Surfing the Inner N8

Insights & Outsights from a Guy Trying to Follow Jesus

May 2008

  • Sports Day

    At Carolyn’s school, yesterday was Sports Day (or what was known to us old people as Field Day).  I went with Carolyn to school for the day to try to help out.  I wish I could do that every week–it’s always so much fun, and it’s so refreshing to be around little kids who are… Continue reading

  • Good Thing They’re Not Graded On Forgery Skills

    In Carolyn’s classroom, there are two kinds of kids at the end of the day: walkers and riders.  In older grades the walkers actually walk home, but in kindergarten it just means that their parents pick them up.  The riders ride the bus.  Sometimes a walker will become a rider on a particular day, and… Continue reading

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  • Graduation Day

    Sad day yesterday: It was Graduation Day at the Training Station.  All the kids are gone until September, and many of them won’t be returning to the Training Station.  It was a great program, but still a bummer to see all the kids go. Continue reading

  • A Real Mysterious Puzzler

    This story was posted this morning on ESPN’s website: “ATLANTA — A 25-year-old man died from injuries sustained after falling about 150 feet down a stairwell at Turner Field during Wednesday night’s game between the Atlanta Braves and New York Mets…. Guilbeau said an autopsy will be done to determine the cause of death.” I… Continue reading

  • Battery Against the Battery

    This is weird.  In a game between the St. Louis Cardinals and San Diego Padres, Albert Pujols knocked both the Padres’ pitcher and catcher out of the game in the same inning. Check out this unusual story here. Continue reading

  • Podcast Now Working Again

    The CrossWay Church Sermon Podcast is now updated.  Apparently the problem is that our host, GoDaddy.com, decided to make “improvements.”  Like many Internet companies, whenever they make their products “new & improved” they tend to be worse and deficient.  But anyway, it’s working now and has been updated. Continue reading

  • Shorebirds’ McCurry Dominates

    Yesterday was the last day game (except for Sundays) for the Shorebirds, so I went.  Nice to have a job with flexibility–something I make sure not to take for granted! It was truly a great game!  The guy who started on the mound for the Shorebirds, Cole McCurry, was 0-4 coming into the game and… Continue reading

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  • When I Grow Up…

    This morning I watched part of the rehearsal for the Training Station’s preschool graduation on Thursday.  In one part of the ceremony the kids’ teacher asks what they want to be when they grow up. One little girl said she wants to be “a space girl.” A little boy said when he grows up he… Continue reading

  • Podcast Woes

    Sorry the latest podcast hasn’t yet been posted.  GoDaddy, who hosts our podcast, is having some kind of problem which I thought would be fixed by week’s end.  Wrong guess, apparently.  I’ll let you know when they’ve fixed it. Continue reading

  • More Ways to Escape from Captivity in the Train Jail

    Recently I wrote about ways to escape from little preschool children who try to catch you and lock you up in the train jail. Today I discovered two more techniques: When there are about 14 little hands grabbing onto you and leading you toward the train jail and escape seems impossible, yell: “Race to the… Continue reading