Quote Of The Week

"But of course these conjectures as to why God does what He does are probably of no more value than my dog's ideas of what I am up to when I sit and read." CS Lewis, Reflections On the Psalms

As I try to figure out what God is doing in my life, these words are somewhat comforting to me. It means that I really don't and can't know what God is up to. Not because I'm a dog, but because I just have no idea of God's plan. And I don't think I'm supposed to. Some think we can know, but I don't. I guess we just have to keep trusting God even though nothing is happening. I could go on with dog analogies, but it's Friday and I'm tired and I just don't feel like writing about dogs.

Happy New Year! Here's Some Banned Words And Phrases

Every year, Lake Superior State gives us a list of words and phrases they would like to ban. Here's the list:

• Perfect storm.
• Webinar.
• Waterboarding.
• Organic.
• Wordsmith/ wordsmithing.
• Author/authored.
• Post 9/11.
• Surge.
• Give back.
• 'Blank' is the new 'blank.'
• Black Friday.
• Back in the day.
• Random.
• Sweet.
• Decimate.
• Emotional.
• Pop.
• It is what it is.
• Under the bus.

Here are my additions to their list:

"Pwnd" (for those of you who don't know, this is pronounced, "poned")

"The ATL" as an abbreviation for Atlanta

"Radical Shiite Cleric" in front of Muqtada Al-Sadr every time his name is mentioned

"Evangelical Christian/s/ity"

"Progressive"

"Out Of This World" when describing a space shuttle/station story. We get it.

"Former Soviet Republic" in front of Georgia/Ukraine/Kazahkstan, etc. They've been divorced for almost 20 years now.

"Eight-time Olympic gold medal winner" Michael Phelps.