Random Acts of Mind by Dones

AP: Hawaii real estate — a looong-term investment
From the sales office website:
Each lot will have access to abundant sources of hot water for hot tubs and saunas. No unwanted vegetation to clear and most lots will have a gradual to moderate slope to the sea. First time buyers will have their choice of lots as […]

Bottom Line: If you saw the first two, you’re required to see this one.
**Note: While this review does assume you have seen the first two POTC films, it contains no spoilers for the current installment**
As much as I adore many movies which are part of a series, I’ve never been much of a fan of […]

This Is My Crazy Face!
Originally uploaded by metamorphilia.

This day’s been crazy but everything’s happened on schedule
From the rain & the cold to the coffee I spilled on my shirt.
But You knew how You’d save me before I fell dead in the garden,
And You knew this day long before You made me out of dirt.
And You […]

Services for Jeffery Lawrence Deel, 32, Lawrence, will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home. Burial will be in Oakwood Cemetery in Baldwin City.Mr. Deel was born in Lawrence, the son of Bill and Kathy Lamb Deel.
He attended Lawrence public schools and graduated from Lawrence High School in 1993. He was a member […]

A childhood friend, the son of close friends of the family, died on Monday. He is only 2 years older than me–just 32.  I didn’t spend half as much time with him as I should have, but any time he saw me he was the nicest guy in the world to me.  He used to […]

The last of the cheap gasoline?
Originally uploaded by metamorphilia.

Gas in Lawrence, Kansas, is generally 3.29 per gallon, but we ‘lucked out’ by getting a full tank for 3.15! When’s the next time we’ll see it this ‘cheap’ again?

My wife was flipping channels the other night and alighted for a few minutes on Legally Blonde, which was being shown on TBS.  When they broke for a commercial, the TBS host provided the following ridiculous segueway to commercials:
Reese Witherspoon is taking on the world in Legally Blonde.  You know who else is taking on […]

Celebrating Our New Home
Originally uploaded by metamorphilia.

We are at Paisano’s in Lawrence to celebrate our offer on a home in KC being accepted! Now we just have to sell ours…

Today was my finals day for school, and I thankfully think I did very well.
The harder of the two tests required me to memorize a bunch of information from several handouts, which I’m generally not all that great at doing. This may come as a surprise to those of you who know my uncanny ability […]

It’s not that I don’t have sympathy for the lives Jerry Falwell touched in a positive way.  My prayers are that God will comfort them in this time of loss.
Mainly, it’s the fact that Rev. Falwell did so many disservices to the cause of Christ in a very public way, that I do not mourn […]