Tuesday, February 28, 2006
MySpace
yeah.. i did it too now.. i got myself a MySpace account.. http://www.myspace.com/thegurtner
some praise worth mentioning
some of you might know that parking here at the apartment complex is a nightmare. some people actually have moved away because of all the trouble they've had. usually parking's fine between 0700 and 1500 which is great for me when i get off work during that time so often. but outside of that window it's hard to find anything "reasonable".
so my prayer often is to get a parking spot within walking distance (which for me is slightly farther than the average american because i actually enjoy walks :-) and just this week i been seeing this prayer answered ever so often.
last night i was coming home from bible study around 2200 and couldn't find a spot anywhere near our place. so i drove around for sometime and prayed and sure enough someone got into there car accross the street from the apartment and left just as i came around the corner. Hallelujah!
so my prayer often is to get a parking spot within walking distance (which for me is slightly farther than the average american because i actually enjoy walks :-) and just this week i been seeing this prayer answered ever so often.
last night i was coming home from bible study around 2200 and couldn't find a spot anywhere near our place. so i drove around for sometime and prayed and sure enough someone got into there car accross the street from the apartment and left just as i came around the corner. Hallelujah!
Saturday, February 18, 2006
swiss flag
Yesterday i finished a new paint job on the car. i made a swiss flag in the shape of the outline of the country of switzerland and made a back cloud around it that sort of flows into the stuff that was already painted on it. i left the edges on the windows silver because i think it goes really well with the black. check it out on: http://www.dgurtner.ch/car.jpg
Saturday, February 11, 2006
Seriously, would you do that??
So I’ve been checking out possibilities of getting a research job through the US Army.
There’s a way to get a scholarship from the Army to get the college degree in whatever you want while also taking certain Army courses and upon graduation you’ll have your degree and be an Officer (Second Lieutenant) in the US Army. Then you need to serve. Pay them back. The Program is called Army ROTC (Reserve Officers' Training Corps).
It’s really a good thing if you want a career in the army. Even research positions.
The question is, if you were me, would you do that? If you’ve got dual citizenship and have already served in the Swiss Army, would you want to go through the same stuff again. Including a much tougher basic training and the possibility of being sent to Iraq or some other place where there’s a real war and a real enemy that you have to kill before he kills you?
And as if that’s not enough, there’s the possibility of working on top secret research projects. The only thing that you have to do before getting there is give up your citizenship of any country other than the US.
A place where you grew up. Spent most of your life. At least half of your family and some of your best friends live there. You speak the language fluently, sometimes even talk to yourself in it. Give that up?
There’s a way to get a scholarship from the Army to get the college degree in whatever you want while also taking certain Army courses and upon graduation you’ll have your degree and be an Officer (Second Lieutenant) in the US Army. Then you need to serve. Pay them back. The Program is called Army ROTC (Reserve Officers' Training Corps).
It’s really a good thing if you want a career in the army. Even research positions.
The question is, if you were me, would you do that? If you’ve got dual citizenship and have already served in the Swiss Army, would you want to go through the same stuff again. Including a much tougher basic training and the possibility of being sent to Iraq or some other place where there’s a real war and a real enemy that you have to kill before he kills you?
And as if that’s not enough, there’s the possibility of working on top secret research projects. The only thing that you have to do before getting there is give up your citizenship of any country other than the US.
A place where you grew up. Spent most of your life. At least half of your family and some of your best friends live there. You speak the language fluently, sometimes even talk to yourself in it. Give that up?
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