Surfing the Inner N8

Insights & Outsights from a Guy Trying to Follow Jesus

  • 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

  • Parents All Over the Place

    This past weekend was fun but went by in a blur.  My parents finally made it to our house after driving five hours through heavy rain.  When they finally got here, we stopped by the Training Station so they could meet the teachers there and some of the kids, then we went to Carolyn’s classroom.… Continue reading

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  • The Coolest Kid

    Yesterday I tried to mess with my three-year-old nephew’s head by calling him to wish him a happy Mother’s Day.  It didn’t even faze him.  When I said, “Happy Mother’s Day!” he just said it back to me, as if I’d said, “Good morning.” The kid’s a trip.  It was the first time we actually… Continue reading

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  • It’s Raining, It’s Pouring, the Old Man is… Several Miles Away

    Dude, it sure is pouring.  My parents are on their way to visit for a couple days.  They live three hours away.  They’ve been on the road four hours and are still several miles away.  But ahh–I love the rain! Continue reading

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  • American Mustache Institute

    In case anyone is really interested, click here to visit the website for the American Mustache Institute. Thanks to my strange younger brother Dylan for the link.  Only he would send me such a thing. Continue reading

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  • The Amphibious Princess

    Yesterday was Day 2 for Cinderella the Tadpole in Carolyn’s kindergarten classroom.  The kids were watching it swim around, then they had to leave for about an hour for art or music or something like that.  As soon as they returned, one of the kids asked Carolyn, “Is Cinderella a frog yet?” I tried to… Continue reading

  • iBaseball

    One of my favorite discoveries in iTunes has been the old classic baseball games that they sell in their store for just a couple bucks.  It used to be that I couldn’t understand why anyone would want to watch video on a tiny little iPod, but since I discovered these baseball games, I now understand… Continue reading

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  • Democratic Delegate Toy

    For any political junkies out there, CNN.com has a pretty cool toy you can play with.  It’s a graph with the remaining states that have not yet held their Democratic primaries.  You can slide the scales around to see how the outcomes in each state would affect the overall delegate count. In playing with this,… Continue reading

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  • Oooohhhhh Yeahhh

    Carolyn’s really been cooking some great stuff the past couple days! Last night she made some delicious Chesapeake Chicken. It totally rocked. Tonight it was chicken enchiladas, followed by a yummy strawberry dessert. The picture below was taken with my phone in bad lighting–the enchiladas were not actually green: I wonder what’s up for tomorrow… Continue reading

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  • Would the Real Cinderella Please… Uh… Swim Around?

    Today Carolyn took a tadpole to her kindergarten class so they could watch it grow into a frog.  The children voted to name it “Cinderella.” Continue reading