My second WOW character is named "Scrumptious".
Time flies when you are playing these games!!!
Buying pizza via the internet to be delivered to your door is awesome. Thanks Papa John's!
Friday, December 28, 2007
Wednesday, December 26, 2007
Ahhhh...
Playing computer games in bed next to my electric fireplace/heater. Doesn't get any better than that!
Tuesday, December 25, 2007
Merry Christ-mass
If anyone puts "X-mas" again I will scream!!! How blatantly obvious of an attempt to take Christ out of Christmas can one get?
Christmas wasn't too bad. I think it will get more fun when kiddo realizes what is going on.
Maddox had a great first bday party. Flu and cold hitting many people hard so about half couldn't attend.
I started playing WOW on our own server and like it a lot. Contact me if you would like to join. My character's name in the game is "Luscious". It is totally hilarious b/c now everyone says "Greetings Luscious" in the game.
If attending a birthday party for someone get them a GIFT. And if you don't, then that is fine, but do not go running to the store in the middle of the party to buy yourself crap you don't need.
Christmas wasn't too bad. I think it will get more fun when kiddo realizes what is going on.
Maddox had a great first bday party. Flu and cold hitting many people hard so about half couldn't attend.
I started playing WOW on our own server and like it a lot. Contact me if you would like to join. My character's name in the game is "Luscious". It is totally hilarious b/c now everyone says "Greetings Luscious" in the game.
If attending a birthday party for someone get them a GIFT. And if you don't, then that is fine, but do not go running to the store in the middle of the party to buy yourself crap you don't need.
Wednesday, December 19, 2007
Books and Movies
Deception Point by Dan Brown I read this book also in two days. It is like 736pp long. He probably could have/should have made it 2-300 pp instead. The book follows the same outline Dan Brown does in all of his books: the prologue has someone die, you find out about that someone halfway through the book, the unexpected person is the guy behind everything, there is a romance, there is some conspiracy of global proportions. If this guy is such a "great" author then why can't he write a book that doesn't follow the SAME outline. It gets old and I'm not reading any more of his books. He has hundreds of chapters - many of them a page or two. Every major woman is "gorgeous". Michael Crichton has MUCH better research. His books are entertaining for the first novel or so but after that he is just Blah.
Movies I watched:
Pirates of the Caribbean at World's End: I always end up needing subtitles on this movie - it is difficult to hear all the words and figure out what they're saying. I understand the plot only halfway through the movie. Also very disappointed that Disney marketed PotC items in their stores when this movie is clearly not for small children. But I liked it much better than #2 and would watch it again.
1408: Strange movie. I'm glad I saw it but wouldn't watch it again.
Mr. Brooks: in the middle of that movie so far - so far it is really good. I think the actors, whom everyone has seen on TV, do a great job of acting like different people than they normally play.
Movies I watched:
Pirates of the Caribbean at World's End: I always end up needing subtitles on this movie - it is difficult to hear all the words and figure out what they're saying. I understand the plot only halfway through the movie. Also very disappointed that Disney marketed PotC items in their stores when this movie is clearly not for small children. But I liked it much better than #2 and would watch it again.
1408: Strange movie. I'm glad I saw it but wouldn't watch it again.
Mr. Brooks: in the middle of that movie so far - so far it is really good. I think the actors, whom everyone has seen on TV, do a great job of acting like different people than they normally play.
Wednesday, December 12, 2007
New Book: Digital Fortress by Dan Brown
Finished it in two days. A good, fast read. Not as much non-fiction as Dan Brown's more "famous" works and it works well.
Laura Igraham went off on Christmas cards yesterday on her show. It was pretty funny. How people include letters dripping with "oh, our life is so wonderful, much more than yours is". And how they compare what their paper was, gold leaf, etc. It is even difficult to find cards that actually have Jesus on them! Crazy.
Laura Igraham went off on Christmas cards yesterday on her show. It was pretty funny. How people include letters dripping with "oh, our life is so wonderful, much more than yours is". And how they compare what their paper was, gold leaf, etc. It is even difficult to find cards that actually have Jesus on them! Crazy.
Monday, December 03, 2007
Ken Jennings' Blog and the Pagans Celebrate Christmas
Even Ken Jennings has his own blog!
Also, I retract my going off on Aldi b/c of their OJ prices. Everyone else's is higher priced, too. Perhaps I have been in a time warp. I used to spend maybe $40 on groceries in a two week period. Now I can't leave the grocery store without $90 and that doesn't have to include baby items either.
