Like so many parents today, from time to time I can be heard lamenting how my child is so much more techno-savvy than I. She knows much more about my cell phone’s capabilities than I will ever care to. Every so often, she changes some settings on it, just to keep things fresh. [...]
Archive for January, 2009
Sunday Post
Posted in Sunday Post on January 11, 2009 | 10 Comments »
“Flatter me, and I may not believe you. Criticize me, and I may not like you. Ignore me, and I may not forgive you. Encourage me, and I will not forget you.” — William Arthur Ward
Ephesians 4:29
Hard Times
Posted in Can't Make This Stuff Up, Family, tagged economy, kids, lay-offs, unemployment on January 7, 2009 | 20 Comments »
My five-year-old niece came in from playing with the neighbor kids the other night, soon after their dad, Mr. Bob, came home early from work.
Someone asked her if she was done playing already, and she said that she had to come home because “Mr. Bob got laid.”
My sister-in-law ventured forth to verify the [...]
Happy New Year!
Posted in About Me, Neighborhood Watch, tagged birthday, eggcorns, Epiphany, malapropisms on January 6, 2009 | 30 Comments »
Whereas, having been born on the day of the feast of the Epiphany, and whereas, “epiphany” is a very cool word to say, and inasmuch as I have, throughout my adult life, allowed myself a second chance at “New Year’s Day,” for purposes of resolution do-overs and the like, by proclaiming January 6th the REAL [...]
Sunday Post
Posted in Sunday Post on January 4, 2009 | 21 Comments »
“Lord, I hope this day is good
I’m feeling empty and misunderstood.
I should be thankful, Lord, I know I should.
But, Lord, I hope this day is good.
I don’t need fortune and I don’t need fame.
Send down the thunder, Lord.
Send down the rain.
But when you’re planning just how it will be,
Plan a good day for me.”
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