Job 19:24
O that with iron pen and with lead,
That they were hewn in rock forever.
It is now 2026, and I am still the same person as yesterday. My weight went under 190 yesterday for a second. I read about some new drug trial that has super-duper weight loss potential. I realized my weight is not my issue. It is my need to exercise. As my habit book says, I need to exercise so that I become a person that exercises.
‘Pen’ was also ‘stylus’ and ‘tool’. Some added ‘inscribed’, ‘graven (again)’, and ‘copied’. ‘With lead’ was also ‘on lead’. I felt the poetry was more important.
‘Hewn’ was also ‘engraved’ and ’incised’. The two stitches were reversed a couple times.
Part of my work involves very detailed specifications. Often these specifications are written by someone who is not an expert in the topic and merely trying to copy from a code. One of my current projects is like this, and the someone went further to request that I make a change to a procedure to match a code requirement. I have already indicated in the procedure (and other project documents) that we are not following code as the code was developed by experts in storage tanks the size of football fields and these tanks are the size of your bathroom. Football fields tanks take days to empty, and 15-minute intervals make sense. My tank empties in five minutes and 15-minute intervals mean nothing. Somehow, I think the someone is missing some expertise.
My orange cat is sitting within reach but does not want to be touched. My dog would sit on top of me if it could when he was alive. My wife keeps telling me they are not dogs. As much effort as we put into them, it would be nice if the cats would be a little more like dogs in this one way. If I want to be fit, then exercise is the one way I need to be like a fit person.
The concept in this verse matches the one in the last, so nothing really new to discuss, but I do need to be a fit person who exercises if my body is going to last anywhere close to forever. I’ve seen movie bits and science bits about people wanting to change bodies or become machines to live forever. One concept is that people evolve to go on living forever as energy entities able to roam the galaxy at will. After this week of being mainly alone, I ask why anyone sane would not want to be in relationships loving others and not just themselves. I have been praying and resting and preparing for the card show this weekend, and my main hope is that I can find some way to be a light to those that I interface with. It certainly isn’t about making money, and I am not pinning my hopes on getting new cards I want, so for it to be successful, I have to find a way to make someone else’s life better.
Written 1/1/26, Posted 1/27/26, Job 454/~1070