All Things Spring Quiz - MSN Encarta
I only got 6 out of 10 and I was sure I was smarter than that.
Monday, March 24, 2008
Things to Wonder about on Easter Monday
Why does Vandalia decide to turn off my water just when I want to make buffalo chicken?
Why do I forget how necessary hot water is when preparing buffalo chicken?
Is the fear of raw chicken overblown or real? Do you know anyone who has actually died from salmonella?
Buttermilk never goes bad, right? According to some cooking message board on-line, unless it is green, it is good;) Hope they are right?
Why do Will and I crave buffalo chicken two or three times a week when we (specifically me) NEVER craved such a thing?
Why are electronic communications replacing paper communications? And will it change the history of communications? Is it improving communication or is it inhibiting real communication? Those who keep electronic files also seem to keep paper files, so we will not really ever be a paperless society?
Are thugs in small town rural IL more similar than different than those in inner-city ghettos....differing only in the clothes they wear and the types of weapons they use?
Would the world be better or worse if we could all agree on some basic ideas about life, values, beauty?
Why would we enjoy such wonderful Christmas snow on Easter?
Wouldn't campaigns money be better spent if the candidates wouldn't spend all that on slandering their opponents? Doesn't this show exactly how broke our country is? Nastiness has replaced basic respect from top-down or from bottom-up?
Are there other times besides March that "madness" is considered good?
Why can't the average Joe or Joy download some of these recent outstanding commercials, such as a few of my favorites: laughing cow cheese, sheridan (we belong), nationwide insurance where boy gets to go to the bank where his mom works, allstate where the narrator says: "isn't it about time that we treat people on freeway more like they are guests in our home rather than obstacles that are in our way." Now, that can preach! Where can I get a copy of that?
Is spring ever going to spring here?
Doesn't the "Party Girl" episode of Without a Trace bear an uncanny similarity to the Diane Lane thriller "Untraceable?"
Isn't the import of Easter enough to arrest our attention and send us running to tell the whole world rather than spinning our wheels discrediting and infusing suspicions and ill-will against other believers?
How has the most loving and beautiful person's name been turned into a bad word?
Are "off days" more a curse or blessing?
During Lent, I fasted from inappropriate complaining, so my question is: have I allowed God to remove my inappropriate complaining? Would a complaint free world be a real world or would people be reduced to phoniness? Don't we all know at least a few people who would have vertually never talk if they were to fast from complaining?
When they tell you to boil your water before you consume it, what exactly will happen if you don't? Is the brown water coming from my faucet now going to do more harm to me than the raw chicken slime that is strewn about my kitchen?
These are just sort of random questions that really do not have any answers, unless you are among the people in this world that think you should take the title "answer man"....is there anything better than having at least a few of those around? So, if you happen to be one of them, please, answer my questions!?
Jesus' first words after the resurrection: "Do not be afraid!" Fear not doubt is the major enemy of faith....if we are frozen by fear (fear of other people, fear of being hurt, fear of change, fear of the future or unknown, fear of conflict, fear of death or abandonment, then we cannot run to proclaim the good news of the gospel?
Why do I forget how necessary hot water is when preparing buffalo chicken?
Is the fear of raw chicken overblown or real? Do you know anyone who has actually died from salmonella?
Buttermilk never goes bad, right? According to some cooking message board on-line, unless it is green, it is good;) Hope they are right?
Why do Will and I crave buffalo chicken two or three times a week when we (specifically me) NEVER craved such a thing?
Why are electronic communications replacing paper communications? And will it change the history of communications? Is it improving communication or is it inhibiting real communication? Those who keep electronic files also seem to keep paper files, so we will not really ever be a paperless society?
Are thugs in small town rural IL more similar than different than those in inner-city ghettos....differing only in the clothes they wear and the types of weapons they use?
Would the world be better or worse if we could all agree on some basic ideas about life, values, beauty?
Why would we enjoy such wonderful Christmas snow on Easter?
Wouldn't campaigns money be better spent if the candidates wouldn't spend all that on slandering their opponents? Doesn't this show exactly how broke our country is? Nastiness has replaced basic respect from top-down or from bottom-up?
Are there other times besides March that "madness" is considered good?
Why can't the average Joe or Joy download some of these recent outstanding commercials, such as a few of my favorites: laughing cow cheese, sheridan (we belong), nationwide insurance where boy gets to go to the bank where his mom works, allstate where the narrator says: "isn't it about time that we treat people on freeway more like they are guests in our home rather than obstacles that are in our way." Now, that can preach! Where can I get a copy of that?
Is spring ever going to spring here?
Doesn't the "Party Girl" episode of Without a Trace bear an uncanny similarity to the Diane Lane thriller "Untraceable?"
Isn't the import of Easter enough to arrest our attention and send us running to tell the whole world rather than spinning our wheels discrediting and infusing suspicions and ill-will against other believers?
How has the most loving and beautiful person's name been turned into a bad word?
Are "off days" more a curse or blessing?
During Lent, I fasted from inappropriate complaining, so my question is: have I allowed God to remove my inappropriate complaining? Would a complaint free world be a real world or would people be reduced to phoniness? Don't we all know at least a few people who would have vertually never talk if they were to fast from complaining?
When they tell you to boil your water before you consume it, what exactly will happen if you don't? Is the brown water coming from my faucet now going to do more harm to me than the raw chicken slime that is strewn about my kitchen?
These are just sort of random questions that really do not have any answers, unless you are among the people in this world that think you should take the title "answer man"....is there anything better than having at least a few of those around? So, if you happen to be one of them, please, answer my questions!?
Jesus' first words after the resurrection: "Do not be afraid!" Fear not doubt is the major enemy of faith....if we are frozen by fear (fear of other people, fear of being hurt, fear of change, fear of the future or unknown, fear of conflict, fear of death or abandonment, then we cannot run to proclaim the good news of the gospel?
Sunday, March 16, 2008
All the Way Jayhawks!
Now, I know that it is NOT popular to be cheering for the Jaywawks now that I live in Vandalia, IL. But, look at the facts....they rock! While living in Kansas City, I went to several KU lady jayhawks play volleyball. So sad that I never made it to a basketball game. We are working on our brackets right now.
Monday, March 03, 2008
Tumbling down the stairs
Yesterday I took a tumble down at least five stairs at my house. In my hand was my huge coffee mug of Mike Wazowski from Monsters, Inc. I actually was fine besides feeling a little bit banged up (bruises, scratches, etc). The coffee ended up everywhere and Mike was fine (small chip around the rim). I suppose it is just like in the cartoons, characters always get banged up but rarely actually die;) Do you think I'll get lead poisoning if I continue to drink coffee from Mike?
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