Those types are _always_ so "Christian".
Somewhere back in time, ~35-40 years ago, a neighbor woman was in our (North Scottsdale) kitchen having coffee with my wife. She opined how she couldn't understand why our children were so well-behaved since we never went to church. I threw her out of the house, "Don't ever return" :-) ...Jim Thompson
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I love to cook with wine. Sometimes I even put it in the food.
:-)
Here's a bizarre news story from the past few days:
I'm sure that "lesson" is indeed going to be "memorable" to all of those involved... especially some of the adults who should be facing jail time for pulling off such nonsense.
---Joel
One of the great saints of the Church, Teresa of Avila or somebody like that, said that "it's only the storm outside that makes the stench inside bearable." She was talking in the first instance about her own sins, as we all should, but it's also true in general.
The fact that we're surrounded by sinners--people who know how they should act, but don't--is one of the basic data that goes into the theist view. (Once we realize that we're no better ourselves, the Gospel starts to make sense.)
Cheers
Phil Hobbs
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Thereby doubling her astonishment, since obviously your wife was the only one in the place who knew how to behave.
Cheers
Phil Hobbs
-- Dr Philip C D Hobbs Principal Consultant ElectroOptical Innovations LLC Optics, Electro-optics, Photonics, Analog Electronics 160 North State Road #203 Briarcliff Manor NY 10510 845-480-2058 hobbs at electrooptical dot net http://electrooptical.net
Yes. My wife is tolerant of ignorance. I am not. ...Jim Thompson
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I love to cook with wine. Sometimes I even put it in the food.
I had a memorable lesson once. In Catholic grade school the substitute teachers were always strangers from other schools, but for religion class the sub was a nun or priest since they always had a lot of free time.
One day the substitute was Father McGirl. He described an event in which a crowd of people "spoke in tongues" and "fire danced on their heads."
"What do we call that...Mister Del Rosso?"
"Uh, the Feast of the Immaculate Conception?"
Father McGirl made a very long scream as if in agony, and threw himself against the black board in a crucified position.
He hung there motionless for several seconds.
Then he turned around and said, "P-E-N-T-E-C-O-S-T!!!"
That was a very effective teaching technique. I still don't know what the Feast of the Immaculate Conception is, but I never forgot Pentecost.
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In High School and my first summer back from MIT I made a bundle of money tutoring Catholic elementary and high school kids... probably driven by parental expectations... none of them were in really bad shape... mostly just screwing around... typical boys :-) ...Jim Thompson
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| James E.Thompson, CTO | mens |
| Analog Innovations, Inc. | et |
| Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus |
| Phoenix, Arizona 85048 Skype: Contacts Only | |
| Voice:(480)460-2350 Fax: Available upon request | Brass Rat |
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I love to cook with wine. Sometimes I even put it in the food.
-- Thereby proving their good behavior was all your wife's fault...
-- Lucky you! ;)
It's all about balance... when she was angry with the kids, I was laughing at their pranks, and vice versa ;-)
But I do marvel how the boys, in particular, survived some of their stunts. ...Jim Thompson
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| James E.Thompson, CTO | mens |
| Analog Innovations, Inc. | et |
| Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus |
| Phoenix, Arizona 85048 Skype: Contacts Only | |
| Voice:(480)460-2350 Fax: Available upon request | Brass Rat |
| E-mail Icon at http://www.analog-innovations.com | 1962 |
I love to cook with wine. Sometimes I even put it in the food.
-- Fun. :-) Reminds me of the old movie line where the prof asked: "Who was the first person to advocate asexual reproduction?", which elicited a reply of: "Your wife."
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