Back to Denmark!

It's off to Fredensborg, Denmark again! This time it's for two weeks. With weather estimated to be in the mid 40's it'll be warmer than Chicagoland. I'll have time to tour Copenhagen for a full day, and plan to take the ferry to Sweden on another. Have to do a bit of work in-between, as well, of course, but I'm used to that!

School Days, School Days . . .

A professor is someone who talks in someone else's sleep.

Author and Professor of English W. H. Auden

Pray, a Peg Rewrite

I took the song “Peg” by Steely Dan and re-wrote the lyrics to reflect a different subject: prayer. Here 'tis:


Pray
I’ve got the picture
Your heart is full of trouble
You don’t know what to do
Well, I’ve been there with you
And while I know you’ve got questions
I think I’ve got the answer
Pray

You’ve taken your shot
Paul tells us in his letter
When you are feeling blue
The Lord’s a strength for you
And while I know you’ve got questions
I think I’ve got the answer

Pray
He wants to hear from you
Pray
His love will see you through
When
You’re at wits end
You’ve still got one friend
And He’s listening from Heaven

You’ve taken your shot
Paul tells us in his letter
When you are feeling blue
The Lord’s a strength for you
And while I know you’ve got questions
I think I’ve got the answer

Pray
He wants to hear from you
Pray
His love will see you through
When
You’re at wits end
You’ve still got one friend
And He’s listening from Heaven


During the chorus, the backing vocals add "Wits End", "One Friend", "Hea-ven". If you listen to the song you'll here where those parts go.

Copyright 2008 by Mark Dopita

Prague Castle

The Prague Castle district in September of 2007. I had a beautiful weekend to tour Prague wuth my daughter. St. Vitus catherdal is in the background, at left.

Wenceslas Square in Prague

This, too, was a beautiful scene!

Muenchener Hauptbahnhof

Yes, it's the Munich train station - very, very impressive. I hope that when we
return in April of this year that we get a chance to see again.

From EIU to You, Almost 30 Years Later

A nicer bunch you'll never meet in your life. This from our 50th birthday, almost two years ago. In-laws are in the picture, too.

Happy Valentine's Day!

Roses are red,
Violets are blue
I like horses
Can you swim?

Courtesy of my 87-year old father; a Kansas classic!

Ignorance

"Showing ignorance is how we learn, it's how we get strangers to tell us their stories, it's how we experience the world fully."

-- Garrison Keillor

And I used to think that I had to "know it all" to be successful. . .

Weather Change, Anyone?

With a snowy, cold Winter on hand, this panorama looks pretty nice! It's in the desert east of Las Vegas near Lake Mead.

The Little House I Used To Live In

Found this on Google Maps - I knew they were taking photographs and posting them, but I didn't think they'd gotten to side streets! This place was built in 1958 and was originally sold for $19,900. Try getting it for that today . . . .

Oh My Goodness!

It's . . . February!

Did I post in January? No. Have I yet in February? No. I am soooo far behind!

Things don't look that much better for the coming few months, either, as I'm off for two weeks in Denmark (programming for our company's Notes-Exchange conversion) at the end of this month and the beginning of the next, followed by a speaking slot at the SAP Portals conference at the end of March and ten days in Prague and Munich on vacation in April.

It's busy, for sure, but is it a "good" busy? I guess that only time will tell.