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A brand new year of rants, responses and reactions . . .

May

• Sunny, 75 degrees, office window open and my fingers are dancing on the keyboard! "Thank you, Father!" (Tuesday, May 13, 2012)

• Allergies. Ugh! I'm going through tissue like a $500 a day coke snorter. (Tuesday, May 13, 2012)

• I'm becoming more and more convinced that Republicans need a HEART, Democrats need a BRAIN and both parties desperately need COURAGE. (Read more) (Monday, May 12, 2012)

• Happy Mother's Day to Lois, Faith and Amy! I couldn't have been a dad and grandpa without you! Lots of love and prayers! (Sunday, May 13, 2012)

• If you were unable to have children, but "mothered" nieces, nephews, step-children, students, etc., Happy Mother's Day as well. We appreciate you as well on this special day! (Sunday, May 13, 2012)

• I can imagine God discussing redemption. Father: "This whole 'obey the law and sacrifice' thing just isn't working." Son: "I've got an incedible idea!" Much more discussion. Spirit: "Yah! I can work with that!" (Friday, May 11, 2012)

• A post is making the rounds claiming a Yale history professor has proof that the Christian church, at one time, supported same-sex marriage. Keep in mind that "at one time" the church supported slavery, torture, the inequality of women, etc. etc. History makes very bad theology! (See What does the Bible REALLY Say?) (Thursday, May 10, 2012)

• President Barack Obama is once again supporting sex-same marriage. He was for it during his Illinois Senate campaign and against it in his U.S. Senate run as well as in the 2008 presidential race. Click for the Tupperware Party ("Fresh Ideas for Preserving Traditional Values") plank on civil unions and same-sex marriage. (Thursday, May 10, 2012)

• Staff meetings at The River are always a high-point of my week. (Which is either compliment to the great staff or a sad commentary on my pathetic life!) (Monday, May 7, 2012)

• President Obama admitted that the girlfriend described in his autobiography is not real. I'm not surprised. Didn't every teenaged boy have an imaginary girlfriend? (Monday, May 7, 2012)

• I've been unable to post on FB as was giving my brother some respite in caring for my Mom Thursday through this morning. Just Wednesday evening, she slipped and perhaps broke her elbow. (X-ray Monday will confirm break or just bad bruise.) She's in a sling and some pain and is having difficulty doing things one-handed. I'm the one who's going to need some therapy, though! "Jim, can you reach up my nighty and unsnap my bra?" Thanks for your prayers for Mom, Tom . . . and me! (Sunday, May 6, 2012)

"Please stop posting and re-posting these silly 'If you love Jesus, re-post this. He will know if you don't!' If you really love Me, feed the hungry and thirsty, clothe the needy, visit the sick and those in prison. Thanks!" Jesus, Matthew 25 (Wednesday, May 2, 2012)

President Obama secretly flew into Afghanistan on the first anniversary of Osama bin Laden's killing. Tonight at 7:30 pm, the President will give an address saying, "Na na na na na na!" (Tuesday, May 1, 2012)

April

• Tried sushi for the very first time last night. I would taste a lot better cooked! (Saturday, April 28, 2012).

• Both political parties must be following this evil advice: ". . . it is jargon, not reason, you must rely upon," C.S. Lewis' SCREWTAPE LETTERS (Thursday, April 25, 2012)

• Four-year-old Kaylah asked Jesus into her life yesterday! Thrilled I get to spend the day—and eternity—with this lovable ball of laughter! (Wednesday, April 24, 2012)

• Got a ton of work done today, so spent little time on Facebook. Or should that be, spent little time on Facebook, so got a ton of work done today? (Monday, April 22, 2012)

• At 60, most of my exercise comes from jogging my memory! (Sunday, April 22, 2012—I think)

• Democratic presidential candidate, Barack Obama, ate dog while a boy in Indonesia while Republican candidate, Mitt Romney, took the family dog on vacation . . . strapped to the top of the station wagon. In November I think Teddy, our chow-sheo-sky, will be voting Libertarian! (Saturday, April 21, 2012)

