Arielle brought in the most-bomb-diggity-yo-est (it's a technical term) cupcakes to lab to celebrate my birthday (or was it because of St. Triphyllios' feast day?). They are chocolate with peanut butter frosting. And all y'all that didn't or couldn't partake have totally lost out. :-D

So it's a good birthday! God is gracious!

Thank you, ya

This song (the original, not this rendition) is the song that got me into oldies music. Had I been introduced to it by this video, I don't think I would have liked it nearly so much. You gotta check out the constipated bass man and the gold sterlization pants.

WARNING: ABSURDIST HUMOR AHEAD
In my various explorations of youtube I ran across what has to be one of the most absurd concerts ever. This is the Leningrad Cowboys (a soviet pop/rock cover group (?)) backed by the Red Army Choir, singing Just a Gigolo. Notice the dancers that show up about a minute into things.

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( More absurdity below... )

And I'm through the committee meeting.

It went well. Now I have a lot of work ahead of me, but it's going somewhere. :-D God is gracious! Thank you everyone for praying.

Now I'm tired. I think I'm going to sleep...

And I'm one step ahead of the shoeshine,
Two steps away from the county line,
Just tryin' to keep the committee satisfied,
Satisfied.

Today sucks. I've known for quite a while that, since it was a prep day, it was going to suck. But it took for ever to thaw my cells, and now it's taking forever for the first column to run. Today is going to REALLY suck ( Read more... )

The gospel reading for today (John 14:1-11) struck me today, especially the first verse:

"Do not let your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me."

These last few weeks my heart has been nothing if not troubled. It was rather comforting to have this admonition, a reminder that our Lord can do anything, even those things that seem ( Read more... )

Hey y'all,

I'm in a really dark place right now, under a lot of pressure and with a lot of stress. It's partly to do with work, but that's only a part. No, I don't want to talk about it, but I could really use a lot of prayer. Thank you very much.

All that said, "I will bless the Lord at all times."

Bless the Lord, O my soul!

Thou who was terrifying in both strength and countenance, for thy Creator's sake thou didst surrender thyself willingly to them that sough thee; for thou didst persuade both them and the women that sought to arouse in thee the fire of lust, and they followed thee in the path of martyrdom; and in torments thou didst prove courageous; wherefore have ( Read more... )

This is absolutely hilarious!

Ok, at least I find it so. The rest of y'all will certainly find it random. The friend who alerted me to it's presence said, "Your sense of humor is like France to me. I don't live there, but I know where it is."