PBS - St. Louis is raising money once again. I taped Celtic Woman: Christmas to see if they had any good numbers. Then I realized: the Celts were pagans... so why are they celebrating Christmas and singing happy Christmas songs? They were polytheists in fact. Oh the irony. But Celtic Woman Christmas is selling their tickets and making their money so they do not mind the contradiction.
Also, I retract my going off on Aldi b/c of their OJ prices. Everyone else's is higher priced, too. Perhaps I have been in a time warp. I used to spend maybe $40 on groceries in a two week period. Now I can't leave the grocery store without $90 and that doesn't have to include baby items either.
PBS - St. Louis is raising money once again. I taped Celtic Woman: Christmas to see if they had any good numbers. Then I realized: the Celts were pagans... so why are they celebrating Christmas and singing happy Christmas songs? They were polytheists in fact. Oh the irony. But Celtic Woman Christmas is selling their tickets and making their money so they do not mind the contradiction.
Sunday, December 02, 2007
Criminal Minds Quotes
"Criminal Minds" not only has some great characters (some cute too!), but also great quotes.
-Joseph Conrad said, "The belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary. Men alone are quite capable of every wickedness."
-Faulkner once said, "Don't bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself."
-Samuel Johnson wrote, "Almost all absurdity of conduct arises from the imitation of those who we cannot resemble."
-French poet Jacques Rigaut said, "Don't forget that I cannot see myself. My role is limited to being the one who looks in the mirror."
-Euripides said, "When a good man is hurt, all who would be called good must suffer with him."
-Nietzsche wrote, "The irrationality of a thing is not an argument against its existence, rather a condition of it."
-Shakespeare wrote, "Nothing is so common as the wish to be remarkable."
-Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, "When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth."
-Hemingway wrote, "There is no hunting like the hunting of man and those who have hunted armed men long enough and liked it, never really care for anything else.”
-Robert Oxton Bolt once wrote, "A belief is not merely an idea the mind possesses; it is an idea that possesses the mind."
-Eugene Ionesco said, "Ideology separates us. Dreams and anguish bring us together."
-Harriet Beecher Stowe once said "The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone."
-"Measure not the work until the day's out and the labor done," Elizabeth Barrett Browning.
-Confucius once said, "Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves."
-Albert Pine said, "What we do for ourselves dies with us. What we do for others and the world remains and is immortal."
-Sir Francis Bacon said, "In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present."
-Nietzsche wrote, "The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe."
-Gandhi said, "Better to be violent if there's violence in our hearts than to put on the cloak of non-violence to cover impotence."
-Gandhi also said, "I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary. The evil it does is permanent."
-Anthony Brandt wrote, "Other things may change us, but we start and end with family."
-The author François de la Rochefoucauld wrote, "We are so accustomed to disguise ourselves to others that in the end we become disguised to ourselves."
-The French philosopher Voltaire wrote, "There are some that only employ words for the purpose of disguising their thoughts."
-Albert Einstein said, "Whoever undertakes to set himself up as judge in the field of truth and knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods."
-George Orwell said, "In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act."
-Writer Elbert Hubbard said, "No man needs a vacation so much as the man who has just had one."
-"The defects and faults of the mind are like wounds in the body; after all imaginable care has been taken to heal them up, still there will be a scar left behind." French writer François de la Rochefoucauld.
-"It has been said, 'time heals all wounds.' I do not agree. The wounds remain. In time, the mind, protecting its sanity, covers them with scar tissue and the pain lessens. But it is never gone." Rose Kennedy.
-Theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer said "The test of the morality of a society is what it does for its children."
-Mark Twain wrote "Of all the animals, man is the only one that is cruel. He is the only one that inflicts pain for the pleasure of doing it."
-"Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth," Oscar Wilde
-Plato wrote "We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light."
-Aristotle said, "Evil brings men together."
-There is not a righteous man on earth who does what is right and never sins. Ecclesiastes 7:20
-"From the deepest desires often come the deadliest hate." Socrates
-"If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace." Thomas Paine
-"The torture of a bad conscience is the hell of a living soul," John Calvin.
-Gandhi said "Live as if you were to die tomorrow, learn as if you were to live forever."
-An old Russian proverb reminds us, "There can be no good without evil."
-The British historian James Anthony Froude once said, "Wild animals never kill for sport. Man is the only one to whom the torture and death of his fellow creatures is amusing in itself."
