Goldilocks and the Colts are now nil-eight.
Someone said there was a World Series. Does anyone know who won? Does anyone know who the opponent was?
Vaguely recall that "World Series" might have something to do with baseball.
Happy Halloween. Don't take any candy apples. (Yes, life was better before there were so many sickos.)
Monday, October 31, 2011
Sunday, October 30, 2011
Church Growth
I was talking to the Spouse about an article on church growth in today's society. She said,
It's a tough time to build up a church, trying to reach "heatherns"(sic) because they won't listen. It's not like the days when people were a lot more gullible and didn't have anything to do, so when a revival or a carnival would come to town it was an event. They'd go to a revival to listen to a hell-fire preacher and maybe be convicted and get saved.
So I got to thinking. "Sophistication" and a plethora of choices for entertainment might indeed be a couple of factors impeding the growth of the church. But people need the Message just as much as they ever did.
It's a tough time to build up a church, trying to reach "heatherns"(sic) because they won't listen. It's not like the days when people were a lot more gullible and didn't have anything to do, so when a revival or a carnival would come to town it was an event. They'd go to a revival to listen to a hell-fire preacher and maybe be convicted and get saved.
So I got to thinking. "Sophistication" and a plethora of choices for entertainment might indeed be a couple of factors impeding the growth of the church. But people need the Message just as much as they ever did.
Saturday, October 29, 2011
Sparks
Herkimer came in while I was sharpening my axe, sparks flying off the grindstone. I shut it off, and as the motor wound down, Herk said,
I told Tildy I was thinking about new diamond earrings for her birthday, but she has such a sparkling personality that giving her jewelry would be like sending coal to Newcastle. I thought she'd be flattered. There is a difference between "sparkling" and "sparks flying."
I told Tildy I was thinking about new diamond earrings for her birthday, but she has such a sparkling personality that giving her jewelry would be like sending coal to Newcastle. I thought she'd be flattered. There is a difference between "sparkling" and "sparks flying."
Thursday, October 27, 2011
The Great Experiment
Superintendent of Schools, large district, explaining the difficulty of managing a public school system said, We have to take everyone, the blind, the crippled, and the crazy.
There has been outrage expressed.
True, it may not have been a "sensitive" thing to say, but it is the truth.
Some people don't want the truth.
There has been outrage expressed.
True, it may not have been a "sensitive" thing to say, but it is the truth.
Some people don't want the truth.
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Caffeinate Me
Old people's social bash last night.1
Decaffeinated coffee is the devil's brew.2
I've not been terribly concerned about "global warming." Not, that is, until I read that it may ultimately be the cause of coffee going extinct. *gasp* Oh, wait. Even if so, I'd have to live to be 396 years of age to see that happen.
1"night" = 6:30 - 8:30
2Not original with me, but true, nevertheless.
Decaffeinated coffee is the devil's brew.2
I've not been terribly concerned about "global warming." Not, that is, until I read that it may ultimately be the cause of coffee going extinct. *gasp* Oh, wait. Even if so, I'd have to live to be 396 years of age to see that happen.
1"night" = 6:30 - 8:30
2Not original with me, but true, nevertheless.
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
OWS Update
Chicago: Oers angry with Mayor Emanuel and city police for arresting demonstrators.1
"I mean, all we were doing was breaking the law, ya know?"
Seattle: Protester carrying sign
"College loan repayment--
Indentured servitude."2
"I mean, you owe it to me, ya know?"
Uh, yeah. We know.
1WGN-TV Chicago, 10/24/11
2Any left-of-center press recently, e.g., Huffington Post.
"I mean, all we were doing was breaking the law, ya know?"
Seattle: Protester carrying sign
"College loan repayment--
Indentured servitude."2
"I mean, you owe it to me, ya know?"
Uh, yeah. We know.
1WGN-TV Chicago, 10/24/11
2Any left-of-center press recently, e.g., Huffington Post.
Monday, October 24, 2011
Sunday, October 23, 2011
Woodstock on Wall Street
continues. Guess not yet enough snow and ice.
And yet disaffected people can do unseemly things in public for only so long.
And yet disaffected people can do unseemly things in public for only so long.
Pushed His Buttons
TV news clip shows man, incensed because he received an email addressed to "Resident Idiot" purportedly from a prestigious university.
An appropriate and intelligent response would be to laugh and delete the message. He, on the other hand, enraged, called the news crews, thereby proving the sender of the message to be correct.
Tip: Catch those media types on a slow news day. Fifteen seconds of notoriety.
An appropriate and intelligent response would be to laugh and delete the message. He, on the other hand, enraged, called the news crews, thereby proving the sender of the message to be correct.
Tip: Catch those media types on a slow news day. Fifteen seconds of notoriety.
Saturday, October 22, 2011
Win-Win
Herk just wandered into the garage. I glanced up and noted that he looked pretty dejected.
"What's happening, Herk?" Though I should have known better than to ask.
"I just don't know where I've gone wrong. I try so hard to make that woman happy. She just told me, 'Herkimer, the budget is in a bit of a crunch, so I think you should take a staycation this winter while my sister and I take a Caribbean cruise.'"
"What's happening, Herk?" Though I should have known better than to ask.
"I just don't know where I've gone wrong. I try so hard to make that woman happy. She just told me, 'Herkimer, the budget is in a bit of a crunch, so I think you should take a staycation this winter while my sister and I take a Caribbean cruise.'"
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