Government: Prepare for the Apocalypse!

Not just any apocalypse, either.

Go to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention website: http://www.cdc.gov/
Click the search bar and type "zombies."
Hit Enter.
Click the first link that comes up.

From your government to you.

Ten Ways You Know You're a Fifer

1. When you hear a song you know how to play, your fingers start twitching.
2. You have a drummer joke for any occasion. Usually the occasion is responding to a fifer joke from a drummer.
3. You are used to situations where people in colonial clothing look normal and people in 21st-century clothes look weird.
4. You are justified in considering yourself an authority on good marching.
5. You know that the title of any song can be shortened to just the first word, unless it's one of multiple songs sharing a first word.
6. You can tell whether another fifer is actually playing or just faking it.
7. You look with pity upon the members of the local high school marching band.
8. You don't really know much about the views of your fife-and-drum friends - when you get together, you play, not talk.
9. You automatically gasp "OOOoooooh" when someone drops his or her fife. It's completely taboo.
10. You see one of your friends wandering around in colonial clothing listening to an iPod and drinking from a plastic water bottle...and you don't think twice.
    

Welcome to "normal."

Something that makes me wonder

As Christians we believe in one God in three persons, who is undivided still as the One.
Muslims believe in a single undivided Allah, who is one person only, and sometimes even believe that Christians are polytheists due to the doctrine of the Trinity.

In the Bible God calls Himself "I."
In the Quran Allah calls himself "We."

Look, call me confused, but...

Ten Signs That You've Been Working at a Kindergarten Too Long

1. You hear "Head, shoulders, knees and toes" and think "Head, thorax, abdomen."
2. You don't think it's weird to stand at the sink trying to blow bubbles with your hand.
3. You see your dog going in circles, pick her up and start twirling, saying, "Let's go in circles together."
4. You don't think that "Put a marshmallow in it" is a weird way to tell a child to be quiet.
5. You understand that anything can become a toy gun. And that really bothers you.
6. You understand mob psychology because the kids gang up on you at recess.
7. You are used to showing up for college with glue and glitter all over your hands.
   
8. You know how devastating it is to have three minutes taken away from recess or gym time.
9. You realize that the word "What" should be spelled "w-u-t," and that it's just as easy to write backwards when you're just learning.
10. You have no scruples about rewarding the children for good work with one Smartie. They love it.

UPDATE:

11. You can hug a child and then next minute yell at another who's misbehaving.
12. You appreciate a crayon-colored paper bunny that resembles a dump truck with eyes and big ears as a truly thoughtful gift.

Some comments on world news

England

The media and news stations (before the Geronimo operation that took down bin Laden) were buzzing about the wedding in England between Prince William and Kate Middleton. This provoked from people I know, the campus paper, the news, etc., ranging from "Can't wait till they get it off the news" to "It's just like a fairy tale!" to "This is an argument for the monarchy."

I was babysitting four girls ages 9 to 12, and of course they just had to get up to see it live at four in the morning. It was a lovely service, but all they were worried about is "When are they going to kiss?" and "What will her wedding dress look like?" We watched it on Fox News, and the reporter stated, "The first ray of sunshine came out the moment she entered the church. This is just like a fairy tale."

Honestly, all I can say is, I hope the world gets its fill of royal romance now so that some of us don't have to deal with it any time soon. I feel kind of sorry for the couple - I wouldn't want 1/3 of the world (an estimate we saw on TV, so very iffy) watching my wedding and going "When's he gonna kiss her?" But it means that the English figurehead monarchy, which must be excellent for national identity, is being strengthened. So, good news.

U.S./Pakistan

And then the news came in that Navy SEALS, with information from military intelligence, killed Osama bin Laden in a military compound in Pakistan. Americans have been rejoicing and celebrating in the streets. Again, this has prompted a wide spectrum of opinions that I have heard, from the common jubilation to "We're asking for the war to get worse" to, finally, someone who shares my response.

Proverbs 24: "Do not rejoice when your enemy falls, and do not let your heart be glad when he stumbles...For there will be no prospect for the evil man; the lamp of the wicked will be put out."

It doesn't make us any safer.

It isn't good that we took vengeance into our own hands instead of leaving it to God.

But there's this: The people who lost loved ones on 9/11, and in other bin Laden-engineered Al-Qaeda attacks, know that the man who masterminded those events is dead. For that, I am glad.