-"Nothing is permanent in this wicked world— not even our troubles," Charles Chaplin.
-"Of all the preposterous assumptions of humanity, nothing exceeds the criticisms made of the habits of the poor by the well-housed, well-warmed, and well-fed." Herman Melville.
-The Taoist philosopher Lao-tze once wrote, "he who controls others may be powerful, but he who has mastered himself is mightier still."
-Eleanor Roosevelt once said, "You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face; You must do the thing you think you cannot do."
-Dostoyevsky once said, “Nothing is easier than denouncing the evildoer. Nothing more difficult than understanding him.”
-G.K. Chesterton wrote: "Fairy tales do not tell children that dragons exist. Children already know that dragons exist. Fairy tales tell children that dragons can be killed."
-“Fantasy abandoned by reason produces impossible monsters.” - Francisco Goya
-William Shakespeare wrote, love all, trust a few, do wrong by none.
-Joseph Conrad said, "The belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary. Men alone are quite capable of every wickedness."
-Faulkner once said, "Don't bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself."
-Samuel Johnson wrote, "Almost all absurdity of conduct arises from the imitation of those who we cannot resemble."
-French poet Jacques Rigaut said, "Don't forget that I cannot see myself. My role is limited to being the one who looks in the mirror."
-Euripides said, "When a good man is hurt, all who would be called good must suffer with him."
-Nietzsche wrote, "The irrationality of a thing is not an argument against its existence, rather a condition of it."
-Shakespeare wrote, "Nothing is so common as the wish to be remarkable."
-Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, "When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth."
-Hemingway wrote, "There is no hunting like the hunting of man and those who have hunted armed men long enough and liked it, never really care for anything else.”
-Robert Oxton Bolt once wrote, "A belief is not merely an idea the mind possesses; it is an idea that possesses the mind."
-Eugene Ionesco said, "Ideology separates us. Dreams and anguish bring us together."
-Harriet Beecher Stowe once said "The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone."
-"Measure not the work until the day's out and the labor done," Elizabeth Barrett Browning.
-Confucius once said, "Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves."
-Albert Pine said, "What we do for ourselves dies with us. What we do for others and the world remains and is immortal."
-Sir Francis Bacon said, "In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present."
-Nietzsche wrote, "The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe."
-Gandhi said, "Better to be violent if there's violence in our hearts than to put on the cloak of non-violence to cover impotence."
-Gandhi also said, "I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary. The evil it does is permanent."
-Anthony Brandt wrote, "Other things may change us, but we start and end with family."
-The author François de la Rochefoucauld wrote, "We are so accustomed to disguise ourselves to others that in the end we become disguised to ourselves."
-The French philosopher Voltaire wrote, "There are some that only employ words for the purpose of disguising their thoughts."
-Albert Einstein said, "Whoever undertakes to set himself up as judge in the field of truth and knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods."
-George Orwell said, "In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act."
-Writer Elbert Hubbard said, "No man needs a vacation so much as the man who has just had one."
-"The defects and faults of the mind are like wounds in the body; after all imaginable care has been taken to heal them up, still there will be a scar left behind." French writer François de la Rochefoucauld.
-"It has been said, 'time heals all wounds.' I do not agree. The wounds remain. In time, the mind, protecting its sanity, covers them with scar tissue and the pain lessens. But it is never gone." Rose Kennedy.
-Theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer said "The test of the morality of a society is what it does for its children."
-Mark Twain wrote "Of all the animals, man is the only one that is cruel. He is the only one that inflicts pain for the pleasure of doing it."
-"Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth," Oscar Wilde
-Plato wrote "We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light."
-Aristotle said, "Evil brings men together."
-There is not a righteous man on earth who does what is right and never sins. Ecclesiastes 7:20
-"From the deepest desires often come the deadliest hate." Socrates
-"If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace." Thomas Paine
-"The torture of a bad conscience is the hell of a living soul," John Calvin.
-Gandhi said "Live as if you were to die tomorrow, learn as if you were to live forever."
-An old Russian proverb reminds us, "There can be no good without evil."
-The British historian James Anthony Froude once said, "Wild animals never kill for sport. Man is the only one to whom the torture and death of his fellow creatures is amusing in itself."
-"Nothing is permanent in this wicked world— not even our troubles," Charles Chaplin.
-"Of all the preposterous assumptions of humanity, nothing exceeds the criticisms made of the habits of the poor by the well-housed, well-warmed, and well-fed." Herman Melville.
