Alpha and Omega
thane December 7th, 2008
“I want to be last.”
“OK.”
I go down the stairs and he closes the gate.
“I want to be first.”
“Oh, I’m sorry. I thought when you said that you wanted to be last that you wanted to be last.”
Scrutinizing the Inscrutable
thane November 30th, 2008
Dad: And who sends Angels to talk to people?
Girl: Jesus!
D: Right
Mom: Jesus wasn’t born yet. God sent the Angels.
D: God, Jesus, the Holy Spirit – the Triune. Three in one – they are all the same.
M: I don’t think that the cover the trinity in the [youngest Sunday school class].
D: We can try to teach her about the inscrutable. We tried to teach her about the election.
Trillium Bans Handheld Games
thane November 15th, 2008
Tory’s school, Trillium Charter School, recently banned all handheld games. While this, in and of itself, is in no way unusual, how it came about is. Durring a recent all-school meeting, one of the second graders proposed the banning of these toys. The student body debated this proposal, with impassioned speaches for and against the ban. The body then voted and, by a narrow margin, banned them. Color me impressed.
It’s Official: No Soap
thane November 4th, 2008
Tory: It’s not coming off.
Johanna: Ok. Let’s add a little more soap and…
Tory: Well, officially, I didn’t use any soap.
UPS Confusion
thane November 2nd, 2008
We get a lot of stuff delivered. There’s the stuff we order online, the volume of which is probably significantly above average. Then there is the stuff from Apple for work. Lastly, there are the third parties who loan me things for testing. Anyway, Joh was joking the other day with the UPS guy that if we saw much more of him, she was going to have to invite him to Thanksgiving dinner. Last week, she goes to answer the door, and there is the UPS guy, laughing his fool head off. It seems that he had a package for the neighbors and had thought it was for our house at first glance.
The Office: Special Update
thane November 1st, 2008
My office is nearing completion. Yesterday I bought flooring. Cork snap together with a wool pad. Mmmmmm. Today was paint. Tonight I hope to put two coats on the ceiling. Once that is done, Tory and I will paint the walls. Then Joh and I do the trim. Some collection of people will then put down the floor. Unfortunately, I am off to Cupertino for the 10th thru the 14th, so I may not get to move in till the 15th or so. I am still hopefull that we can get it all done and I can start moving in by Thursday or Friday. Keep your fingers crossed.
No Office Yet
thane October 26th, 2008
Tony didn’t quite get done on Saturday. Maybe Tuesday. Maybe not.
Hi Momma
thane October 25th, 2008
So, we had the Relativelies over for dinner tonight. At one point, Clio is going around yelling “Stuart! Where is Stuart!” To which most people are responding “Not here.”
Anyway, so Joh goes next door to return some plates and stuff to the Neighborlies While she is chatting with Wendy, a little voice calls out “Hi, Momma.” Joh turns around to see Stuart peaking down at her from the crest of our porch roof. Panic ensues. He’s fine, thanks.
Tomorrow I go up and screw the windows shut.
My Mom, after hearing the story, said “I know *exactly* how she feels.”
Good News
thane October 23rd, 2008
Got the word from Tony that he will finish up my office Saturday. Wool hooo!
Now we just have to find time to paint and set it up. It will be nice to finally be able to spread out.
And so it begins…
thane October 22nd, 2008
Today Tory informed us that she has a boyfriend. More amusing than anything. Regardless, she pointed out that maybe someday he would marry this boy, Kai. Previously the had asserted thatnshe would marry her cousin Thallia, so I asked about that plan. “Maybe I will marry one of them, get a divorce, and marry the other.” I guess it is nice she has a plan.
