For God is not a God of disorder but of peace. (1 Corinthians 14:33)

This one is for fellow Lord of the Rings and Dr. Seuss fans out there. My friend, Jane, sent this to me. I don’t know the source:
GREEN EGGS AND LEMBASExcerpt from a screenplay for THE LORD OF THE RINGSby Dr. Seuss
(Scene: Bag End, after Bilbo?s party)
GANDALF:That Samwise-Sam! That Samwise-Sam!I do not like that [...]

Last night we bought the kids the movie, Home on the Range, at Sam’s Club. I am definitely not a Disney fan, so I was pleasantly surprised about this movie. I can even overlook the fact that Roseanne Barr is the voice of the main character. This is a great movie for [...]

It’s been a long time since I posted photos of the kids. Here are some from the past few weeks. Keegan is missing but I will post a photo from his school pictures soon. The first photo is pretty funny: Brinley is sitting on the toilet pretending to read The Adventures [...]

Sign on a nearby farm, seen by my wife yesterday a.m.: “Farm Fresh Deer Urine For Sale.” My wife thought to herself, how do they collect it? My response: I just don’t want to know.

Today is a beautiful fall day here in Indiana. The leaves are turning brilliant colors, the temperature is around 70 degrees, and the sun is shining. Better yet, the kids — my hooligans — are all either asleep or calmly watching television. In other words, yes, I get an opportunity to write [...]

I thought this comic strip on the topic of librarians, forwarded to me by Ashley, was pretty cute. It also touches on a sore point with me, that librarians are not that great at marketing themselves. By marketing, I don’t mean shameless self-promotion. Instead, I’m talking about making clear to their institutions [...]

I recently read about an article added to my friend Priscilla’s website, LISCareer.com. (Btw, this site offers an excellent collection of useful articles to read, although the one article I contributed doesn’t count.) This particular article is entitled “In Search of an Emotionally Healthy Library” and is written by Nancy Cunningham. It [...]