Monthly Archives: July 2004

Good-Bye Old Paint

Well, the house I grew up in as a kid is no longer in the posession of my family. As far as that goes, congradulation to Ed and Sha’i for this big move. Sort of sentimental for me, but it’s good for them to relocate – across town.

The Park

This afternoon, after work I took Abigail to the park by our apartment. She is getting so big it freaks me out. She slid down the little slide face first and then climbed up the ladder multiple times by herself (though I stood right there ready catch her in case she slipped) and she went down the big slide many times (“Again Daddy?”). It looked like it might rain so we went to nearby shelter of Microcenter, a computer store.

There Abby wanted to buy so many pretty, colorful things. She almost talked me into buying a Mac 😉 However, my fear of having to explain to Jessica why I bought it followed by having to return it to Microcenter made me change my mind.

Post of the Beast

I just noticed that the Post ID (how WordPress identifies this post) for this blog entry is 666. I promise that I’m not selling anything with this post and you can read other entries on this site without writing said post ID on your wrist or forehead. Similarly conspiracy theorists and people with wrong theology will get worred about this. However, I think that it is key to note that scripture says that the church will be taken out of the world before 666 is implemented.

Also of note is the fact that this is actually post number 467 starting from the first post on my old site.

Starsky and Hutch

Last night Jessica and I rented ‘Starsky and Hutch’ from BlockBluster (not a typo – they irritate me, I’m just not closer to another rental place to my knowledge – and we don’t rent enough movies for netflix) and laughed a good bit. However, there were a few sexual scenes that we skipped. That aside we enjoyed the humor and really laughed at the outtakes and the gag real. It is hilarious to see Snoop Doggy Dogg dressed so funky instead of gangsta rap. He really is funny in this movizzle 😉

The real clincher for the movie was the shooting up of the horse at the drug dealer’s daughter’s batmitzvah. And the afro’s were priceless. Technology was carefully kept large and funky so nothing felt out of place. Owen Wilson delivers the best dry lines in all of Hollywood while Ben Stiller plays a good fake guy (I think that this was 10,000 times funnier than ‘Zoolander’). I wouldn’t rent this a second time due to the two scenes that were dirty – however, if you aren’t offended by that sort of material this is a pretty good movie.

Two for One

This morning Abby got up early again while I was doing Bible study, but she came out looking so cute (we left her pig-tails in her hair over night) that I took a moment or two to snuggle her.

Later in the morning I got her a cup of milk and she paused from drinking it. Because she was just standing there with her blanket in one hand and her cup of milk in the other I asked, “What are you doing? Are you going to the bathroom?”

“No.”

“Are you drinking your milk?”

“No.”

“What are you doing then?”

“I’m holding my blanket.” [Duh, dad]

Later she found a penny and was holding it. I explained to her that it was a penny (which I think made it more valuable). Then I grabbed a handful of change out of my pocket and began to tell her the names of the different coins. I told her that a nickel was worth five pennies, and that a quarter was worth five nickels or twenty-five pennies. Then a dime was worth two nickels and ten pennies. She soaked up all of this information and then I gave her another nickel and said, “Here’s another nickel.”

With great excitement in her eyes she said, “Another Nickel!” and sat down and marveled at all of the coins. I remember being that excited about things so simple, and I thank the Lord for the joy this little girl brings to our lives. What amazes me is that she will be two next month and twenty the month after that (at at least it seems that way).

I Made a Mistake

“I Had An Abortion” T-shirts are available to those who have no taste. This is not speaking out on women’s rights. Pro-Choice or not you’re screaming out on top of your lungs that you had (most likely) unprotected sex and an unwanted pregnancy ensued. You made bad choices but you covered them up. Instead of humility its bragging about a mistake. This would be like Pamela Anderson wearing a shirt that says, “I have Hep-C and I rock!” Instead she’s ashamed and confesses she screwed up. If only, if only…

Arizona Update

As some of you may recall I was asked by an Advantage Rent-A-Car employee if I would have to drive through Arizona to get to Indinapolis two weeks ago. I returned the van yesterday and upon doing so learned the following:

  1. The employee had been terminated
  2. She should not have rented the van to me in the first place because they don’t cover the states I was driving in
  3. I should have been charged an extra day for bringing the car back so late, but she had said it was OK for me to do so
  4. Bill, the manager at this branch of Advantage was kind and waved all sorts of things because the gal had been so blatantly unprepared to deal with customers

I’d like to thank Bill for his kind dealings with me since the company could have been firmer on policies (they had my signature on a contract – even if it was a screwy contract) and made me pay out the wazoo. If I’m heading west some time and need a car, I will probably rent with them again because of his great handling of this situation. Of course if I walk into the shop and get asked if Arizona is on the way to Washington then I’m probably going to turn right back around 🙂