This is Alpha, the first-born, when he was 2YO.
This is Beta, the second-born, when he was about 2YO.
This is Gamma, the third-born, when he was about 18MO.
Cheese Taking Photos
Oct
21
2014
Why do we say “Cheese!” when taking pictures? And what does cheese say when you take its picture? Any ideas?
I smiled on them when they did not believe, And the light of my face they did not cast down.
Job 29:24
Archive for the ‘Humor’ Category
Ferrous Wheel
Sep
18
2014
Next up, a ferrets wheel. Or maybe a Paris wheel.
only the gold and the silver, the bronze, the iron, the tin and the lead,
Numbers 31:22
Scallywag
Jul
15
2014
The magicians did the same with their secret arts, making frogs come up on the land of Egypt.
Exodus 8:7
Let It Goto
Jun
10
2014
There have been plenty of parodies and covers of “Let It Go” from Frozen. The fad has, for the most part, died down, which means it’s time for me to do something before it’s completely off the radar.
Hence, today’s post.
Now this isn’t a full cover of the song. In fact, it’s barely even an outline.
It was to be the Software Programmer’s Version of “Let It Go”.
Transcript:
The screen glows white in the basement tonight
<Insert some clever wording related to computers>
…
Let it <something software related>
Let it <something software related>
…
The code never bothered me anyway.
What happened was I thought of the tagline first (switching code in for cold). Then I tried to think of changes to the rest of the song to fit with the theme.
I got the first line and was happy with that, but then I was stumped with the rest of it. So, rather than foist a complete but sub-par product upon you, I decided to post an incomplete but par product.
She said to them, “Go to the hill country, so that the pursuers will not happen upon you, and hide yourselves there for three days until the pursuers return. Then afterward you may go on your way.”
Joshua 2:16
New Headphones
Apr
10
2014
Transcript:
Evan thought it was a typo
but it turns out
they really were
nose-cancelling headphones
They have ears, but they cannot hear; They have noses, but they cannot smell;
Psalm 115:6
Cake Server
Feb
13
2014
This is what’s called a cake server.
It cuts the cake and puts the slice on your plate.
If you’re hungry, or if it’s a small cake, you could cut the cake in half and get a big piece.
But that’s only part of the job – you also need something to get the cake from the plate to your mouth.
This is what’s called a fork.
It finishes the job.
To get cake from the pan/tray to your mouth, you need two utensils – a server and a fork.
I propose this: combine a fork with a cake server.
Then you could get that very large slice of cake and consume it, while using only one piece of cutlery.
In other words, it lets you halve your cake and eat it too.
Then you shall take fine flour and bake twelve cakes with it; two-tenths of an ephah shall be in each cake.
Leviticus 24:5
What Child is This? Update
Jan
7
2014
A song, for tired parents. If you’ve been awakened too many nights by a fussy child, this song is for you.
Verse 1
What child is this who, laid to rest Refuses to keep sleeping?
Whom parents greet with shuffling feet, And causes them much weeping?
This, this is nothing new, The hours of sleep are far too few;
Haste, haste, to bring him milk, The baby, who wants dairy.
Verse 2
Why lies he in such mean a mood, And wish-es to be feeding?
Good parents, fear, to toddler here the quiet is conceding.
Wails, yells pierce parent through, he’s crying now for me, for you.
Rush, rush to make him hush, the babe, who’s quiet rarely.
Verse 3
So bring him bottles, toys, and books, Come parent, soon to calm him;
The need of things insomnia brings, Try music, poem; try psalm, hymn.
Raise, raise a song on high, The mother sings a lullaby.
Joy, joy for he’s asleep, The baby, calm now, barely.
Credit to Bryan Dumont at OpenHymnal.org for the source to the music for the original What Child is This.
After coming into the house they saw the Child with Mary His mother; and they fell to the ground and worshiped Him. Then, opening their treasures, they presented to Him gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh.
Matthew 2:11
