OK, so I took a hiatus from posting, largely because I had nothing to say, and also because when I started to write things for the blog, they came out kind of gloomy. But now, WCC is over, and the world can return to some semblance of normalcy. (Just kidding Brittney, WCC was fine, I could have done without some (most) of the first hour, but it was entertaining in its own special way.)
For those of you who attend church with me, what was the deal with the applause yesterday morning? I mean, I was as excited as the next guy that O'Brien finished at 11:45, but that was not cause to applaud! Do you think that with all the staging and the lights in the sanctuary that some of the attendees got confused for a minute and thought they were on the 'Jerry Springer Show'? I guess we were lucky they didn't start chanting "Randall!, Randall!, Randall!"
Side Comment: I was fascinated to learn that Dr. O'Brien had written two books, I didn't know that we had so much in common, I have read two books! (Although not his books, the books I read were "The Pokey Little Puppy" and "Horton Hears A Who.")
Staci's Back!!! Staci has finished her first semester at Baylor, with, we think, a solid 3.0, which is so much better than my own first semester at Baylor. I remember that first (only) semester so well..... Computer Science, where we wrote programs and actually created punch cards to run them in the computer lab, Freshman English, where the teacher told us the first day of class that her job was to 'weed' us out, a History class I don't remember a great deal from, Old Testament with Dr. Cresson, (those last two honors courses) as well as a P.E. class thrown in for good measure. All told 15 hours with an additional class requirement for the religion class of a small group discussion once a week covering the lectures. For those of you that may not know, I was weeded out! (perhaps it was my reading that did me in?) So I am extremely proud of Staci, as she has now progressed farther along in her Baylor career than her old man!
On a much more serious note, Dad (my Dad) is in the hospital, recovering from the amputation of his right leg. He developed some problems from a sore on his right heel while recovering from his hip replacement surgery on the left leg, and due to very poor circulation he was not able to heal properly and lost the limb from above the right knee down. Please lift him up in your prayers, as he needs to build up his strength so that he can try to use a prosthesis to walk again, and so that they can do a bypass procedure on the other leg to avoid this happening again.
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I don't think it was the reading that did you in...I think it was the Democrats. That or late 70's Rock music!
Speaking of Jerry Springer... did you know that there's a Jerry Springer Opera now? It's now heading to London from the bowels of the New York theater district. I'm so glad that America exports the best of it's culture.
I wonder if they'll have a Stomp-style chair throwing musical number? It would be interesting....
"from the bowels" how apropos!
To quote Steve Martin, "Some people have a way with words, others just... not have way, I guess."
You, MAB are one of the former.
Bravo.
My claim to fame (and further connection to Steve Martin): I used to live in his aunt and uncle's house. Well, not at the time that it was his aunt and uncle's. It was mine. But, before it was theirs. I mean, before I lived there it was theirs. And we're not even sure if Steve ever visited there. I'm not sure if that's because he was a bad nephew or just never made it back to his birthplace of Waco. And I never met his aunt or uncle either. So it might be a hoax put on by the neighbors and the realtors just to get us to buy the place.
Does this post kick me out of the "way with words" category?
Dangit.
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