April 2012
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February 2012
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November 2011
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“When one door of happiness closes another opens; but often we look so long at...”
– Helen Keller
October 2011
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September 2011
5 posts
“A fool tells what he will do; a boaster tells what he has done; a wise man does...”
– Unknown from Five Minutes in the Bible for Men by Bob Barnes
July 2011
1 post
Notes from "Four Lies Married People Tell...
Seminar: Four Lies Married People Tell Themselves Speakers: Bob & Audrey Meisner (http://www.bobandaudrey.com) Location: First Baptist Church of Glenarden, Ministry Center Date: July 9, 2011
General Notes:
Marriage classes being offered at Glenarden (Sign up through Bible Institute):
Building your marriage
Overcoming stress in your marriage
Making your re-marriage last
Bob & Audrey...
June 2011
1 post
Don't talk about it, be about it
I have an irritation: people that keep talking about something that they never do. You can recognize these people by their signature lead-ins, “I need to…” and “One of these days…” or my personal favorite, “If I could just…”
Exacerbating my irritation is the fact that I AM one of those people. Lol. For that reason, I had forbidden myself from...
May 2011
5 posts
Love Jones'n (Anniversary 2011)
better than this?
i dreamed of laughter… 3 kids and a dog a home with a porch, a white picket fence of beach retreats… family, friends, and eats of distant shores and backyard tents but i never dreamed of this
i even dreamed our house… our yard… our land kai’s girlfriends, evangeline’s beaus of wild hairstyles and painted toes but what we have now is a...
“You think horribly.”
– Pastor Kevin Jones
April 2011
5 posts
The Guitar Experiment: Round VI
Started from the beginning. Three days in. Still practicing. Fingertips less sore. Playing in downstairs bathroom to avoid waking the baby. Feels good.
“We own the new media.”
– Mark Skoda, Memphis Tea Party
“This ain’t rocket scientry.”
– Tim Hardaway, NBA Great
March 2011
8 posts
My devotion ended with “Lord, give me the confidence to obey you.” Even more sobering is the implication of that prayer. My disobedience is tied to my lack of confidence (aka “doubt”). #helpmyunbelief
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“When you see the storm coming, just repeat “Jesus” 5X. You can...”
– Papa Cleve via his mom
“The eyes of all look to you, and you give them their food at the proper time....”
– Psalm 145:15,16
Movie Review: Hall Pass
I must admit… when I saw the trailer for “Hall Pass”, I immediately started planning a field trip for my husband friends. I knew how it would end… typical grass isn’t really greener type story and everyone leaves wanting to go home and squeeze their wives. But along the way, they get into some hilarious shenanigans and us guys get a little sympathy that makes us...
“Ecclesiastes 4:4
4 And I saw that all labor and all achievement spring from...”
– Ecclesiastes 4:4
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“Commit to the Lord whatever you do, and your plans will succeed.”
– Proverbs 16:3
February 2011
9 posts
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Hater Obsession
What is a hater? Man, if I was back in my late HS/early college days, I would say, “$&@# a hater”. Lol. Whew… those were the days! I was a mess… but a lot more honest, I think. These days I’m PC/OCD/ADD. What a combination. But I digress…
I learned early in my marriage that my wife and I were going to be ok as long as we both stayed passionate in our...
American Idol James Durbin Brings Record Traffic...
How cool! I work for NIH’s NINDS (National Institute for Neurological Disorders and Stroke.) Found out in this morning’s staff meeting that website traffic last week was up 12%. And we had a record day on Wednesday… with 15% more traffic due to the Tourette Syndrome information page. After some research by our boss and lead analytics cruncher, it turns out that American Idol...
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“Without challenges, a man’s life is just a list of chores; but with...”
– Stephen Arterburn in “Devotions for Men on the Go”
Own your path
This may read as code to some but, as I mature, I start to think more and more about how much I need to think less and less about “what could have been”. Maybe I should have been in the drama club in HS, gone out of state to college, studied abroad for a semester, studied computer science w/ a minor in graphic design, stuck with the piano… etc. In fact, at 35 years of age, I...
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January 2011
3 posts
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It's CRISP AND JUICY (Seinfeld-worthy)
Wife: I love that chicken from Crispy Juicy
Me: Ok, [my mother's name]. That's not the name of the place.
Wife: What? Is it Juicy Crispy?
Me: No. What are the two main qualities of the chicken?
Wife: It's crisp.
Me: And...
Wife: It's juicy.
Me: So what's the name of the restaurant? [feeling accomplished]
Wife: Crispy Juicy!
Me: [throwing hands up in the air]
Wife: What?! Crispy Juice? Juicy Crispy?
Me: [walking into the other room now] IT'S CRISP & JUICY!
Wife: FINE! CRISP JUICY, YOU SNOB!
Me: It's Crisp AND Juicy.
Wife: Whatever. I like Crispy Juicy better anyway.
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