What a B - E - A - U - T - I - F - U - L day!!!

Here are the top 50 fun cities, ranked from top to bottom:

1. Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota
   
2. Orange County, California
   
3. San Jose, California
   
4. Atlanta, Georgia
   
5. Chicago, Illinois
   
6. Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina
   
7. Washington, DC
   
8. Oakland, California
   
9. Salt Lake City-Ogden, Utah
   
10. Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington

Interesting how less than one hour's drive can make so much difference (with reference to Tacoma being the most stressed city in the nation).

Since a couple of you are wondering where I got that list from...click the title (for a complete top 50 list), or just read on for more information.

Most Fun U.S. City Is...

Science: Bible's Red Sea Miracle Is Real?

This is what the book of Exodus says about the parting of the Red Sea:

"And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the Lord caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided. And the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea upon dry ground: the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left."

Two mathematicians--one from St. Petersburg, Russia and the other from Hamburg, Germany--have concluded that the biblical story of Moses parting the rushing waters of the Red Sea so 600,000 Jews could escape slavery by the Egyptians was possible scientifically and in concurrence with the laws of physics.

Russia's St. Petersburg Times reports that by using a system of differential equations, Naum Volzinger, a senior researcher at St. Petersburg's Institute of Oceanology, and his Hamburg-based colleague Alexei Androsov established the conditions under which the waves might have parted.

Here's the mathematics and science behind the miracle: There is a reef in the Red Sea exactly at the documented spot where the Jews escaped Egypt. In ancient times, the reef was unbroken and much closer to the surface of the sea than it is today. The Bible story cites the "strong east wind that blew all that night." So mathematically, the two scientists wrote an equation that considered wind speed, the strength of the storm that would leave the reef high and dry at low tide, how long before the waters returned, and how quickly they returned.

Volzinger, who specializes in ocean phenomena, flooding, and tidal waves, calculated that the wind had to have blown at a sustained speed of 67 miles per hour to make the reef. Once the reef formed, he told the St. Petersburg Times, "It would take the Jews--there were 600,000 of them--four hours to cross the 4.2-mile reef that runs from one coast to another. Then, in half an hour, the waters would come back." The story says that when the Egyptian army followed them into the Red Sea, they drowned. "I am convinced that God rules the Earth through the laws of physics," he said.

The study, which took almost six months to complete is titled "Modeling of the Hydrodynamic Situation During the Exodus" and has been published in the Bulletin of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

Mark Grubarg, the head of the Jewish community in St. Petersburg, said the spiritual value of this miracle is immense for Jews.

Nice...

Alright, from now on, no matter how much I'm enjoying the conversation, I've really got to go home and sleep.
I am butt-crack tired!

Thank goodness its Friday

I need a new...sigh~*

6:35 AM - alarm
7:19 AM - alarm
7:29 AM - roll out of bed
7:58 AM - leave Joy alone at Sharon's
8:02 AM - arrive to work
8:13 AM - falling asleep at the desk
8:19 AM - wake up & think "dangit...only 7 minutes..."
8:23 AM - make cup of Vanilla Nut Tea
8:24 AM - alert & ready to work
10:31 AM - paper cut between right thumb and index finger
10:32 AM - walk to car for bandaid
10:34 AM - return to desk for work
10:40 AM - paper cut on left pinky
10:40 AM - return to car for bandaid

What a slow, yet busy day...

Movies to watch:

1. 
   

   Big Fish

   
   
2. Chasing Liberty
   
3. Cold Mountain
   
4. Along Came Polly
   
5. Mystic River
   
6. 21 Grams
   
7. Monster

Let's go watch Along Came Polly

What a fun-filled weekend!
Partied at the Soh's: Taboo frenzy.
Spent the night there Saturday - the night they came home from VA.
I know, I know...shoulda let them have their privacy...but who the heck could resist a babe like Anna SMN?

Anyway, Robyn's a character, indeed.  My only wish is, she'd say  a little more than .  Especially when I ask her to play to me.
Haha!!

Praise practice these days is just not the same when you're not actually practicing w/ everyone else.  Can't sing normally cause of my throat.
Hoping I'll be 100% better in a week.
Prayer needed...

Big Fish!
 What a wonderfully sculpted movie!
I love it!
It's everything - drama, comdey, romance, thriller, fantasy - the works!
Go watch it!

Sunday church.
I love my youth group!
I love Open Worship!
I love my girlfriends!
I love...LOVE - being in love!

Sleeping at Sharon's house this week.
Bonked my head on her bedroom door knob - OUCH!
Its great how old friends are always there when you need them.
And new ones are always around the corner.

Oh my goodness -  I am sleepy!
Gotta go to Sharon's after work and sleep.
Gotta get Subway for lunch...yummm...

Defense!!!

Brief summary of your name: Aunna

As Aunna you seek change, travel, new opportunities, and new challenges. Your active, restless nature demands action and you dislike system and monotony. As you are versatile and capable, you could do any job well, although you would not like to do menial tasks. Having considerable vision, you could be adept at formulating new, more effective ways of doing things. You could organize the work of others, though in your impatience to see the job done efficiently, you would likely step right in and do it yourself. You could work well in sales and promotion, and would not be afraid to risk a gamble as the name gives you much self-confidence.