• For anyone who may have been envious of my previous post, between the hours of noon and 4 pm, my day went to heck in a hand basket. (Hours 4-10 pm were great fun, though.) (Tuesday, April 16, 2012)

• Book proposal based on "Hope & Humor" roughed out, house vacuumed, fresh-cut lilacs on the coffee table, off to staff meeting with some of the funniest people on earth (they are actually allowed outside without supervision), then late afternoon with granddaughters, dinner with wife, daughter and grands, then top it off with writers' club. Is this really Monday?! "Thank you, Father!" (Monday, April 15, 2012)

• J.K. Rowling is working on a series of adult novels. Can we expect Harry Potter and the Deathly Tax Code, Harry Potter and the Kidney Stone, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fiber, Harry Potter and the Order of More Tests, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Senior Manor? (Saturday, April 14, 2012)

• Just when I'm tempted to look at the "Help Wanted" ads, another writing or editing project comes in. "Thank you, Father!" James Watkins: Editor (Thursday, April 12, 2012).

• New post on Hope & Humor: "Juggle the Jiggle" by Rhonda Rhea. "I have to admit that keeping my chin up is a lot more challenging now that I have more than one." (Thursday, April 12, 2012).

• Democratic strategist and DNC adviser Hilary Rosen blasted Ann Romney, wife of the presidential candidate and mother of five and grandmother of 16. “Guess what, his wife has actually never worked a day in her life." Uh, try raising five boys, Hillary! (Wednesday, April 11, 2012).

• "Thank you, Father!" At my bi-monthly meds check, my doctor said I'm her "most boring" patient! BP 120/70, cholesterol 150 and PSA 0.7. "Boring" is the absolute worst thing you can say about an author/speaker, but in this case, I'm thrilled to be boring! (Wednesday, April 11, 2012).

• "Life is stronger than death. Good is stronger than evil. Love is stronger than hate. Truth is stronger than lies," Pope Benedict XVI in Easter message. Amen! (Easter Sunday, April 8, 2012)

• While pumping gas at Exit 97 of I-94, I noticed three businesses that shared sign poles. My mischievous little mind began musing what would happen if they combined actual businesses: Panera Bread and the tire store, "Breads and Treads;" the doughnut shop and Cash-to-Go, "Dough to Go;" and the liquor store and weight-loss facility, "Booze and Lose." All that before I filled the tank. I really need professional help! (Saturday, April 7, 2012)

• Heading to Michigan tomorrow to give my brother some respite in caring for my mom. She doesn't have Internet (or even a computer), so will go ahead and post my Good Friday through Easter articles tonight. Have a meaningful end of Holy Week and a joyous Easter Sunday! (Wednesday, April 4, 2012)

• A teachable moment with Hannah at the park with graffiti on playground equipment. "Papaw, what does this word mean?" "That's a bad word for poop." "What makes it bad?" "I have no idea. But for some reason, you can say poop, but if you say that word, you get sent to the principal's office.” Why some words are "dirty" and some aren't doesn't make sense to me, so here are some thoughts on the real dirty words. (Monday, April 2, 2012)

• Just signed a contract for the screen adaptation of my New York Times best-selling book, Sqeezing Good Out of Bad, which will star Harrison Ford as me and Sandra Bullock as my wife. Happy April 1! (Sunday, April 1, 2012)

March

• You know you're not a sports fan when you think "Final Four" and think the horsemen of the apocalypse. (Saturday, March 31, 2012)

• Concerning "Mega Millions" mania, lotteries are a tax on the mathematically challenged. (Friday, March 30, 2012)

• Now that the U.S. Supreme Court has heard arguments against forcing Americans to buy health insurance, perhaps it can now hear a more pressing controversy: Can Facebook force users to change to "Time Line"? (Friday, March 30, 2012)

