3 Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord,
the fruit of the womb a reward.
4 Like arrows in the hand of a warrior
are the children [1] of one’s youth.
5 Blessed is the man
who fills his quiver with them!
- Psalm 127 (ESV)
While we await the birth of our fourth grandchild, I thought it would be nice [...]

I miss those days,
I miss those days,
Autumn is falling,
and I won’t be going away.
I miss those years,
I miss those tears,
the tears that were falling,
cause no one was calling my name.
a thousand people just like me,
all frightened and excited to begin,
I miss those days,
they won’t be coming back again. - Andrew Osenga
The previous post was pretty [...]

First of all, our heartfelt thanks to all who helped with our move on both ends, including the wonderful “army” of people who don’t even know us yet who turned out with Nancy and Henry on the Jenkintown end.
We arrived in Jenkintown (the Philadelphia suburb where we now live) Saturday about 2 p.m., five hours [...]

My Long-Suffering Wife always says it best: Westminster Confessions » A Parade of Goodbyes

Thanks to Eric at the Rumor Forum for pointing us to the The AOLer Translator. Here’s Hamlet’s famous soliloquy if he were a 12-year-old typing on AOL Instant Messenger:
2 B OR NOT 2 B-TAHT IS TEH QUASTION
WHATHER TIS NOBLER IN DA MIND 2 SUFAR TEH SLNGS AND AROWS OF OUTRAEGOUS FORTUN3
OR 2 TAEK ARMS AGANEST [...]

47 laps around Sol, as of today. Best lap time: 365 days.

The latest album by former Vigilantes of Love leader Bill Mallonee brightened my mailbox yesterday. Titled Dear Life, this project was funded mostly by the preorders of fans on the VoL email list (your humble correspondent included).
With just two day’s listening I already think this will become my most treasured Mallonee/VoL disc. The title [...]

everybody got a secret that they’ve been sitting on
the candid among you say their’s feels like an atom bomb
these things i know are delicate could do you some harm
got to have some friends working on the bomb squad - Bill Mallonee
Last night the folks from our church here in Charlottesville threw us a farewell picnic. [...]

promise me you won’t be a star
for that you are just too wise
too wired and just the same as us
i’m just along for the ride — Bill Mallonee
Having been so bold as to give many local C’ville friends the link to this blog as well as that of my LSW (Long Suffering Wife), I thought [...]

Just discovered that you can read the ESV (English Standard Version) Bible online! The site even includes several different read-the-Bible-in-a-year plans that have RSS feed! Woohoo!