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.
Nov
30
2017
I heard someone use the phrase “that took forever” and although it never bothered me before, now it does for some reason.
That reason is that if something really takes forever to complete, then it can’t have completed, therefore the phrase can’t be in the past tense.
Acceptable uses are “taking forever” or “takes forever”, but never “took forever”.
As for the agreement of which you and I have spoken, behold, the Lord is between you and me forever.
1 Samuel 20:23
Nov
28
2017
I like to do things, and I like to use the internet to help with instructions. Usually they’re helpful, sometimes they’re not. One gripe that I won’t go into here is that videos are not the answer to everything.
One thing that all my searches have in common though, is that a page from ehow.com will appear in the search results. You can save yourself a lot of time if you just always avoid visiting that website. I have made that mistake enough times that I know better now. And I am passing that knowledge on to you. Learn from my mistakes.
In case you’re wondering what the problem is, I will summarize every eHow page:
How to Fix Your Widget
Step 1: Get your replacement parts
Step 2: Get the broken widget, remove the screws holding it together, and open it up.
Step 3: Remove the bad parts
Step 4: Put in the new parts
Step 5: Close the widget and tighten the screws holding it together.You’re done!
Lest you think I’m being generic and leaving out details for my example, I’m not. The eHow pages that I’ve read are all like that – they don’t provide any details on the specific procedure I was looking for.
I’m my cases, I’ve usually tried to do the obvious stuff and got stymied by something that was not cooperating and then I look to the internet for tips unique to the particular item.
Other websites are more helpful – Instructables, just about any forum-type site, etc. Those all provide useful details. But eHow and its cousin Wikihow and also Justanswer I have found to be useless.
But earnestly desire the greater gifts. And I show you a still more excellent way.
1 Corinthians 12:31
Nov
23
2017
I’m not posting anything today – I’m too busy doing Thanksgivingy stuff.
O give thanks to the Lord, for He is good; For His lovingkindness is everlasting.
1 Chronicles 16:34
Nov
21
2017
Since it’s football season, that means I’m watching TV.
And since I’m watching TV, that means I’m seeing commercials.
One commercial that I’ve noticed is for a Volkswagen SUV. It shows a family on a road trip and they’re driving through a sparse area – looks like a desert. The daughter is holding a map and a marker and she asks the dad something like “How about now?”
The dad looks down at the nav system in the vehicle and waits for a couple seconds before saying “Ok, now.” At which point the daughter scribbles on the map. I assume she’s crossing of a state, keeping track of which states they have gone through on their long road trip.
The commercial then finishes by showing the view from a slight distance, and we see the car driving off down the road. And we see a road sign that tells us it’s the New Mexico state line.
That’s my problem with the commercial. Dad should be looking at the road, not the nav system. And he should tell the daughter to watch for the road sign.
The fact that the dad doesn’t know or realize or care there’s a physical marker that they can see at the state line tells me that he trusts too much whatever’s on a glowing screen in front of him. Volkswagen must be marketing this vehicle to the types of people who drive into lakes or off bridges because the nav system told them to.
And the commercial is not consistent, because if the dad is so into glowing screens, I would expect the rest of the family would be too. But the daughter has a paper map. If the dad were the type of parent to give his daughter a paper map instead of phone or tablet with a map app, then why is he not doing the same for himself?
As a dad, one of your responsibilities is to teach your kids how to handle the world around them. He should have instructed his daughter on what to look for outside the SUV. He is not teaching her to fish – he just handed her the answer.
We do not see our signs; There is no longer any prophet, Nor is there any among us who knows how long.
Psalm 74:9
Nov
16
2017
“Untouched by human hands”
That makes me wonder if it was touched by animals hands and they’ve found a loophole.
Alternatively, I suppose it could be touched by alien hands.
Then behold, a hand touched me and set me trembling on my hands and knees.
Genesis 27:23
Nov
14
2017
Gamma made me a craft thing out of adhesive-backed foam that he cut into shapes and stuck together.
It is, of course, the leaning tower of pizza.
The temple servants living in Ophel made repairs as far as the front of the Water Gate toward the east and the projecting tower.
Nehemiah 3:26
Nov
9
2017
I think if you want to mess with someone, a fun thing to do would be to have your email signature say “Sent from your iPhone X” or “Send from your Galaxy S8” or whatever phone you know they have.
Even better would be if they read it while at their computer, not on their phone.
But he said, “Please, Lord, now send the message by whomever You will.”
Exodus 4:13
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