• An estimated 20,000 people, who believe the world will end December 21, 2012, have gathered at the foot of Pic de Bugarach mountain in France. They also believe extraterrestrials, who live there, will save them. Why I'm not worried. (Thursday, March 29, 2012)

• I don't believe in Richard Dawkins! I've never seen him, he's never spoken to me. I suspect his books—which are filled with contradictions—are not really written by him. I think he's just a man-made myth. (Monday, March 26, 2012)

• Suf-frage ('sufrij) n. 1. The right to vote in political elections, 2. A series of intercessory prayers or petitions, 3. To suffer from what seems like an age of political speeches, debates, and negative advertising. (Sunday, March 25, 2012)

• This weekend, on the National Mall, atheists are holding a "Reason Rally." I wonder if it's not a defense mechanism against something they fear may be true. After all, you never see groups rallying against Mayan predictions, conspiracy theories or Big Foot sightings like atheists protest against God. (Saturday, March 24, 2012)

• If it weren't for those who believe in God, there would be very few holidays, hospitals or reasons for hope. (Saturday, March 24, 2012)

• Yikes! Turned on "CBS This Morning" and Charlie Rose told me it's "Thursday, March 22" and previewed the top stories from YESTERDAY. It's either a glitch at Corn Borer, Indiana's, WORM TV or "Ground Hog Day"! (Friday, March 23, 2012)

• VP Joe Biden told audience at campaign fund-raiser, "You can go back 500 years. You cannot find a more audacious plan [than the president's mission to take out Osama bin Laden]." Uh, maybe the Pilgrims coming to America, the American Revolution, the civil rights movement . . . (Thursday, March 22, 2012)

• As I mentioned in my monthly "Hope & Humor" email, work has been very slow in 2012, but today I signed a contract for curriculum consulting for a Christian university. It's worth three house payments and a month of utilities! (That's how freelancers calculate payments.) "Thank you, Father!" And thank you for your prayers. (Wednesday, March 21, 2012)

• Well, so much for doing nothing this first day of spring. Got out to the backyard swing and thought, these lilacs need pruning badly. Oh, look, a huge dead branch over the swing. The yard really could use mowing. Four hours later, I'm finally in the swing. (3 pm Tuesday, March 20, 2012)

• Spring fever! I don't want to do nothin' (not even use proper grammar). (9 am Tuesday, March 20, 2012)

• The first four steps on Internet travel directions always amuse me. If I don't know how to get out of my own neighborhood, perhaps I shouldn't be driving! (Friday, March 16, 2012)

• Attending a wedding Saturday filled with God's love, grace and forgiveness. Twenty years ago, a husband and father of three left his family to join his gay lover across the country. His ex-wife never remarried and never stopped praying. Now, he is back with his God, his family, and is remarrying her. (Friday, March 16, 2012)

• Everyone is talking about brackets. Why the sudden interest in punctuation marks that set off explanatory or parenthetical material within direct quotations? (Thursday, March 15, 2012)

• We have a multi-million-dollar playground at the local park that is second to none. So what entertained Hannah (6) and Kaylah (4) while there? Two sticks and a creek. Plus catching a huge tadpole. All at no cost to the taxpayers! (Wednesday, March 14, 2012)

• "Nothing terrible happens to authors; just terrific anecdotes." JNW (Click here for "Hope for Writers." (Tuesday, March 13, 2012)

• "These [Republicans] don't have a sense of the average folks out there. They don't know what it means to be middle class." Democrat VP Joe Biden at a $10,000 per-couple dinner. (Are all politicians irony-impaired?!) (Tuesday, March 13, 2012)

• Why does the government call it "Daylight SAVINGS Time" when I LOSE an hour of daylight in the morning?! It's blatant discrimination against early risers! (Monday, March 12, 2012)

• Daylight Savings Time is like moving a dollar bill from the front to the back of your wallet and then claiming, "Hey, I just saved a buck!" (Monday, March 12, 2012)

