A Life Worthy

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  • Miracle on Yale Drive

    Presents

    ‘Twas the next billing cycle, and havoc was wrought

    To our finances by all the stuff that we’d bought.

    I tried to be good; I strove to be frugal;

    Still, you would think that I thought I owned Google. (more…)

  • Oh Christmas Tree

    English: A bauble on a Christmas tree.

    So let me get this straight.

    You kill a tree, or hire someone to do it for you.

    You drag said dead tree into your house, rearranging the furniture so as to give it a place of prominence.  You then proceed to cover it with lights, pieces of colored glass and tin, and bits and bobs of food and fluff.

    And why is this, exactly? (more…)

  • Drama Queens Reprise

     

    This is sucking up the entire holiday season.

    I knew it would happen, so I shouldn’t complain—but where’s the fun in that?

    Cathy and Carissa have made it through the rehearsal time, and Miracle on 34th Street has officially opened.  I am the proud husband of Pedestrian #1, and proud father of an elf.

    Pardon me, not just any elf…Elf J.

    Whatever that means. (more…)

  • Of Books and Birds

    This recipe was not in the book!

    I sold my book…and not at a yard sale!!!

    Now, lest we get carried away, I should clarify that I sold exactly two copies of my book.  I did, however, manage to give away 231 copies for free.  That goes to show that the readers of this blog are both intelligent and frugal.  I count this a win, not because of the big bucks I raked in (though I can certainly use that $4.10), but because of the lessons learned.  Such as: (more…)

  • Procrastination

    English: A typical Deutsche Bahn railway stati...

    I’ve been meaning to write this for a while now, but I keep putting it off… (more…)

  • Pedal to the Sea—Part Three

    The trailer of despair

    Note: This is, as you can read from the title, part three in a series.  If you’re just joining us, may I suggest that you go back and read parts one and two?

    The unendurable teaches you endurance—or leaves you broken and weeping by the side of the road.

    So, I forgot to replace the tubes on the trailer. (more…)

  • Lessons Learned

     

    Draining the motor oil out of an automobile as...

    When you assume…

    I have mentioned before that I’m not what you, or anyone you know, would call “handy.”  One of the problems that comes with being less than fully “ept” is that one tends to trust any man with coveralls or a tool belt to automatically know what he is doing.  I know I shouldn’t oughta, but I do. Last week I paid an annoying price and learned some valuable lessons. (more…)

  • The Chair

     

    Every castle needs a throne—and I’m not talking about one with plumbing.

    I don’t have a “Man Cave” per se, but I do have a big, comfy Daddy chair.  It’s green, just so you know.  I didn’t go looking for a big, green chair; I just went looking for a place to relax. (more…)

  • Handy Man

    I’m not.

    Handy, that is.

    I’m not the kind of man one calls when one needs help fixing or building.   You will never hear it said, “Oh, call Michael.  He can help.  That guy can fix anything!”

    It’s not that I don’t try.  I try.

    It’s not that I’m inept.  I’m ept.  Just not ept enough. (more…)

  • Family Worship

     

    Praying Hands

    O.K., this time there will be no rabbit trails.  In my last post, I started to talk about our family’s worship experience, and I got distracted by the issue of sleep.

    I love sleep.

    Anyway, it is a bit ironic that I got distracted when I was talking about worship.  You see, my family always gets distracted when we attempt to worship. (more…)