CAN YOU LAST 18 SECONDS?
GOOD THING I'M NOT AN AIR FORCE PILOT
A friend sent this game that helps Air Force pilots practice their reactions:
http://members.iinet.net.au/~pontipak/redsquare.html
If you can stay "alive" for 18 seconds, you're doing well. I tried and tried, and made it for 9.7 seconds. Yikes! Here's hoping those in our military defense have a LOT better hand-eye coordination than I do!
Saturday, December 11, 2010
Friday, December 10, 2010
DAILYSUSAN BACK FULL STRENGTH!!!
Sorry for the long hiatus. Let's pick up where we left off:
LISTEN TO THE SOUND
OF THE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT
Our daughter's church youth group visited a retirement home to sing Christmas carols and have a little party with the residents the other night. I was among the six or seven moms who came along for the ride.
The girls filled the stage, and started singing. The little old lady sitting next to me leaned over and confided, "I'm nearly blind and deaf, but I'm still enjoying this very much."
I leaned over, and said loudly and slowly how much I loved hearing that, and wished her a Merry Christmas.
She replied, "Would you ever guess that I am 98 years old?"
Amazed, I leaned back over, put an arm around her, and said, loudly and slowly, "That is fantastic! You don't look a day over 60."
Just then, the little old man sitting on the other side of her whirled toward us, and snarled:
"FOR CHRIST'S SAKE, WOULD YOU SHUT UP?!?!?!?!?!"
Had to hunch over to hide my laughter, but the shaking shoulders gave me away.
How ironic: that comment got me TOTALLY into the Christmas spirit. So I guess it really WAS for Christ's sake!!!
Sorry for the long hiatus. Let's pick up where we left off:
LISTEN TO THE SOUND
OF THE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT
Our daughter's church youth group visited a retirement home to sing Christmas carols and have a little party with the residents the other night. I was among the six or seven moms who came along for the ride.
The girls filled the stage, and started singing. The little old lady sitting next to me leaned over and confided, "I'm nearly blind and deaf, but I'm still enjoying this very much."
I leaned over, and said loudly and slowly how much I loved hearing that, and wished her a Merry Christmas.
She replied, "Would you ever guess that I am 98 years old?"
Amazed, I leaned back over, put an arm around her, and said, loudly and slowly, "That is fantastic! You don't look a day over 60."
Just then, the little old man sitting on the other side of her whirled toward us, and snarled:
"FOR CHRIST'S SAKE, WOULD YOU SHUT UP?!?!?!?!?!"
Had to hunch over to hide my laughter, but the shaking shoulders gave me away.
How ironic: that comment got me TOTALLY into the Christmas spirit. So I guess it really WAS for Christ's sake!!!
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
HOW GOD HELPS YOU OUT
WHEN YOU'RE LUNCHING WITH AN ATHEIST
I have this dear old friend who is an avowed atheist. We hadn't seen each other for close to 10 years, but met for lunch to get started on a new project of mutual interest.
We sat by the window at Panera's in a mid-town location, far from where either of us lives.
He brought up the name of a mutual friend who neither of us had seen for close to 10 years, either. He gave me an update: she had moved away but was back and working here in some capacity. We agreed that one of us should look her up "someday."
BOOM! We saw her walking down the sidewalk . . . and then she came right into Panera's!!!
Both our jaws dropped to our chests. My atheist friend was able to speak:
"What is this? DIVINE INTERVENTION?!?!?"
He laughed at the irony. I smiled at him meaningfully, nodded, and gave him my Christian Goo-Goo Eyes . . . thanking God for one more piece of well-timed "coincidental" ammo of how real He is, to woo him out of atheism and into the light of the Savior's love.
And yes, our mutual friend is interested in learning more about our new project and would be a great asset. So it was a fun "coincidence" all the way around.
Panera's is a great place to encounter the Bread of Life!
WHEN YOU'RE LUNCHING WITH AN ATHEIST
I have this dear old friend who is an avowed atheist. We hadn't seen each other for close to 10 years, but met for lunch to get started on a new project of mutual interest.
We sat by the window at Panera's in a mid-town location, far from where either of us lives.
He brought up the name of a mutual friend who neither of us had seen for close to 10 years, either. He gave me an update: she had moved away but was back and working here in some capacity. We agreed that one of us should look her up "someday."
BOOM! We saw her walking down the sidewalk . . . and then she came right into Panera's!!!
Both our jaws dropped to our chests. My atheist friend was able to speak:
"What is this? DIVINE INTERVENTION?!?!?"
He laughed at the irony. I smiled at him meaningfully, nodded, and gave him my Christian Goo-Goo Eyes . . . thanking God for one more piece of well-timed "coincidental" ammo of how real He is, to woo him out of atheism and into the light of the Savior's love.
And yes, our mutual friend is interested in learning more about our new project and would be a great asset. So it was a fun "coincidence" all the way around.
Panera's is a great place to encounter the Bread of Life!
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
MAYBE THE KID
DOESN'T NEED COACHING
Maddy, 9, was telling how a girl in her fourth-grade classroom has been snipping at her. The girl is a little bossy and it probably comes from low self-esteem. So we were trying to coach Maddy on how to respond with kindness and understanding, while still being assertive enough to stand up for herself.
We told her that the No. 1 no-no in that situation is to be mean BACK. Leadership requires restraint. When you are unfairly criticized, don't ever retaliate, we told her. That's dragging yourself down to the other person's level.
I showed her that old trick, that when you point the finger at someone, three more point back at you, indicating that you're guilty of the same things, triply as much.
Her face brightened immediately into a huge grin.
She pointed her finger at me and exulted:
"YOU'RE AWESOME!!!"
