Month: October 2005

As a child every night before be I would kneel and say:

Now I lay me down to sleep
I pray the Lord my soul to keep
If I should die before I wake
I pray the Lord my soul to take. Amen.

As an adult I have a problem with this. I don’t think children should be sheltered from such realities as death but to hyperfixate on them night after night in our times is too negative. Perhaps this was once appropriate during times of plagues but today I think there needs to be another variation. Perhaps the stuffed animal Amy is playing with has the answer:

Now I lay me down to sleep
I pray the Lord my soul to keep
May angels watch me through the night
And keep me in their blessed sight. Amen.

Student: The deadline looms.
Master: Focus on the task, not the deadline.

David Baldinger is back! I love his Remnants cartoon!

Could someone explain to me how they filmed these kids on invisible skateboards? The shadows are perfect. The little clouds of dust imply a board. The only thing I can imagine is that they Chroma key’d the boards and edited them out by hand but if that’s the case this is some fine editing!

Yes! I won! I matched 3 number without the powerball so I scored $7. I swear I almost bought the power play which would have made this a $35 ticket. Wahoo!

Just incase you haven’t heard, the lottery is up to $340,000,000! Draws tonight. I really hope that no one gets it. I’d love to see this break $400 million and I sincerely hope that someone truly deserving gets the money.

Yellow monsters poke above the tree line as they pilliage the earth. Once gone you cannot have it back.

Student: Only I believe in me.
Master: And that is all that matters.

Student: I have reached a crossroads.
Master: Read the signs carefully.

For those into home defense. (yes, you’ve seen that gun on Predator)

My wife posted this picture of a wooly worm that was crawling around outside our house. It’s head is toward the top of the picture. Looks like a mild winter to me.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration explains the wooly worm as a weather predictor.

"…the amount of black on the woolly bear in autumn varies proportionately with the severity of the coming winter…"

"The longer the woolly bear’s black bands, the longer, colder, snowier, and more severe the winter will be."

"…every 3rd weekend in October the annual Woolly Worm Festival in Banner Elk, NC. They begin worm their worm races around 10:20 AM…"

Ours was heading west. Now what does that mean?!

Amy joins molly on the afternoon hike

They were sitting side by side

Friends on porch

Noah off to wesley woods camp