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The Bible

Everyone is talking about Duck Dynasty's Phil Roberston and A&E's suspension of him. What is so surprising to me is the wide variety of comments I have seen, and how many people are quoting the bible to me. As far as a general overview of the situation, my friend Kristen Howerton from Rage Against The Minivan covers my feelings quite well. What I am pondering is our modern day fascination with holding on to the bible with both hands, gripping so hard that our knuckles turn white. Why quote it word for word as a road map for our lives when the words themselves are so contradictory? And truthfully many of the passages have no meaning in the here and now. Not to mention they were written down long after they actually happened. Doesn't that leave some margin for error?

Dr. Who Tardis Gingerbread House

Dex has becomes obsessed with pastry lately. Not really eating it, but decorating it. He loves Cake Boss, and a bunch of YouTube channels that frankly I can't remember the name of because we are hitting that generation gap where he likes stuff that is…

Top 3 Best New Showson Television

Note: This post is not sponsored in any way. Words are mine, images are from the shows.It has probably been since before my son was born (in 2002) that my husband and I saw any television shows with regularity. We like TV and movies, but…

What Sound Does A Fox Make?

Do you know? Have you seen the very serious video that ponders this question?"What Does The Fox Say?" went viral about a month ago but then Ellen DeGeneres featured the band Ylvis (pronounced ill-vis) from Norway on her show last week and it REALLY went…

iOS7 Is Making My Head Hurt

I have been ranting on twitter for two days now. So sick of 25 year olds designing UI for other 25 year olds. Light gray on white doesn't work for anyone over 40, #iOS7. — Aimee Giese (@Greeblemonkey) September 19, 2013   While you can't…

Which Doctor Who Is Your Favorite?

There is a show that has always been on the edge of my consciousness ever since I danced to the Timelords song in college clubs but I never really watched, only slightly because I never really watch TV anyway. Of course I'm talking about Doctor…

Summer Homework Assignment: Percy Jackson

Note: This post is not sponsored in any way.Declan had a teacher for second and third grade who just loves the Percy Jackson books. She kept trying to get him to read the series, but he just wasn't having it. I have no idea why…