#ObservationalMinistry

OK… Has anyone checked the raydon count on the carburetor manifold output generator valve assembly? It seems to be leaking flux gasses again because it’s making my eyes water. (At least that’s my story, and I’m stickin’ to it!) This one was tough to find pictures for. Those darn raydons. But not only ’cause of… Read more

Messin’ around with computers and tablets and smartphones, oh my! There’s something you pick up on (other than the computers and tablets and smartphones, oh my — I had to). There’s a limit to what these things can store. But did you know there’s different types of storage? We could get all fancy-schmancy here (those… Read more

A dear friend from church recommended a book she’d fallen in love with at our church library. (For you young’uns, that’s a room where lots of books are stored. Books are these things with lots of words printed on paper that are stuck together, kinda like a tablet you have to turn the pages on… Read more

My mom’s nickname was Punky. To me she was always mom, but I’d hear “Punk” or “Punky” all the time from my Nanny, Pappeye, aunts, uncles, and other relatives. She was mom to me — except when I was Lil’Bit’s age. Then I guess she was mommy. Now that we’ve got that squared away, in… Read more

Growing up with a dad who played football and wrestling into college before losing his leg, sports were always going to be part of our lives. Especially in the ’70s, when the choices for entertainment were pretty much “bad ideas” or sports, and the internet was only available to the military and really, really smart… Read more

Raise your hands up high if you just LOVE chores. Ok… now. Raise your hands if you’ve never told a fib or sinned. Ok… now. I’m pretty sure we’ve all just joined a new club. Let’s call it the AskAPop Hands-Down We’re Pretty Honest ’Bout This Stuff Club. No membership fee needed. (It’s been paid… Read more

I’ll be the first to admit it. We are flat-out spoiled here in central Florida when it comes to places we can go for a little distraction for attraction. Let’s face it. This ain’t no Mickey Mouse operation around here. Ummm. Wait a minute. Hold that thought. Having said that, while we do like to… Read more

Three decades in IT has taught me one thing fo’ sho: there are enough acronyms to shake a stick at. One company (who will not be named) supposedly sent a memo saying that because of so many TLAs floating around, they were stopping the creation of new ones. The next memo defined TLA as “Three… Read more

Haulin’ the tablet into the kitchen for my weekly inspection of the icebox and pantry afore writin’ out the grocery list this week, the Spirit got me singin’ a song. First in my head, then in my kitchen where the cats were lookin’ up at me. (Is that a cat scan?) “I like bread and… Read more

Ok. Warning warning warning. I saw it, now y’all gotta hear about it. Who walked into not one but SEVERAL different stores in the month of October to find not only costumes and pumpkins for Halloween but also Christmas trees and ornaments already up for Santa? ….. THIS GUY !!!! Then again, this is the… Read more

How do you eat cake or pie? Personally, I like a spoon. Now, don’t get me wrong, I’ll use my hands if that’s all that’s available, but if given the choice, a spoon is my cutlery of choice. Don’t know why. It just is. People think I’m weird. What’s new. Now, soup with a fork,… Read more

Today’s meanderings come about thanks to a birthday that happened yesterday. One of my best friends’ “lil’bits” of his own just passed the one-third-of-a-century mark. Wow. I remember meetin’ that little fella zoomin’ around their apartment when he was 5 and had more energy than all three of the rest of us. Now he’s got… Read more

As y’all know, Toni and I are like peas and carrots. We just go together. Havin’ said that, there’s things that she does that I’ll never get and, yup, things I do that she’ll just look at me with that look that makes me thank the Lord above that she loves me enough to put… Read more

Startin’ this one with a disclaimer alert… The pics you see during this post are NOT from the PARTAY described therein. Someone that looked a whole lot like me (poor fella) was way too busy flappin’ his gums and workin’ his tongue to stop and click click away. But, then again, it’s kinda the point… Read more

Ya see… the absolute only thing I love more than my sweetie is, well, my Lord. And that’s ok, ’cause the only thing she loves more than me is, well, Him. So, wow. Yet another thing we have in common. Like peas and carrots. We’re just meant to be together. Both of us work very… Read more