In order to celebrate Presidents’ Day, here are a few interesting (to me at least) items about our past leaders. Continue reading “A day to honor leaders who had 15 kids, got pulled over for speeding on horses and still gave speeches even after being shot”
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As I lay dying, or agony at the office!
What’s worse than being sick while also having sharp stomach pains?
Being stuck at work while you are sick with sharp stomach pains, of course.
That happened to me the other day, and while I was lying in misery on the floor of my office, I thought, ‘This would be great to write about!” Continue reading “As I lay dying, or agony at the office!”
A few thoughts about Super Bowl 51: A historic grudge match named after a toy
A few points of interest to help you get ready for this year’s Super Bowl!
- This year’s big game is Super Bowl LI, which is pronounced Super Bowly.
- This is the second Super Bowl for the Atlanta Falcons, who played their first game in 1966.
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Whom would you take with you to Mars?
Scanning through the limited supply of non-political national news over the weekend, I found a few interesting articles about a new NASA-funded study that is part of a project to send people to Mars.
According to the articles (I will paste a few links below), NASA is paying a great deal of money for a study of six people living inside a pod for eight months. The articles brought up several really interesting items, as well as bunch of questions. Here are a few examples: Continue reading “Whom would you take with you to Mars?”
Seeing history and enjoying an epiphany, all for $6
“Hey Dad, Browns tickets are going for $6 or less,” my son Ben said to me a few weeks ago.
He loves the Cleveland Browns and I love saving money, so the cheap tickets were intriguing. Sure there were a few negative points about the game, but they were minimal, such as:
- The game was going to be played on a cold winter’s day,
- The Browns were 0-14 at the time and had been playing terribly,
- The game was set for Christmas Eve,
- I was supposed to be an usher at my church on Christmas Eve,
- I would have to get up at 3 a.m. on Christmas Day to drive family members to the airport,
- We would have to drive more than three hours each way just to sit in the cold and likely watch the Browns lose.
Obviously, that was not enough to keep us from $6 tickets and the opportunity to see the Browns make history with their losing season, so we decided to go. Continue reading “Seeing history and enjoying an epiphany, all for $6”
Holiday vacation lifts spirits and houses, while also creating lasting memories with neighbors
During the holidays, my wife and I each had 10 straight days off of work with no children at home.
After some traveling to see family, we were left with six days of complete freedom and relaxation. It’s the first time we’ve had time together like this, so I thought it would be nice to record a little private diary of our quiet, romantic vacation. Continue reading “Holiday vacation lifts spirits and houses, while also creating lasting memories with neighbors”
‘Twas The Night Before Christmas 2016
‘Twas the night before Christmas and all through the house,
Not a creature was stirring, not even my spouse.
She had already hung the stockings on the TV,
In hopes that the dog wouldn’t steal the candy.
The children were nestled all snug in their beds,
With computers and cell phones resting under their heads.
My wife and I were blanketed from heads to our feet,
Warm in our bed that was without a top sheet.
When out on the lawn, there was a clatter and clack,
I sprang from my bed carefully, not to injure my back. Continue reading “‘Twas The Night Before Christmas 2016”
A cursory Christmas tale of a reviled parsimonious old man who recanted
While not helping any of the children with their homework this week, I realized that I was pretty lost on most of the words in their vocabulary list.
And while I was definitely not helping them, I looked up several of the definitions and found that many of them seemed to fit with a familiar story. So, in order to help improve my vocabulary and hopefully get an A on some English homework, I present to you this classic Christmas story filled with the words in bold from two recent high school vocabulary lists.
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There’s no need for the top sheet! Or tiny bowls!
Like many people, I sleep nearly every day.
And as someone who sleeps, I never really questioned the sheets that were on my bed. I always assumed that I needed the fitted sheet and the top sheet, and that was that.
Recently, though, I read some rather controversial articles that stated that the top sheet really isn’t needed. And now I am led to believe that perhaps that was not that and instead was something else all along.
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Bank to the future!
I went to the bank last week, but ended up instead in the future!
(Cue the dramatic music!)
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