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Employee Takes Bath At Xenia Burger King
Burger King Corp. said, "We have sanitized the sink and have disposed of all other kitchen tools and utensils that were used during the incident. We have also taken appropriate corrective action on the employees that were involved in this video.

Additionally, the remaining staff at this restaurant is being retrained in health and sanitation procedures."

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At first I thought that this was from The Onion. But no, this whole news segment is just one big and beautiful piece of Americana. At least they threw out all the utensils and sanitized the sink, twice. And the staff was retrained.

C.S. Lewis

I got a kick out of the book dedication for "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe."

My dear Lucy,

I wrote this story for you, but when I began it I had not realized that girls grow quicker than books. As a result you are already too old for fairy tales, and by the time it is printed and bound you will be older still. But some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again. You can then take it down from some upper shelf, dust it, and tell me what you think of it. I shall probably be too deaf to hear, and too old to understand a word you say, but I shall be

your affectionate Godfather,

C.S. Lewis

Brett Favre

Will someone please explain this Brett Favre thing to me? I probably need Ellen Monroe (resident AR sportologian)to splain me some real sports politic.

Backyard Ballistics

Today we got back at the projects listed in this awesome book. We made a rocket out of a two liter plastic Coke bottle,bicycle pump, rubber stopper, copper tube, wire coat hanger, a sports needle with a 6 x 6 wooden launch pad- thank you Ace Hardware. The book says you can achieve a launch of 70 ft. Ours went consistently 30 to 40. With some tinkering and modification I think we can get close to 60 or 70.

We've got the material for a serious water balloon launcher.

Next project? Maybe this:

Glory to God

Whenever a baby is born in our congregation we put a rose out in the Narthex to announce that a baby has been born and to give glory to God for the birth of another Covenant child. This is #3's rose at our house. Vicki couldn't go to church that first Sunday so it was nice to be able to bring this home. Throughout the week the rose has been a nice reminder that we belong to an extended family in Christ. Our church has been great and really cared for us well. It's good to have a church home.

Great City

Son #1, "How do you spell Louis?"
Vicki, "What?"


legos are fun

recommended reading list

Please let me know of any good books/authors to read about the Middle East.
Thanks!