Things I Should Be Surprised to Hear Larry King Say, #2.

So when I mentioned the other day that I should make this a new category, it was kind of a joke. But then tonight, Larry said this, talking to the medical director for the LA County Department of Children and Famiy Services:
“You have child abuse cases every day here, Dr. Sophy?”
“Yes we do.”
“In L.A.”
“Yes we [...]

In Which Larry King Needs Some Help.

The Wise One and I are watching tonight’s Larry King Live, and he just asked a group of seven mothers from the Mormon compound, randomly, “Did you ever think polygamy is wrong?”
Yes, Larry. They’re on tv in their homemade matching dresses with 14-inch bangs to defy their prophet and denounce the only life they’ve ever [...]

In Which Jeff Made Me Think Of This.

Saw this in the store the other day. Because Everything should taste like bacon.

In Which I Post Many Links to Material on John the Baptist.

A couple of weeks ago I preached on John the Baptist at Crosspointe. It probably should have been a series — there was a ton of stuff I had to leave out so that we could be out of the gym in time for Children’s Church on Sunday morning.
I read a lot of stuff while [...]

Quick Quotes for Tuesday April 15

Anne Lamott on grace:
I know that grace meets you wherever you are, and doesn’t leave you where it found you.
From Laugh Lines:
And only in America can a 46-year-old black man who just finished paying off his student loans be called “elitist,” a 60-year-old woman who with her husband has earned $100 million dollars call herself [...]

In Which I Am Reminded Of The Beauty Around Me.

This little piece won the Pulitzer Prize this year for Feature Writing. The writer conspired with world-class violinist Joshua Bell to play for an hour in the DC subway on his $3.5 million Stradivarius, and then documented the results. It’s a bit long, but well worth a read. If you don’t have time now, print [...]

In Which Goofy Is Better Than Pluto.

Another post inspired by a poll over at This or That?:
In September 2004 we took the boys to Disneyland with Grandma and Grandpa. We went a couple of weeks after school had started; Chester was 4 1/2 and Peanut was 9 months old. We drove (of course; The Wise One hates to fly and our [...]

In Which Gnarls Barkley Rocks.

I’m watching SNL while updating my blog, and just felt compelled to blog again since Gnarls Barkley is currently performing. The new album hasn’t grabbed me the same way the first one did — though I’ve only listened to it three times and those times in the background while doing something else — but watching [...]

In Which My Children Are Informed, And Not So Informed.

Conversation 1:

This weekend, while cleaning out the car, Peanut said to me, “Dad, hand me that cane.”
“What cane?” I asked.
“That cane. On the floor.”
“Oh, the candy cane?” (Yes, it’s been a while since I’ve cleaned out my car.)
“Yeah. Hey, Dad, that sounds like McCain. Candy cane, McCain. You know, McCain, the Democrat?”
The whole thing sounds [...]

In Which I’ve Seen The Squirrel Man

[Warning: This post primarily serves as navel-gazing.]
This week there’s been a lot of talk about the Squirrel Man in the Seattle media, an apparently it’s been picked up by some of the national media as well.
I realized as I was reading about it today that I’ve seen him many times down at the market with [...]