Case of the Mondays

I know what you are thinking... and we are all glad that Brazil has babies AND access to the internet.

Paddle In The Water

Sometimes things are as they seem. You think they are terrible because they really are. You feel they are great because, hey, they are actually great.

Do you ever wonder why you wonder about why you might think otherwise?

The Real

The real weighs like lead
And sometimes it really is gold
And always I hear it screaming
And always it makes me feel old.

The real is why I run
The real is why I stay
The real is why I weep
And why it turned out this way.

Hiding makes for nothing
But prisons in the mind
And all the real I would avoid
One day I know I'll find...

YouTube Is Just So Wonderful

Quote of the Week XL

Needless to say, this behavior was not only entirely predictable, it was predicted by many on both sides of the test standards issue. Personally, I don't care either way. As far as I'm concerned, attempting to fine-tune mass public education through technical measures falls well into the lipstick-on-a-pig category. (-Vox Day)

"I would rather feel contrition than know the definition thereof." - Thomas a Kempis
from chapter 1 of the first book in "Of The Imitation of Christ"

How many things do I know of that I do not practice? How much condemnation am I in danger of falling under?

I know many definitions- but do I live many of them? I think not. My mind and heart and spirit are not always in accord. I am weary with learning because I am slow to do.

If I was faithful to even a quarter of the knowledge I had...

So many vanities...