-The Taoist philosopher Lao-tze once wrote, "he who controls others may be powerful, but he who has mastered himself is mightier still."
-Eleanor Roosevelt once said, "You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face; You must do the thing you think you cannot do."
-Dostoyevsky once said, “Nothing is easier than denouncing the evildoer. Nothing more difficult than understanding him.”
-G.K. Chesterton wrote: "Fairy tales do not tell children that dragons exist. Children already know that dragons exist. Fairy tales tell children that dragons can be killed."
-“Fantasy abandoned by reason produces impossible monsters.” - Francisco Goya
-William Shakespeare wrote, love all, trust a few, do wrong by none.
Saturday, December 01, 2007
Movies to See
Must See Movies either on video or the theater: Sweeney Todd and Beowulf, oh and "Alvin and the Chipmunks". Three great movies!!! And Johnny Depp and Alan Rickman cannot make a bad movie.
No video tonight so have nothing to report on the "Truth Project". The only truth I learned was that I was not the only person extremely frustrated with a certain event last month. Holding a baby for 3 hours is not my idea of fun. Nor having nothing to eat for that period of time.
No video tonight so have nothing to report on the "Truth Project". The only truth I learned was that I was not the only person extremely frustrated with a certain event last month. Holding a baby for 3 hours is not my idea of fun. Nor having nothing to eat for that period of time.
Wednesday, November 21, 2007
No Thanksgiving this Thanksgiving
Neither side of my family will do anything for Thanksgiving tomorrow.
The sisters are not speaking - so not going to the 'rents, at least they haven't said anything which is of no surprise. Oh well. Nobody cares and mom's just going to worry which gets nothing accomplished.
The sisters are not speaking - so not going to the 'rents, at least they haven't said anything which is of no surprise. Oh well. Nobody cares and mom's just going to worry which gets nothing accomplished.
Saturday, November 17, 2007
The Truth Project Part 5.1
Well somehow we managed to skip the "Who is God?" DVD part 4 of the series and moved onto Part 5 Section 1 Science. We skipped part 4 b/c it was deemed boring by the leader. But Part 5.1 could have been just as boring. It was how evolution and Darwin are wrong and here is why - in less than 20 min. Not much depth and didn't tell me anything I didn't already read in Michael Denton's book or the book "Doubt about Darwin". Neither of which the guy mentioned. Also, he didn't split it into micro and macro evolution which I find very significant when trying to argue against Darwiners.
I guess I'm not a soccer mom. Everyone at the playground seemed to have the same kind of tennis shoes and the cute little matching sportswear. Me - I'm wearing socks with sandals b/c I hate sitting there to tie my shoe, slacks and a t-shirt. Oh, and I wasn't wearing the oh-so-fashionable bug-eyed sunglasses that are now the rage here and were the rage on the west coast like 10 years ago.
I doubt any of the moms were toting a copy of "Mental Floss" magazine either. LOL. That is the coolest magazine EVER.
I guess I'm not a soccer mom. Everyone at the playground seemed to have the same kind of tennis shoes and the cute little matching sportswear. Me - I'm wearing socks with sandals b/c I hate sitting there to tie my shoe, slacks and a t-shirt. Oh, and I wasn't wearing the oh-so-fashionable bug-eyed sunglasses that are now the rage here and were the rage on the west coast like 10 years ago.
I doubt any of the moms were toting a copy of "Mental Floss" magazine either. LOL. That is the coolest magazine EVER.
Monday, November 12, 2007
Baby EInstein
All this hoop-lah over Baby Einstein and do you know how many parents came to my Parent-Teacher Conferences? Maybe two. At least one I'm sure. The other one I believe was another fellow teacher, so she was already there.
So their kids only matter when they are little, and when they are old enough to actually understand that you care - nobody goes.
Current Book: Charlie Wilson's War by George Crile -- Very interesting and writes smoothly.
Current Project: Working on Maddox's first year video for the birthday party.
So their kids only matter when they are little, and when they are old enough to actually understand that you care - nobody goes.
Current Book: Charlie Wilson's War by George Crile -- Very interesting and writes smoothly.
Current Project: Working on Maddox's first year video for the birthday party.
Monday, November 05, 2007
Babies Does a Fall Back with the Clocks
Currently Reading: Charlie Wilson's War. I really like the tone, style and subject matter. It is a very long book so I'm not sure I will be able to finish it in two weeks since it is not a quick read either.
