When I returned home from work last night, I read some to the kids in our book on worldviews, we ate dinner, and were getting ready to go to our Wednesday night bible study when I got a call from my boss. We are getting ready for the launch of our flagship product. My work is integral to the proper function of the machine. We are in the middle of that age old battle between marketing, engineering, and the bean counters. So, I did something I really hate to do. I sent Lorena and the kids on to the bible study, then went back into work. Many on the engineering team are very tired and maybe a little discouraged, but we made a big breakthrough on my part of the equipment last night. Our product is great. This is one of those good kinds of products that will make a real contribution to society if we execute our jobs well and the product works as planned. It is of general interest, so I will describe it in some detail along with a little bit about my contribution to it when it is released. As an exercise in the modeling of responsibility and the joy of work–I really do love my job–it was probably not a bad exercise to go into work last night, but I very much hate to miss meeting.

May 10, 2004 – Depoe Bay Photos
May 11, 2004 – Pinhole cameras