Wednesdays Readings

Numbers 5 and 6. Mark 10:1-31.

Calling Ocean Spray

I was thirsty and wanted something refreshing. I had a choice between cranberry and orange juice. Neither one sounded like what I wanted, so I took both. Then I mixed them together, 6 oz. of each. It was fantastic.

So how come there's no Ocean Spray Cran-Orange drink? You'd think if alls you had to do all day was make juice, you'd have come up with this one by now.

Winter Halloween

It's Fat Tuesday again. Whooppee.

As if I needed another reason to let my flesh run wild.

Last year my pastors put this in their pre-Lent rally letter, which I repeat here because I thought it good:

"Jesus, knowing all that was going to happen to him, went out and asked them, 'Who is it you want?'" (John 18:4)
"And you? Who will you want- and seek- these coming Wednesdays and Sundays of Lent? Will the world and your flesh argue their priorities? Or...Him who gave His body and shed His blood for you?"

Tuesday Reading Assignment

Numbers 3 and 4. Mark 9:33-50.

Monday Reading Assignment

Numbers 1 and 2. Mark 9:1-32.

Calling All Jewelry Freaks

For the serious jewelry collector only. A couple of must-haves, although of high-end break-the-bank quality.


1) The St. Louis Cardinals 2006 World Series Champions Ring Replica. It's free if you attend the ring ceremony April 3rd prior to the game against the Mets.



2) The Universal BS Detector Watch. Love the face.


This is a must have if you hang around BS artists all day. Separate buttons for 'moo' and 'poo 'sounds. My only question is- how do I get it to work on my favorite blogs?!

Weekend Reading

Leviticus 23, 24, 25, 26 and 27. Mark 7 and 8.

First Signs Of Trouble

Okay maybe not this kind of trouble...





...but trouble nonetheless.


I saw the first spring training photos, thanks to Redbird Central.

Immediately I see two problems for the Cardinals.


Does anyone else see what I see and share my concern?

They sure don't look very serious about the work ahead, do they?

But things got really seriously ugly when this started happening, which I refer to as problem #2:



Yes, folks, it's none other than Jason Isringhausen getting loose. Which prompted the starting pitching contingent in camp to riot.

Here's the angry mob, just after hearing the news, running to reign blows upon their manager to express their displeasure.

Want A Piece Of The Action?

Seeing as how Angus, Spock and Mick are fading fast as Lucy's favorite baby names, I've perused the Bible for more acceptable ones.

My favorites, with the latest booking odds if you care to place a wager:
Archippus- 5:1
Aristarchus- 30:1
Tychicus- 3:1
Demas- 50:1
Epaphrus- 15:1
Nympha- 100:1
Silas- Even.

Okay folks. Need a little movement for Nympha and Demas. All you fans of those names better get out your pocketbook.

Thursday Reading

Leviticus 20, 21 and 22. Mark 6.

Could It Be?

WINTER IS OVER!!!

Pitchers and catchers and Pujols all report.



Question- did this really happen?

Reading Material

Leviticus 15, 16, 17, 18 and 19. Mark 5.

Monday Reading

Leviticus 14. Mark 4.

For Laughs

Last week we had a bat in the church. It didn't bother anybody, but it was gone this week. We have a veterinarian in our congregation (if you knew our congregation, you'd understand why we need one!) who helped remove the bat.

Anyway, it reminded me of something that always cracks me up.

Here's Barney, in the episode "Cave Rescue", talking about bats:


"I never did like caves. You know what you find in caves? Bats! That's right, bats! And do you know what they do? They fly into your hair and get tangled up in there and lay their eggs and you go crazy. All right, laugh! It's happened. Do you want a head full of bat eggs? I don't!" [Spoken at Lost Lovers' Cave]. "


Here's a website that has a number of wav files from TAGS. Part of this quote is one of the first ones, if you want to listen.

Don't Look Now

I don't mean to jinx them, but look who's up to #20 in the latest NCAA college basketball coaches poll. And #21 in the AP Poll.

Tonight's opponent is Creighton, who shares the MVC lead with the Salukis.

GO DAWGS!

Weekend Reading

Join me in Leviticus 10, 11, 12 and 13. And Mark 3.

End Result Of Legal Immigration

Congratulations Albert Pujols.

Looks Like I'm Nerdy Enough To Be Cool

Hat tip MarieN.

Oh, Yeah...Like We're Really Going To Get These Guys Together

Watch this video. Then try to tell me we'll be successful keeping Iraq together. Hannity and Colmes looks like a Kumbaya chorus compared to this.

