The New Kid

I've completed my first day of class. First days are always full of nothing much, and this is not much of an exception. We were introduced, got our materials, received additional duties, learned about learning, and took a pre-test. I think I'll have a good time here, although I need to generate some study habits.

Since I entered the State sometime yesterday morning, I've had the tune to "Dixieland" running through my head. Since I have no desire to be in the land of cotton, I've retooled it just a bit.

"Oh, I wish I was in the land of magic
Time spent there is never tragic
Go today! Go to stay! Never stray!
Disneyland!"

Yes, I know that Disney World is much better, but that doesn't scan as neatly.

I saw another Church Marquee! (Driving through the South; who'd have thought it?)

"Give Jesus a try. If you don't like it, Satan will always take you back."

I thought that was an interesting tack, but it does seem to admit the possibility that opening your heart to Jesus just might not be immediately satisfying.

--Beav (Madonna wants you to open your heart to her.)

How cool is that?!

Check this out.

I think it's absolutely freaking cool that a school is using technology so effectively. I don't know about you guys, but I graduated in '89, and all my textbooks were printed in 1972. All the people pictured inside them had bell-bottoms, wide collars, and afros. Heck, even the soundboard they used for pep rallies, plays, and just about everything else that required amplifed sound was older than me. I can't possibly imagine them introducing a program like that.

Today's wife-quote: "The driver qualifies it as a hoopty."

And today's church marquee: "Jesus Saves!"

Not very original, but it always puts me in mind of a T-shirt with that same inscription. It showed a man with a loincloth and crown of thorns completely horizontal blocking a soccer ball from the goal he is tending. Everytime I see something that says "Jesus Saves," I think of that image and it makes me smile.

--Beav

No, Really

Here's another one from the "You gotta be shittin' me" file. (News Story)

Short version: Idjit HighSchooler wears incredibly racist shirt to school, and (oddly enough) gets into a fight. Proves superior level of idiocy by claiming "I'm not racist or anything, it's just, some people I hate, some people I don't get along with. And black people just happen to be the ones because they think they're better than everyone else." And he's joining the Marines?! (Not if they find out who he is.)

I still have a hard time believing that some people are backward enough to harbor such bigoted feelings, and even more so, expressing them openly. Someday...

Anyway, found a couple of cool Church Marquees this week (thanks, Leilani!)

"God sent a repair crew for this world and we're it."
"Is God's Army on Active Duty?"

As to the second, I can only say that I don't know if it is, but I know that there are too many that think that our current Active Duty Army is God's.

"Onward Christian, Muslim, Jewish, Buddhist, Baha'i, Zoroastrian, Pagan, Wiccan, etc soldiers..."

--Beav