If we lived in Springfield and not Miami, this would be us… Thanks to Steve for alerting us! Link
The Jack La Lanne of the Bible
“Now then, just as the LORD promised, he has kept me alive for forty-five years since the time he said this to Moses, while Israel moved about in the desert. So here I am today, eighty-five years old! I am still as strong today as the day Moses sent me out; I’m just as vigorous to go out to battle now as I was then. Now give me this hill country that the LORD promised me that day. You yourself heard then that the Anakites were there and their cities were large and fortified, but, the LORD helping me, I … Read More
Contain Yourself!
I love the Container Store! There, I’ve said it! I am an organizational freak. I love things in their place. So when I walk into the Container Store, it’s like all of my organizational dreams coming true in one store. Anyway, I am amazed at how they communicate their vision through the simplest of things. Their bags say, “Contain yourself”. The tape they use to make sure storage bins will stay closed say, “Another contained customer”. Their gift cards say, “Who says 1 store can’t change your life?” They use every means to communicate their message. It’s got me thinking … Read More
YEE-HAW
So I’m taking my morning walk and as I’m walking past the 7AM traffic I see out of nowhere 2 guys riding horses on the sidewalk across the street. That’s a Miami first for me. I’ve never seen that before. This is odd enough, but when it’s compounded with the news report that the folks in the office were talking about on Wednesday, about a cow that was loose in a gated community down the street from our offices. So break out your over-alls and your straw hat, because I’m starting to think that Miami is going from city to … Read More
Sandals Summer
First, let me say that it is so hot here in Miami that I don’t know what I’m going to do with myself. Secondly, A/C is barely making things manageable. Third, to walk outside, even to get the mail in this heat is to invite a perspiration that doesn’t even feel natural. So what can I do? I have instituted ‘Sandals Summer’. This means I am wearing sandals every day to bear with the heat. Most who know me, know that I am not a huge fan of shoes where toes are exposed (I feel that defeats the purpose). But … Read More
Fortune Cookies
Carey and I were having lunch at my favorite restaurant today (P.F. Chang’s), when we got our fortune cookies at the end of our meal and I noticed something interesting: fortune cookies aren’t what they used to be. What did they used to be? Fortunes. What are they now? Social commentaries and positive insights. Old school fortune: You will be a millionaire by year’s end New school fortune: Determination and hard work pay off When the server gives me the bill, which does he want me to believe, that I’m going to rich within a matter of months or telling … Read More
I do…
“I do” – that’s what the dad said when I asked him, “Who gives this woman to be married to this man?” at the wedding I officiated yesterday. At that moment it was as though I could hear someone asking me that question at some point in the distant future. I looked to the back of the room and saw my daughter with Carey and I thought I was going to have an attack of some sort. The thought of “giving away” your daughter on her wedding day has got to be one of the hardest things a dad is … Read More