Well at Thomasville, my Hercules aka. Maddox found out that a drawer isn't really a drawer. He pulled on some knobs that look like a drawer but was really a keyboard shelf. So, he falls to his bottom and keeps going until he hits his head. Poor thing :-(
Weekend was exhausting. Holding a baby for 90 minutes straight is no fun at all.
Looked for a desk at several places and even the three thousand dollar desks wouldn't get here for 6 weeks. For that price I better have it tomorrow.
Oh, and just received an email that "The Golden Compass" is the new "anti-Narnia".
Well at Thomasville, my Hercules aka. Maddox found out that a drawer isn't really a drawer. He pulled on some knobs that look like a drawer but was really a keyboard shelf. So, he falls to his bottom and keeps going until he hits his head. Poor thing :-(
Weekend was exhausting. Holding a baby for 90 minutes straight is no fun at all.
Looked for a desk at several places and even the three thousand dollar desks wouldn't get here for 6 weeks. For that price I better have it tomorrow.
Oh, and just received an email that "The Golden Compass" is the new "anti-Narnia".
Friday, November 02, 2007
OPEC knows I'm on Empty
Gas was around $2.60 for the past couple weeks. I finally get near empty and gas is now $2.89 at the pump. They know I'm empty. They tapped into my car's computer to see how much gas I have. Because there IS this movie coming out called "Untraceable" where the IP address of the website is untraceable and the tapped into her car's computer and ran the car for her. Yeah... right...
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Work at Starbucks and Learn Their Secrets
Okay. I love coffee - all kinds. I have been trying to read up on how to make my own cafe mochas and lattes and it looks complicated. Of course, I don't have the machine. But even still. So now I'm thinking - hey - I could work for Starbucks. Just 4 hours a week and learn their secrets and make my own!!! Well nobody works 4 hours a week, and William probably won't let me.
Monday, October 29, 2007
I Retract Earlier Post about Aldi
Aldi the "stock-up" store has decided to "jack up" prices so they are no longer a good deal. I can get sugar and frozen OJ cheaper on sale at Schnucks than I can at Aldi. And Schnucks is sometimes double the price of Walmart - depending on the product. So Aldi can just go downhill - making me bag my own groceries AND pay more - they might as well call themselves "Shop N Save".
Current Book: "The List" by Tara Ison. This was our book club reading for October. I got to page 12 or so and can't stand it. Any half-decent high school writer can write stream-of-consciousness about sex and drugs. And pumpkin. ewwwww.. Don't get me started on THAT scene. So naturally it was given 5/5 stars on Amazon. I wonder if people who know the author, or the author herself ever puts those reviews on Amazon.... Well anywho. I'm going to Book Club and not read it.
Current Book: "The List" by Tara Ison. This was our book club reading for October. I got to page 12 or so and can't stand it. Any half-decent high school writer can write stream-of-consciousness about sex and drugs. And pumpkin. ewwwww.. Don't get me started on THAT scene. So naturally it was given 5/5 stars on Amazon. I wonder if people who know the author, or the author herself ever puts those reviews on Amazon.... Well anywho. I'm going to Book Club and not read it.
Saturday, October 27, 2007
How you can tell you're a Nerd
You have your library card number memorized. Yes, this means you're a nerd :-) Doh.
Movies to see:
The Golden Compass, Charlie Wilson's War, Spiderman 3, the Devil Wears Prada
Movies to see:
The Golden Compass, Charlie Wilson's War, Spiderman 3, the Devil Wears Prada
Thursday, October 25, 2007
Dumbo Bumbo
So there was this big consumer report regarding the Bumbo Seat for babies. Some dumb parents were not watching their kid, put a baby 4 feet up in the air and want to sue the company because the kid fell out. Well this is exactly why 1, I never use the seat, and 2, when I did use the seat for a couple weeks it was on the FLOOR. Wow what a concept. To put a baby who rolls all over the place on the floor and not 4 feet in the air on a countertop. Are parents really this dumb that they can't use common sense? Why do you think so many baby items come with straps? Because the kid rolls out of EVERYthing. I feel so sorry for those babies that fell.
Another point to make out is that GMA reported 27 or 28 babies had gone to the emergency room because of the seat and 3 with skull fractures. Now during that show how many babies were shaken, or subjected to cigarette smoke, pot, drugs, alcohol, or violence? Probably more than some dumb seat.
