No Grasp of Your Reality

Category: Tom

  • Soda Tabs for Dialysis

    My great-uncle Andy, before he died, went a couple times a week for kidney dialysis. I remember growing up, we’d all collect our soda tabs, because they could be used to buy time on the dialysis, and somehow alleviate the costs. A good friend of mine is in the hospital right now with shot kidneys, […]

  • It’s Official… I’m Reformed

    Found this on the Interweb. It’s a survey you can take to figure out where you stand in terms of Christian denominational preference. I’m not too surprised with my results. Presbyterian/Reformed (100%) Anglican/Episcopal/Church of England (73%) Eastern Orthodox (73%) Congregational/United Church of Christ (71%) Lutheran (70%) Baptist (Reformed/Particular/Calvinistic) (61%) Roman Catholic (59%) Church of Christ/Campbellite […]

  • Washing Their Hands

    Well, it’s done (again?). The Session has handed over their jurisdiction to the Presbytery. The gist of what they’re asking the Presbytery is contained the following paragraph: Therefore, we petition the Heritage Presbytery to establish a commission and to assume original jurisdiction, and to examine the issues involving Thomas Albrecht III and Sarah Albrecht in […]

  • Ruling Elders Who Cannot Teach

    I submit that the practice of ordaining people as “ruling” elders who are not able to teach is an evil curse on the Church.

  • Afternoon Worship

    We can’t do it. Our family just cannot do this early afternoon worship service thing. Two of our four kids are physically used to napping at that time, and I don’t feel right discipling overtired children in the service. It’s sad, because I like the afternoon service. No pressure to get up Sunday morning… I […]

  • April Status

    I guess I should probably give an update as to where our family is in regards to our ongoing conflict with the IPC Session.

  • For What It’s Worth

    There’s something happening here What it is ain’t exactly clear There’s a man with a gun over there Telling me I got to beware I think it’s time we stop, children, what’s that sound Everybody look what’s going down There’s battle lines being drawn Nobody’s right if everybody’s wrong Young people speaking their minds Getting […]

  • Ikea Tax-Free This Weekend

    Just found out that the Ikea in Conshohocken is having a tax-free sale this weekend. From the Ikea website: Don’t miss the IKEA Tax Weekend Event from April 15th to 17th. For just three days, buy anything in the store and get a discount on your entire purchase equal to the sales tax. Sure it’s […]

  • New Golf Clubs

    I received my new set of golf clubs that I got off EBay this week. There is a fundraising golf tournament coming up next week, and I was invited to play. I told them I didn’t have clubs, and I wasn’t any good. My team didn’t mind, as long as I brought some of my […]

  • Comcast’s DNS Problems

    Great. Out of the frying pan and into the fire. For two evenings in a row now, Comcast has been having some serious DNS issues. It’s so bad, Sarah and I couldn’t surf the web at all for the past two nights. In this case, though, there are workarounds… I just need to find an […]

  • Verizon is Almost Gone

    Well, I’ve switched over my home ISP from Verizon to Comcast. While I had to do a little hackery to get it to work, I am happy to say that all has been successful. Along with my new Comcast account, I have also ordered a Vonage account, and once that is up and running, I […]

  • Sin City

    Sarah and I went to see Sin City tonight with my brother and his new wife. I thought the movie was worth a review.

  • Ubuntu Linux

    I’m currently downloading a torrent of the AMD64 version of Ubuntu Linux for my new laptop. I hate Windows XP (especially the “home” edition), but there are still some issues with Linux and laptops, since a lot of laptop hardware is extremely cutting edge and proprietary.

  • Memorial Day Pig Roast 2005

    misc/pig05It’s that time of year. Sarah and I are preparing for the annual Memorial Day Pig Roast, and you all are invited to attend the party at the home of Tom and Sarah Albrecht. We will commence the festivities around noon and last year’s party went until around 9pm, and we don’t expect this year […]

  • Back in the States

    In case you hadn’t noticed, I’m back in the states. The trips were generally productive, but I’m looking foward to a few 40 hour weeks to relax.