i am not a big fan of tradition whose only purpose in life is "we did it this way last time" last nite, the beautiful Val and i celebrated Christmas eve with a few of our neighbors from Potter street where we have lived the last 19 months and are 5 days away from leaving... it was a fitting end to have a house full of good food, laughter and excited wife squeals and dances [...]
i love this short clip of Charlie Brown being educated on the true meaning of Christmas...
a little while ago i put a general request out on facebook to see what fun and creative things people were doing or have done for Christmas in terms of using the season as a way to reach out to those who are less fortunate than us or considered by the world as 'the least of these' and this bunch of great opportunities emerged... [i don't normally allow smiley faces on my blog, but we [...]
well it is still early days but the fun folks at Jib Jab have been at it again and so if you have grown a little Psyred of that other guy doing that song you've heard everywhere, then perhaps it's time to sit back and enjoy this one with the real sexy-and-he-knows-it in action... merry fishmas to all
many of you already know the history, but for anyone who may not... in the beginning there was Jack Handey and such winners as: "It’s sad that a family can be torn apart by something as simple as a pack of wild dogs." [Jack Handey] "Maybe in order to understand mankind we have to look at that word itself. MANKIND. Basically, it's made up of two separate words "mank" and "ind." What do these words [...]
on Christmas day, tbV and i went to visit a church called Epic that our friends Cody and Lyndsey go to and really had a great time - they meet in a cinema and we were greeted with good coffee and donuts, so pretty much everything i look for in a church [harr!] and then we found the one thing we had been missing in a bunch of churches we have visited since being in [...]
this year we got to be secret rooftop witnesses of this incredible act of Christmas mischief that Shane speaks about in this article and it was incredible hearing some of the stories from some of the people who had no idea where the money came from and yet for some of them it was a complete lifeline and life-changing moment for them: So here is the start of the article shane wrote but click on [...]
and that ‘c’ stands for ‘creativity’ – so whether it is a way of celebrating family or looking after someone who is seen as a 'the least of these' let us be looking for ways to go beyond the typical commercial aspects of the season... and send your ideas of stuff done or stuff plotting to be done to brettfish@hotmail.com: Pete and Bev Brodrick: Remembrance Lunch: A second family gathering for a celebration lunch/dinner with [...]
and that 'c' stands for 'creativity' - moving beyond spending a bunch of money you can't afford on a bunch of stuff no-one needs [and often doesn't even want] because of some kind of misplaced notion that it is 'showing love' when there are people you know, or live near, or try to ignore, who are likely to be having a very miserable holiday time and your act of creativity in the form of generosity [...]
just got the word 'diverges' over two triple words (e on a double letter, s was a blank) and scored 167 in online scrabble which is some 40 plus points more than my biggest word before... was a game my beautiful wife started with a 7 letter word so a nice comeback and i finished with 500 plus for i think the second time ever. in other news just made some savoury muffins with which [...]