Jeff Giesbrecht

People continue to amaze me...

Why is it that as humans we tend to focus on the negative? Today I decided enough was enough and I rode my bike to our church's men's bible study and then on to the office. However someone was nice enough to tell me that riding was hazardous and should not be engaged in. DUDE get a life! ;) Then he asked well at least do you wear a helmet, to which I replied negative. Thus far no one that has complained about how bad that is has put any money where their mouth is and contributed to the "Jeff's Helmet Fund". (The helmet I feel will be comfortable enough for me to always want to wear it...

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Earning a little extra

Got a referral from a PF blog ( Single Guy Money ) that I read on earning a little extra cash ($25). So I signed up at the revolution money exchange and the 25.00 was added to my account after I added a funding source. Not to shabby for 5 min worth of work. You can get your own account (and 25.00) by clicking the button below. The 25.00 offer is only good through the 14th of April!!...

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Vonage a company that screws you!

So I signed up for Vonage earlier this year and kept the service because I figured it would be good to have a "home phone". However they have pulled one of those screw you on the back end moves. If you decide you don’t need or like the service they have an early termination fee. When will companies truly look out of their customers rather then raping them if they decide to leave. I have promised myself to never use Vonage again!! Another company that pulls this kind of customer strong arm tactic is Direct TV. Again making you stay for a specific period of time or charging you 15.00 per month...

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I like this do you?

I like your Christ.
I don’t like your Christians.
They are so unlike your Christ.

Gandhi

I read this quote from Israel Anderson’s blog in his "rant" against the church. Seems rather fitting to the road I have been walking the past year.

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The way of God is weakness... it is voluntary weakness.

Heard this line on a song sung by Misty Edwards while listening to the IHOP Prayer Room. It struck me and caused me to stop and think. Another line is "The way of God is the wilderness, its always been the wilderness". I believe this, for we have to be weak for him to be strong ( 2 Corinthians 12:10 ). In our strength really we can do nothing, nothing that will last for eternity, but in God’s strength our actions can last beyond the boundaries of time. What an amazing concept and truth....

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Do you have favor?

Yesterday I returned my Harley Davidson riding boots to Academy armed only with a print out of the transaction from my credit card. (Thank God for the Internet and viewing transactions online.) I was a little nervous because I knew that the clerks, which usually don't care, could give me a hard time and if they wanted deny the refund. However this wasn't the case at all. An older staff member was called over and after talking to a couple other people promptly refunded all my money. Let me back up a bit, before I entered the store I was on the phone with a friend and I asked him to agree with me...

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The cover works!

I got a bike cover from an eBay seller a couple of weeks back and today it proved useful. I decided to ride today in spite of the weather warning of a 50% rain chance. (In Houston 50% means that it will rain at some point.)

Thankfully I covered the bike before any rain fell and now the the showers have worked their way through the area the sun is shining nice and bright.

I'll work a little while longer allowing the roads to dry a little more before I venture out.

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I touched.. I saw.. I didn't like!

Today I played with the iPhone. One of my co-workers just got one and shared the Apple goodness with the rest of us. The things I didn't like about it are: It is very heavy for a phone The web is very slow Seems to "gadgety" for a phone I'm sure there are benefits to having such a device, but the coolness factor didn't smack me as something that I just have to have. I'm also not one to carry an iPod or phone around either. Personally I would be more concerned about the phone being stolen or damaged to be effective. In a way I'm glad I got to play with the phone as all doubt has been removed as...

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AVG is still free

I have been working through install issues of Thycotic Software's SecretServer 2.1 and decided to read Jonathan's blog as I have been impressed more with the company follow up and attention to getting a single user of their software up and running then the actual software. :) In his blog , Jonathan takes a shot at Grisoft (the makers of AVG ) saying they are engaging in bait and switch tactics. It might be that he just failed to drill down into the free part of their site. Grisoft has always made the free version less obvious on their site then the Pro for sale version, but when they moved from...

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How many of your are there anyway?

HowManyOfMe.com There are: 3 people with my name (Jeffrey Giesbrecht) in the U.S.A. How many have your name?...

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What is the point of blogspot?

