Happy Candy Day!!!

It's a day off around here and Lauralea is gone all day. She's working at Micah's school, Princess Margaret.

She's heading up some huge school bake sale thing. She baked and crafted last week for the church ladies bake and craft sale, then came home Saturday and jumped right in to the school bake sale. She doesn't seem to hear me when I say let's go buy some baking, repackage it, and sell it!

Anyway, I find myself alone again today, so I ran the errands that needed to be run.

I went up and checked out the new Giant Tiger store here in town. A bit of a Wal-Mart wannabe, if you ask me. But I was in search of cheap candy.

You see, I am the cheap old man who for Halloween, gives out those restaurant mints that come individually packaged that you can buy 100 for 2 bucks kind of deal. Hey, that's what I do. The kid will eat the mint and it will make her candy coated mouth minty fresh, and I care.

But, she who I live with detests this about me. In fact one year when I was in charge of getting the candy, I purchased the aforementioned cheap candy. When I arrived home she rolled her eyes and went and got the pricer chocolatier candy. So the whole deal ended up costing me more money. And I had to eat those nasty mints for months to come.

So today when it was finally my turn to get the candy again, mainly because she was too busy working at the school, I went looking for the cheap stuff.

And there it was, in all of it's individually wrapped cheap goodness.

And I paused and looked at the better candy. Then back to the cheap stuff, then back to the good stuff... you get it.

I stood there and I reflected on 20 years of marriage.

Then in an epifinal moment (If epifinal is a word. If it's not, then I just created it!) I reached past the cheap stuff, and went for the better candy, knowing the girl would smile on me.

I came home and showed her the haul. She didn't say a thing about it.

I think she just gives me the benefit of the doubt.

So, tonight if you come to my house, you'll get a little chocolate bar. But it better be less than 70 of you because I only bought two packages of it.

After that I'm handing out little individual Tums tablets cause that's all the candy type stuff we have left in the house!

250,000 Rubber Bouncing Balls

This is SO cool.

A comercial being made for Sony.

250, 000 colourful Superballs.

A steep hill in San Francisco. 

Makes for some amazing shots.

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Uh, Houston we have a problem....

This can't be good for a Pastor.

 

You fit in with: Taoism Your ideals mostly resemble those of the Taoist faith. Spirituality is the most important thing in your life. You strive to live by all of your ideals, and live a very intellectually focused life. 60% spiritual. 0% reason-oriented.

Take this quiz at QuizGalaxy.com

 

I don't know if this is an improvement over the test that called me a complete "Bastardization of the English Lauguage."

Now I'm a Taoist leaning pastor who can't speak a solid word of english.

Thanks Simian.

Evening Prayers

Join me in prayer tonight, as we draw this week to a close and look ahead to the next.

Taken from Universalis.

Psalm 4

Take pity on me, Lord, and listen to my prayer. Alleluia.
When I called out, he heard me, the God of my righteousness.
When I was in trouble, you gave me freedom:
 now, take pity on me and listen to my prayer.

Sons of men, how long will your hearts be heavy?
 Why do you seek for vain things?
 Why do you run after illusions?
Know that the Lord has done marvellous things
 for those he has chosen.
When I call upon the Lord, he will hear me.

Be vigorous, but do not sin:
 speak in the silence of your heart,
 in your bed, be at rest.
Offer righteousness as a sacrifice,
 and put your trust in the Lord.

Many are saying, Who will give us good things?
Let your face shine on us, Lord,
 let the light of your face be a sign.
You have given me a greater joy
 than the others receive
 from abundance of wheat and of wine.
In peace shall I sleep, Lord, in peace shall I rest:
 firm in the hope you have given me.

Keep us safe, Lord, while we are awake, and guard us as we sleep, so that we can keep watch with Christ and rest in peace. Alleluia.

Now, Master, you let your servant go in peace. You have fulfilled your promise.
My own eyes have seen your salvation, which you have prepared in the sight of all peoples.
A light to bring the Gentiles from darkness; the glory of your people Israel.

Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit,

Amen.

Keep us safe, Lord, while we are awake, and guard us as we sleep, so that we can keep watch with Christ and rest in peace. Alleluia.
 
Come to us, Lord, this night, and give us the strength to rise at dawn rejoicing in the resurrection of your Anointed, who lives and reigns for ever and ever, Amen.

May the almighty Lord grant us a quiet night and a perfect end.