Sounds like the beginning of some boring archduke’s bio, doesn’t it? Nay… most definitely not. Instead of being departed, this person is about to arrive! There will be more on that (much more), but for now, check out one of the many unintended consequences of said immanent arrival in the form of this list on my dear oldest daughter’s blog. She is, don’t you see, involved Continue reading “William Roscoe Hartman II of Georgia”
People change
Today is the 50th birthday of someone I know, love and have come to admire over the years. However, it wasn’t always that way. This was brought home to me last night, as I was about to walk up the stairs at my parents home. “Here, Ted– do you recognize this?” said Mom. Actually I didn’t, until I saw the name. Memories, memories… I probably never saw this comb years ago, because I had left home before the owner really cared that much about Continue reading “People change”
Facebook and the next life
OMG– where is this going? Don’t worry- nothing spooky (Oct. 31st being tomorrow notwithstanding 🙂 ) Give me 30 sec.- something just hit me, and to illustrate it, I’m going to post here and at Facebook simultaneously.
An online IT commentator says in a recent post, “It’s all enough to make me want to stop using Facebook.” The “it” is a creepy feeling he gets when, by way of his Facebook Wall, his relative starts a conversation thread with some guy who is the neighbor of his co-worker, and their only connection is … him! In other words, his formerly separate spheres of relationships (family, work, neighbors, etc.) are now melding together into one big, sometimes confusing glob.
That’s heaven. Continue reading “Facebook and the next life”
Konsidering Kudzu
Finally! A post by me! It’s not about politics. It’s not about current events. Well, I suppose you could say it’s about current events on a local level; a family level.
This summer, for the first time in the 21 years we have lived in Shelby County, I’ve noticed kudzu growing in places along the roadside. When Lydia was home, she lamented that it was all over the farm. In one of my reflective moments, I asked myself, “Why would kudzu show up now, when it hasn’t been here in the last 21 years??? What has happened in the last year that would have spread kudzu up here?” So what did I answer myself? It came to me in a flash! Hurricane Ike! Last September, Hurricane Ike still looked like a hurricane as it passed over KY, downing many limbs and trees with 60 – 80 mph winds. Ike blew up here straight from Kudzu Kountry! Could Ike have kalamitously karried kudzu seeds which were, with the unusually high rainfall this year, koaxed to sprout krazily in our kounty? I think it’s a great theory.
Now I’m praying for several winters with deep freezes to kill off that krazy kudzu before it becomes king of the road!
Murder For Hire
Suppose there was a website where, for $249, you could find the professionals you need to discreetly deal with relationships or business associates who have become “unsatisfying”. Murder, of course, is wrong (& illegal in some countries, depending on the age of the victim), and so the site would not claim to promote it, and would certainly not take responsibility for any of the consequences. Everything would be done anonymously and with full internet security, and the morality of the details would not be delved into. There would even be a Murder Guarantee, such that if you were not able to get your undesirable relationship dispatched in a satisfactory manner, your money would be refunded.
Good news! Continue reading “Murder For Hire”
Questions…
As the principle of Chenoweth Academy (our home school) for almost 20 years, I’ve always encouraged our kids to ask questions. However… some people never got the memo about the point of asking questions, which is wise action. This poster gets it right:
Sometimes the best answer to a question is a rebuke. “What have you done with the answers I gave for your last 3 questions?”, for instance. And then there is the “impish grin”. That’s the only answer Continue reading “Questions…”
Never look a gift fish in the mouth
Hmmm Maybe that’s supposed to be about horses. But this particular week was about fish. Most definitely about fish. But before I tell you about this particular fish, you need a little background. Continue reading “Never look a gift fish in the mouth”
And now, for something a little different…
So my brother sends a note to my parents– some funnies to brighten their day. These are jokes for seniors, mind you.
Oh, boy.
Remind me– what’s the cutoff for the “seniors” category again?
😮
The garden again
But the clothes are an expression of a more disturbing, and rising, trend of teenage sexual behavior: Oral sex. More than half of teens (55% of boys, 54% of girls) have engaged in oral sex, according to the Center for Disease Control. Moreover, because it is not actual intercourse, kids do not consider oral sex to be unsafe, or even to be sex.
and now this:
Gen. 3:4,5 But the serpent said to the woman, You will not surely die. For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.
Everyone knows that the Dragon Deceiver was Continue reading “The garden again”
Ohio State University NROTC 45th annual Color Parade
So Lydia says, “The ROTC Color Parade in the OSU stadium is no big deal.” (We had gotten an invitation as her parents.) “Maybe you should come next year when I have been in the NROTC program for awhile…” This was about a week before May 15th, the day of the parade. By Tues. we heard from somewhere that she might be getting a few awards; by Thur. Lydia called again, sort of wistfully, and announced that she would be getting more than two awards, and could we think about coming??
Bragging Alert! You might have guessed it was coming; in a mostly vain effort at discretion, the major part of our wanton bragging is below the fold… you’ve been warned!!
Fortunately, we did go, it was a beautiful day, and we sat at the end of the HUGE stadium, 
where we watched what seemed like fifty ROTC students raise and lower a 50 lb, enormous American flag. Continue reading “Ohio State University NROTC 45th annual Color Parade”