I have a few family that have started (or rather I just found) blogging on blogspot. The problem is that blogspot doesn't enable RSS feeds by default.

Now if you are into the blog world it becomes increasingly more difficult to keep up with all the different blogs so a reader becomes manditory. How to keep up with blogs with out a feed!

Too all my family blogging, please, please add a feed link to your site.

Cheers!

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How is your blogging working out for you?

Which blogging tool do you use? I'm not one that likes to login to my blog site and post from the browser. One I rely too heavily on spell check. But more then just spell check I would rather pull up an app, type away and then have it post to my blog. Enter Windows Live Writer ... it is the best blogging tool I have found to date! If you haven't tried it, give it a whirl , I'm sure you won't be disappointed....

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Have I forgotten?

Five years after the attack on American soil by radical Islam I have to ask myself if I have forgotten the aweful day when the world trade center towers went down. While I have never, to this point, written about where I was, what I was doing that day. I can still remember sitting in my office and hearing about something happening. Quite a few of us left our offices and went down to the dinning area where there was a large screen television reporting the events as they were taking place. Once people understood what had happened, we were given the rest of the day off to spend with our families,...

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Recently I downloaded the yahoo scripture widget and set it to display from the NLT and Message versions. Today's verse is Matt 4:4 which reads: Jesus answered by quoting Deuteronomy: "It takes more than bread to stay alive. It takes a steady stream of words from God's mouth." As I started meditating on Jesus' reply I couldn't get over how the message put it [a steady stream of words from God's mouth]. Are you receiving a steady stream of words from his mouth? Do you hear when he whispers in your spirit? My prayer today is that God will help me keep my heart so sensitive towards him that even the...

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This is very true!!

People are where they are because that is exactly where they really want to be - whether they will admit that or not.
Earl Nightingale

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The Christian voice will be heard!

Check this out:

Chairman Bill Ford evidently is willing to take Ford into bankruptcy in order to continue support of homosexual groups and homosexual marriage. Ford's sales dropped 5% in March and 7% in April. Ford's stock has dropped more than 14% since the boycott began to the lowest price in nearly 20 years. Some feel the stock, now at $6.78, will be at $3 in a matter of months and are bailing out now rather than lose more money on Ford stock.

To make your voice heard go to boycottford.com.

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What do you get when asking a redneck for cutlery?

A set of crayons and drawing paper!!

True story, today I had breakfast with a friend and when there was no cutlery (silverware)  at the table I asked for some. Instead of the spoon, fork and knife I was expecting the waiter showed up with a handful of crayons and drawing paper.

It still cracks me up!!

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Make $5.00 and no fees for life...

I had heard about paying for things via one's cell phone before but thanks to an email from Todd Sudbury, I finally pulled the trigger and signed up for an account. A couple of reasons, one Todd made a very compelling request, and it wouldn't cost me anything... in fact I would make money on the deal. The kicker in this deal for me is if you sign up in during the beta period you won't pay any fees for life. That is a heck of a deal and one that has me in full support. So I make the same request of you.. sign up for your free account by clicking the button below, which will help me earn an XBOX...

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Are you an effective person?

"Effective people are not problem-minded; they're opportunity-minded. They feed opportunities and starve problems."-- Stephen Covey, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People 0 Comments

 

Are you an effective person?

"Effective people are not problem-minded; they're opportunity-minded. They feed opportunities and starve problems."-- Stephen Covey, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

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Desire to post more

I have allowed my blog to dwindle with out a post for some time mainly because I didn't think I had much to say. Or had much to say that people would want to read. However I have decided it is time to change my posting ratio and add some more content. Be on the look out for more postings. 60 Comments

 

I'm still alive and well

I haven't updated this blog in quite a while but I'm not dead and will make a concerted effort to write more over the next year. 49 Comments

 

Inspiration for August 2, 2005

Look straight ahead, and fix your eyes on what lies before you. Mark out a straight path for your feet; then stick to the path and stay safe. Don't get sidetracked.

--Proverbs 4:25-27, NLT

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Feeling a little bliss

This morning I am feeling the need for more bliss. Listening to Blisstronica by Riverlution (Winnie Banov) I love the electronic feel of the music and the manifest presence of God that comes when this music is played!! Drink on.