• Ha! Several of my "fans" from the 70s were recently asking about "The Eyeball Song" (based on 1 Corinthians 12). You can find that ditty plus "Luke Warm," "Pearly Gate Boogie" and "The Prodigal Son Who Stayed Home" by clicking here. (Saturday, March 10, 2012)

• This week, Rush Limbaugh called a young woman a "slut" and "prostitute," Pat Robertson called for the legalization of marijuana, and suddenly my posts seem almost rational! For "The Best of Hope & Humor 2011," click here. (Saturday, March 10, 2012)

• Yikes, when did "road trips" change from concert and theater venues to hospitals and funeral homes?! (Thanks for praying for Terry Spohr's family. He died at just 58!) (Friday, March 9, 2012)

• The Peyton Manning Principle: Any organization (business, church, service club, sports team, etc.) built upon one individual is destined for failure. (Wednesday, March 7, 2012)

• Happy birthday, Oreo! One hundred years of pure pleasure. (Tuesday, March 7, 2012)

• Nothing to see here. Keep moving! (Catch up day in the office.) (Tuesday, March 6, 2012)

• Had tears in my eyes watching news coverage of the tornado devastation throughout the Midwest. (Corn Borer is far north of the deadly destruction in Indiana.) Thanks for your prayers for the family and friends of the 37 people who lost their lives and the hundreds who lost their homes. (Saturday, March 3, 2012)

• I like the approach Teddy, our chow-shep-sky, takes to problems: bark at them, tear them to shreds and, if all else fails, pee on them and walk away. (Thursday, March 1, 2012) [Just to clarify, I do not endorse his approach of rolling in his problems.]

February

• Sunny, 68 degrees in Corn Borer, Indiana; on the back yard swing with a good book and a Diet Coke. Yes! (Wednesday, February 29, 2012)

• Every so often I receive an email to which I'm tempted to reply: Oh no! Some raving lunatic has hacked your email account and is sending out these ridiculous rants. Please change your password immediately to spare yourself further embarrassment! (Tuesday, February 28, 2012)

• My heart goes out to the families and friends of the five students shot in Ohio school today. However, as my excerpt from THE WHY FILES on school shootings points out, you're more likely to be struck by lightning than killed in school. (Monday, February 27, 2012)

• Off to kill some giants. Thanks for your prayers. (Monday, February 27, 2012)

• Jehovah God can take care of Himself in the face of any criticism or caricature. And the Bible is much more than burnable paper. He doesn’t need anyone to defend or avenge Him or His Word. (Sunday, February 26, 2012)

• 4:30 am: I wish my brain had an on/off switch! But then, silly me, I'd forget to turn it back on in the morning. (Saturday, February 25, 2012)

• 3:30 am: Gotta love the Internet. What library would let you in at this time of day—in your underwear! (Saturday, February 25, 2012)

• "Calmly await the will of God and bear whatever befalls [you] in praise of Jesus Christ, for after winter comes summer, after night, the day, and after the storm, a great calm." Thomas 'a Kempis, Imitation of Christ (2.8) (Friday, February 24, 2012)

• Dutch scientists say they've created artificial meat from stem cells. I thought McDonald's had already introduced artificial meat with it's "McRib." (Friday, February 24, 2012)

• I'm fiercely independent, but can't help but feel sorry for whoever emerges as the Republican presidential candidate. The brutal and bloody attacks in the primaries will create "The Black Knight" candidate. (Remember him from "Monty Python and the Holy Grail"?). The so-called “victor” will go into battle this November with both arms and both legs severed claiming it's "just a flesh wound"! (Thursday, February 23, 2012)

• I think I picked up a bad cold on the plane this weekend. Those things are airborne incubators of disease! (Wednesday, February 22, 2012)

• Today is "Fat Tuesday." Or as it's known in the U.S. (where 68 percent of the population is overweight) simply Tuesday. (Tuesday, February 21, 2012)

