April 2011

Brie's Thursday

Submitted by hmweeks on Mon, 04/18/2011 - 18:44

Brie was busy last Thursday morning. First thing in the morning she decided to help me with Asher since I was trying to clean up the kitchen and Asher was fussing. Somehow he ended up in the corner of the dining room on the tile floor playing quite contentedly with a toy bottle. Brie had also brought him all of his favorite large toys... just in case, and covered him with his quilt ; ) She's a very thoughtful big sister and was very proud of herself too!

How like kingdoms without justice are to robberies

Submitted by ldweeks on Mon, 04/18/2011 - 02:01

Justice being taken away, then, what are kingdoms but great robberies? For what are robberies themselves, but little kingdoms? The band itself is made up of men; it is ruled by the authority of a prince, it is knit together by the pact of the confederacy; the booty is divided by the law agreed on.

Get Low

Submitted by ldweeks on Tue, 04/05/2011 - 05:06

Just watched Get Low with my wife, and I have to admit that I appreciated it. It's rare that a movie pushes you to think about your own death in a way that is helpful, and I think that Get Low does that. It reminded me that life is incredibly short, and that it is very possible to waste your life. I don't want to waste my life in rebellion against God.

Oh, and it's a movie that I wouldn't mind watching with my mother in the room, if you know what I mean.

Long, Slow Failure in the Right Direction

Submitted by ldweeks on Sat, 04/02/2011 - 02:41

Here's an interesting article from the Wall Street Journal. Statisticians and economists have discovered that a gift of natural physical ability or intelligence are not the best predictors of overall success. What matters more are things like grit and perseverance.

A dolls house?

Submitted by ldweeks on Fri, 04/01/2011 - 18:47

Uh, I don't think that's going to work.