer Him! be jubilant, my feet!
Our God is marching on.Glory, glory, hallelujah!
Glory, glory, hallelujah!
Glory, glory, hallelujah!
Our God is marching on.In the beauty of the lilies Christ was born across the sea,
With a glory in His bosom that transfigures you and me:
As He died to make men holy, let us die to make men free,
While God is marching on.Glory, glory, hallelujah!
Glory, glory, hallelujah!
Glory, glory, hallelujah!
While God is marching on.He is coming like the glory of the morning on the wave,
He is Wisdom to the mighty, He is Succour to the brave,
So the world shall be His footstool, and the soul of Time His slave,
Our God is marching on.Glory, glory, hallelujah!
Glory, glory, hallelujah!
Glory, glory, hallelujah!
Our God is marching on.
This is one of my fiancée’s favorite songs. Enjoy, sweetie 
I’m just a poor wayfaring pilgrim
trav’ling through this world of woe.
there’s no sickness, toil nor danger
In that bright world to which I go.
I’m going there to meet my father
I’m going there no more to roam;
I am just going over Jordan
I am just going over home.I know dark clouds will gather o’er me
I know my pathway’s rough and steep;
But golden fields lie out before me
Where weary eyes no more shall weep.
I’m going there to see my mother
She said she’d meet me when I come
I am just going over Jordan
I am just going over home.I’ll soon be free from every trial
This form will rest beneath the sod
I’ll drop my cross of self denial,
And enter in my home with God.
I’m going there to see my Saviour
Who shed for me His precious blood
I am just going over Jordan
I am just going over home.I want to wear a crown of glory
When I get home to that bright land
I want to shout Salvation’s story
In concert with that bloodwashed band.
I’m going there to meet my Saviour
To sing His praises forevermore
I am just going over Jordan
I am just going over home
(the music is available in midi form from cyberhymnal.org)
I have just completed my 28th year as an individual person.
A year ago, I worked for HP and was getting ready to go to Chicago to start the rollout of HPSA for HSBC.
11 months ago I was getting ready to go to London to participate in more HSBC stuff.
10 months ago I was enjoying a week vacation away from technology in Bamber Bridge, UK.
9 months ago my parents were just getting ready to head back to NY after visiting me in NC for a couple weeks.
But while all those were fun, they pale in comparison to what happened 8 months ago. On 1 February 2009 I was “matched” with a Kentucky girl named “Christina” on eHarmony.
I sure didn’t know 8 months ago how very, VERY different this year would be from any previously.
A few days after being matched with Christina, I started making plans to go to Hong Kong for work to complete the HSBC rollout. Then, part way through February, I found out my position was being targeted for a “workforce reduction” due to slow services sales.
7 months ago I was in Hong Kong, finalizing my work with HSBC, and searching for a new job – and, oh yeah! – talking to this sweet southern girl in Kentucky.
I was also being intermittently spoken-to by a recruiter in Singapore about some HPSA contract work for an “investment bank”.
Part way into March I moved from merely emailing Christina to talking to her on the phone.
6 months ago I was more aggressively job-hunting because my tenure with HP was closing-out quickly. I was also planning a week trip to Florida with my dad for the EAA’s Sun-n-Fun convention and airshow.
5 months ago I was debating whether or not to accept the position with Barclay’s Capital. Oh – and planning to meet Christina in person for our first “date”.
On 9 May I met Christina at a small Italian restaurant in Corbin KY called Dino’s. We enjoyed some pasta, talked, and then went to Cumberland Falls. Talked more, watched the flood waters course through the gorge, noticed a wedding party getting pictures, and then headed into town for a coffee – where we again talked more.
After a few hours, we parted, and I headed-on to Detroit to visit some old friends I’d never met.
2 weeks later, we were making plans for a trip to Asheville for our second in-person date. I had already decided I liked Christina a LOT, but was nervous about expressing that – so I held off till just before our time together was done. Turns out I coulda said something sooner, cause [thankfully!] she felt the same way 
Next up was scheduling a trip to meet her parents. I spent a bunch of time in KY before I left for Singapore. Wish I’d spent more!
3.5 months ago I arrived in Singapore for a few weeks to start working for Barclays. I was also eagerly awaiting my month-long trip back to the US to see my sweetheart.
Part way into July I boarded my flight for Tokyo, as the first leg in a 36-hour Thursday which was going to terminate with me driving to Corbin to see Christina. The next day we flew to Boston for my friend Dan’s wedding.
The following weekend I made official a commitment I’d already made in my head weeks previously, and asked Christina to marry me!
Now I’m counting-down the days (9.5!) till my fiancée arrives in Singapore for two weeks!
It’s truly amazing how much can happen in a year. Or a month. Or a day.
I’m continually amazed, awed, and thankful at how God orchestrates everything in our lives together for good.
I can only imagine what God has in store for the next year! If it goes anything like I hope, my next birthday won’t be alone – it will be with my wife!
GUILDERLAND, Albany County – Cindy Lee Myers, age 55, of Western Avenue, Guilderland, died suddenly at her residence Monday, Aug. 11, 2008.
Born in Liberty, N.Y., she had been a resident of the capital region for her entire life.
She worked for Albany County Department of Social Services and was the assistant director of the Food Stamp Program, since 1981.
Cindy was a graduate of University at Albany and received a Bachelor’s Degree in the Class of 1975. She was also a published author.
She was predeceased by her parents, Roger W. and Mildred (Neilson) Myers and a brother, Warren Myers.
Cindy is survived by her brother, Joseph N. (Loretta) Myers of Cohoes. Also survived by a niece, Joselynn Myers and a nephew, Warren (Mike) Myers.
Relatives and friends are invited to attend a memorial service at 11 a.m. on Friday, at the Albany Baptist Church, 361 Krumkill Road, Slingerland, N.Y.
Friends may call in the Rockefeller Funeral Home, 165 Columbia Turnpike., Rensselaer, N.Y., Thursday, from 4 to 7 p.m.
Interment will be in Gansevoort Cemetery.
The family requests that in lieu of flowers, that memorial’s be sent to Livingston Manor Fire Department, Livingston Manor, NY 12758 in her memory.
Frances Helen Myers, 98, a former Greenwich resident, died Sunday, July 13, 2008, at the Pleasant Valley Nursing Facility in Argyle. Born Nov. 23, 1909, in Schenectady, she was the daughter of Joseph and Katherine Wilday McKinney. Frances was a member of the Centenary United Methodist Church in Greenwich. She enjoyed outdoor activities including hunting and fishing. In addition to her parents, she was predeceased by her husband, Ralph Myers who died in 1969, and a brother, Hermus McKinney. Survivors are a son, Ralph E. Myers of Greenwich; a daughter, Ruth Lesson of Grafton, Va.; a brother, Ralph McKinney of Granville; a sister, Viola Lemery of Kingsman, Ariz.; three grandchildren: Edward Lesson, Jarlyn Ballew, and Laurie Westerfield; six great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren. A funeral service will be conducted at 11 a.m. Thursday, July 17, 2008, at Flynn Bros., Inc. Funeral Home, 80 Main St., Greenwich, N.Y., with the Rev. Eileen Deming, pastor of Centenary United Church officiating. Interment will be in Prospect Hill Cemetery, Schuylerville, N.Y. The family suggests memorials in her name be made to Pleasant Valley Activities Fund, 4573 State Route 40, Argyle, NY 12809. Online remembrances can be sent to www.flynnbrosinc.com.
