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I just noticed that Scrub Mommy sponges are a product of the Scrub Daddy sponge company. This feels like some sort of analogy for the creation of Eve from Adam's rib: Genesis 2 ²⁰But for Adam no suitable helper was found. ²¹So the LORD God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep; and while he was sleeping, he took one of the man’s ribs and closed up the place with flesh. ²²Then the LORD God made…
Last night, I finished cramming in a re-reading of The Odyssey in advance of seeing the movie tonight. The translation was done in the 60's by Robert Fitzgerald, and has a great balance between modern readability and the lofty blank verse style deserved by the epic text. Overall, I came away impressed. However, one word kept popping up, and I found it hilarious: "Beeves" In nine instances, herds…
I've always gotten a kick out of the fact that William Shakespeare's wife was named Anne Hathaway. I imagine young Bill hanging out with his friends and saying: "Anne hath a way about her, dothn't she?" ...before awkwardly walking over and asking her out.
A few minutes ago, I was in front of my house, wearing headphones and sweeping up after edging the driveway. A young man walked up wearing a blue vest and carrying a clipboard. He pleasantly called out: "Are you interested in Spectrum internet, or should I keeeeeeep walking?" I popped out my earbuds and pleasantly replied: "Keeeeeeep walking!" And he did.
...is to double up on the mattress pads: We use the standard fitted pad that covers the whole mattress, as well as a smaller one that can be yanked off in the event of a Diaper Malfunction. This allows us to change the sheet and fall back asleep quickly, skipping the "What if he does it again and soils the mattress?" conundrum that haunts the waking nightmares of sleep-deprived parents. The trick…
For dinner, I made a pair of breakfast pizzas topped with white gravy, cheese, scrambled eggs, and sausage. Most of the cheese was Colby Jack, but I made half of a pizza with Baby Swiss for myself. So naturally, everyone tried my Swiss side, liked it, and ate it instead of the Colby Jack side. 1 To be fair, the flavor worked really, really well. And I did convince my wife to try it when she…
My kids had other plans:
On this day two years ago, either my wife or I took a photo of some tally marks so we wouldn't forget the number: What were we counting? We forgot.
Around two weeks ago, we went to a nearby Chinese buffet for my birthday lunch. The restaurant had just changed owners, and was still working out some scheduling kinks with a new supplier. After the host seated us, he said: "Unfortunately, we are out of kid cups. Instead, we have been punching straw holes into the lids of our plastic takeout soup containers. Will that be all right?" So now my…
This morning's plan: Wake up early Hop in my own van (since I fully charged its dead battery yesterday) Run to Rural King and AutoZone and grab some parts to finish the brakes on my brother's car Return home and sign into work by 7:30 What happened instead: Woke up later than I intended (because we stayed at the Posey County Fair too late last night) Discovered that my van battery had died again…