I got an interesting phone call yesterday.  It was from my preacher, at the new church that Bill, C, and I are attending (the First Church of Coffee, as bluesilverkdg  calls it).  I missed the call, and he left a message saying that my application to work with the youth group at the church had been brought to his attention, and would I please call him back.  Ok ( Read more... )

Ok, so I'm looking through Facebook people that graduated from Sullivan South High School in '86, and I come across Shannon Lee Beckner.  Shannon, who went by Lee in high school, was an acquaintence of mine in 11th and 12th grade.  Lee was a defensive lineman on the football team, a good choice since he's 6'2" and weighs over 300 lbs.  (I once ( Read more... )

I hope this is not foreshadowing to the weirdness of my day.   This morning C and I headed out the door at 7:20 so I could drive her down to the bus stop at the entrance of our complex.  As I approached the car, I noticed little black things ALL over the hood, windshield, and roof.  Thinking it must be some kind of seed, I took a close look.  Nope ( Read more... )

If I were the type to read things into my daily life, I'd be thinking that the name Alice is supposed to have some cosmic relevance to me.

1.  One of my LJ friends mentioned Alice Cooper in a post.  This put me on a retro rocket and shot me back into the 80's.  Back in the day...when MTV played actual music videos instead of shows about spoiled ( Read more... )