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Do I have the courage?!?

The verse for today is:
Put me on trial, Lord, and cross-examine me Test my motives and affections.
--Psalm 26:2, NLT

It takes a great deal of courage to come before the one that knows your heart and motives better then you do and ask Him to text them. WOW I desire this for my own heart. Father please cross-examine me and test my motives. Help me to see the tests when they come.

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using w.bloggar 4.0

I just upgraded to w.bloggar 4.0 and I like the new interface. Not a huge change from the previous version but nice none the less. I have considered upgrading to blogjet but haven't, as yet, been able to justify the expense. 0 Comments

 

Want a Gmail invite

I have some 50 invites to give away... if you want one send me a request at jeff.giesbrecht@gmail.com. 0 Comments

 

I am a discoverer

So says the Kingdomality test. Your distinct personality, The Discoverer, might be found in most of the thriving kingdoms of the time. Your overriding goal is to go where no one else has ever gone before. Regardless of the number of available natural problems to be solved, it is not unusual for you to continually challenge yourself with new situations or obstacles that you have created. You are an insatiable explorer of people, places, things and ideas. You thrive on constant change and anything new or different. On the positive side, you can be creatively rational as well as open minded and just...

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I am a discoverer

So says the Kingdomality test. Your distinct personality, The Discoverer, might be found in most of the thriving kingdoms of the time. Your overriding goal is to go where no one else has ever gone before. Regardless of the number of available natural problems to be solved, it is not unusual for you to continually challenge yourself with new situations or obstacles that you have created. You are an insatiable explorer of people, places, things and ideas. You thrive on constant change and anything new or different. On the positive side, you can be creatively rational as well as open minded and just...

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trying to get a free iPod

Ok I'm digging deep. I would love to get a free iPod.. all I need is 5 more referals.http://www.freeiPods.com/?r=12719102 48 Comments

 

Rise and fall of the spam tide

After my post about the abnormal amount of spam the deluge has returned to a trickle. What a relief however it causes me to wonder why the increase in amount of spam reaching my mail box. It was only for about a week.

This new break is welcome!

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Are you a sheep?

Marine Corps Moms has an excellent post about people who are sheep and those who are sheepdogs and then the few wolves we have in society.

I have long said most people are like sheep they need someone to lead them. Not in a derogatory way, however it is still a fact. This article was especially good because it talks about how each of us have a choice to make. Are we going to live like a sheep or be a sheepdog.

Read the full article here

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Why should I self-educate?

"Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune." -Jim Rohn I have often times though about my reasons for not going to college. It always boils down to something in my inner being not liking the idea of sitting in a classroom for 4 years only to come out, learn the job yet again. But I believe the real reason is summed up in the quote above. College doesn't teach one how to make a fortune, it only teaches you how to make a living. I never have wanted to just make a living. Sure I'm doing that right now but my dreams and goals have always been to make a fortune...

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Snake dreams...

Over the last couple of nights I have had dreams about snakes. In all the dreams there was a huge dislike for the snakes and the effort to kill them. I don't remember any of the details but I do remember being amazed at the feelings I had during the dream and after I woke up.

I normally hate snakes anyway, and get spooked by them. I think it has something to do with the fact that I figure they will bite me and some of them are rather poisonous and I don't want the pain associated with a venom bite.

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The reason for writing down dreams

I have heard it said that one should write down their dreams. A few people in the Christian world have the ability to interpret dreams and it was in this context I heard about writing down one's dreams. I came across the reason to write the dream down no matter how little you remember. The best way to remember dreams in detail is to start writing down whatever you can remember from your dreams just as you wake up before the memory slips away. Do this every day and over time you will remember them in great detail. from phil's comment on http://www.businesspundit.com/archives/001391.html Interesting...

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Feeling the blog

Well it has taken a while but I am starting to blog more. Is it valuable to anyone? That is a good question but at least the postings are more regular.

I think one of the things that spurred the increase in postings is to put more communication out into the blog world. Family and friends are then welcome to read up on my life.

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Support for our military!

