Leading Off - Today starts one of the best weeks of the year. Think about it. You’re only at work for three days. If you’re still in school you may only have two days of school. Then you sit around and eat all weekend, watch football or your favorite movies, and catch up with family. Not too shabby. Sadly, I’m still on the front side of those three days of work.
Introducing McKenzie Grace Pohl - This past Saturday (I think it was Saturday) my old friend Alisse Pohl gave birth to a healthy baby girl. Congratulations Alisse!
Dream Sequence - Sometimes I think it’s funny how God works. On Friday night after alumni team I was sitting around in Camp Special listen to people describe strange dreams they’ve had. They debated over what they could mean, if anything, and the whole concept of dreams in general. Unfortunately, not only do I not sleep all that well but I also don’t hardly ever remember my dreams.
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Quote of the Day #1: “There were all these discussions in the ancient world about whether Jesus pooped.” — Nicole Kelley, my after the New Testament professor, as our class gets off topic
Quote of the Day #2: “See, I’m always a step ahead of you and myself.” — Dr. Robert Marshall, my risk management professor, making light of himself after giving the wrong definition for an insurance term and not realizing it until he was done with his lengthy explanation
Quote of the Day #3: “Sometimes their s— hits the fan too. [pauses] I’m sorry for saying… s—. [pauses] S—! S—, s—, s—! It feels good sometimes to say s—!” — Mark Zeigler, my fundamental speech professor, originally explaining that we should be real and honest at a job interview, then degenerating into what you see
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Quote of the Day: “Everybody drive safely. The car you hit could be me.” — Dr. Robert Marshall, professor of my risk management class, wishing his class a happy holiday
I write these things to you from just outside St. Louis, Missouri, where I’ll be spending my Thanksgiving. I’m getting ready to go out to breakfast, then later out to dinner at lunchtime. So today’s activity, and the activity from now until New Years, will be eating. Eating and more eating. It’s funny to me the way people talk about it too, as though it’s something completely out of their hands. I was at a Thanksgiving party this past Monday (another eating-fest) and more than one person stated that it was time again to prepare for our waistlines to expand. Has it become that normal? It is normal I guess. I think what I’d really like to know is when people became okay with it. I can remember not too long ago when people would fight the oncoming holiday spread. Now it seems as though more people surrender to the holiday weight gain before it comes, waiting until after the holidays to assess the damage and take action from there.
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So today I write to you from lovely Lakeland, Florida, where I am spending my Thanksgiving holiday. Rather than make the 20 hour drive home to Connecticut I caught a ride with Jessi Lucas who graciously drove me to the home of my aunt and uncle and two cousins (those last two don’t actually live here, but they’re home for the holiday). We had a great turkey dinner yesterday afternoon. My aunt made an incredible pumpkin cheesecake for dessert too. It was a lot of fun. I’ve easily had the best two meals of the semester this week.
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