There was a neat debate on the Laura Ingram Show. Atheism debate between Dinesh D'Souza and Dan Barker filled one hour and I could have probably listened to 3 or 4. Dinesh wrote "What's So Great About Christianity". Dan Barker is Co-president, Freedom From Religion Foundation. Minister Turned Atheist.
Another point to make out is that GMA reported 27 or 28 babies had gone to the emergency room because of the seat and 3 with skull fractures. Now during that show how many babies were shaken, or subjected to cigarette smoke, pot, drugs, alcohol, or violence? Probably more than some dumb seat.
There was a neat debate on the Laura Ingram Show. Atheism debate between Dinesh D'Souza and Dan Barker filled one hour and I could have probably listened to 3 or 4. Dinesh wrote "What's So Great About Christianity". Dan Barker is Co-president, Freedom From Religion Foundation. Minister Turned Atheist.
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
Usborne and Rowling
Well I was an Usborne consultant for one day. Then I remembered why I quit teaching -- I get tired of selling things and people really fast. Not that I don't like people. But I am better working with loans, money, etc. So I called and canceled.
JK Rowling's attempt at more fame is sickening and utterly pointless.
Painted the loft today and taped the rest of the house up. We ate at Red Lobster and Cheesecake Factory the other day. Super YUMMY!!!
JK Rowling's attempt at more fame is sickening and utterly pointless.
Painted the loft today and taped the rest of the house up. We ate at Red Lobster and Cheesecake Factory the other day. Super YUMMY!!!
Saturday, October 20, 2007
Before and After Pictures
Well I tried to post the pictures on Blogspot, but it keeps giving me an error.
Here are the Before and After Pics.
Here are the Before and After Pics.
The Truth Project
We began 2 weeks ago on a Focus on the Family DVD series called "The Truth Project". It is 12 1-hour DVD's focusing on developing a biblical world view.
I really really thought it was great and gave me - finally - some food for thought. Actually got into some discussion that I had been wanting again, well since leaving college. Much more refreshing than the same old regurgitating information. Though others found it not so refreshing and that the junior and senior level high school vocab/content could not be followed. But that gets into - what is Focus on the Family's target audience? Is it a select few educated Christians, or the general Christian and non-Christian masses?
DVD 1 - Talked about truth and what is truth. Why did Jesus come, not to save us but to bring us the truth, therefore saving us. I missed about 1/3 of it feeding Maddox so I don't have very many notes.
DVD 2 - Talked about Philosophy and Ethics. Living in a black box with God outside of it or not outside of it. And if you do believe that God is in and outside the box (metaphor for "world" or "universe") than how can you still go about living as if He isn't there? If you do live as if He is not there, then you are living "in the world" where there is no God and the bible warns Christians about that over and over again.
Another good point was of one man divided up the terms "morality" and "ethics". Morality used to be looking at things as they are. Whether something is morally good or bad. Ethics looks at how they ought to be. However, he noted modern society merges the two terms together often, especially when taking statistics. If the majority says X, no matter what it is, they often present X now as morally and ethically right.
Another theme I see going through the series, which has not presented itself in discussion very much, is the formal vs. personal biblical world view. In other words, the majority of the population lacking God in their everyday life or personal life, but He is there in a formal way. Which reminded me of times before Newton, and even after Newton, particularly before the 1950's esp. God, the bible, etc. was involved in the every day activities of the lives of Christians through prayer.
Where do you think we get "bless you"? From an old tradition of believing the devil can capture your soul when you sneeze it out. But modern times still holds this tradition. We still say "goodbye" which I believe is derived from "God be with you". Or the term holiday is "holy day".
He pointed out Romans 12:2 and some other versus but I didn't have my pen and paper yet.
I really really thought it was great and gave me - finally - some food for thought. Actually got into some discussion that I had been wanting again, well since leaving college. Much more refreshing than the same old regurgitating information. Though others found it not so refreshing and that the junior and senior level high school vocab/content could not be followed. But that gets into - what is Focus on the Family's target audience? Is it a select few educated Christians, or the general Christian and non-Christian masses?
DVD 1 - Talked about truth and what is truth. Why did Jesus come, not to save us but to bring us the truth, therefore saving us. I missed about 1/3 of it feeding Maddox so I don't have very many notes.
DVD 2 - Talked about Philosophy and Ethics. Living in a black box with God outside of it or not outside of it. And if you do believe that God is in and outside the box (metaphor for "world" or "universe") than how can you still go about living as if He isn't there? If you do live as if He is not there, then you are living "in the world" where there is no God and the bible warns Christians about that over and over again.
