The rally ended today, with a journey to IHOP so everyone could order breakfast before getting on the road. After that, I participated in R.E. (Religious Education) class. I hadn't planned on it, but if some of my youth had to do it because they were waiting on rides, I could too. Now I have gone home, showered, and napped for three hours. Now that I am awake I have things waiting for me around the house, but I am still tired. This isn't the tired you get when you stay up late, but the tired you get when recovering from the flu. My whole body aches with a need for rest. I didn't feel this way before the nap. Then I was mentally tired, not thinking straight due to a lack of sleep.
Now you'd think that this would be the perfect time to post the rally follow up, and I would agree with you. However, I am going to have to postpone that for a couple of hours so that I can get started on other things around the house. As a micro review, I would say two thumbs way up. I had a great time.
Sunday, March 25, 2007
Thursday, March 22, 2007
Belief-o-matic
I took the beliefnet belief-o-matic quiz. Here are my results. I don't remember if this is identical to the last time I took the quiz, about two years ago, but it looks very, very similar.
Giving credit where it is due, Amy mentioned that she might do this, so I stole her idea.
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Giving credit where it is due, Amy mentioned that she might do this, so I stole her idea.
Vacation?!?!?!?!?
I am taking the next two days, Friday and Monday off from work. No computer over the weekend, and while I will have a phone, I don't know how good of reception I will be getting. Why? Because I will be at the North Texas YRUU rally. My church is hosting this year, and it is my first rally, so while I am not really expecting a vacation, I am expecting to have loads of fun. Last I heard, we were expecting about 100 youth. I'll try to write more later, but alas it won't be until after the rally, and by that time I may be tired of talking about it (I will be tired.)
Wish me luck.
Wish me luck.
Wanna Cookie?
A couple of nights ago, I was up late working on putting music on my shiny new iPod. Around 1:30 AM, while I wasn't tired, I decided to go to bed. Around 2:00 AM, unable to sleep I got up to get a quick snack. On entering the kitchen, I saw a bag of cookies on the counter. My wife has been working to clean out the pantry, so I assumed that these had come from there. After pulling out a sandwich cookie (white cream between two shortbread cookies), and sniffing it, I took a bite, rummaged for some milk (there was none), ate the rest of the cookie, drank some water and went to bed. The cookie tasted a bit stale and flat, but not too bad. I hadn't wanted to spit it out, which I was prepared for when I took that first bite.
Last night, my wife comes home as dinner is finishing up, and grabs herself a plate. She sees the cookies on the counter, and asks if anyone has had one. Feeling that I may have inadvertently eaten someone's special cookie, I confess, hoping to make amends to whichever child I may have slighted. My wife laughs, and asks if I noticed the decoration on the cookies or on the bag. I say "no" (it had been 2:00 AM), and ask why. She tells me that there are fire hydrant's and police badges on the cookies, and paws on the bag. She then calls Allegra over, asks her if she was upset that I took one of her treats, and proceeds to give her what I now know to be a dog cookie.
Update (2007/03/22 10:26 PM): Amy suggested a picture of a cookie like the one I ate. Unfortunately, my wife gave the last one of the sandwich cookies to the dog. Here is what the bag looks like with the remaining cookies in it:
Update (2007/04/07 11:22 PM): Here is a picture about of the kind of cookie that I ate.
Last night, my wife comes home as dinner is finishing up, and grabs herself a plate. She sees the cookies on the counter, and asks if anyone has had one. Feeling that I may have inadvertently eaten someone's special cookie, I confess, hoping to make amends to whichever child I may have slighted. My wife laughs, and asks if I noticed the decoration on the cookies or on the bag. I say "no" (it had been 2:00 AM), and ask why. She tells me that there are fire hydrant's and police badges on the cookies, and paws on the bag. She then calls Allegra over, asks her if she was upset that I took one of her treats, and proceeds to give her what I now know to be a dog cookie.
Update (2007/03/22 10:26 PM): Amy suggested a picture of a cookie like the one I ate. Unfortunately, my wife gave the last one of the sandwich cookies to the dog. Here is what the bag looks like with the remaining cookies in it:
Update (2007/04/07 11:22 PM): Here is a picture about of the kind of cookie that I ate.
Monday, March 19, 2007
...To Forgive, Divine.
Back in November, I said something in IM to a friend. It was hurtful and accusatory. Since then, until this last month, we had barely spoken. I should have apologized immediately. Instead, I let it wait while trying to find the right way to do it. Well, yesterday I did it. I apologized for the rudeness.
The email response came early today. "No reason to apologize - none at all. I don't remember you ever sending me a rude IM or anything negative at all." Months spent thinking about those comments. If I had apologized, I wouldn't have wasted so much time worrying.
Thanks for being so forgiving.
The email response came early today. "No reason to apologize - none at all. I don't remember you ever sending me a rude IM or anything negative at all." Months spent thinking about those comments. If I had apologized, I wouldn't have wasted so much time worrying.
Thanks for being so forgiving.
Thursday, March 15, 2007
Shh.....
Well, I just told the first person ever that I have a blog. I didn't tell him the address, so if he found it, Welcome Drew!
Eternity is a very long time, especially towards the end.
This morning I read the above quote, and saw it attributed to Stephen Hawking. I loved that. I relished the quote through lunch. I was looking for the source of the material, and found that Hawking was quoting Woody Allen, and that he has used that quote before. What makes no sense is my sense of disappointment in hearing that quote from Allen. It sounds just like him. It still has it's meaning, yet since the author changed, I appreciate it less
I think this is likely a perceived value. Allen works in comedy. It is expected from him. Hawking's tapestry is is a scientist. We aren't expecting humor to roll off of his tongue, so when it does, it's perceived value is that much greater. In a way, it reminds me of a episode of MASH. In the episode, BJ and Hawkeye go around telling the same joke. BJ gets the laughs, even when Hawkeye has told the joke to the same person first. In the camp, BJ is more of the straight man. Sure, he is a jokester, but comparing the two, he is the straight man. So people enjoy the joke more when it comes from him.
I think this is likely a perceived value. Allen works in comedy. It is expected from him. Hawking's tapestry is is a scientist. We aren't expecting humor to roll off of his tongue, so when it does, it's perceived value is that much greater. In a way, it reminds me of a episode of MASH. In the episode, BJ and Hawkeye go around telling the same joke. BJ gets the laughs, even when Hawkeye has told the joke to the same person first. In the camp, BJ is more of the straight man. Sure, he is a jokester, but comparing the two, he is the straight man. So people enjoy the joke more when it comes from him.
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