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.
Barn Cleaning
Mar
10
2016
I was working in the barn one evening when Beta popped in. He wandered around and poked his head in one of the stalls.
He asked me “Is that a cat?” Knowing we do not have a cat, I peeked in the stall.
Archive for 2016
Eject USB Drive
Mar
8
2016
I try to do things the right way. So when Windows expects me to let it know I’m going to remove the USB drive, I do let it know I’m going to remove the USB drive. I cooperate with it, and in return I expect that it will cooperate with me. But if it doesn’t cooperate, then I override it.
This flowchart illustrates the possibilities I experience. I didn’t include the option for those of you who just pull out the USB drive without telling Windows first.
Reject a factious man after a first and second warning,
Titus 3:10
Mail It In
Mar
3
2016
I received a medical bill. I recognized the name of the medical establishment, and I recognized the charge. And that’s good for them, because if I just read what they were asking, I would have thought it was a scam:
I’m going to assume it’s just a poor choice of words, or someone wanting to type as few words as possible, or something benign rather than an actual scam.
I do hope no one takes their words literally and mails in their credit card instead of their credit card information.
Wealth obtained by fraud dwindles, But the one who gathers by labor increases it.
Proverbs 13:11
The Game of …
Mar
1
2016
I provided this image in case you were wondering how I felt about the game of Monopoly. The exception is the card game Monopoly Deal, as that is interesting whereas the board game version of Monopoly is not.
So Saul said to his servants, “Provide for me now a man who can play well and bring him to me.”
1 Samuel 16:17
First Churches
Feb
25
2016
In our town, we have a number of first churches – First Baptist, First Presbyterian, First Methodist, etc.
I understand the history of how that happened. Across the US, it’s a fairly common occurence.
But is it right?
I mean according to the Bible. In theory, these churches should want to follow the Bible, right?
And what does the Bible say about being first? Are Christians supposed to want to be first?
How about naming your church the Last Baptist Church? Wouldn’t that be more Christian?
Or maybe your church doesn’t care about that. Maybe it just wants to follow secular marketing principals. In that case, in order to stand out from the crowd of all the other First Presbyterian Churches, use the name Best Presbyterian Church. Not only is it different from the usual names, it is also promotional. And it is alphabetically earlier than all those First churches.
So the last shall be first, and the first last.
Matthew 20:16
Cam’s Many Talents
Feb
23
2016
There has been much hype over the celebration antics of one Cam Newton. I have found, though, that Cam is really a talented actor. Watch as he demonstrates his versatility by the following scenarios:
Drama
Romance
Action
Horror
Public Service Announcement
Any other ideas of what else Cam could be demonstrating?
Then the whole assembly decided to celebrate the feast another seven days, so they celebrated the seven days with joy.
2 Chronicles 30:23
Whistling
Feb
18
2016
This story depends on the reader knowing about whistle straws. I don’t know the correct term for them, but those are the corrugated drinking straws that make a whistling noise if you blow through them, or if you spin them through the air like a propeller.
Years ago, when our oldest kids were about 4 and 2 and playing nicely in the other room, I heard the 2-year-old start to complain. “Too loud. Too loud!”
So I went to investigate.
What I saw was the 4YO blowing into a whistle straw to make the loud whistling noise. And the other end of the whistle straw was stuck into the 2YO’s ear.
I could see (and hear) why he was complaining.
Fast forward several years. Those kids are older now and know better. But we have our youngest, who is now 4 and is generally loud.
He found a whistle straw and was blowing on it, annoying the rest of the family with the noise.
The other end of the whistle straw?
Stuck in his own ear.
Crazy kid.
He will also lift up a standard to the distant nation, And will whistle for it from the ends of the earth; And behold, it will come with speed swiftly.
Isaiah 5:26