Another good point was of one man divided up the terms "morality" and "ethics". Morality used to be looking at things as they are. Whether something is morally good or bad. Ethics looks at how they ought to be. However, he noted modern society merges the two terms together often, especially when taking statistics. If the majority says X, no matter what it is, they often present X now as morally and ethically right.
Another theme I see going through the series, which has not presented itself in discussion very much, is the formal vs. personal biblical world view. In other words, the majority of the population lacking God in their everyday life or personal life, but He is there in a formal way. Which reminded me of times before Newton, and even after Newton, particularly before the 1950's esp. God, the bible, etc. was involved in the every day activities of the lives of Christians through prayer.
Where do you think we get "bless you"? From an old tradition of believing the devil can capture your soul when you sneeze it out. But modern times still holds this tradition. We still say "goodbye" which I believe is derived from "God be with you". Or the term holiday is "holy day".
He pointed out Romans 12:2 and some other versus but I didn't have my pen and paper yet.
Thursday, October 18, 2007
Free Makeover!!!
I am sooo way excited!!! I get a free all over makeover tomorrow at 2pm for "Show Me St. Louis". Hair, makeup, hair color and cut, clothes, WOO HOO!!!! Did I mention I am excited??? So set your mythTV's and your TV'os to Channel 5 at 3:30pm on November 7th! Unless they can't make me pretty - then they won't use my pic I guess. LOL!!!
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
Diaper Bag and finished book
I found and bought the best diaper bag EVER. CUTE DIAPER BAG
It is cute and holds everything.
Update on "The Lightning Thief": Finished the book. I would give it 4 out of 5 stars. I enjoyed the plot. The characters were so-so. The pace was great - sometimes you didn't want to put the book down. It won't ever be a classic, but it was a fun fast read - seeing as the reading level was probably around 5th grade.
Maddox is holding a sippy cup very well now. He didn't really care for the ones with the handles that are supposed to be a "transition". Still need to keep that kid from wanting to eat at 2am though.
It is cute and holds everything.
Update on "The Lightning Thief": Finished the book. I would give it 4 out of 5 stars. I enjoyed the plot. The characters were so-so. The pace was great - sometimes you didn't want to put the book down. It won't ever be a classic, but it was a fun fast read - seeing as the reading level was probably around 5th grade.
Maddox is holding a sippy cup very well now. He didn't really care for the ones with the handles that are supposed to be a "transition". Still need to keep that kid from wanting to eat at 2am though.
Monday, October 15, 2007
Finished Painting
whew - after two coats the bathroom downstairs is finally done. The first coat didn't turn out so well. It was kind of... well blue. VERY blue. So I mixed two paints with my awesome painting powers to get the color I wanted without buying more paint at the store. woo hoo!
"The Lightning Thief" is a strange novel about a boy named Percy. I was hoping it wasn't a Harry Potter pseudo-knockoff. But Percy goes off with a boy, Grover, and a girl, Annabeth, to go into the Underworld and get the lightning bolt that Hades stole from Zeus. Right, this is set in modern times, but the Greek gods are real and still having half-human babies. The demigods go to a special camp because monsters try to kill them. Mount Olympus is now at the Empire State building and Hades is in - you guessed it - Los Angeles. LOL. That little touch was pretty funny.
"The Lightning Thief" is a strange novel about a boy named Percy. I was hoping it wasn't a Harry Potter pseudo-knockoff. But Percy goes off with a boy, Grover, and a girl, Annabeth, to go into the Underworld and get the lightning bolt that Hades stole from Zeus. Right, this is set in modern times, but the Greek gods are real and still having half-human babies. The demigods go to a special camp because monsters try to kill them. Mount Olympus is now at the Empire State building and Hades is in - you guessed it - Los Angeles. LOL. That little touch was pretty funny.
Friday, October 12, 2007
New Book: Michael Denton's Evolution: A Theory in Crisis
I also got the Mark Twain winner (or nominee?) "The Lightning Thief".
Denton's book is going over Darwin's theory and the holes in it.
Got tired of Doubts about Darwin. Seemed to be a secondary and tertiary source of information on something I could get more directly at the library. But it did have some good direction to look into like Philip Johnson's book and arguments regarding the Evolution Theory as well. The book did it's job because it was more about Intelligent Design when I was more interested in the holes on Evolution on our science textbooks.
