A Little Love for “Stuff Christians Like” and Thoughts on Taking Out the Garbage

One of my favorite blogs to read is “Stuff Christians Like.” I gave up on “Stuff White People Like” a long time ago when they started being unfunny. But Jon at “Stuff Christians Like” is consistently hilarious. I want to share a little excerpt from Post #329. Arguing about the “wives submit [...]

Ducks in a Row

This one from Kris Carr could apply to anybody:

So often we wait for all our ducks to be in a row, our closets to be neat and tidy, and our endless to-do lists to be checked off before we allow ourselves to have fun. We believe that only after we get all our “stuff” done [...]

On Divorce

From my most recent interview, I found this statement from Sylvia (opera singer, cancer survivor) really interesting, especially considering that about half of all marriages end in divorce. Maybe it will give people one more reason to stop and think before deciding to end their marriages:
I remember hearing Lance Armstrong give an interview to [...]

A People’s History of the United States by Howard Zinn, Chapter 1: Summary

Title: “Columbus, the Indians, and Human Progress”
Summary: The Europeans came to the Americas in search of slaves and gold and brutally killed almost all the Indians, who according to many accounts were a peaceful and generous people.
Quotes:

“… it is enough to make us question, for that time and ours, the excuse of progress in the [...]

Adventure

An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is an adventure wrongly considered.
G. K. Chesterton
English author & mystery novelist (1874 – 1936)

Son of a Preacher Man

Found this interesting:
“Tebow becomes the third Florida quarterback to win the Heisman and, as a result, every preacher in the Sunshine State will have his son throwing on Sunday. All three Gators quarterbacks who won the Heisman — Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996) and Tebow — are the sons of clergymen.”
Other tidbits:
“McFadden made a [...]

Steve Spurrier on the BCS

“Vanderbilt is a good team. They lost to 3 ranked teams. If Vanderbilt scheduled 3 cream puffs on their schedule instead, they could be undefeated and ranked right up there by Ohio State.”
~ Steve Spurrier after losing to Vandy on Saturday (I despise him too, but this was funny.)

Soulmates (stole this one from my friend Kim)

from eat pray love.
people think a soul mate is your perfect fit, and that’s what everyone wants. but a true soul mate is a mirror, the person who shows you everything that’s holding you back, the person who brings you to your own attention so you can change your life. a true soul mate is [...]

On Self-Pity

“I’ve said this many times, you don’t want to wallow in self-pity. It’s okay to swish your feet in it a little, but then get out.”
~Coach Kay Yow, NC State women’s basketball coach, breast cancer survivor

The Way I See It #265

Wild animals often do a much better job of caring for their offspring than we civilized and educated humans do. If we cannot keep children safe in their own homes, how can we hope to make ourselves safe in the world?
– Lee Grogg

Really, wild animals? Don’t they kill and eat their offspring?