The DW cracked me up with silly comments, all made with a lisp, about a particularly aggro-dog, like “Ooooo. He becames excited.” Actually, the best part was that all of us were sitting in my brother’s living room watching this – my brothers, Ope, Bender, & Whitey. All guys. All glued intently to DW & his lispy wisdom. I guess you had to be there. I was.
I believe a good time was had by all, especially me.
FROM THE UK (& from the journal of things that pastors’ fear)
The full article is at newsoftheweird.blogspot.com – it had a link to The Sun, which I chose not to include here.
My finals are over – offering me a one week respite between Spring & Mini-Term, which rolls directly into the first term, & then… el fin. I know the relief that I feel with the end of my undergraduate career firmly in sight. I can only imagine the oliphaunt that has been removed from brother Moe’s back upon his completion of 3 years of some of the most intense academic labors known to humanity: law school. Way to go Moe!
As you know, last weekend was the celebration of Moe’s accomplishment, & I got to go to Spokane to celebrate with him & some friends/family.
Highlights – to be continued…
I’m off bright & early in the a.m. to go to Spokane in order to be a part of the festivities that surround my brother’s graduation from Gonzaga Law School. Time has truly flown by, & the last 3 years seem to be only about 9 months in the scope of my fast-fading minds-eye. Still, Moe is done, & has passed his tests with flying colors. He even has a “clerk-ship” lined up with a judge in the Capitol City of Nevada. He & his family will be moving here in July-ish.
Now, don’t get the idea that I get to be Uncle Louie yet – their kids are 2 German shepherds named Mulder & Zotti – Mulder is a rare, white German shepherd, & has a personality to match from what I’ve heard. My other brother has two dogs too – Higgins & Carter, both of which are mini-pinschers. Which means that with my mini-Pastor Jack, there are a lot of dogs of German heritage hanging out in the backyards of the Locke boys… (I’ve heard that this factor makes Opie a little jumpy. Don’t worry: PJ loves you.)
Back from the digression: one of the things I am most looking forward to seeing in my first (& last) trip to Spokane is a hidden people group reportedly living in Spokane. These rare creatures resemble Arkies, Mizzou-ans, rednecks, hicks, & other such fans of the Dixie Chicks & Buck Owens Bakersfiel’ country music, from what I’ve been told. I’m hoping that Moe takes me to a place where the Spokies can be observed in their natural habitat.
If I’m lucky, I’ll post with any discoveries I make in the next 72 hours.
I thought I’d share the following with you – one of my kids received it from a friend. When we get an invitation to something, it immediately goes up on the “party cabinet,” which serves as a visible reminder of the upcoming social calendar.
May 13th. Mark your calendars.
I have 2 days of school left in the Spring semester, if you don’t count (which I don’t) the day (5/15) that I have to show up for Final Exams. All of my requirements for the semester have been completed & turned in, which makes attendance today (& Monday 5/8) seem like a really, really bad idea. Especially with the advent of summer.
If I don’t go, what do I miss?
Reviewing for the final in Law & Ethics, where our prof. is doing all he can to make it so that no one fails…
A few really, really awkward moments in my public speaking class…
Two great lectures on Ronald Reagan, the fall (& future rise?) of the Iron Curtain, & the Bush/Clinton/Bush presidencies.
Going through the hoops…
Students were bussed from O’Brien Middle School to Six Flags/Marine World in Vallejo as a reward for their good behavior… only to find it was closed!
Too bad Chevy Chase wasn’t around to force an employee to open it up. Wally-world!
TULTITLAN, Mexico – Considered felons by the government, these migrants fear detention, rape and robbery. Police and soldiers hunt them down at railroads, bus stations and fleabag hotels. Sometimes they are deported; more often officers simply take their money.
While migrants in the United States have held huge demonstrations in recent weeks, the hundreds of thousands of undocumented Central Americans in Mexico suffer mostly in silence.
And though Mexico demands humane treatment for its citizens who migrate to the U.S., regardless of their legal status, Mexico provides few protections for migrants on its own soil. The issue simply isn’t on the country’s political agenda, perhaps because migrants make up only 0.5 percent of the population, or about 500,000 people – compared with 12 percent in the United States.
Here’s a quote from EL 401 – Educational Law & Ethics – or How to navigate through teaching in Nevada’s public schools
I’ve been reading a great book by Eugene Peterson & Marva Dawn called, “The Unnecessary Pastor” – good stuff, talking about the very necessary, even pivotal role of a pastor within society. Here’s a quote from it that I’ve been pondering:
In the context of John 3:16 & 17…
We’re put to work on committees and projects that leave us with neither time nor energy for the world and diminishing interest in it.
My ponderings & interest in this emerge in a “trickle down” theory:
The pastoral attitude then trickles down into the priorities of the church that the pastor leads – a result, among others is a group of people that are busy with a business that has little to do with the very world that God so loves…