• 1:10 am Just got in from flying all day! Thanks for your prayers for safe travel and a great conference. They were answered! (Monday, February 20, 2012)

• Thanks for nearly 500 birthday greetings! Wow, I feel loved. Safe and on-time flights yesterday as well as smooth travels through California rush hour on way to hotel east of San Francisco. Looking forward to speaking at writers conference tonight and all day Saturday, then back in the air Sunday. And thanks again for birthday wishes and prayers. (Friday, February 17, 2012)

• Thanks for all the wishes for a happy birthday. I so appreciate them. However, I'm not sure "happy" will describe my day. I'm rolling out of bed at 3:25 am, driving an hour to the airport to run the security gauntlet in my socks, connect through O'Hell Airport for a four-hour-and-a-half-hour flight to LA, then a four-hour layover before arriving at Oakland just in time to drive a rental car through Californian rush hour. I will be extremely happy when I arrive at the hotel 18 hours after getting out of bed. And, I'll be speaking at the Castro Valley Christian Writers' Conference, so that, too, will be very happy! (Thanks for your prayers for safe travel and on-time flights.) (Thursday, February 16, 2012)

• Great Valentine's Day: dinner, movie and none of your business. (Tuesday, February 14, 2012)

• So nice to see someone sweep the Grammys who doesn't stoop to sleazy costumes, lewd dancing and vulgar language to attract an audience . . . just pure talent! Way to go Adele! (Monday, February 13, 2012)

• Praying for Whitney Houston's family, friends and fans. Such a terrific voice, yet such terrible vices. Tragic! (Sunday, February 12, 2012)

• Valentine tip: When out for dinner, note how your date treats the server. That's how he/she will eventually treat you! (Saturday, February 11, 2012)

• The real estate market is really bad when actor Hugh Laurie loses his "House." (Saturday, February 11, 2012)

• Got a lot done this week: watched granddaughters all day Monday, finished redesign of The River's Web site, completed state and federal taxes, wrote a column for a magazine, researched markets for book and magazines, and now my brain sells ar shuting down for th wekend and I fsmy lrr[ ,u rurd prjth /. . . (Friday, February 10, 2012)

• UGG! Some HEELS keep putting shoe ads on my page. I keep giving them the BOOT and tagging them as spam, but them keep getting under FOOT. I just want to SOCK 'em! (Friday, February 10, 2012)

• An editor emailed me referring to a column assignment: "Love it! Won't change a word!" Either a) I'm a good writer or b) he's a bad editor. Hmmm? (Friday, February 10, 2012)

• "Never be completely unoccupied, but read or write or pray or meditate or do something for the common good." Thomas a Kempis, Imitation of Christ (Thursday, February 9, 2012)

• Today, California's 9th Circuit Court struck down as unconstitutional the state's voter-passed ban on gay marriage. Here are my thoughts on same-sex unions. (Tuesday, February 7, 2012)

• Love is not only "blind," it's often deaf and dumb. (Tuesday, February 7, 2012)

• I love how Hannah (6) and Kaylah (4) love each other. Kaylah just made a card reading "I want you to be my sister forever. I love you! Kaylah." (Monday, February 6, 2012)

• With the Colts and Packers not playing in the game, my idea of "Super Bowl" is a huge serving of kettle-style potato chips. (Sunday, February 5, 2012)

• There are at least eight other authors named James Watkins, one of which shares my middle initial. So, if I ever write something you don't like . . . it's not me! (Sunday, February 5, 2012)

• Good time in Michigan with Mom. She seems to be doing better with grief follwing Dad's death 14 months ago. Today would have been their 62nd anniversary. She started out this morning tearful, but soon was happily recalling good memories of this marriage. Thanks for your prayers (Saturday, February 4, 2012)