I have started reading a couple military blogs on a regular basis. BlackFive , who was Special Forces, Sgt Hook who is currently deployed to Afghanistan with the Army, and ArmySteve a leader in the ASP.NET community currently actived into the Army. It angers me when I hear about how stupid people can be to slam the work and efforts of those who are overseas serving in our military. While you may not support the war you can still support the people who are sent over to fight! Kind of like loving the sinner hate the sin thing. We need to be able to separate the person from the action and show them...

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Time wasters?

I called a dear friend and left them a voice mail to communicate the message I had for them. When they saw my missed call they promptly called me back. This was somewhat irritating as I had to tell them again what my message was. I called them the first time so I wouldn't have to remember the message. It was a task that took less then two minutes (GTD people will understand the significance). Yet I had to dig up the message from my memory cause they never listed to the original message. The irony of the whole matter is they truly figured they were doing me a favor by getting back with me so quickly...

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Oh to Communicate

Spoke with my brother last night and he made a comment about our what we were talking about that really hit me. He called me from a pay phone somewhere in Perth Australia. Our conversation quickly turned to communication, or lack there of from his end. His comment to me was that he called to talk to me, reaching out and here I was criticizing his lack of communication. He had a great point. While there isn't the most frequent communication between us, it wasn't the time or place to talk about it. One of the reasons I love email so much is the ease at which a letter can be fired off. One of the...

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This image says it all!!

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Pigs are good for something!!

I got an email from a friend about the proposed use of pigs in Israel to deter terrorist here are two of the articles: This article is on the use of pig lard on buses and in public places. ** Rabbis back Israeli 'guard pigs' ** An organisation in Israel gains rabbinical approval to train pigs to guard Jewish settlements in the West Bank. http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/fr/-/2/hi/middle_east/3221079.stm...

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I feel a huge one coming on...

A big huge blog post that is. God is doing so much on the inside and outside of me. I'm going to be gathering my thoughts through out the next couple of days and post about it all.

More coming soon...

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Web states??

Just was turned on to the Webalizer by Luke Hutteman of Sharpreader fame!! Thanks Luke I'm going to check out this little app. 53 Comments

 

My Map of the world...

Places I've been and lived in the world:
create your own visited country map or write about it on the open travel guide
The deep red are places I've lived the lighter red places I've visited. I wish the colors provided more contrast. Ah well. 58 Comments

 

Movie review site

Screen it! is a great movie review site. Not only do they give an over view of the movie but break it down into the different components (example violence), if the movie contains them and to what degree. 58 Comments

 

Welcome to the blog world

My buddy Brian started a blog and has a killer poem that God gave him during his soaking time.Welcome to the blog world Brian. 56 Comments

 

More on car salesmen

So I called the dealership earlier this morning and was told my sales rep would be in at 9:00 am however they went straight into a meeting untill about 9:45 am. I couldn't help but wonder if this was a similar type of pep rally described in the Edmonds.com article I blogged about earlier. 53 Comments

 

The use of weblogs in business

I have had a great interest in blogging both as it applies to business and CMS (Content Management System). The common craft has a great article on this topic, specifically I love this quote. The key is how easy it has become to update a web site via new Weblog tools- it's been too hard in the past. Thanks to new tools, a person can spread their knowledge via a website very quickly and easily- creating a dynamic and informative resource. What I find interesting is the number of movable type blogs turned into CSM website that are popping up. Seems to me this is an area where some of the .net systems...

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What a day!

Things seem to be heading in the wrong direction lately. Tuesday my Honda Accord decided it would die, snapping the cam shaft due to oil starvation. Then today on the way to work, after dropping the kids at school I hit a rock that punctures the side of my tire instantly deflating the thing and to top it off the space was flat. Thankfully a friend was in the area and was able to take me and the tire to a gas station to fill it with air. We have been looking at different vehicles to replace the Honda. I was almost sure I wanted to get a Honda civic so we started there, however the automatic models...

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Free iTunes!!

Thanks to Pepsi's free iTunes give away here is how to make sure you come home a winner.http://www.macmerc.com/news/archives/1270Have fun!! 49 Comments

 

The power of the blog

Just recieved my confirmation of the free version of onTime from axosoft. I figure the web is going to be a more applicable version for me. All this because I maintain a blog!!How SWEET and thank you axosoft!!

ontime web edition

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.Text .95

Only took about 10 mintues to migrate from  the .94 to .95 version of .text. Thank a million Scott for the awesome application!!

