I should be at work, but I’m not. I’ve got a free hour because I have been in town jinxing my daughter’s driving test. (Failed in attempt #2. Another illegal manuever.) Chapel is Vocational Awards, so I am free till lunch. I just installed a network card in the computer. The cable modem is sitting here next to me and the router is ready to go. I am itching to get all this on the road. I think I am going to spend a few extra bucks and get a bit faster connection than I planned. Life is short. Party hardy.

Bob and Sheri had a good one this morning: What creative words or phrases have you heard people use as a replacement for profanity? There were some really idiotic ones as well as some very good ones. Remember people saying “Judas Priest!!”?

The Dead Horse has come back to familiar territory. Since I am on the sidelines, I look forward to learning about Gregory’s long promised Via Media on this issue. I’ll clean up all broken glasses and plates. I would offer this question: Is it a matter of both positions being taught in scripture, or that we must reduce it to both positions in order to understand scripture? I believe only one position resolves all the data in scripture, but I can see that in communication, there may need to be some “both…and” at times.

My Greek class continues to be the best thing going. I actually do seem to have more talent in teaching Greek than I ever imagined. It is really funny because I did pretty average in Greek, and was clueless lots of the time because my teachers wouldn’t 1) explain terms 2) Give good illustrations or 3) use Biblical examples. I work hard at all three. Instead of just saying “memorize the the rule,” I am trying to get my students to see the concepts at work.

We really went round a couple of times with my son over the school dress code. He wants to buy some “skater” clothes that are probably just outside the dress code, or will at least attract the attention of some of the staff. I don’t want him to get hassled at a place where people never forget your mistakes, so I’ve said he can buy what he wants with his money, but I won’t let him wear the shirts at school. I even offered to take the shirt pics to the dean of students to see if they were illegal. Safe to say, nothing I am doing is working. It’s all stupid rules for the purpose of making a phoney impression of people to give money. Of course, I was so smart at 15, I know where he gets all this wisdom. He is not impressed that he couldn’t even wear t-shirts to half the PUBLIC schools in Ky because of the new dress codes.