Another Irony and lines from 30 Rock

My mom pointed out today that she takes eye vitamins, even though she is legally blind.

Isn't that ironic?

Favorite lines from 30 Rock last week:

"San Francisco? I asked you to find an actor from middle America. A real person. You're not going to find him in the Peoples' Gay Public of Drugafornia." (Jack)

"I'm not going to be pushed aside and forgotten, like that time at my sisters' funeral." (Jenna)

"Kenneth, you're from Georgia, aren't you?"
"Stone Mountain, sir. Although when the Parcells first came to America, they lived in a town called 'Sexcriminalboat'. Do you think that's Cherokee?"

(Tracy) I gotta go somewhere where nothing will happen to me. Can you get me on Charlie Rose?"

I think 30 Rock really rocks...

I love irony

One of my favorite ironies happened today. Cami and I were going to a yoga class at the YMCA and we saw a parking spot near the front door so I started to pull in. A woman in a mini van had seen the spot before I did and wanted to park in it, so I let her pull in.

We both wanted to park near the front door so we wouldn't have far to walk to go work out.

That's irony!

Church v3.2

We are seeking a new church home. Driving by the First Methodist Church I decided that I didn't want to attend there. We are now looking for the Last Methodist Church, hoping that in the later versions they have the kinks worked out...

Restorative Practices Conference

Cami and I spent three days last week attending a conference presented by the International Institute for Restorative Practices http://www.iirp.org/ in Bethlehem Pennsylvania. I had wanted to attend this conference for many years, but it is usually held overseas, last time in Hungary. This is the Hotel Bethlehem where it was held.

One conference presenter made the point that "If a young person has not gotten into and out of trouble three times by the time they are 18, their education has not been complete."

Here I am in front of a monument on Main Street in Bethlehem. This is a very old (1745) town founded by Moravians, among others. I like the saying: "Drink Pilgrim here, and if thy heart be innocent, here too shalt thou refresh thy spirit."

Our spirits were definitely refreshed here.

Empty Chairs

Could it be we have taken Hallowe'en too far?

Your youngster can be a pimp for Hallowe'en!

Do you need a bag of skulls?

How about a partially decomposed corpse skull? Only $7.99!!!

And who doesn't need a bloody severed foot?

Time to rethink how we act on All Hallow's Eve.

Our old house in Wilmington Delaware

2401 Marleton Dr.

Here is the house on the corner. (It looks smaller than I remembered it...)

Here is the park down the street where we used to play. (I broke my arm falling out of one of those trees!)

It was cool to go back to see the places I remember so vividly from 1966...

So much happened there, and none of it of any consequence whatsoever.

Rob