• Heading to Michigan to be with Mom who is dreading what would have been her 62nd wedding anniversary. After 14 months, she's still not dealing well with Dad's death. Thanks for your prayers! (I won't be Facebooking until I get back Saturday night.) (Thursday, February 2, 2012)

• Lois brought home a box of "Thin Mint" Girl Scout cookies. Resistance is futile! (Wednesday, February 1, 2012)

January

• Eight-month-old Keren came through her ear-tube surgery great and had obvious relief when she got home. (Thanks for your prayers!) Had a wonderful time watching our two favorite grandsons and then playing with Keren. So grateful for all five GRANDchildren! (Tuesday, January 31, 2012)

• Keren is having tubes put in her little eight-month-old ears Tuesday morning. Okay, it's not brain surgery, but she is my much-loved granddaughter! Thanks for your prayers! (Monday, January 30, 2012)

• "Drop Thy still dews of quietness,
Till all our strivings cease:
Take from our souls the strain and stress;
And let our ordered lives confess
The beauty of Thy peace."
("Dear Lord and Father of Mankind" by John G. Whittier, 1872)
(Monday, January 30, 2012)

• When the instructions or recipe claims to be "fool-proof," the writer has obviously underestimated this fool! (Friday, January 27, 2012)

• Our cable Internet has been out for 24 hours. So, if you've been waiting for a brand new post from me . . . here it is! (Friday, January 27, 2012)

• The Tupperware Party's platform in colorful, re-sealable planks: BIPARTISAN MOVEMENT To get Congress to do its duty, Watkins will issue an executive order closing all Capitol Hill restrooms until legislators move on the issues important to all Americans. "Nothing passes until something passes." (Thursday, January 26, 2012)

• Perfect verse for the 2012 election campaign: "The time is coming when everything that is covered up will be revealed, and all that is secret will be made known to all. Whatever you have said in the dark will be heard in the light, and what you have whispered behind closed doors will be shouted from the housetops for all to hear!" (Jesus, Luke 11:2-3). (Tuesday, January 24, 2012)

• My PC is driving me crazy—which, for me, is a very short drive.(Tuesday, January 24, 2012)

• Here in Corn Borer, Indiana, thunderstorm with heavy rain Tuesday, snow storm Thursday. Today, thunderstorms forecast (tornadoes possible in southern Indiana). Yep, Mother Nature has PMS! (Sunday, January 21, 2012)

• Probably won't be publishing the author who e-mailed me, "Please let me know if you don't receive this." (Friday, January 20, 2012)

• Friends don't let friends with no talent audition for "American Idol." (Friday, January 20, 2012)

• PERRY DROPS OUT OF RACE, ENDORSES TUPPERWARE PARTY CANDIDATE! I was so excited to learn this until I realized it was Phineas and Ferb's platypus. (Friday, January 20, 2012)

• A friend recently wrote on FB, "Beginning to feel like yesterday's newspaper—thrown out to trash."
I replied, "It's amazing what God can do with thrown-out newspaper! He is going to pull you out of the trash, soak you in wheat paste and make you into a paper mache work of art!" (Friday, January 20, 2012)

• Not sure what I hate more: automatic-flushing toilets that spray me while I'm still seated or Microsoft Word that keeps automatically changing fonts and sizes on my work! Both are a pain in the you-know-what! (Thursday, January 19, 2012)

• Just to clarify, I am not a Kardashian! (Thursday, January 19, 2012)

• Today, four-year-old Kaylah announced, "Papaw, I'm going to give you a make-over." So I'm wearing a grass skirt, a tiara and huge pearl bracelets with a fairy wand. "Now you're a princess vampire." (I think she just created the next YA book craze!) (Wednesday, January 18, 2012)

• What?! Paula Deen has diabetes? Next you'll tell me Hugh Hefner has an STD. (Tuesday, January 17, 2012)

• I can't do anything about the act of aging, but I can do something about acting aged! (Monday, January 16, 2012)

