Friday, April 29, 2005
By the Power of Greyskull
Scott: “My back hurts so bad.”Me: “I’m sorry. Is it worse or better?”Scott: “I don’t know.”(pause)Me: “Maybe it’s one of those things where it hurts a lot but then gets stronger like Superman. Maybe you’ll get X-ray vision.”Scott: “You know, I already...
Wednesday, April 27, 2005
Politics As Usual
President Bush was on TV last night. I don’t care about his politics. I just can’t stand to hear the man speak. A monkey could do a better job.So I went to take a bath. I relaxed in the water. I washed, scrubbed, shaved, and moisturized. But I could...
Saturday, April 16, 2005
Not Judging Their Beliefs, I Promise. I Just Always Sound Snarky.
o2grok1: What does Pentecostal mean? five something? Five what?Ptrend: I know what Pentecost was...but not the etymology...sorryo2grok1: what was it?Ptrend: Here we'll hear from Merriam WebsterEtymology: Middle English, from Old English pentecosten,...
Friday, April 08, 2005
Good parenting
Overheard at an education tour for 2nd graders:Little girl (jumping and shrieking): "Caitlyn took some candy!"Mother: Heather, no one is interested in your tattling. Caitlyn will make her own choices, good or bad.That's going in my "things to say" parenting...
Monday, April 04, 2005
Apologies, in advance, for the ranting
Jesus built my hotrod To the person with the nasty commentary today: I wish it had been directed at me. I would like to have bound you, gagged you, and told you this.There is room on this planet for all faiths. There is...