I’m in the process of transferring a domain to my account from some guy on the East Coast. I’m going to use it for reframing my thoughts. Back in ‘98, a friend of mine prophesied over me that I would be a bridge for the lost to reach God, and that one of my primary concerns needed to be renewing my mind via studying the mind of Christ.

I filed that moment away in my memory, and have since mostly forgotten that exhortation to pursue renewal. I have, however, noticed how easily my mind is affected by the movies I watch, songs I listen to, and conversations I participate in. I never wanted to be easily influenced, as one guy labeled me. It’s a sign of weakness, isn’t it?

Anyway, against my wishes, my mind has proven to be very susceptible to certain types of suggestion. So this new domain will be some form of person pursuit of a renewed mind. Hopefully, someone else will find it useful as well.

Today, I suffered a major panic attack - 7.5 on the Richter scale. My project is due on Monday. It’s a very detailed report on a client’s destined to fail business model. I’ve had one week to write and research the necessary info because my coworkers dropped the ball on the research side.

I’ve put in 55 hours this week and would have rounded that up to 65+ had I not just had a major argument with my wife. She can’t stand it when I ignore her for the Web. I don’t mean too, and honestly, I don’t even know that I do ignore her. But I do often run to the Web for a little blog reading or writing to pass the time when bored.

She’s right: I could choose to find more creative things to do with my time in the real world. What can I say? The real world isn’t so hot in my experience. A bunch of people doing and saying stupid things. That’s what’s so great about the Web. It is a more equal playing field. Any decent communicator can become a star given the right setting and circumstances.

I am so taken by the possibilities. If America is the land of opportunity, the Web is the land of uber-opportunity. You can make tons of money, build a loyal readership, get famous, or really screw with stupid people all day long.

Blogs, social networking sites, forums, chat rooms, bulletin boards, etc. There’s so much opportunity for a person’s voice to be heard. I don’t even visit chat rooms or bulletin boards, and I rarely touch a forum. When my wife describes her plight, I feel ridiculous about caring so much about Web stuff.

But then I get back online, and I’m hooked. I totally love it here. And have the right notebook computer really enhances the whole process. Nothing like tapping away on an awesome keyboard.