Well it took a long time but sometime late November or early December I finally finished the shed that I started building at my parents house back in July. There were times when I didn’t know if I would be able to do it, but I must admit I was pleased with how it turned out.
$1,000,000,000,000
Paraphrase from a Thomas Sowell article.
So just how much money is $1,000,000,000,000. Well if it were seconds it would be before people were reading and writing. That’s right a trillion seconds ago was before the Roman Empire or the Chinese dynasties.
The Road Not Taken
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.–Robert Frost
What really made all the difference is the insight shared in lines two and three.
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
We often try to travel two roads living two lives. We fail to recognize being one traveler is the only way to be a whole person. You cannot travel both roads, it will destroy you. The reality is if you think you are traveling both roads you really aren’t you have just chosen poorly. You have chosen the road more traveled.
Republicans shouldn’t be too excited
RASMUSSEN POLL: McCain Leads By Double Digits:
McCain 51% Clinton 41%
McCain 49% Obama 42%
I don’t think these numbers mean much right now. Let’s see what the numbers look like when there is only one Democratic candidate.
Bring on the Cubans!
Can we get an end to the embargo now? I mean really this has been a failed policy. Lets open up trade and let some good old American consumerism end the Castro reign of terror.
Nap time?
Pastor please don’t stop I need about 15 more minutes.
The head nod that occurs about 45 seconds in is classic. Is he sleeping? No, he was just saying amen brother. Kind of reminescent of this clip from after Ron Brown’s memorial service.
Summer
I can’t wait for this summer. As a student I would have never guessed that the teachers looked more forward to the summer than the students, but I think it is probably universally true.
Oh all of the things to do.
- Teach summer school for 6 weeks out of 12 weeks (M-Th, 8-noon)
- read
- play poker
- exercise
- work on next years curriculum
But what else should I do? What books should I read? Should I try to learn something new? If so, what? Any suggestions?
Those people
When you read the bible do you think….
Why did those people do that?
or do you think….
Am I the kind of person that would do that? What can I do to not behave in that way? How have I acted that way? Please forgive me.
I get frustrated when those people do that. 
