Jan's Personal Page
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Who Am I? |
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My name is Jan Smith.
I am a mathematician by training, a teacher by profession, and a web designer by intent. Since I love learning new things, writing for the Web is a great choice. It changes every day! New browsers, new languages, new effects. Truly a moving target!
What I practice the most is being a Christian. I do seem to need a LOT of practice! All those virtues like patience and loving kindness don't fall off a tree into your lap!
The Important Parts of Life:
Jan's Life Lessons-Stuff I've Learned We're supposed to keep on learning all our lives. Well, I certainly have. I've written down some of the more important lessons I've learned after I "grew up". ( también en español)
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am working, slowly, on a collection of thoughts and articles on spiritual
themes - the most important part of life.
The Gospel, in Jan's words
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Our daughter Tracey received her MS from
University of Washington in Technical Communications, and her BS in
physics from Lipscomb University.
She is married to Matt Wagner, a pretty nice fellow from St. Louis, MO. Matt finished his PhD in chemical engineering in June, 2002. His undergraduate degree is from Vanderbilt University. Tracey and Matt are now in Cincinnati, Ohio where Matt is working for Proctor & Gamble as a research chemist. They bought a real house at last, after 2 condos. At least they are only a few hours away now instead of a whole day in the car! |
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Our daughter Beth finished the PhD program in May 2010 at
Texas Woman's University, while still working as a school
psychologist in the Dallas school
system. Who knew she would be so smart! Go Dr. Beth!! She earned her BA from Lipscomb, majoring in psychology. She spent a semester in Vienna, Austria, learning history onsite. Cool! |
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Our son Forrest had his first regular, full-time job at
Gas Powered Games. Now (2010)
he works for Uber Entertainment,
helping to create Monday Night Combat for XBox Live Arcade. Forrest has wanted to do this
since he was 6 years old! Forrest loves computers and soccer, and can do about as much damage with one as with the other. 
He finished his degree in Real-time Interactive Simulation in the summer of 2007 at DigiPen Institute of Techology in Redmond, Washington, where he learned to program games. |
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My husband Luther T. (Tommy) |
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My mother-in-law, Alice, lived with us for 23 years used to say that computer-talk is "All Greek to me!" She passed away at age 90 on Thanksgiving Day, 2010. |  |
Hobbies & Interests
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I am an avid reader of most anything, but especially science
fiction. It stretches the brain and challenges our assumptions.
Some of my favorite sci fi authors are:
Other favorite fiction authors include:
Recently I've been reading and learning from books by Evelyn Christenson and Stormie Omartian on how to pray. Fascinating and exciting stuff! The Left Behind book series by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins is fascinating. It's about what it might be like to be left behind when all the Christians and young children vanish. They have been taken to heaven in the "rapture". The concepts come from the book of Revelations at the end of the Bible. I don't think the books are particularly accurate as to what will really happen in the future. But they portray people and their reactions vividly and make you think hard about God and the end times. |
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My blood must run green as I've been a
Girl Scout for 30+ years:
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You can email me at: jegs1@jegsworks.com
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© 1997-2011 Jan Smith |
~~ 1 Cor. 10:31 ...whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God. ~~
Last updated: July 27, 2011