I was never a “fan” of Pop John Paul II. But I should have been. Even though I practice Roman Catholicism, I’ve never been a papist. I figured any pope would be looked up to and respected (or hated) because of the office itself and what it represented for good and bad over the centuries. [...]

We got back Sunday evening, no one showed for the usual Sunday retreat, and I’m still catching up on work. And now, the Koala bear (alb3rt_s) is trying to push me off my own computer so he can update his journal. We didn’t even unpack yet, so he doesn’t know about the stuff I got [...]

He really wanted one, so I set one up and showed him how to use it. He has an uncanny aptitude for HTML as well, though he calls it “hyperscratch” for some reason. I figured at the very least it would dilute the LJ site of its overwhelming mostly teen and 20s female angst. One [...]

This little creature is constantly in my face, licking my beard (which is really cool the first 1389 minutes), attacking the screen cursor, and I’m having trouble typing right now as I speak. Can’t it ever leave me alone? I love Joey and he’s too cute for his own good, but he’s ALWAYS in the [...]

A few weeks early, but Mer wantesd to surprise me before I figured it out for once — and she did. She took me to the Galleria Mall to get me a Build-A-Bear. It was wonderful. I was the only one there over four years old getting one I think, but I loved it. It [...]

Merry always thought that to herself, but a client and her spouse made it clear after a zany evening consulting with them that I — personally — need a theme song. Yes, that would feel SO natural, now that I think about it. But Mer doesn’t want to encourage me. She knows me too well. [...]

Okay … I’m inspired to make new change in my life, starting with, well, ME. Release the Goatee! The scary thing is … I LIKE it. I expected my face to look like some incarnation of Satan or even the hairy butt of an unidentified animal, but everyone says it looks GOOD. And I may [...]

Your Linguistic Profile: 60% General American English 20% Yankee 10% Upper Midwestern 5% Dixie 5% Midwestern What Kind of American English Do You Speak?

After going out with Susan a week ago, she suggested she needed “unwind” time every week and we should make a habit out of it in some form of reflection. Last night we had the first of our “evening retreats”, listening to the first section or two of a CD on Tibetan meditation I got [...]

I just bought a gang on Hobowars.Com – my old gang in fact. So if anyone wants to join, just go to http://www.hobowars.com/74516 and then send me a message. I’m “? Ravacharlie ” and don’t bother looking for my gang, as I’m changing the name all the time just for fun right now.

Thought of the Day … By the breadth and fullness of the world, a man is bound to be ignorant in all but a very few things. So choose wisely what you learn, and be ever so gentle with assumptions regarding the knowledge of others.

It was great to see Chrissie today – she got back from Florida late Friday and called me this morning just before I was going to call her. We had her over for Chicken Caesar Salad, with Strawberries and Cream for dessert.