Category Archives: General Silliness
April Fool’s Day
A few years ago, we made these “cupcakes” for dinner to have some April Fool’s Fun. My kids asked about these yesterday. Although not included on my menu plan, we are going to juggle things around so we can make … Continue reading
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Ensuring Your Kids Aren’t “Dumber than Dirt” (and a hilarious homeschool parody video)
I liked this author’s ideas on how to ensure our kids become smarter than rocks. Among other ideas, he mentions turning off the TV, reading aloud to the kids, eating together often, becoming a parent who loves to learn for … Continue reading
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14 Days of Homeschool
This is a fun one this of year: THE 14 DAYS OF HOMESCHOOL (written by an anonymous homeschool mom and her kids — Sing this to the tune of “THE 12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS”) On the first day of homeschool … Continue reading
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Emerjeans
This ad absolutely cracked me up. Although there are many things I LIKE about the Emerging Church (in particular their call to re-examine the Modern Church and a call to simplify), the “meet people where they are at” thing … Continue reading
Let the Hobbit Happen
Perusing this pretty cute secular homeschool blog the other day, Poppins Classical Academy, I came across a button declaring, “Let the Hobbit Happen!” Apparently, there is a grassroots effort to bring this delightful Tolkien book (prequel to the Lord of … Continue reading
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Wisdom v. Knowledge
Someone once said: Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit; Wisdom is knowing not to put it in a fruit salad.
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President Bush, Comedian
"You know there are all these conspiracy theories that Dick [Cheney] runs the country, or Karl [Rove] runs the country. Why aren't there any conspiracy theories that I run the country? Really ticks me off." President George W. Bush
Filed under General Silliness, Politics
Signs of the Times
We found a link from Driscoll's Blog yesterday to this hysterical real church signs website. Warning, P-13 Rating (and offensive, tacky theology to boot) on some of these signs — at least through the eyes of passing by unbelievers! While you are … Continue reading
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Another Goofy Test!
You Are Likely an Only Child At your darkest moments, you feel frustrated. At work and school, you do best when you’re organizing. When you love someone, you tend to worry about them. In friendship, you are emotional and sympathetic. … Continue reading
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What’s Your World View?
You scored as Cultural Creative. Cultural Creatives are probably the newest group to enter this realm. You are a modern thinker who tends to shy away from organized religion but still feels as if there is something greater than ourselves. … Continue reading
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