Andrew and I went to Free Cone Day at Ben and Jerry’s.
I’m reading John Adams by David McCullough and looking forward to getting the HBO series when it is available on DVD.
On the bus from Boston to Portland last Friday I enjoyed “August Rush”; on the trip back, I was surprised I liked “The Bee Movie.”
Before I left, I watched “Rudy.” I’m not a football fan, but it was an enjoyable film about determination, following your dream, and putting your heart into whatever you do.
And finally, I detest The Home Depot and Lowe’s. I can always find what I want, for a better price, with the assurance of knowledgeable and helpful staff, at Ace Hardware. This afternoon, for example, I went looking for a replacement knob for the bathtub. All I could find at those colossal stores were complete sets that would have set me back $70. At both places, sales people stood around watching me look without asking, “May I help you?” At both places I looked at the special order catalog. Again, the salespeople saw me looking through it, but said nothing. I went to Ace, walked a shorter distance from my car to the store, walked a much shorter distance from the entrance to the plumbing section, was greeted by the staff, got just the replacement knob I needed for $12 (made by Ace), and was out in no time.
An Army dad has posted a video on YouTube about the hardships his son’s unit faced in Afghanistan–without complaint–and the horrid conditions they then had to endure at Ft. Bragg when they returned.
He encouraged people to complain to Congress and the Commander of Ft. Bragg. They did. The Army is listening. Finally.
It sounds like a joke … “Joel Osteen went into a bar with a Unitarian pastor ….”
In this case, though, a Unitarian-Universalist pastor went to visit Lakewood. He was impressed by Osteen’s sermon, observing, “It could have been one of mine.” Of “Victoria Osteen’s Bible interpretation”–”She uses the same method I do.”
He didn’t care for the hour of praise and worship before the service. “The theology of the praise music and the prayers conflicted with the theology of the sermon.”
From the sounds of it, a recent Iranian movie about Jesus is blasphemous, sacrilegious, insulting, denigrating–pick your modifier–from a Christian perspective. The Muslim director says instead it is giving the truth about Jesus (i.e., the Muslim view, in which Jesus was just a prophet, and was neither crucified nor resurrected). Be that as it may, one thing stands out: Danish Christians are not rioting.
