Seven Angels, Four Kids, One Family
Sometimes sarcasm is the only sane response
After we’d had our number three or four days, I got my first telemarketing call. The telemarketer attempted to address me by name and got it wrong, but close enough for me to know it was really intended for me….
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Ivy’s done two podcasts now on the Messiah, addressing the Jewish and Christian understandings, and speculating as to when the Messiah might arrive. She made a few interesting points, but I’d like to respin a couple of them. One interesting point…
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This is the last of my job from heck documents. By the end of my time there, I had an X-Files poster up over my desk (they’d moved me into an alcove beneath the stairs, and no, I hadn’t read…
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More of the Job From Heck. My Patient Husband and I wrote this together to deal with our frustration at some of these situations. As before, writing something like this is legal, and strangling one of your three managers (or…
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Back before I had Kiddo#1, I worked for a magazine publisher and advertising agency that created websites for local businesses. It was a total mess. By the time I left after six months in the job, I had seniority over…
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To: Staff From: Management Date: 3/20/97 re: Soft Soap ___________________________ It has come to our attention that management is having to spend too much time in the ladies’ bathroom watering down the soap. Please be conscious of this effort on…
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[UPDATES ARE IN THE COMMENTS. THANKS FOR ALL YOUR PRAYERS!] I’m passing this along from one of my family members. Please pray. I cannot imagine what their family is going through right now. The “Miracle Boy” Chris had a problem…
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New weblog tour question: If you could live in any time period, which one would it be? And why? Your own answers are welcome in the comment box. I asked this question of my father when I was about 10,…
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I’ve read quite a few books on angels, and most of the say that angels are hierarchical. That is, they’re sorted into nine choirs, with each choir having its own set of characteristics and responsibilities, and that within each choir…
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Oh, the things you find when you move. In addition to the bad artwork I mentioned last week, I uncovered a stack of letters I’d written to my guardian angel when I was in high school and college. They’re gushy,…
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