Web Theologian

>There is an alcohol called boons and that was all that I had heard of. Today in the hymn we sang said, “Above all the ‘boons,’ I pray”. Okay why is it of the four people who we were in church with today, only Aidyn and I said, “What the?” Having no idea what it meant we looked it up as part of our family devotion today. It means a blessing. So above all blessings I pray. That’s cool huh. A prayer during blessing not just during pain.

Anyway the dictionary said, “A cool breeze is a blessing to a sailor.”

>It amazing the things I learn with my job. We did some translation for a company named Barn Pros. They are expanding to Japan and need a PPT Deck translated for a presentation. While doing QA (Quality and Assurance) on some questions that were sent them from Japan. I came across this term. It is real and it cracks me up. Sounds like SBS is generic enough that you could blame anything on it.

The term “sick building syndrome” (SBS) is used to describe situations in which building occupants experience acute health and comfort effects that appear to be linked to time spent in a building, but no specific illness or cause can be identified. The complaints may be localized in a particular room or zone, or may be widespread throughout the building. In contrast, the term “building related illness” (BRI) is used when symptoms of diagnosable illness are identified and can be attributed directly to airborne building contaminants.

-http://www.epa.gov/iaq/pubs/sbs.html

>Being married to an artist I always thought that this word had artistic leanings, but after reading about it, it doesn’t have to. It means from different sources. Selecting the best of all that is around you and using it. Karin and I have always had an eclectic leading toward our decoration of our house and our over all world view. Some of that is out of necessity. When you are doing community development work you have to decorate with what you have. We are eclectic people, which makes us very difficult to figure out.

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Scallywag, if I had a gang this is what I think we would call ourselves.  A rascal.  The term comes from the war between the states and the South would call Southern’s that would help the reconstruction scallywags.  I like how old-timey it sounds.  Like a good for nothing, but with some humor tied to it.

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Okay I work in translation and like languages.  So here goes.

Fartlek-a term used in running, Swedish I believe and if I understand it correct it is where the runner uses variable speed over one run to help in training.  Still not quite understanding the concept (which isn’t unusual when it comes to my training) but I love using this word as much as possible at the dinner table with my family. 

Such as, “I’m going on my fartlek today.”  “Aidyn did you fartlek?”  “Remember the good old days when we would fartlek around the city?”