DOESN'T NEED COACHING
Maddy, 9, was telling how a girl in her fourth-grade classroom has been snipping at her. The girl is a little bossy and it probably comes from low self-esteem. So we were trying to coach Maddy on how to respond with kindness and understanding, while still being assertive enough to stand up for herself.
We told her that the No. 1 no-no in that situation is to be mean BACK. Leadership requires restraint. When you are unfairly criticized, don't ever retaliate, we told her. That's dragging yourself down to the other person's level.
I showed her that old trick, that when you point the finger at someone, three more point back at you, indicating that you're guilty of the same things, triply as much.
Her face brightened immediately into a huge grin.
She pointed her finger at me and exulted:
"YOU'RE AWESOME!!!"
Thursday, February 11, 2010
THE SIMPLE ANSWER
IS ALMOST ALWAYS BEST
The man of the house agreed to answer questions for a telephone poll. Subject: politics. He is a conservative, and a lot of things that have been going on lately in the political world have his ears steaming. He is not afraid to delve into controversy, and speak his mind. So here we go.
Maddy quietly finished her class valentines, and I eavesdropped while preparing to make 4,000 cupcakes for the various Valentine's celebrations coming up.
His answers were terse, rapid-fire, decisive:
"Yes."
"No."
"60%."
"Yes."
"No."
After a long stream of answers, he suddenly paused and said:
"I don't care to answer that."
Both sets of eavesdropping eyebrows shot up.
After he hung up, we asked what the question was that he didn't care to answer.
"They asked me what RACE I am," he said, fuming; the implication was that such a question should be irrelevant.
But Maddy intervened with another dose of that Kid Common Sense:
"Why didn't you just tell him the HUMAN race?!?"
IS ALMOST ALWAYS BEST
The man of the house agreed to answer questions for a telephone poll. Subject: politics. He is a conservative, and a lot of things that have been going on lately in the political world have his ears steaming. He is not afraid to delve into controversy, and speak his mind. So here we go.
Maddy quietly finished her class valentines, and I eavesdropped while preparing to make 4,000 cupcakes for the various Valentine's celebrations coming up.
His answers were terse, rapid-fire, decisive:
"Yes."
"No."
"60%."
"Yes."
"No."
After a long stream of answers, he suddenly paused and said:
"I don't care to answer that."
Both sets of eavesdropping eyebrows shot up.
After he hung up, we asked what the question was that he didn't care to answer.
"They asked me what RACE I am," he said, fuming; the implication was that such a question should be irrelevant.
But Maddy intervened with another dose of that Kid Common Sense:
"Why didn't you just tell him the HUMAN race?!?"
Monday, February 08, 2010
Monday, February 01, 2010
THEY WALK AMONG US:
SO FOOTBALL'S NO BIGGIE IN SINGAPORE?
Saw this hilarious TV listing -- albeit from the past -- that appeared in the Sunday Times of Singapore:
10:30
BOWLING:
SUPERBOWL XXXV
If they WANTED the WORLD to KNOW it's about FOOTBALL, they shouldn't have named the championship after another sport. Right? Riiiiiight.
SO FOOTBALL'S NO BIGGIE IN SINGAPORE?
Saw this hilarious TV listing -- albeit from the past -- that appeared in the Sunday Times of Singapore:
10:30
BOWLING:
SUPERBOWL XXXV
If they WANTED the WORLD to KNOW it's about FOOTBALL, they shouldn't have named the championship after another sport. Right? Riiiiiight.
Saturday, January 30, 2010
FROM THE
'OUT OF THE MOUTHS OF BABES'
DEPARTMENT
A darling young girl told her dad that she was going to make a Valentine's Day card and send it to Osama bin Laden. She asked for his help in finding a mailing address.
The family happened to be Jewish. The dad was awestruck over his child's thoughtfulness and grace, since bin Laden is a world-famous Islamic terrorist who favors killing all Jews on the planet. A Jewish child sending bin Laden wishes about love would be truly a transcendant act.
"Honey, I am proud of you for thinking of this," said the dad. "If more kids were like you, we could turn around the hearts of all the terrorists in the world and bring peace at last."
"Well," replied the girl, "I was just hoping it would bring him out into the open, and then the U.S. Marines could shoot the ****er."
'OUT OF THE MOUTHS OF BABES'
DEPARTMENT
A darling young girl told her dad that she was going to make a Valentine's Day card and send it to Osama bin Laden. She asked for his help in finding a mailing address.
The family happened to be Jewish. The dad was awestruck over his child's thoughtfulness and grace, since bin Laden is a world-famous Islamic terrorist who favors killing all Jews on the planet. A Jewish child sending bin Laden wishes about love would be truly a transcendant act.
"Honey, I am proud of you for thinking of this," said the dad. "If more kids were like you, we could turn around the hearts of all the terrorists in the world and bring peace at last."
"Well," replied the girl, "I was just hoping it would bring him out into the open, and then the U.S. Marines could shoot the ****er."
Friday, January 29, 2010
REFRESHING HONESTY
FROM A . . . POLITICIAN?!?
Here's what Brazilian Finance Minister Rubens Ricupero said during a break in a TV interview, unaware that the satellite feed was still running:
"I have no scruples. What is good, we take advantage of. What is bad, we hide."
Yes, he resigned two days later. With guys like that in public office, we don't even NEED a good journalism corps to root out the baddies. :>)
FROM A . . . POLITICIAN?!?
Here's what Brazilian Finance Minister Rubens Ricupero said during a break in a TV interview, unaware that the satellite feed was still running:
"I have no scruples. What is good, we take advantage of. What is bad, we hide."
Yes, he resigned two days later. With guys like that in public office, we don't even NEED a good journalism corps to root out the baddies. :>)
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