• I can't imagine the amount of pressure the enemy is putting on outspoken Broncos' quarterback to fall and lose his Christian witness. Christians need to "Tebow" for Tim! (Sunday, January 15, 2012)

• At the risk of alienating Tim Tebow fans, I'm almost glad the Broncos lost last night. It's an opportunity for the Christian quarterback to remind people that God is more interested in our character than our win/loss record. (Sunday, January 15, 2012)

• God has much bigger concerns than who wins tonight's play-off game. "It's a game. At the end of the day, that's all it is, is a game." Tim Tebow, Bronco QB. (Thanks for putting that in perspective, Tim!) (Saturday, January 14, 2012)

• In comparison to eternal rewards, winning Noble, Pulitzer, Grammy, Oscar, Tony, Emmy, Super Bowl, Stanley Cup or "Publishers Clearing House" prizes will be comparable to winning a free drink at Corn Borer, Indiana's Hungry Hoosier diner. (Saturday, January 14, 2012)

• "Mitt" Romney: sounds like he should be playing right field for the Yankees. However, there have been five presidents named James (Madison, Monroe, Polk, Buchan and Garfied). So—at least statiscally—I'm five times more electable! (Friday, January 13, 2012)

• "We admitted we were powerless over Facebook—that our lives had become unmanageable." So, no FB'ing for me between the hours of 9 am-5 pm. (8:59 am Thursday, January 12, 2012)

• Jay-Z and Beyonce have named their newborn "Blue Ivy." (Sounds like a Smurf or designer weed.) Well, celebrities have named children worse: Bad Baby Names (Wednesday, January 11, 2012)

• Six-year-old Hannah set up a "store" in her room so Kaylah (4) and I could "go shopping." At the checkout table, she had a small box for donations for sick children. Love that girl's compassion! (Tuesday, January 10, 2012)

• "We cannot take God to our world until we have taken our world to God." JNW Praying for our world! (Monday, January 9, 2012)

• Pat Robertson is once again prophesying, but this time, more cautiously. "I think [God] showed me the next president, but I'm not supposed to talk about that, so I'll leave you in the dark." Way to hedge your prophetic bets! (Monday, January 9, 2012)

• My Tupperware Party campaign for president has already come under attack! I'm being called "elitist" by the Recycled Butter Tub candidate. (Monday, January 9, 2012)

• TUPPERWARE PARTY CANDIDATE DEBATES HIMSELF! The mainstream media has shut out The Tupperware Party ("Fresh ideas for preserving leftover values") from the Presidential debates. So, undeterred, we're conducting our own. (Monday, January 9, 2012)

• Lake Superior State University is out with its over-used words in 2011: I'm afraid I'm going to have to BLOW BACK on some of them. I love to OCCUPY my AMAZING MAN CAVE. It's GINORMOUS. But I guess I'll have to make the SHARED SACRIFICE in THE NEW NORMAL. So, THANK YOU IN ADVANCE as we WIN THE FUTURE by never saying BABY BUMP again! (Saturday, January 7, 2012)

• Trying to decide whether to work on taxes today or hit myself in the head with a hammer. Tough choice! (Saturday, January 7, 2012)

• Ah, Corn Borer, Indiana! I was stuck in a traffic backup for half an hour on the Interstate while sheriff deputies rounded up cows released in cattle truck/car accident. (Saturday, January 7, 2012)

• Happy Epiphany everyone! January 6 celebrates God the Son coming to earth as a human being, the visit of the magi and the end of that annoying "Twelve Days of Christmas" song. (Friday, January 6, 2012)

• Our value is not in what shape we're in, but in Whose shape we're in. "So God created human beings in his own image" (Genesis 1:27 NLT). (Friday, January 6, 2012).

• Spending time with Mom in Michigan who's having medical tests. So far, test results are good. My Internet access, however, is not so good: limited to a once-a-day trip to McD's with free WiFi, so I won't be posting much. (Wednesday, January 4, 2012)

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