Juss: “But I really, really, really want to play a Transformer in the Harry Potter game tonight.” Mommy: “Juss, you can’t. You have to go to bed. Besides, there are no Transformers at Hogwards.” Juss: “WHAT? But they have attacks! And they’re cool!” John, in his best Patrick Warburton voice (think Kronk from Emperor’s New Groove): “He…
Latest “Twenty for Prayer” — any wishing to join in the prayer can follow the link. Our subject for this month is: Peacemakers. Recently, our church magazine had a wonderful article about a man from Rwanda who had been one of the soldiers during the ugly wars there who was involved in the murder of a…
Mark just introduced me to a web comic called The Dreamland Chronicles It’s quite delightful and kid-friendly, too! It reminds me of the best parts of Sandman, without the depth, but without the weird and dark parts as well. It’s computer-graphics with bright colors, so it looks a bit like some of these recent Fairytale pictures (Shrek, Happily…
Because sometimes, to get through the day, we need just a touch of Harry in the night. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=buQQfsi53l4
I’ll post it here. Bruce, her eldest son, “grew up with that, and I trained him,” Burn said. Reges, a Michigan resident, is a retired teacher who has been in the Army Reserve for 20 years. Called up in the fall, he deployed to Iraq in January, leaving behind his 25-year-old wife, Christy. His mother’s…
A friend of mine at church is involved in a wonderful initiative in Iraq. Here’s an article about it from The Washington Post. (Link to original article with pictures here.) With Mom’s Help, Soldier Takes Hands-On Approach to ConflictBy Steve VogelThursday, August 2, 2007; Page T11 The reaction was immediate when Army 1st Sgt. Bruce L. Reges…
Enough frivolities…here is the promised conclusion to: The Ones Who Walk Away From Washington. At the end of part one, you may recall, I decided to withdraw from politics, to no longer throw my weight with one side, argue the issues, etc. Once I did this, a funny thing happened… Some (or all) of you may…
Yakko’s Universe Song
Mommy: “Please do not look, I’m [something requiring privacy].” Juss: “But I’m just ‘checking you out’, like Brock!” Mommy: “You cannot ‘check out like Brock’ your mother. Brock checks out girls, not his mother.” Juss: “But, you’re a girl.” Mommy: “True, but you ‘check out’ girls you want to marry. You can’t marry your mother.”…
Again, not anything of literary note. Follow the link if you want to join in on the prayer. This month I feel we should pray about: the sacredness of families Families can be troublesome. Not all of us get along with everyone in ours, but they are also the center and heart of our society…even if…