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:: Thursday, June 05, 2003 ::

usefulness

God, I offer myself to Thee to build with me and to do with me as Thou wilt. Relieve me of the bondage of self that I may better do Thy Will. Take away my difficulties that victory over them may bear witness to those I would help of Thy Power, Thy Love, and Thy Way of Life. May I do Thy Will always.

Oh, that You would bless me indeed and enlarge my territory, that Your hand would always be with me, and that You would keep me from evil.

Thank You for keeping me sober today. Amen.

We have no organ at all for knowledge, for "truth": we "know" (or believe or imagine) precisely as much as may be useful in the interest of the human herd, the species: and even what is here called "usefulness"; is in the end only a belief, something imagined and perhaps precisely that most fatal piece of stupidity by which we shall one day perish. -- Friedrich Nietzsche, Samtliche Werke: Kritische Studienausgabe, Vol. 3

Usefulness! It is not a fascinating word, and the quality is not one of which the aspiring spirit can dream o' nights, yet on the stage it is the first thing to aim at. -- Ellen Terry, British actor, Ellen Terry's Memoirs

Not many appreciate the ultimate power and potential usefulness of basic knowledge accumulated by obscure, unseen investigators who, in a lifetime of intensive study, may never see any practical use for their findings but who go on seeking answers to the unknown without thought of financial or practical gain. -- Eugenie Clark, U.S. marine biologist, The Lady and the Sharks

Summer rain. It's refreshing in a way. A storm just began as I'm blogging today's entry. I'll probably need to get a move on, because I don't know how it will affect traffic.

Yesterday was a fine day at work. It's nice to be busy again. First thing in the morning, I finished the automated variance analysis project for Jeremy. He is a very good manager and is easy to respect. The age difference makes no difference to me. I think I'm going to like working for him, and I believe he'll do very well in his career.

Regan finished showing me how to load the sales units and production units into Oracle. Today, I need to document that whole process so I can do it mostly unaided next month. We set the financial statements and other cost report to run during lunch. I drove to GE Engine Service to deliver Misty and Adeline their promised picadillo and stopped by McDonald's on the way back. After lunch, we figured out the formatting problem with the other cost report. JP and I talked to Seth about the weird numbers for St. Cloud and Tampa, and I did some payroll-related report for Jeremy. Shortly before quitting time, I tried finishing up my procedures but Word is not my friend. It doesn't want to keep these screen shots where I put them.

After work, I drove to Starbucks and got a Mocha Frappacino with creme de mint. I think that'll be my new summer drink. It tastes like a Girl Scout cookie in a cup. I read Tradition Four for our Rebellion Dogs meeting. I stopped by home to get directions to Chuck's and saw that Tim T had called and David G had emailed saying that he was going to be taking a summer break from our summer group. Steph, my work partner from last year, had emailed saying that she thought the thing with Tucker had to do with timing like Frank did.

The Dogs met and we discussed Tradition Four. When I compare AA to other organizations, it continues to amaze me how similar groups remain when they possess so much autonomy. I feel that we are really led by some Divine Providence. Chuck showed us his home, told us about his trip to Europe, and served wonderful hot brownies and ice cream. His sobriety is intact.

I came home, watered the plants, and heated up some more picadillo and rice. I returned some phone calls, answered email, logged on to gay.com for a while, and then headed for bed. A nice, full day. More tomorrow.

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