Goldfish and Clowns. Where God's not dead and neither are we.

… watching the Brickyard 400 NASCAR race from Indianapolis Motor Speedway today.

My Indiana roots go deep. Mom was born and raised in Crawfordsville, and Dad moved to Indianapolis when he was two.

I miss them. Terribly.

Look forward to seeing them again.

For now, back to watching the race.
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… spending the first part of your birthday filling out paperwork related to dispersal of your Mom’s IRA account rather than reading a birthday card from her.

But I’d rather not dwell on that. For obvious reasons. Don’t want to start crying in the middle of the office.

Instead, allow me to use this moment from . . . → Read More: It’s An Odd Thing…

A couple of weekends ago, Mrs. Dude and I took a few days off to wander down the lovely and violent hills of the central California coast. Ultimate destination? Disneyland, of course.

As it had been far longer than usual in-between visits — we ain’t rich, and economic struggles are a constant reality in my corner of . . . → Read More: Of hotel lobbies and disconsolate daughters

… for the sake of gaining access to Libyan oil aren’t inexcusable. However, the Obama administration’s present fixation on same comes off far more as a case of SQUIRREL! than any genuine interest in justice.
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… from political strategist (or whatever he calls himself) Josh Treviño:

At the moment, the only unreserved support I could give to a 2012 GOP candidate would be to @GovernorPerry. And he says he’s not running.

Considering the, uh, devastatingly effective campaign Treviño ran earlier this year for Chuck DeVore in his pursuit of the Republican nomination for . . . → Read More: Just read a note on Twitter…

… but I finished the chapter outline for the Gord book earlier this evening, and finished the first draft of the chapter most recently written.

Why, I’ve rather missed that silly bear.
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I’ve gotten into the habit the past few days of doing micro-blogging on Amplify. It’s a handy service, enabling me to jot down thoughts and have them posted not only on Amplify itself, but also on my Twitter and Facebook accounts.

So let’s see how it does cross-posting to Goldfishn and Clowns, shall we?
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Elijah going Old Testament on the prophets of Baal

A little story from the Bible, if you please.

Back in Old Testament days. when God was prone to going Old Testament on people, there was a prophet named Elijah. He had the misfortune of being around when the king was mad, bad and dangerous to know, let . . . → Read More: Elijah Syndrome