I do have to update the mailer code to make use of the aspnetemail component, as my SMTP server requires authentication and the built in mail namespace doesn't authenticate. Just a warning in case anyone trys to send comments, etc I won't get notified.

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Wild at Heart

This morning I met for the first time with the platoon of guys assigned to me in the Wild at Heart series the Men's Group in my church is doing. It was a great time just getting to know the two guys that showed up. All in all I'm looking forward to this series in discovering what the heart God originally put into males and how we in the church can get it back. 53 Comments

 

Getting on the blog

This past weekend my wife and I decided it was time to join the cellular revolution. To that end we selected Sprint to be our carrier and both walked out of the store with the VGA1000 camera phone from Samsung. I have not regretted my decision yet.Just the morning I set up a text america account and I can see how great it will be to post up pictures to a blog.Well keep tuned to my moblog for more exciting pictures....

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Feeling much better

The bug hit Monday afternoon. I went home from work an hour early and went to bed. Tuesday through Thursday AM I remained sick in bed with some kind of flu-like bug. Thankfully around 5ish Thursday morning after a short time of calling out for God to intervene the sickness broke and I was able to start working from home.Praise God for his goodness, healing power and angels to minister to us.Today I still have the lingering of a hacking cough but I believe soon it too will be gone! 58 Comments

 

The true meaning of life

I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know Him better. I pray also that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which He has called you, the riches of His glorious inheritance in the saints, and His incomparably great power for us who believe... (Ephesians 1:17-19) 50 Comments

 

Only in Texas

Now this is plain foolishness!! As they say ... "Only in Texas"!! 0 Comments

 

Jung Type

Your Type is : ENFP Strength of the preferences % Extroverted Intuitive Feeling Perceiving 56 100 22 22 ENFP type description by D.Keirsey ENFP type description by J. Butt and M.M. Heiss Qualitative analysis of your type formula You are: moderately expressed extrovert very expressed intuitive personality slightly expressed feeling personality slightly expressed perceiving personality...

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test from work

A read of this text means everything went through fine and dandy!! 56 Comments

 

Encouragement

Psalm 21 Your strength, GOD, is Jeff's strength. Helped, Jeff's hollering Hosannas.You gave Jeff exactly what he wanted; you didn't hold back.You filled Jeff's arms with gifts; you gave Jeff a right royal welcome.Jeff wanted a good life; you gave it to Jeff,and then made it a long life as a bonus.You lifted Jeff high and bright as a cumulus cloud, then dressed Jeff in rainbow colors.You pile blessings on Jeff; you make Jeff glad when you smile.Is it any wonder Jeff loves GOD? that Jeff's sticking with the Best? With a fistful of enemies in one hand and a fistful of haters in the other,You radiate...

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A job done right??

A couple of weeks ago I got an early birthday present. A new BBQ grill from Ducane . Now the guy from Cunningham Gas came out and installed the grill on a post in the ground, ran the line and set everything up. Problem was he didn't do a very good job and I ended up digging a trench to correctly bury the gas line. Thankfully Cunningham has a high standard and sent another guy out to fix the problems. Little did I know the gas was leaking from more then the meter like I had originally thought. It was leaking at about every place there was a connection!!! They have promised to refund my installation...

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To write or not to write

Reading Scott Mitchell 's Blog today . Clearly the worst article is one written by an author with a poor understanding of the technology and lackluster writing skills, but a close second worse is one written by someone with a keen understanding of the technology, but without the writing skills to transfer his immense knowledge from his brain to the written word. While I agree it is better to have a well written article explaining technology there by allowing the writer to get his ideas across to the reader I was reminded of a book I am currently reading titled " Now, Discover Your Strengths "....

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Education

Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune. Jim Rohn 0 Comments

 

Concentrate

Wherever you are, be there. Pay attention. Don't just stagger through the day. - Jim Rohn 58 Comments

 

Education

Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune. Jim Rohn 8 Comments

 

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