Last night I was told that the reason Mr. Rogers used to wear long sleeve sweaters all of the time was because he has tattoos covering both arms. And he used to be a Navy Seal. And he was a sniper in the Vietnam war. That’s all for now. Happy late Thanksgiving to all my Americans out there.
Ashlee-Heather and I are housesitting for one of the pastors at church for the next two weeks. They have a dog and a cat. We’ve done this before so I think the dog and cat remember us. Kind of. Last night was the first night and the cat ran out of the house and didn’t come back for a long time. Ashlee-Heather and I were getting worried. Ashlee-Heather couldn’t sleep because she was thinking that we were going to have to explain how the cat ran away. I was already thinking up how to make signs for a missing cat with no picture. “If you see a black cat that looks like the one from Sabrina the Teenage Witch, please return ASAP.” We opened and closed the front door about a thousand times just to be sure she wasn’t sitting there. Little did we know she would come to the back door. She’s safe and sound now. The prodical cat has returned. Someone kill a fattened calf. Let’s have a party. Let’s raise a ruckus. for the lost has returned.
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In other news, on Friday night there was an all night revival prayer session at church. I took the 2A.M session and then went to Denny’s with some friends at 3. Denny’s is crowded at 3 in the morning. But it was really good. I could have sworn I saw some people from Sebago there too. They said they’re still running from the Major.
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And finally, next week if you’re not doing anything come to Happy Wheels, Bramalea Baptist style.
Last night I had the honor of seeing, in person, Vince Carter return to Canada and destroy the Raptors. First he hit an unbelievable three to send the game to overtime and then in overtime he won the game with a alley-oop reverse dunk. Everyone in the stands had no choice but to put our heads down and walk out. Vince sent us packin’. There was no quit in Vince on this night.
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On a similar note, here’s an article from 2000 when there was ‘no quit’ in the Stroudsburg High Mounties. When we lost the championship. This was sent courtesy of DaddyMack. Always fun to reminisce. Coming soon will be a look at the article for the school newspaper ranking our schools water fountains.
Shoveling season has returned to Brampton. Already. Here is a picture of the worlds safest snow shovel. Voted Time magazine invention of the year in 2006. For more info on this shovel go here. It’s been two years so maybe they’ve built a seat on it since with a hot chocolate dispenser.
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In other news, Ashlee-Heather just bought a new coat the other night. Just in time.
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It’s Friday night about 10:53 P.M. Ashlee-Heather is working this weekend so she’s getting her sleep on. I’m just sitting here watching Benny Hinn. (Flipping between him and The Barbara Walter’s special about the pregnant man. Oprah already did that.) Benny just said he healed someone wearing a red top. If only I was wearing a red shirt. One night I watched Benny Hinn after taking a shower and getting soap in my eye. The eye was red and I flipped on the tv and Benny Hinn said someone’s right eye has just been healed. That was me. Thanks Benny.
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In other news, recently I’ve realized that if I was fighting in the UFC I would be in the heavyweight division. I’ve decided that means I should start exercising. Sometimes when I go running I just grab whatever shorts I got in the drawer and go. Well, yesterday I did this and put on a pair of shorts that were a little tighter than most of my other shorts, which would make it a little awkward if I saw someone I knew while on the run. When I got back from the run the lovely Ashlee-Heather had inadvertently locked the door and took off for school. I was locked out. I had our Jr. High youth group last night. The church is within walking distance. Um…Awkwardness.
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And finally, another reason why I’m liking Canada sports news more these days. Gerry Dee.
In the summer of 2002 my co-counselor Elgin often told the campers that all questions were to be in written form. Well, last night I used this technique while speaking to our sr. high youth. A couple of the pranksters were messing around while I was talking and I kept telling them to quiet down. Eventually, they raised their hands like three times and I said all questions were to be in the form of writing. So I wrapped up the talk and said that we were going to have a couple minutes of quiet time. Everyone got quiet and began praying or just sitting reflecting and then my cell phone went off disrupting the quiet time. I was getting a text message. It was one of the students submitting there question in written form. Snappage. I got served. It was pretty funny. I didn’t realize at the moment that it was one of the students so I just told everyone it was Jesus.
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In other news, I got to use my vintage roller skates for the first time. Friday night was Halloween and we had a big event at church where kids from all over came and got a bunch of candy. It was fun. I broke out the roller skates for a part of this event. I had to be very careful not to fall on anyone.
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And finally, enjoy this video from Britain’s got Talent. And remember don’t Hassle the Hoff.
