Perspective

I’ve been reading and listening to some stuff on the book of Ecclesiastes lately and it has really given me some new perspective on life.  If you’re ever tired of being in a good mood and really want to bum yourself out, go read it.  It’s pretty sobering when you read about the most wealthly man in the history of the world, and he gets to the end of his life and feels completely empty.  Solomon had anything that you could ever want-in excess of what you could ever imagine, but outside of Christ those things left him hollow.  

It’s funny.  The things that we think should bring us happiness never do, and most of the time we’re so busy pursuing those things that we miss out on the really good stuff.  Iphones, nice houses and our favorite sports teams are fine, but we can’t forget they’re transient.  Life is short and the truly great moments are few and far between.  So when you find one recognize it and cherish it.  Speaking of, the kids just went to bed and Danielle’s out with her friends, so I’m about to go cherish some cookies and Halo. 

Beat me to it

This really stinks. I just bought this same exact suit, but Joakim Noah wore it before I could. Very uncool.

The Dice Whisperer

Okay, so we got our Settlers on Friday night.  My wife Danielle is slightly competitive (kinda like water is slightly wet and Def Leppard is slightly awesome).  Well, it ends up she has the ability to manipulate dice with mind control.  It’s scary.  Plus she never loses in this game, so somethings up.  She says the number before she rolls and everytime it comes up the number she calls.  Very annoying.  If you’ve never played this game before, you’ve got to try it.  I know I just ended that last sentence with a preposition and I don’t even care.

Unlucky letter B

I just read a couple of Mitch Hedberg quotes that made me laugh.  Check em’ out:

• 13’s an unlucky number, right? Then so should the letter “B” be, because the letter “B” looks like a scrunched together 13. “Hello, what is your name?” “Bob.” “GET AWAY FROM ME!”
• I order the club sandwich all the time, but I’m not even a member, man. I don’t know how I get away with it. “I like my sandwiches with three pieces of bread.” “So do I.” “Well lets form a club then.” “Okay, but we need some more stipulations.” “Yes, we do.” “Instead of cutting the sandwich once, let’s cut it again.” “Yes, four triangles, and we will position them into a circle and in the middle we will dump chips. Or potato salad.” “Okay.” “Let me ask you a question, how do you feel about frilly tooth-picks?” “I’m for ‘em!” “Well this club is formed.”
• I’d like to see a forklift lift a crate of forks. It’d be so literal. “Hey, you’re using that machine to its exact purpose!”
• Xylophone is spelled with an X. It should be a Z. Xylophone ZZZ X, I don’t see it. Next time you spell Xylophone, spell it with a Z. If someone tells you you’re wrong, say “No, I ain’t.” If you think that that’s wrong then you need to get your head Z-Rayed. It’s like X didn’t have enough to do so they had to promise it more. “Okay, you won’t start a lot of words, but you will have a co-starring role in Tic-Tac-Toe. And you will be equated with hugs and kisses. And you will mark the spot. And you will accidentally start ‘xylophone.’ Are you happy now, X?”

Fathers

As you can probably tell, I’m a big family guy.  From the left this is my dad, my grandfather, myself and then my great grandfather holding my daughter, Gabriella.  How cool is it that my grandfather still gets to celebrate Father’s Day with his dad?  And I don’t know if you can see the cane in Paw Paw’s lap, but he will pop you with it if you get out of line.  I hope everybody had a great Father’s Day.  Mine was great.

78 Days Until…

It’s only 78 days until the start of LSU football. If you’re getting antsy like me waiting for the Tigers to tee it up against the Bulldogs then check this video out. It’ll get you fired up.

Skeeball Domination

 

We took the girls to the new Chuck E. Cheese on Monday.  That was the first time I had been there since I was like 12, so I had forgotten how awesome I was at skeeball.  I was actually afraid while I was driving home that I might get pulled over and arrested for being so awesome.  Just kidding, I had to steal the kids tickets next to me just so I could get the girls something at the toy counter when we left.  Anywho, I recommend it.  We had a blast.

The Little Things

I’m a pretty simple dude so it doesn’t take much to make me happy.  I get a lot of enjoyment out of the little things in life like ready to bake cookie dough; beating my brother-in-laws in a game of Settlers; the smell of a ribeye right when you put it on the pit; dominating JP in Halo (BXR!).  Anyway, you’ve got to enjoy the little things.  They’re God’s gift to us.  So what are some of your favorite little things? 

Quit Making Mudpies

Check out this quote I just read by C.S. Lewis.  If we consider the unblushing promises of reward and the staggering nature of the rewards promised by God, it would seem that our Lord finds our desires not too strong, but too weak.  We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us, like an ingnorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in a slum because he cannot imagine what is meant by the offer of a holiday at the sea.  We are far too easily pleased. 

Future Linebacker

This is me and my newest nephew, future Lousiana State University Fighting Tiger middle linebacker, Jacob Saloom.  Since I’ve got three girls, this is about as close as I’m gonna get.  Steve and Marie are gonna have to let me borrow him every once and awhile.  We actually just had an expert do an age progression photo of what Jacob is gonna look like in 20 years and this is what he came up with: