Opinion
What mom really said, is what she said...
Tonight we had our usual weekly music practice. It consists of 2 mothers with 2 daughters each, a single guy, and another gal.
We usually have a great time practicing our music, and go home on cloud nine...sometimes not so much, but usually!
It's kind of fun to watch other mother and daughters interact.
Tonight the one of the mothers said to her older daughter, "Do you feel okay?"
Daughter: "What? Are you trying to say I don't look good? Thanks mom!"
Later the same mom said to the group that we were going to cut a song.
Take me home, country road...
Usually we drive to town, and back and never give the scenery another thought.
Other times we see a herd of anywhere from 10-20 deer romping through a field and get a kick out of the gracefulness of these creatures, and then hope they stay off the road.
...and sometimes we see a deer in the road, usually in time, but too often they manage to literally run into our car.
Eat, Pray, Love...Huh?
Last weekend I thought I'd watch "Eat, Pray, Love", not because I've been dying to see it, or even because I thought I'd be impressed with it. It was more out of curiosity to see why it was such a big deal.
I thought it was one of the most unmemorable movies I've seen in a long time.
Let's see, it has a lot of Julia Roberts, eating, riding a bike, trying to figure out who she is, and being with multiple men.
Pastor's Blog: Whose we are - Part 2
Matthew 9:9-13 (NRSV)
As Jesus was walking along, he saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tax booth; and he said to him, ‘Follow me.’ And he got up and followed him.
And as he sat at dinner* in the house, many tax-collectors and sinners came and were sitting* with him and his disciples. When the Pharisees saw this, they said to his disciples, ‘Why does your teacher eat with tax-collectors and sinners?’ But when he heard this, he said, ‘Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. Reader Discusses US Debt
Editor:
When the Democrats had the numbers why didn’t they pass a budget presented by the President?(Oops, I don’t recall he presented one!?) The next question is: if the present tax rates (“Bush Tax Cuts) are so bad why continue them?? Do the present tax rates contribute to the deficit or do present spending levels contribute to the deficit?
While mulling the above over consider the following: We have some leaders who say we can’t afford to cut spending, while we have others who say we can’t afford current spending levels.
The three lists that indicate what we are looking for
"WHAT are we looking for?"
A clearly-irritated female voice echoed across the aisle of a building supply store.
I do not know the lady or her husband. (I assume it was a husband; it did not seem like a first-date location or question.)
But I could have told her what he was looking for.
Vinton Today: Just the news, not the paper
I was walking into work one day with a colleague.
Ahead of us, another co-worker was walking to her office.
"I don't know what's wrong with her," said my peer. "She just does her job and doesn't come to our meetings."
When we got to the upstairs office, there was another meeting going on.
Hackers, passwords and pins
We've all heard it over and over, don't use the same passwords for your online accounts...bank, e-mail, online store accounts, facebook, etc.
They also tell you NOT to write down the passwords.
After last weeks episode with facebook hacking, I thought, "No big deal, they can have my facebook account, it's not that important.
Getting bad news numbers with good news
Vinton Today readers read a total of nearly 5,800 stories on Monday. (We averaged 5,000 a day last Monday through Friday).
The thing that makes me happiest about this is that all of the news that was new on Monday was of the "good" kind. There were no untimely deaths to report, no shootings, no violent crimes or other tragedies.
Pastor's Blog: THE LORD GIVETH AND THE LORD TAKETH AWAY
I've heard "the Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away" used in the context of dealing with times of tragedy, loss and grief. I've been wondering lately if this was really in the Bible or if it's just one of those quotes people incorrectly attribute as scripture. After doing a little research, I found that it's a misquote from Job 1:21.