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Archive for October 2007

Morning Goodness

Six AM Bible studies with the high school students have been grand. Doing a little Hebrew. Going through some Psalms. Slowly, though… it’s early. Thank the Lord for Denny’s.

Sounds Good

A representation of our tendency to ignore the actual content of our entertainment:
BRO: [listening to a song online] This is a good song, huh?
ME: Well, it sounds good… but I can’t understand what he’s saying.
BRO: Ya, neither can I.

A Song For Marriage

From Johnny and Chachi at Get In Here Ministries.

Cast Iron Chefs

When Lyndsay and I got married we were given a set of cast iron skillets. I finally got around to seasoning them (didn’t know “seasoning” was required), so now I am cooking quesadillas like a crazy person.
I can’t tell you how good it feels to finally be using these skillets.
But I will make an attempt: [...]

Stephen Colbert In the New York Times

Times columnist Maureen Dowd gives Colbert the chance to write his own Times column:
Surprised to see my byline here, aren’t you? I would be too, if I read The New York Times. But I don’t. So I’ll just have to take your word that this was published. Frankly, I prefer emoticons to the written word, [...]

On The Road

On the highway this morning was a woman driving a beautiful gray Prius, and reading something while she drove. So while she was saving the Earth with her lack of emissions, and saving her cash with her lack gasoline, she was also endangering my life with her lack of attention. Oh the irony!

An Inconvenient Spoof

Forget Global Warming. This morning some students and I decided we were going to start blaming “Plate Tectonics” and “Continental Drift” for global chaos.

Geekiness

In the last several days my Geekiness factor has risen by several percentage points. I’m currently somewhere in the neighborhood of “Geekier Than Average,” yet still far below “Incapable Of Being Understood By Humans.”
I began using a service called Jott, which allows one to call in a note via cellular phone to anyone (or to [...]

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