Spoon or Shovel

Some people eat frozen desserts in fancy stemmed crystal with petite spoons. Where I come from the size of the bowl is only limited by the trade-off between the speed of melting and the speed of eating. As for the utensil, the question is: Do you want a spoon or a shovel (aka soup spoon). We had a dusting of snow this morning, so Hila and I were good to go with big bowls and shovels!

In case you are wondering, we are eating Publix brand Black Jack Cherry Low Fat Frozen Yogurt. It's like Ben & Jerry's Cherry Garcia without the heart attack. While researching this post I discovered that they also make a Low Fat Frozen Yogurt version of Cherry Garcia. I've not seen it around here. That's ok, it would have to be pretty darn good to beat the value of the Publix brand.

I guess I could learn not to snack when I'm watching movies but where's the fun in that!

Four Things

Four things about me that you may, or may not have known.

A. Four jobs I have had in my lifetime.
1. Telephone operator
2. Shipbuilder
3. Aerospace pattern maker
4. Engineering Instructor

B. Four movies I would watch over and over (within reason)
1. LoTR
2. Star Wars
3. Matrix
4. Ong-Bak

C. Four TV shows that I watch. (when I get the chance)
1. SG-1
2. Myth Busters
3. Lost
4. Oprah

D. Four places I have been in the last year.
1. Mobile, AL
2. San Diego, CA
3. Salt Lake City, Utah
4. Atlanta, GA

E. Four people who email me regularly.
1. Elder Byrd
2. Hila
3. Joey
4. Lynn

F. Four of my favorite foods.
1. Tai
2. Chinese
3. Mexican
4. Italian

G. Four places I would rather be right now.
1. no where else - weird but true for the moment
2.
3.
4.
H. Four things I look forward to in 2008.
1. Mother's Day Phone Call from Elder Byrd
2. Christmas Phone Call from Elder Byrd
3. more personal discipline
4. moving on campus ROLL TIDE!

C. S. Lewis on Marriage

Being in love is a good thing, but it is not the best thing. There are many things below it, but there are also things above it. You cannot make it the basis of a whole life. It is a noble feeling, but it is still a feeling. Now no feeling can be relied on to last in its full intensity, or even to last at all. Knowledge can last, principles can last, habits can last; but feelings come and go. And in fact, whatever people say, the state called 'being in love' usually does not last . . . Who could bear to live in that excitement for even five years? What would become of your work, your appetite, your sleep, your friendships? But, of course, ceasing to be 'in love' need not mean ceasing to love. Love in the second sense--love as distinct from 'being in love'--is not merely a feeling. It is a deep unity, maintained by the will and deliberately strengthened by habit; reinforced by (in Christian marriages) the grace which both partners ask, and receive, from God . . . 'Being in love' first moved them to promise fidelity: this quieter love enables them to keep the promise. It is on this love that the engine of marriage is run: being in love was the explosion that started it.

Scattergories Part V

va va vavooom

V is for

1. Athletes: Vincent Thomas Lombardi
2. 4 letter word: Vile
3. Street names: Valley Road
4. Color: Violet
5. Gifts/presents: #'s 9, 13, 16, 18, 22, voucher, voyage, Volvo, videos, villa
6. Vehicles: VTOL Osprey, Volvo
7. Tropical Locations: Venezuela
8. College Majors: Vocal Performance
9. Dairy Product: Vla (Dutch custard pie)
10. Things in a Souvenir Shop: Venetian glass
11. Boy Name: Victor
12. Girl Name: Victoria
13. Movie Titles: V for Vendetta
14. Beers: Victoria Bitter
15. Occupations: Vaudevillian
16. Flowers: Venus flytrap
17. Celebrities: Viggo Mortesen
18. Magazines: Vibe
19. U.S. Cities: Vacaville California
20. Pro Sports Teams: Vikings
21. Alcoholic drink: Vodka
22. Something you wear: Vans
23. Food: #9 above
24. Something found in a bathroom: Vase (assuming a decorated one!)
25. Reason for Being Late: Vacuous
26. Cartoon Character: Veronica (Archies)
27. Something You Shout: "VICTORY!!"
28. Animal: Vole
29. Body part: Veins, vertebra, and ;-}
30. Word to describe you: Virtuous (I wish) Vicious (I fear)

Why I Still Believe

I want to provide a logical defense; however the truth of the matter is "Because I do." Everytime someone fails to live up to the standard, everytime despair seems to be winning the day, from the depths of my soul comes the whisper "It is true, now what will you do."

Learning

Defining Daily
Identity Synergy
Embracing the Void

An UnValentine for my Birthday

The following are from the WONDERFUL little book

The UnValentine
story by Sam Beeson
paintings by Jesse Draper

When I want
A box of chocolates
I buy it . . .
Then I eat it.
All of it.