Today was the first real whiff of spring. It smelled like spring and later on after it rained (and hailed and thundered) I walked out of work at around 7 in the evening. There was still a hint of light in the sky from the fading sunlight. The stars were glittering amid wisps of the departing clouds. The smell was phenomenal. There was the smell of wet trees and grass, rain and the warm air. It was… spring. → Read more...
I hope Spring Break is treating you TCC folks just fine (I want to hear some stories when you guys get back!). I’ll eventually get around to putting a meaty update on my Xanga, but for now, I just wanted to wish whoever takes the time to read my ramblings a Happy Easter. Spring’s finally coming (light at the end of the tunnel, folks!) and it’s coming at a great time. → Read more...
Police Charge Man for Flashing With Banana GREENWICH, Conn. – A former Stamford police officer has been charged with lewd conduct involving a toy banana. Arthur Bertana, 62, who had been on probation for lewd conduct more than four years ago, was arrested Saturday after police said he placed a toy banana in his pants and flashed people. Bertana was charged with breach of peace and interfering with a police officer. “Over a span of time, there were several reports of a subject wearing extremely tight pants with an obvious bulge stuffed down his pants,” Sgt. → Read more...
So, it’s Friday! I don’t know if it’s because of the beer I drank last night (courtesy of St. Patrick, the patron saint of drunken Irish and people who pretend they’re Irish for one day out of the year) or the gorgeous weather that we have outside (after days of dreary clouds, rain, snow, and general coldness, blah) or because it’s Friday, but whatever the reason(s), I’m in a GOOD MOOD. It is my hope and prayer that everyone else is feeling great today, including my friends in Ohio and California. → Read more...
This is going to be two posts for the price of one. Yesterday, I had the unique experience of speaking at Praise & Worship at Trin. It was Disability Awareness Week and I was asked to speak. Walking up there on the stage, with the wireless mic in my hand, I had no idea what I was going to say. I knew some general ideas on what I wanted to say, but it was like this thing took me over and I started talking and people were laughing at stuff I said and… it was just cool. → Read more...
So, this is going to be a multi-part post, spread over (hopefully) this week. There’s a bunch of things that I’d like to finally jot down that I’ve been thinking about life, Jamaica, and things in general that I wanted to get down ever since I came home from O’Hare International Airport on that crazy day of January 23. In Jamaica (and a little before), we did devotionals based on Bruce Wilkinson’s The Dream Giver. I’m sure y’all remember him from that little book The Prayer of Jabez a couple of years ago. → Read more...
I promised a new post Friday and didn’t deliver and no one called me on it. Nice. So, I was reading Yahoo! News when I came across this little article: Japanese Siblings Live With Dead Parent TOKYO – Police on Tuesday questioned three siblings after it was discovered they had been living with the decomposed corpse of their father for nearly a decade, an official said. Police found the body of Kyujiro Kanaoka lying on a futon bed at the family’s home in Itami city in Hyogo prefecture in western Japan, said a prefectural police spokesman, who declined to be identified. → Read more...
No, you guys aren’t going blind. I’ve changed the font and reduced the size of it to make it a bit more legible. I wanted to start using bold more and the size I had it on before wouldn’t let me make a clear bold word. Expect a real post later tonight. I’ve got a couple of posts in me, still. → Read more...
April 5, 2005
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It’s funny how time goes by so quickly. I had planned to be long done with my Jamaican updates and onto other things by now. But then again, this is the same guy who’s been postponing getting a haircut for quite some time now. Yes, I promise everyone who’s been begging me to get my hair cut that I will accomplish that very feat this week in addition to a majorly-needed oil change for my car. → Read more...