A bucket o' random

Paige, today, just after I got home from work: "I think I need to start drinking just to take the edge off. Like, maybe right before I drive to pick Ella up from school."

Ummmm, yeah. Sounds like a plan honey!

She clarifies as I write this: "The drink is not because I have to pick up Ella. It's because I have to take the boys at what should be their nap time. Every. Single. Day."

Oh yeah, much better now!

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Ella, today, within 5 minutes of her mother's comment: "These boys are driving me craaaaaaazy! Every day, they do something to drive me nuts!"

Hmmm, maybe she needs a drink too?

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Via Jared at The Gospel-Driven Church comes this. When asked by an interviewer at Boston.com to describe what it is he believes, this well known Christian pastor responded with:

I embrace the term evangelical, if by that we mean a belief that we together can actually work for change in the world, caring for the environment, extending to the poor generosity and kindness, a hopeful outlook. That's a beautiful sort of thing.

Interesting. Isn't there something, or someone, you know... missing from that answer?

Head over to Gospel-Driven Church and read Jared's rant and the comments. Interesting discussion.

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Via The Corner, comes this article and a quote from the US special envoy to Sudan. You remember Sudan? "The only country in the world led by a president indicted on war-crimes charges." The place racked by civil war, starvation, and death at the hands of a Islamic government. The Lost Boys of Sudan. The place where journalists take pictures of a vulture stalking a starving child. Or women are arrested in Khartoum for wearing pants and punished with 10 lashes.

The special envoys approach toward this fine upstanding government?

"We've got to think about giving out cookies," said Gration, who was appointed in March. "Kids, countries -- they react to gold stars, smiley faces, handshakes, agreements, talk, engagement."

Cookies? Gold stars? Smiley faces? This is seriously our policy towards third world dictators? Wow...

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Paige says, after posting the two above articles, that I am cantankerous and negative.

Maybe I need a drink too?

So how about an inspirational youtube video?

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Told you it was a bucket o' random.

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Says Paige: "It's a big bucket of something alright..."

:)