It's time to rearrange!

I felt the need for change, so I changed the template, added some links, and a tags list. Maybe I have too much time on my hands...

Something to think about

God will, therefore, certainly recompense both evil for evil, because He is just; and good for evil, because He is good; and good for good, because He is good and just: only, evil for good He will never recompense, because He is not unjust.
-St. Augustine of Hippo, Chapter 45 of On Grace and Free Will

Words, words, words!

I haven't mentioned this yet, but I love words! I love the mechanics of how the language fits together, (even though my grammar is often abysmal). I love how you can get such a sense of place from such an artificial construct. 

I am not a future English major, I'm pretty sure, though I've read a lot. It's not the analysis of work that interests me, and it's an effort to read "classics". But oh, the lovely perfection of a character summed in a sentence, as this from Agatha Christie:

He had the face of a medieval poisoner and the soul of an injured rabbit.

Isn't that just lovely! *rubs hands in glee*

Then to see an idea, an outlook on the world, to be encapsulated in a brief turn of phrase by Emily Bronte:

No coward soul is mine
No trembler in the world's storm-troubled sphere:
I see heaven's glories shine,
And faith shines equal, arming me from fear.

Wow.

This is why, also, I find it difficult to pick up a pencil and write myself. I have such wonderful examples stored in my head. What that I write could ever compare? Ah well, I have to keep in mind that I'm not to be the best, just the best that I can.

Christmas Day

The view from my front yard

Christmas fun at home.

Merry Christmas!

wow

So, after much weeping and gnashing of teeth, I received a confirmed flight from Toronto to St. john's via Halifax on 19:55 on the 18th of December, 2007. Flight 2628. I know this, because I was on the flight. However, Air Canada appearently does not know this, because they have just sent me this.

What? My rebooked flight still stands? I was on standby for 4 flights before I left Toronto. They were changing my ticket information every time. Except, apparently not.

Amazing.