I am so outta here!!!!

Ok, I haven’t had a day off in more than two weeks. I am supposed to take the stupid GRE tomorrow (don’t ask). Because work has been so crazy, all I have managed to do is take one practice test, which came back telling me that I am a borderline retard. (Math was low… The good [...]

Have I Mentioned Lately…

…that church work can be horribly draining????
Everyone seems to know what is best for the church.
“We need better programming for children.”
“We need to buy a new organ!”
“We have to have a youth spaghetti dinner…we’ve always had one!”
Ok, none of these things are bad in and of themselves. But seriously, getting hit with this from [...]

Blog Quiz: What Type of Blogger Are You?

Your Blogging Type is Confident and Insightful

You’ve got a ton of brain power, and you leverage it into brilliant blog.Both creative and logical, you come up with amazing ideas and insights.A total perfectionist, you find yourself revising and rewriting posts a lot of the time.You blog for yourself - and you don’t care how popular [...]

Music Meme

Instructions: Go to your music player of choice and put it on shuffle. Say the following questions aloud, and press play. Use the song title as the answer to the question. NO CHEATING. Hat tip to Derek.
How does the world see you?Another State of Mind, Social Distortion
Will I have a happy life?Luni Lab, Nekromantix
What do [...]

A Rant

Edited to remove foul language.
It was hard being in middle school. When I was 13 we moved to rural North Carolina where part of my daily routine was to get the crap kicked out of me by the good Christian kids who thought I worshiped the devil because I wore all black and painted [...]

Hanging by my Desk

MY LORD GOD, I have no idea where I am going. I do not see the road ahead of me. I cannot know for certain where it will end. Nor do I really know myself, and the fact that I think that I am following your will does not mean that I am actually doing [...]

Attention Lutheran Bloggers of Good Will!

The carnival is coming! See the announcement here.
Thanks to LC for putting this on.

Ora et Labora: The Path Through Grief

Those familiar with the Benedictine way have heard the term Ora et Labora, Prayer and Work. Some may consider this a motto or a slogan of the Benedictines, but in reality it seems to be more of an ethos, something that is practiced by Benedictines the world over. If you look at the daily schedule [...]

A Great Day for UF, In Spite the Damned NCAA Committee!!!!!!!!!!

Ok, how in the world does Tennessee get a #2 seed in the NCAA tourney when the University of Florida, who has won consecutive SEC tourney titles, gets a three seed????????????
At least we get to play in Jacksonville…only about 90 minutes from campus.
Anyway, the absurdity of the NCAA selection committee aside, I am a proud [...]

What Are the Instruments of Good Works? Reflections of Chapter 4

# 47 To keep death daily before one’s eyes.
I don’t think I need much help here. Since Lent has started, all I have thought about is death and sickness. Last week we were reminded that we are dust, and that we shall one day return to that dust. I know this all too well. In [...]