Some Pig!

For some reason, I decided to read the book “Charlotte’s Web” to the boys. I was getting kind bored with the endless Thomas books Ryan wanted me to read to him. I remember really enjoying that book when I was a kid. I think I have an extremely early memory of my Grandma Kilmer reading [...]

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Eschewing Obfuscation with Proper Elocution

The title of this blog only partially has anything to do with this actually entry. It’s just a sign I’ve been on cafepress.com too much lately.  
I figured out the other night that we are all crazy, except for English Majors. Here’s why.
I’ve noticed myself saying a particular phrase that drives me crazy. And yet I still [...]

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Well, it finally happend!

This is something that I’ve been anticipating since my kids started drawing, and it finally happend today: Sammy drew his first anatomically correct stick figure. Actually, it was kind of a blobby figure, and even though it was anatomical, it wasn’t really correct. Here’s our the conversation went:
Sam: Daddy, my drawing a big, tall man!
Me: [...]

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Training Week

Well, I’ve started the yearly security guard training week! I cannot tell you the mounds of fun that I’ve had already. Usually it’s very structured and orderly. This year we are hurtling into the school year like a run away freight train. And every year at this I am reminded why I like working nights: [...]

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The Light at the End of the Tunnel….

…..is an on-coming train!
Well, this week is almost over, and according to Dr. Paul, we finished the hardest material yesterday (Thursday). We traced the development of Trinitarian and Christological doctrine. It got very muddled into philosophy and thoughts and theories. I sat through most of the class with a blissfully ignorant smile on my face, [...]

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Homooousios, and other odd terms.

Well, my class on Early Christian Theology is going well. I have learned a few new things this week that I wanted to share with you.
 1. Tertullian was a baptist. He believed that going to the theater was wrong, that women shouldn’t expose any skin, that people should not wear bright colors. He said that [...]

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The Lucasian Variants of The Solo-Greedoian Conflict

In George Lucas’ Star Wars: A New Hope 1977 edition, there is a classic cinematic scene that takes place in a dank, dirty, smoke filled cantina called Mos Eisley. Shortly after the scene where loveable rogue and all-round scoundrel Han Solo makes a deal with Obi-Wan and Luke Skywalker, Han is faced with a bounty [...]

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Choose my Homework

I started a module this week called Early Christian Theology, and we get to study early Christian theology….so the name of the class is kind of appropriate I think. Anyway, there are two books we have to read, one which has to be done this week. I thought I was stupid because I could hardly [...]

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The Joy of Death

My dad sent me a forward the other day that had these epitaph’s that someone supposedly found on tombstones. I think some of them were pretty funny. Its highly likely that these are made up, but they still give me a chuckle. Here’s a few:
 Harry Edsel Smith of Albany, New York: Born 1903–Died 1942.
 Looked up [...]

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Weekly Updates

Monday monday, and it’s the moment you’ve been waiting for. My new song of the week is posted, as well as my quote of the week. In addition, check out my Coffee!!! page. You can check it out by clicking on the above link. I found some funny quotes about coffee. Stuff like this:
 Caffeine is [...]

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