Month: August 2007

  • Join the blogring!

    Here is a shameless plug to join a new blogring "I love being married!" I've got a burden to show everyone that marriage is the greatest show on earth. That's why I'm always kissing my wife in front of the kids (my own and at youth group) and bragging on my wife, etc. Thankfully, I've got an amazing wife that makes it easy to stay in love!

    If you'd like to tell the world that marriage is great, click this link: http://groups.xanga.com/groups/group.aspx?id=2493513.

  • Mike Vick's destiny

    More than one dog (and dog lover) would like to do this with the real Michael Vick!

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    I don't know who took the original shot (apparently it's making it's way around the internet) but I saw it here first.

  • More church bulletin bloopers

    Church Bloopers (Some of these undoubtedly come from an auto-correct feature!)

    • (For the group of ladies called Moms Who Care and pray for the children in school). When their meeting was canceled one week: There will be no Moms who care this week.
    • A woman's blouse was found at a table in the middle of the usher appreciation dinner. If you lost your blouse, please come to the church office.
    • The ladies in the style show will meet with their dresses down in front after morning worship.
    • A worm welcome to all who have come today.
    • Hymn: "I Love Thee My Ford"
    • Helpers are needed! Please sign up on the information sheep.
    • Diana and David request your presents at their wedding.
    • Lent is that period for preparing for Holy Weed and Easter.
    • Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget all His benefits.
    • We pray that our people will jumble themselves.
    • Hymn of Response: Crown Him With Many Cows
    • Child care provided with reservations.
    • Tonight, Pastor will preach on "Diving Healing."
    • Janet Smith has volunteered to strip, and refinish the communion table in the sanctuary.
    • Were you there when they laid Him in the bomb?
    • Christ is a member of Boy Scout Troop 36.
    • Mark your calendars not to attend the church retreat.
    • My joke is easy and my burden is light.
    • I was hungry and you gave me something to eat; I was thirty and you gave me drink.
    • We are an autonomous body, operating under the hardship of Jesus Christ.
    • The Honeymooners are now having bile studies each Tuesday evening at 7:30 p.m.
    • The visiting monster today is Rev. Jack Baines.
    • Boars of Trustees meet after church today.
    • We are always happy to have you sue our facility.
    • Hymn: I Need Three Every Hour
    • All children are requested to bring fresh followers to decorate the cross for Easter Sunday.
    • The King's Bras will present a concert at our church this evening at 6:00pm.
    • Women in the Word starts next week. There are several different studies to choose from. Ladies, make sure you sign up for a stud before next week.

  • Audience Participation Required

    Do you remember how we met or the first time we met? Please leave it in the comment section if you do.

    I've thought about this several times lately. I've got a bunch of Xanga friends but for some of you wonderful people, I don't remember the first time we talked. It just sort of happened. And some of you IRL friends are the same way. I don't remember specifically the first time or place we met.

    So here's the fun game -- share the memories if you have them. And feel free to ask the same thing on your blog. Maybe we'll start the next big Xanga fad together.

  • Rubik's Cube

    The other night, Dylan dug out two Rubik's Cubes from somewhere in his toy collection. He gave me one and kept the smaller one for himself. It's been years since I could really solve those, although not too long ago I did one almost more by accident.

    To Dylan's delight, I did the first one after I put him to bed, then I solved his during lunch yesterday (I think it was yesterday!). I'd forgotten how fun they are. I don't remember all the moves, but I can do enough, or at least play around with it enough, to get them solved apparently.

    When I was in high school, I'd carry my cube to school and experiment with all sorts of patterns. If you remove one of the colors, you can use a Rubik's Cube like a wordless book (yellow for gold, then black from the side with the removed stickers, red, white and green. Wait, isn't blue in there somewhere?). You hand a cube to someone, ask them to mess it up, then you solve it and witness to them. One of the things I discovered was how to make crosses on all six sides, which is a cool way to end the presentation.

    At my best, I think I solved a cube in under 2 minutes. Now people are solving them in less than 20 seconds. That's absolutely amazing!

    Have you ever tried to solve Rubik's cube?

    EDIT: I'd forgotten I had this on an old website. Check this out just for fun!