Life
by Andrew
on 19 September 2008
by Andrew
on 29 May 2007
Dennis Jones' See With Me Bible
Last month on Easter Sunday we were the sponsors at the baptism of our friends' baby boy, Jacob. As a gift Jennifer picked up a children’s picture Bible called the See With Me Bible, illustrated by Dennis Jones. I was blown away by the quality of his work.
by Andrew
on 07 April 2007
I Used To Believe
When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put childish ways behind me. 1 Corinthians 13:11 (NIV)
I recently came across I Used To Believe, a site full of the strange and humorous ideas people remember from childhood. I was surprised that so many similar fantastic ideas are arrived at independently among children. I never really realized that child logic, which is such a separate and independent form of cognition, would deduce so many similarities between individuals.
Here are a few of my own childhood ideas that I recalled while browsing the site:
- Reports of Guerilla Warfare on the news conjured images of soldiers fighting armed gorillas in the jungle.
- The television PSA’s against Drinking & Driving pertained to any drink, and I scolded my mom for drinking a Pepsi in the car.
- Every intersection in the city had a control room beneath the street filled with municipal employees whose job was to monitor the traffic and change the stop lights accordingly.
by Andrew
on 16 March 2007
Free Books
Anyone not as fortunate as I am to own Seattle’s largest book collection may want to check out these resources for free books.
by Jennifer
on 25 February 2007
"All Around Nice Guy" (part 2)
Well, I did receive a response to my email — unfortunately it was from my good friend “mailer-daemon” informing me that the email address was invalid. So, perhaps the “All Around Nice Guy” card had been tucked away for years in a stack of dusty books to be recently awoken to the soft glow of fluorescent lighting.
by Andrew
on 24 February 2007
Smoke Break
I spend altogether way too much time in front of the computer. In fact, I've considered taking up smoking as a way of getting myself up and away from the desk at regular intervals.
by Jennifer
on 21 February 2007
"All Around Nice Guy"
As I was perusing the local Half Price Books store on Thursday afternoon, I stumbled upon a business card placed nonchalantly atop a table display of assorted software. I was intrigued by the large, whimsical font boldly proclaiming “All Around Nice Guy.”
by Andrew
on 10 February 2007
Childhood Misunderstandings
When I was little, before I could read, I thought that the line in the Lord’s Prayer “And lead us not into temptation” was actually “And lead a snot into temptation”. By my child logic it stood to reason that because snot is usually undesirable we were asking God to bring a spirit of snottiness unto whatever would try and lead us astray.
I thought it was strange that everyone rattled this line off every week in church, but that I'd be asked to change topics whenever my conversations became preoccupied with this bodily substance.
When you’re a kid, you’re forced to accept a lot of things that don’t make any sense. You think you’ll understand better when you grow up. I'm still waiting for that to happen.
by Andrew
on 06 January 2007
Home Alone
Jennifer is out of town for the weekend. When I mention this to anyone, they always respond by saying, “So, you’re a bachelor for a few days.” They say it in jest but I always sense some underlying fear, as if they worry I might revert to some primordial invertebrate state and all my wife’s hard work will be lost.
Their fear is unfounded. I always manage to clean up the beer bottles and pizza boxes before she gets back.
by Andrew
on 05 December 2006
Seattle "Weather"
Last week we had our annual snow panic, wherein Seattle and surrounding areas completely shut down for two days because of a light dusting of snow. This might be the only place in the country where they announce school closures the night before any snow has even fallen. Despite this annual frenzy, the city has virtually no infrastructure in place to handle a modest size patch of snow.
by Andrew
on 11 June 2006
Obligatory Comments on "The Da Vinci Code"
I know this issue has already been covered in great detail all over the place, but here’s some more fuel for the fire.
We had the pleasure of attending a forum on “The Da Vinci Code” yesterday evening at a local church. One of the speakers was talk show host Michael Medved. He gave a very good presentation on why “The Da Vinci Code” phenomenon presents ideas that are damaging to our culture. Here is a summary of his key points.