Seven Angels, Four Kids, One Family
Sometimes sarcasm is the only sane response
Last night, my Patient Husband reviewed the blog post scheduled to go up today and agreed with my sense that I’d crossed the line from “uproariously funny” into “offensive,” so I made the decision not to post it. I’m very…
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Capitalism isn’t sustainable. It’s going to collapse. I might even go so far as to say capitalism itself verges on immorality, in that the system is predicated on forcing people to buy more than they need. Let’s start small. Joe…
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If you haven’t bought one of the Galapagos Island Calendars yet (you know, the ones with all proceeds going to charity) you should do so. But also get yourself one of these bubble wrap calendars: I can’t stop laughing over this….
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Michael Hyatt, CEO of Thomas Nelson, recently blogged about his self-imposed media fast. I’d been following him on Twitter while he decided about it, and the fact that he decided to take the plunge after I encouraged him to do…
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Amy Deardon tagged me for a “seven random things about you” meme, and since I’ve already done one, I’m going to have to think of seven more things. Here we go… 1) I’m on Twitter now but I don’t enjoy…
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The two message boards I belong to both visit the same topic repeatedly: how parents expect their adult children & grandchildren to go “home” for Christmas. With the result that the posters, the sandwich generation, end up traveling a few…
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My daughter Emily is buried in Angeltown, and I’m realizing, I’m not going to get there before Christmas. It stinks. I can’t describe for you how awful it is to realize that this year, I’m not going to put the…
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New Christian Voices has published my short humor piece, “Nativity Herd But Not Scene.” It’s about what happens when a family member gets you four pieces of a collectible nativity scene every Christmas…for ten years. 🙂 Enjoy! (And leave comments…
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To: GuardianAngelSupport@godgroups.heavenlyhost.el Subject: Make It Stop — part two Hey, I couldn’t help hearing that your charge has been listening to the songs from Hank The Cowdog over and over again for the last, oh, week or so. Those painful,…
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My very dear brother: I was so glad when you gave us a list of Christmas gifts we could get your children. They were terrific categories, and we wrote down everything you suggested. Things like “Dinosaurs” and “Hannah Montana.” And…
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