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Quotes from home

I heard this today...

"Dad if you died, I bet mom would buy us cell phones."

It's great to be reminded of your place in the world.

Seems a little ironic

 It is always nice to be greeted with a smile but I would question its authenticity if the person was wearing a hat like this.

Criminal Masterminds?

Mark of stupidity: Burglary suspects drew masks and beards on their faces using permanent marker pen

By Mail Foreign Service
Last updated at 2:03 AM on 30th October 2009

There was little to disguise what these two had been up to moments before police pulled them over.

Would-be burglars Matthew McNelly and Joey Miller's masterplan had one tiny flaw --their 'disguises' comprised of masks drawn on their faces with permanent marker pen.

American police stopped their car after a witness reported two men 'with painted faces' were trying to break into a flat in Carroll, Iowa.

Marked men: Matthew McNelly, 23, and Joey Miller, 20, were arrested after trying to break into an apartment in Carroll, Iowa. Police found they had drawn masks and beards on their faces in permanent marker pen

The caller added that the pair were wearing dark, hooded tops and had driven off in a big white car.

Police soon spotted a 1994 Buick Roadmaster matching the description and stopped it at gunpoint.

Inside they found the two men, both of whom had what appeared to be masks, beards or moustaches scrawled on to their faces.

McNelly, 23, and Miller, 20, were both charged with attempted second-degree burglary and released on bail.

McNelly was also charged with drunk driving.

The pair are due in court next month. Hopefully the disguises will have washed off by then.

Fall back!

This is my PSA for all of you faithful readers.  Please remember to turn your clocks back one hour tonight - it is daylight savings time.  Here is what Wikipedia has to say...(for more info click here)

Daylight saving time (DST) is the practice of advancing clocks so that afternoons have more daylight and mornings have less. Typically clocks are adjusted forward one hour near the start of spring and are adjusted backward in autumn. Modern DST was first proposed in 1895 by George Vernon Hudson, a New Zealond entomologist. Many countries have used it since then;details vary by location and change occasionally.

I don't like the time change in the spring because we lose an hour of sleep and people are late(r) for church, but I really like this one because....you guessed it....we gain an hour of sleep and people are early for church.

I am particularly looking forward to the extra hour because I will just be arriving home from Korea and I'm preaching on Sunday (I've seen people sleeping while the preacher talks, but have you ever seen the preacher sleep?).