Just split it up and be done with it.

Hat tip Gates Of Vienna.

This Offends Me

No, not the trash littering the surface of the Moon.



It's the lack of color on the Moon.



Go here to view some really awesome panoramic pictures of the Moon from the Apollo missions (hat tip to Cyberbrethren).




According to Popular Mechanics March 2007, we will be going back there some day and staying.

Maybe so.


But if we do, I have a few requests:
1) Bring a dumpster for the trash.

2) Take one of those guys in the orange jumpsuits and the long handled grabbers along to pick it up.

3) Make the other astronauts wear another color, just not white. How about red? Or better yet, design the outfits to look like the Cardinals' uniform. Instead of birds on the bat, however, put the birds on the tether, or some other spaceman equipment piece.

4) Xeriscaping is becoming very popular. So why not take a few desert plants and put 'em in the moon's ground? How about stonecrop? There are certainly plenty of rocks up there for a nice landscaping project. Of course you'd probably need to build a shed for your gardening equipment. And there may be a little problem with rain. I'm not sure how much one can expect there. The Weather Channel has been rather negligent updating us on Moon weather.

5) I'm also not sure what gardening "zone" the Moon is in. I've looked at all my books. There's plenty of North American zone data, but no "Moon zone" data.

6) Every landscape needs a pond, so we could bring that hardscape stuff along too. Go here and pick me out a winner that would look good on the Moon.

7) Ditto a fountain and a waterfall. Perhaps building the pond next to the side of one of those sandy looking slopes would help tremendously. A natural place for a waterfall. Just some PVC pipe and a solar powered pump would be all the extras necessary.

8) Instead of American Flags, plant Cardinals flags. Since they are World Series Champions and all.

9) You have all the dirt you need for a ballpark. Busch Stadium IV could be grated out of the dust. Sod would probably bake, but perhaps Astro-Turf could make its comeback here.



Get it? "Astro"-Turf?



10) Of course, with less gravity, you'd have to move the fences back, probably to around 800 feet.





Okay, NASA...give me a call. I got your next Moon mission right here. We can definitely pretty up that joint.

Friday Reading

Leviticus 7,8 and 9. Mark 2.

Thursday Reading

Leviticus 4,5 and 6. Mark 1.

Wednesday Reading

Leviticus 1, 2 and 3. Matthew 28.

Tuesday Reading

Exodus 39 and 40. Matthew 27:32-66.

Monday Reading Assignment

Exodus 37 and 38. Matthew 27:1-31.

Mental Gymnastics

I never saw this before. It took me 12 days to figure it out as an actual sentence that makes sense, when I went here for the answer.




"Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo."

That's a real sentence that makes sense. Hat tip C&I.

Now let's see what I can do...

...Ape apes ape ape ape...naw...dang!

My Mind Is Stuck

You know you're ready for baseball when you dream about it. Had my first 2007 dream last night. The Cardinals were playing the Red Sox in the 2007 World Series. Alls I know is the Cardinals were ahead 3-2 in Game 1, and for some reason Willie McGee was playing centerfield.




Picture from Wikipedia, painting by Peter Von Cornelius


Where is Joseph when you need him? Anyone with the guts to take a stab at that one?

Speaking Of Spring Training...

Let the countdown officially begin!

Here's the schedule per the Cardinals official site:

February 14- Pitchers and catchers report.

February 15- First workouts.

February 26- First "game" against Florida Atlantic University

February 28- First Grapefruit League game against the Marlins. Which is interesting, because you'd think the Marlins would go to Arizona for Spring Training, and the Diamondbacks to Florida, no?

March 31st- The "Civil Rights Game" in Memphis against the Indians.

The next day, April 1st, marks the start of the 2007 season, with a Sunday Night ESPN game vs. the New York Mets.

Weekend Readings

Friday: Exodus 29 and 30. Matthew 26:1-35.

Weekend: Exodus 31, 32, 33, 34, 35 and 36. Matthew 26:36-75.

I also am on track with my New Year's Goals so far. In addition to the above, God has allowed be to be able to do 1835 Hindu pushups and 1850 Hindu squats and spend 30 minutes in neck bridging so far in 2007 through today. And so far 34 posts on this blog. The only two things I haven't gotten started on are foreign languages and landscaping, which I hope to pick up now that football season ends Sunday.

But then again, pitchers and catchers report IN 12 DAYS!!!

Readings For Thursday

Exodus 27 and 28. Matthew 25.