Back from Mississippi

Got back from MS earlier in the week after spending time with my very ill brother. All of the siblings converged, which was a good thing. We made arrangements to get my sick brother into hospice. He has stabilized somewhat, but it is still a matter of time. The main thing is that he be [...]

Friday Random iPod Shuffle

Crosstown Traffic, Jimmy Hendrix
Were You There When They Crucified My Lord, Johnny Cash
Revelation (Mother Earth), Ozzy Osbourne
Blood of the Lamb, Billy Bragg/Wilco
Bad Businessman, Squirrel Nut Zipper
Howhywuz, [...]

Please Toss Up a Prayer

My youngest brother (age 22) has cystic fibrosis. He has struggled with the disease all his life, though the last few months the struggle has intensified. He has been in an out of the hospital with alarming frequency, and yesterday took a real turn for the worse. The doctor has called in the family, and [...]

Woo-Hoo!

Just to add a little bit of excitement around here, I thought I would let you in on the big news I alluded to a few posts back. Mrs. LP is pregnant again!
 We just got back from the ultrasound and first prenatal visit. We are about 7 weeks along, with a due date of April [...]

Been Busy and Discouraged

Been a busy couple of weeks dealing with an impending call (vote takes place in 3 weeks), a sick baby, a moody and hormonal 8th grade boy, and a wife who is attempting to be full time wife, mother, school director, and doctoral student. Plus, the programming year kicks off in a week or so here [...]

30 Years Later: Still the King!

Ring of Death

We got the dreaded Ring of Death on our XBox 360. I have been on the phone for 45 minutes so far trying to get them to repair it. Ugh. I am going to have to send the console in for repair. The worst part: it will take them about 6 weeks to fix it. [...]

How Hot Is It?

For a Southerner to complain about heat, it has to be hot. Real hot. And this week has been damn hot. Don’t believe me:

Why, yes! That does say 104! Jeez, its enough to make a boy want to give up his Hemi and buy a hybrid (not really).

*Sigh*

I had to turn down the chance to interview for a Campus Ministry position today. The problem: the public schools pay about $10,000 or more less a year than where we are now, meaning Mrs. LP would have to take a HUGE paycut. Not only that, but the school system in that state is not [...]

Today’s Big News

I just killed a rattlesnake at church. It had gotten inside. He was pretty small. I took him out on the portico and crushed his head. That is all.