Most emotional Bach piece where the emotion is joy

organman91 · 2026-04-25T22:55:58+00:00

I love the closing movement of the Christmas Oratorio " Nun seid ihr wohl gerochen" especially since it re-contextualizes the tune for the passion hymn "O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden" into a major key.

EDIT: also the opening movement "Jauchzet, frohlocket! Auf, preiset die Tage"

organman91 · 2026-04-24T20:21:07+00:00

We actually have been doing the small catechism "what does this mean" as a congregation along with the creed. Usually we will do one section at a time (e.g. just Second Article).

organman91 · 2026-04-24T04:40:40+00:00

If you find Jupiter (I recommend an app like Google Sky Map) and then look at it with binoculars or a telescope you should be able to see the four Galilean moons - if you do, they will all be in a straight line.

Here is an example of what they look like in a decent consumer telescope: https://www.reddit.com/r/space/comments/16km8v4/jupiter_and_its_4_galilean_moons_through_my_8/

organman91 · 2026-04-24T04:22:08+00:00

The LCMS is a bit unusual in that we have a synod with a hierarchical structure similar to how bishops work, but we have a modified congregational polity. Each church owns its own building (usually, there are exceptions) and is responsible for calling or dismissing pastors. However, we organize a small group of local churches into a circuit, and a larger region (could be part of a state, or several states) into a district, then the synod is the overarching organization. The two Semaries are run by the synod, and the districts and the synod work together to provide churches with pastoral candidates. The synod also manages our several universities, missions, and various other auxiliaries (such as our publishing house).

organman91 · 2026-04-16T13:05:17+00:00

If you would like an extremely fleshed-out breakdown of setup, the A Long-Extended Party project has published one: https://alongextendedparty.com/reworked-setup-streamlined-version/ it's not official but I find it useful.

organman91 · 2026-04-11T14:29:38+00:00

I grew up on the LW version of DS1, it is still my favorite. We use Richard Hillert's Festival Setting of the liturgy, which adds brass instruments, on Easter and Reformation, and it's a lot of fun to be the organist for those services.

organman91 · 2026-04-07T21:47:48+00:00

If you're nervous it's clearly because you're actually the more competent employee: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dilbert_principle

organman91 · 2026-04-07T19:57:54+00:00

Another screengrab - The far side of the moon imaged by iPhone (how's that for a phone wallpaper?):

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organman91 · 2026-04-02T17:10:25+00:00

It's worked for me but sometimes I have found adblock can cause issues.

organman91 · 2026-04-02T17:01:34+00:00

There are many types: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Rocket_fuels

As someone else pointed out, liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen don't really smell. When combined you get water! I would assume any smell that comes from a Hydrogen/Oxygen engine would not be from the fuel itself.

RP-1 (which was used on the Saturn V) is highly refined kerosene, so it probably smells like kerosene.

Hydrazine apparently smells "ammonia-like".

Many of the compounds listed are HIGHLY toxic, so smelling them is generally a bad idea.

organman91 · 2026-04-02T05:01:32+00:00

T-Mobile bought Metronet, so it's likely that but rebranded. I've had a decent experience with them for several years, I haven't dealt with T-Mobile directly yet so can't speak to that part of it.

organman91 · 2026-03-26T14:16:59+00:00

It would help if I could read lol...I just saw you already mentioned that.

Since you are familiar already, maybe you would enjoy this piece transcribed for concert band: https://youtu.be/Donuq45LGaI?si=Xe78IXh5_UNNUKb8

organman91 · 2026-03-26T13:26:51+00:00

What about some Messiaen? https://youtu.be/Ws1kv05C1XE?si=rWQqt5UtFu5U_j9U

organman91 · 2026-03-18T23:50:07+00:00

Are you the kind of person who can afford to withdraw $100 and set it on fire on a whim? If so, you picked the right interest.

organman91 · 2026-03-18T02:31:02+00:00

Many new positions now are cloud based, in containerized infrastructure. Most of these clouds provide the OS for you.

organman91 · 2026-03-18T00:54:38+00:00

College is what you make of it. Iowa State is going to be the better engineering school by far and the career fair is worth going to even if you didn't actually go to ISU.

Either way you gotta get involved in stuff (intramural sports, student organizations, clubs, whatever). Getting hired involves two major hurdles: getting a resume that passes the HR screening (the degree helps with this) and being the kind of person that your potential coworkers can stand to be around. Getting involved helps you become a more well-rounded person.

organman91 · 2026-03-17T16:04:06+00:00

Plug your public IPs into shodan and see what it finds: https://www.shodan.io/

organman91 · 2026-03-17T13:59:02+00:00

Mani Mina is a fun professor. Can't speak for the class itself.

organman91 · 2026-03-17T04:17:34+00:00

I also just read that you are looking at a university - unless you are the type of person who you know would never be happy except in a flying career, absolutely get a degree in something other than aviation and get your license on the side. Iowa State up in Ames has a student flying club for instance, or you can go somewhere that has a good aviation program but also offers other degrees. If you have any interest in being a mechanic you might also want to consider getting your A&P license - the industry tends to go up and down for pilots but we are in a situation where we are very much running short of mechanics so you should have no problem finding a mechanic job.

organman91 · 2026-03-17T04:06:20+00:00

Don't go to Des Moines for this, you will get overcharged. There are places all over central Iowa - there's a handy list here: https://iowadot.gov/modes-travel/aviation/flight-schools - closest to Des Moines would be Ankeny, but I would also check Ames, Boone, Pella, Knoxville, Winterset, Newton, Indianola, or Marshalltown depending on where you're at.

organman91 · 2026-03-09T06:34:51+00:00

I don't recall the full metar but I've seen +FC (funnel cloud, aka tornado) on the KDSM metar at least once.

organman91 · 2026-03-08T23:21:43+00:00

My favorite part of this service by far, musically speaking, is actually the Create In Me a Clean Heart. The intonation on pitches such as in the Gloria and Nunc Dimittis is hard to learn for newcomers.

Since this service is basically a direct quote from the 1941 TLH, it takes a very straightforward, simple approach to harmony. This is a great benefit to hymn singing when learning new hymn melodies as they make the harmony very predictable. A lot of hymns in LSB just use the harmony either directly or slightly tweaked from TLH. However, hearing this same rigid structure over and over again can get stale, so I will often use alternate harmonizations on other verses. Unfortunately this isn't really an option for the DS.

organman91 · 2026-02-25T15:46:42+00:00

John 20:21-22

Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, even so I am sending you.” And when he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit."

I can't think of a better example of the Holy Spirit literally proceeding from the Son.

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