I have the bathroom downstairs halfway in destruction. Ready to paint the top half blue and put white beadboard at the bottom. Like they say on HGTV, this is my inspiration room: http://www.potterybarn.com/gift/thm/THMBAO/index.cfm
Yes, a knock-off of Pottery Barn. But everyone else does too. Well at least Target does. Hence Williams-Sonoma sued the Target Corporation.
Denton's book is going over Darwin's theory and the holes in it.
Got tired of Doubts about Darwin. Seemed to be a secondary and tertiary source of information on something I could get more directly at the library. But it did have some good direction to look into like Philip Johnson's book and arguments regarding the Evolution Theory as well. The book did it's job because it was more about Intelligent Design when I was more interested in the holes on Evolution on our science textbooks.
I have the bathroom downstairs halfway in destruction. Ready to paint the top half blue and put white beadboard at the bottom. Like they say on HGTV, this is my inspiration room: http://www.potterybarn.com/gift/thm/THMBAO/index.cfm
Yes, a knock-off of Pottery Barn. But everyone else does too. Well at least Target does. Hence Williams-Sonoma sued the Target Corporation.
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
Lake St. Louis Conspires Against Me
Yet again the universe is against me. Not only would it have been okay to finish our basement before 2006 - but it would also be okay after 2009. Yes, because that is when you didn't have to have an egress window in order to finish your basement.
But, if you happen to be me and want to finish your basement, say now, then you have to get an egress window installed. You know - just redo your foundation and re-landscape one side of your house! It'll be easy.
But after 2009 they will change this rule. Yeah like I want to wait that long. Thanks Lake St. Louis. I can't put up a fence, you block my street starting next week, and I can't finish my basement in time for my Usborne party, Thanksgiving or Christmas.
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On a happy note, my house was boo'ed yesterday. That was fun. I got a whole box of my favorite movie candy: milk duds with some other goodies. I boo'ed 4 people in return. I don't know why. I was trying to be nice and couldn't narrow it down to two people so I boo'ed four.
But, if you happen to be me and want to finish your basement, say now, then you have to get an egress window installed. You know - just redo your foundation and re-landscape one side of your house! It'll be easy.
But after 2009 they will change this rule. Yeah like I want to wait that long. Thanks Lake St. Louis. I can't put up a fence, you block my street starting next week, and I can't finish my basement in time for my Usborne party, Thanksgiving or Christmas.
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On a happy note, my house was boo'ed yesterday. That was fun. I got a whole box of my favorite movie candy: milk duds with some other goodies. I boo'ed 4 people in return. I don't know why. I was trying to be nice and couldn't narrow it down to two people so I boo'ed four.
Monday, October 08, 2007
Sunday, October 07, 2007
Current Book: Doubts about Darwin
by Thomas Woodard.
Most prolific subject in the book: Michael Denton's paper on Evolution: A Theory in Crisis. May be interesting to read for ourselves later on.
Most prolific subject in the book: Michael Denton's paper on Evolution: A Theory in Crisis. May be interesting to read for ourselves later on.
Saturday, October 06, 2007
Missing good ol' college days
Yeah you never think it possible. But I miss the good ol' college days of discussion and bouncing ideas and reading. We do that somewhat every other Friday - but after 8pm - which is around the same time my brain powers down into "sleep mode". I am most productive between 6-8am.
We use to talk about Shakespeare, philosophy, theater, mathematics, physics, history, etc. But doesn't seem like that happens much anymore. It did briefly while I worked at my old/new job at Citi. We could discuss ideas like that and chit chat. But now I'm home and the 9 month old doesn't have much discussion in him. Who knows. Maybe he'll teach me more than a college textbook after all....
We use to talk about Shakespeare, philosophy, theater, mathematics, physics, history, etc. But doesn't seem like that happens much anymore. It did briefly while I worked at my old/new job at Citi. We could discuss ideas like that and chit chat. But now I'm home and the 9 month old doesn't have much discussion in him. Who knows. Maybe he'll teach me more than a college textbook after all....
Pumpkin Patch
We went to Rombach's Pumpkin Patch today. Usually you get the jackets out and go hunting down some good pumpkins. Well instead we had to break out the sunscreen and swimsuits just to keep up with the heat. Yuck. Fun time - but way too hot for October. By next week I'm sure it'll be a high of 40 degrees - such is Missouri.
Friday, October 05, 2007
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