In Which I Spoke of Rocks and Remembrance.

Saturday night went really well. I hope to have time tomorrow to type up my notes and post them here.
Thank you to everyone who participated in my experiment. I’m absolutely going to do it again.

In Which I Think About the Role of Government and the Failure of the Church.

I’ve been thinking a bit lately about my support for Obama and what that means in terms of being pro-life and all. This isn’t a post about abortion, but rather a few thoughts on Obama’s social policies and how that relates to our (the church, christians) role in helping others.
My friend Pat wrote a blog [...]

In Which I Remember 9/11.

9/11: My alarm clock was set to radio and the annoying happy DJ (purposely set because he was annoying enough each morning to make me want to get up out of bed and turn him off) was unusually somber, and then he said one of the towers had been hit. We turned on the Today [...]

In Which I Learn the Difference Between Boys and Girls.

Yesterday, Peanut came up to me and said, quite randomly, “Dad, did you know that girls don’t have penises?”
Me: “That’s right.”
Peanut: “Girls and grandmas. Girls and grandmas both don’t have penises.”

In Which I Want Your Thoughts and Comments.

I’m going to be preaching again on the 27th at our Saturday night service.
As part of my preparation, I want to try something new and start a conversation here, maybe get some input from the six people who regularly stop by.
Here’s the random brainstorm that I sent to our team; if you have any ideas, [...]

In Which I’m Really Getting Tired Of These Obama Emails.

The Wise One and I got another of these Let’s-Spread-Total-Lies-About-Obama emails today:
Date: September 5, 2008 11:03:11 PM PDT
To: little.brain
Subject: How do you attract 200,000 Germans?
Go figure, huh?
As Paul Harvey would say, ‘Here’s The Rest of the Story.’
There is something the American News Media seem to have left out.
How do you attract 200,000 Germans to an [...]

In Which The Daily Show Rocks.

This is why I love The Daily Show. In this clip, they show the total hypocrisy of the Republican talking heads (I love it when someone makes Bill O’Reilly look like the tool that he is!), but as anyone who watched the show during the Clinton years knows, they are equal opportunity ridiculers.
Anyway, here’s The [...]

In Which I Married Someone Other Than My Wife.

You may or may not know that I am totally legal to perform weddings in the State of Washington. (It really doesn’t take much. But I slaved over it. Took at least five clicks.) In the last month I’ve done two weddings and I really enjoyed the opportunity.
I don’t usually like to toot my own [...]

In Which I List the Books I’ve Read in 2008, Update 3.

I’ve gotten into a few series lately, primarily the Gabriel Allon series by Daniel Silva, which I’ve read completely out of order (he does a great job of explaining things without giving away what happened in earlier books). The main character is an Israeli spy/assassin whose cover is as one of the world’s leading art [...]

In Which I Share My Grade School Wisdom.

Today was Chester’s first day at a new school — first day on the bus, but we drove behind him and got him to his new classroom. It went pretty smoothly. I’m so proud of him!
Tomorrow, my nephew starts Kindergarten. We were down in Oly last night and stopped at their house to wish him [...]