Posts from — September 2004

I was reminded that as of today, I have worked at Tektronix for 20 years! Considering the fact that Tek is now 1/5 of the size that it was when I started, it’s kind of amazing that I’m still there.

Well, things went smoothly today. The service was focused on the topic “Forget Not His Benefits” and was set up with a lot of music surrounding three fairly short devotions on the promises of God. Simple and effective. Not as dramatic as Ryan had this morning, but very fitting.

I replaced the old D-link wireless router due to it needing more and more resets. I just want my equipment to work. The replacement is a Netgear wireless router with 802.11g support. That will make my connection a bit quicker to the laptop from work. It seems to be working nicely (so far!)

I’m running sound for church tomorrow. Things should be fine, but a lot of the regulars are out of town (hence my running sound). Because Labor Day has become the “last chance for Summer” holiday, we historically have one of the lowest attendance days of the year. The past few years, we have switched to a single service for this weekend.
One nice feature of this is that I get to run sound while Jacob, my youngest son, is playing bass guitar for the first time. I’d like to take credit for his talent, but I think guitar skills skip a generation. He does a very commendable job of getting the notes right, the rhythms nailed, and throwing in a few “fancy bits” for effect.
We won’t be having Sunday School this week, but I will still be able to look up a few of the incoming 5th graders to frighten. Mike (my co-teacher) and I have a reputation of being a little scary, but it’s mostly just a show.