Thinking in Lyrics

Bless the Lord, O My Soul, and all that is within me,
Bless His Holy name.

This hymn is stuck in my head this morning. Not sure why. We didn't sing it on Sunday. In fact, I cannot remember the last time I have sung it in church.

Maybe it's just God's way of reminding me to bless Him and praise Him-regardless of circumstance. Praise Him when life is going great, but also praise Him when life is the pits and you feel like just giving up.

ID10T aka User Error

Ok, so I pride myself in not being a totally computer illiterate user. In fact, most of the time I act sort of smugly. "I can do this. Here, let me help you." *rolls eyes*

Today, I got my comeuppance.

To start, I needed to listen to a flash presentation that had sound.
I clicked play. Nothing.
I checked the volume. Set at its highest.

I plugged in my headphones. Still nothing.

So, I reluctantly called up IT and explained what I had done and how I couldn't hear anything.

Fast forward a couple of hours . . . .

IT guy shows up. Realizes that the set-up is wrong. Switches out one cable and VOILA! I have sound. That, in and of itself, makes me slightly foolish. I mean, come on. Who couldn't figure that out?

Meanwhile, I go eat some lunch and then come back to my desk. "Ok. I'm ready. Let's do this," I think to myself. I sit down and proceed to plug my headphones back into the jack on the tower. I locate the URL of the training session and away I go . . .

Or so I thought. I press play and I can hear the sound, but not very well. Accordingly, I turn up the volume on my computer. Yet, I am still having a hard time hearing. I turn up the volume some more. At this point, I'm wondering, "What is wrong with my headphones?" and also, I'm thinking, "Crap! I don't have the funds to invest in new headphones right now."

The next thing I know, my ever-so-gracious co-worker comes over and says to me, "Ummm, that's really loud." Oh yes, ladies and gentlemen, the sound was coming out of the speakers from my computer--not my headphones. You know how people always say that noise-reducing earbuds are amazing? I'm hear to testify that they really are. They work so well that I couldn't hear the sound on my computer. A mere 15 inches from my head.

The End.