I always thought the role of Counselor Deanna Troi in Star Trek: The Next Generation, was ridiculous. They need someone on the team to understand people’s feelings? I thought her function was rather useless because her insights are often obvious. Her telepathic abilities comes up with something like – I feel that the people on the planet do not like to be invaded. Duh!
Category: General
Jesus calls us to be servants – the greatest is the servant of all.
I don’t mind being a servant, if I am the one who volunteers and chooses to be a servant. I determine what I will or will not do.
But I don’t like to be forced to be a servant – when…
With empty nest approaching for me, we are down to one child at home. With only 3 of us home now, without grandma or the 2 older kids, we are down 50% of the number of people in our house. I only do laundry once a week; I cook enough rice for 2 meals at one time because it’s hard to cook just 1 cup of rice; things are generally pretty quiet.
Do you step on the pedal and speed under the railroad crossing gates when the red lights start flashing? I do…
But I won’t anymore.
Yesterday I was driving with my friend when we approached the railroad tracks. There was a car in front of me when the lights started flashing. That car sped past…
I admit, I like being a Christian. I like going to church, I like the stuff we do at church, I like meeting other Christians, I like Christiany things, I like to read the Bible and pray and all of that.
I used to avoid issues that would make me question the claims of Christianity…
In a previous post, I said we canceled TV.
Correction: We canceled cable TV. We still have a TV. Now we have Netflix.
What movies do you recommend? The parameters are – not rated R or above, not a sad ending, not a silly romance, no excessive violence or brutality, prefer humor and clever storyline (Sherlock Holmes), science fiction ok (Star Trek).
My daughter had to draw a picture of Napoleon as part of a class assignment. “Were there guns in the days of Napoleon?”
Mike answered, “Yeah, Napoleon had a bunch of ’em.” :)
I’ve been following the Today’s Giveaway blog lately. Almost everyday there is a contest to give away good stuff. I like to enter contests on blogs because it’s easy, and kind of fun, especially when you win. But you also find out about new products that you may not normally hear about.
Take a look at this space saving apartment. I’d be happy just to add some more bookshelves in my house.
http://planetgreen.discovery.com/videos/worlds-greenest-homes-hong-kong-space-saver.html
This article makes me want to buy the ipad.