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The bright moon is now shining down.
Mountains and rivers are calm.
Laughing at this whole enterprise, even at myself,
startles heaven and earth!
Ha ha ha ha ha!

--So Sahn

Caleb

Caleb, our two-year-old, just took a dump in his diaper then jumped on the trampoline for a half hour.  Personally, I don't think that is a decision that I would make.

Jehovah's Witnesses

I just told the Jehovah's Witness at our door that our family wasn't interested in what she had to say because we were Satanists.  I cannot tell you how good it felt to see her face change.

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Here's a good visual:  Martial Arts and Crafts.

Reasonable Questions

I think we should ask ourselves "are you sure" before making decisions.  It's a simple step, but a helpful one.  For example, "David, are you sure it is a good idea to spit off the top of the escalators at River Park Square?"

If I had just asked the question, nobody would have ended up being spit upon.

Why

I'm not sure, but perhaps I think that the key thing that separates us from all other species is our ability to ask "Why".  That's where the trouble begins.

Prepositions

I have realized that the rule against ending sentences with a preposition is dead.  It is time for change.  Seriously, who says, "To whom did you wish me to give this eel?"

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The morning glory blooms but an hour and yet it differs not at heart from the giant pine that lives for a thousand years.  --Matsunaga Teitiku

Minivan Lady

While getting Rees from school one day, I noticed a minivan parked in front of the building with its doors open.  There was a woman inside on her knees doing something that sounded like sweeping ice from a soda onto the ground.  I wasn't sure, so as we passed her, I took a closer look at what she was doing.  She noticed me and immediately stood up, closed the door and started her car.  When I looked closer, I could see that it was broken glass that she was dumping in the school parking lot, not ice.  As she drove off, I noticed the Jesus fish on her tailgate.  I didn't have time to ask her how she reconciled her faith in a resurrected Savior with dumping broken glass in an elementary school parking lot.   

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To pretend to know when you do not know is disease.   Lao Tzu

He Man

I've been watching He-Man lately with my kids.  I wish that I had a magic sword that turned me into Fabio.

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In this world, we eat, shit, sleep and wake up. After that, all we have to do is die.  --Ikkyu