I have been missing for a couple of days from my random blogging. We have been having a small epidemic of the flu/nasty bad achy joints hideous cold running through our house. Not wanting to be left behind, I have contracted a nasty case myself.We should be back to normal in a couple of days.In … Continue reading Diseased

What if the image to the left was found on the home page of a church?What if this church had a completely new way of looking at their mission in the world?Seeing this makes me hopeful.

What if the basic rules of mathematics were suddenly changed? What if you woke up tomorrow and 2 plus 2 inexplicably equaled, say 5.75? How about having the furniture moved around in your house, without your warning? Permanently, and nailed to the floor. Or the ceiling, take your pick.This is a bit of the way … Continue reading What If We Can Be Different?

I have decided. From now until April 8th (Easter), no Starbucks for me. By my rough calculations, that means I will be saving about $70 over the period of Lent.I plan on giving the savings away.Come to think of it, this is pathetic. I need to give away a factorial of this amount.Ash Wednesday is … Continue reading Lent and …. Self Denial?

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Every once in a while, Nancy and I like to take a break from reality, and enjoy something timeless. Tonight found us at Disney Hall enjoying the music of Antonio Vivaldi, and the Venice Baroque Orchestra (VBO).From the middle aged white dude in the fifth row (don't ask me how that happened!?)....a hearty "Bravo!"But I … Continue reading Loving Your Job

I remember the old outer space movies of the 1950s that I used to watch when I was a kid. All the astronaut guys, and even the bad-guy robots used to wear these massive boots - supposedly to give them extra weight or stability in zero-gravity. Those boots were huge.I always used to think to … Continue reading Dare You to Move!

Today, our house is officially be occupied by two (count 'em) teenage girls. Heather turns 13 today; and Kelly turned 16 on Sunday. Amazing.Sunday night was Heather's party, a limo showed up at our door; Heather's idea for her party, just to pick up her friends at their houses, and drive them all around town … Continue reading Heather is 13!

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