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Quote of the Day
“Safety from external danger is the most powerful director of national conduct. Even the ardent love of liberty will, after a time, give way to its dictates. The violent destruction of life and property incident to war; the continual effort and alarm attendant on a state of continual danger, will compel nations the most attached […]
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Financially Supporting Michael Moore
So, Michael Moore‘s new movie, Fahrenheit 9/11, is coming out this Friday, and I’m really interesting in seeing it. Now, being as his last movie, Bowling for Columbine, was pretty much a diatribe against Lockheed Martin, some of my coworkers are understandably concerned that I would supporting the guy financially. So, this brings up an […]
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Arrrrgh!
So, I came home from work a few days ago, and my monitor wouldn’t come up. The light was green, so it was getting a signal from my computer, but nothing came on the screen. Weird. I unplugged the monitor, and plugged it back in… nothing. I logged onto the computer from my other box, […]
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Some Rights Reserved
You may have noticed at the bottom of all the webpages on my side, that there is a “Some Rights Reserved” icon. Clicking on it will take you to the Creative Commons website, where you can learn about what rights we reserve and what we’ve “given up”. Over the last few years, I’ve been doing […]
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Insomnia, clutter, and inspiration
It’s amazing how quickly insomnia kicks in for me when I’m pregnant. Some women sleep like a baby. This baby resembles more of a newborn – up every two hours, or days and nights switched. As you can see, it isn’t even 5am yet. I have been up since three. The liberating thought occurred to […]
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So, I Laughed
Normally, I believe that the bedroom is a sacred (read “set-apart”, not “holy”) room; a private area dedicated to the special, personal relationship between a man and his wife. However, due to recent complaints… nay… comments from my wife regarding my reaction to the wonderful news that she is bearing my fourth child, I feel […]
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Dads and Daughters Dinner
The Dads and Daughters Dinner went so so well. The food was great, the location was set up for us before we got there, the flower arrangements were beautiful, and Tim Witmer did an excellent job. He started by saying, “There are two things that daughters learn from their dads that they can’t learn from […]
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Pregnant
After a while of feeling queasy and very tired — to which brushed off as Tom’s being away and not eating or sleeping properly — I had a positive pregnancy test this morning. The due date calculator says that Feb 20th is the due date. I do hope this pregnancy will be as smooth as […]
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Cute?
How am I supposed to react when my wife says that this guy is cute? She also says I’m cute! What does that say about me?!
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Home From Japan
Well, last night I made it hope from Japan. I had a busy last couple days over there, and I didn’t really have to write about them here while they were happening, but I’ll try to jot some of my notes down over the next few days. I was able to visit the Tsukiji fish […]
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…and Now I Can Rest
Tom is home! We got stuck in traffic from some sort of dress-up occasion at Coatesville Highschool. Lots of police, baracades, limos, balloons and prom-like attire could be seen. Traffic was heavy all the way to Route 1, completely stopped at times, and so it took all of the self-control I could muster to keep […]
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In The Morning
Psa 69:15-18 Let not the waterflood overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me. Hear me, O LORD; for thy lovingkindness is good: turn unto me according to the multitude of thy tender mercies. And hide not thy face from thy servant; for I […]
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Meiji Shrine
Tony Rogers, Bob Grawl, and I had a day off today, so we took a trip down to the Meiji shrine in the southwest part of the city. We started out the morning late, so we stopped at the noodle place right next to the ANA Hotel where I’m staying. As I’ve said before, the […]
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Insanity 101
What a day. Kids lied. Escapes were made — out the front door, the back door, and through the fence. Teeth marks were inflicted upon children by children. Bottoms turned red. Pee marked the floor twice. Once, it was blamed by the culprit on an innocent bystanding child — an example of a lying incident. […]
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Nursing Home
Thomas just back from visiting the nursing home. Our church does a service there, one Sunday a month. He went with Becky and Tom. He reported that there were a lot of “broken ladies there.” He apparently was shaking hands, giving hugs and kisses and telling everyone his dad was in Japan.