Bag of Randomness

  • I just learned that diesel engines, that is cars with a diesel engine, don’t have spark plugs.
  • WifeGeeding has an in-law that is flying a jet for Steve Wynn.  Recently he had to fly from Las Vegas to Oklahoma to pick up Garth Brooks, and then back again.
  • Simon Owens took a look at political blog traffic from Oct 08 to May 09.  If that kind of stuff interests you, check it out.
  • I did some spray painting in an area that is not well ventilated and felt I got really high for the firs time in my life.
  • Even though WifeGeeding was not home this Sunday, I still went to church.
  • A guest pastor spoke about how Christians are, or can be separate from the world.  He broke it down to how Christians are separate physically, culturally, and mentally.  It was quite interesting.
  • I’m giving my pool table away to a college buddy of mine.  I have lots of fond memories of that pool table, and all the good times me and my buddies had around that thing since high school.  But I doubt I’ve played pool twice in two years, and it should be put to good use.
  • I’m somewhat thinking of turning the room where the pool table use to be into a home theater.  So I guess I now need to research projectors.
  • I went to the deep freeze yesterday and discovered it was no longer freezing and all the food was just cool.  Turns out I needed to reset the outlet breaker thingy and it started back up.  The frozen chicken breasts were thawed out, but were still cold.  I can’t decide if I should throw all the food away in the deep freeze or not
  • Grace
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Forgiving Society?

ST. LUCIE COUNTY – Morningside Elementary teacher Wendy Portillo said she hopes to return to teaching after a unanimous vote by the School Board let her keep her professional contract with the county school district and the tenure protection it affords.

The School Board’s vote Wednesday came more than one year after Portillo led her kindergarten students to vote classmate Alex Barton, then 5, out of class for disruptive behavior. The child was in the process of being diagnosed with Asperger syndrome, a type of high-functioning autism, at the time.

“I’m overjoyed,” Portillo said after an emotional 90-minute hearing in which more than a dozen teachers and parents urged the School Board to relent in punishing her. “I’m happy that I’ll be able to go back to doing what I love to do.”

Full Sun Sentinel Article

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At one time I was female

Your past life diagnosis:

I don’t know how you feel about it, but you were female in your last earthly incarnation.You were born somewhere in the territory of modern South Japan around the year 1200. Your profession was that of a trainer or holder of fine animals, such as birds.

Your brief psychological profile in your past life:

Person with huge energy, good in planning and supervising. If you were just garbage-man, you were chief garbage-man.

The lesson that your last past life brought to your present incarnation:

You are bound to learn to understand other people and to meet all difficulties of life with a joyful heart. You should help others by bringing them a spirit of joy.

Who were you in your past life?

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Blessing Sotomayor Hearing Room With Prayer and Oil

The Christian group “Faith and Action in the Nation’s Capitol” has made its way to Capitol Hill and Supreme Court Nominee Sonia Sotomayor might be interested in what they did. They blessed the doors of Senate Hart Building Room 216 with prayer and oil because they believe this will be the room most likely used for her confirmation hearing which begins July 13th.

Full CBN News Blog Post

Wouldn’t it be a great prank that instead of anointing the door, that he just put petroleum jello on the door knob?  Just a thought.

But the whole act of anointing that door makes me think that it would be easy for a terrorist to plant anthrax or something.

Also, even though his actions are well intended, would God appreciate a non-YouTube prayer just as much?

Oh, and if you want to see the actual bottle of oil used, click here.

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