Robert's Blog

just a quick list of things i have learned from my dad thus far:

• fishing is better than hunting because it doesn’t do much good to practice “catch and release” with an animal you have just shot.
• if you work at it you can have an enjoyable conversation with most anybody.
• outside of abuse and the complete disregard of the promises made within marriage divorce is NEVER an option, though murder might be. 🙂
• you can fix every problem in the world with 4 things: a band-aid, a pocket knife, a pen, and a quarter (the new list changes the quarter to a cell phone or calling card)
• you should never pay someone to do what you can do around your own home unless they do it much better – i.e. fix and build everything you can and you’ll have a sense of pride about it
• you’re never to old to learn something new (i.e. picking up computers when you’re in your mid-40s and becoming an expert on them or learning and practicing moped repair when your in your mid-60s)
• always call your mother
• if your oldest son accidentally looses 4 anchors in one day you should NEVER EVER let him forget it. 🙂
• if you are going to spend time grilling a good piece of meat then you should do so over charcoal.
• shorts and suspenders may look awful but they work well (i may have learned this but i’m not practicing it).
• treat everyone fairly.
• despite the fact that there are some people who give the profession a bad name, being a sales person is an honorable profession.

there are many more things that i could post but that list will do for now. happy father’s day dad.

 

SIDE NOTE – my father’s day present from pam and the boys was an eye-fi card. woohoo!

 

i love this. it’s a article on the new york times website concerning an architect (eric clough) who redesigned a client’s apartment and without the client knowing about it placed a scavenger hunt within the contents of the apartment. a year after the redesign the architect sent the owners a poem that was the clue for the beginning of the scavenger hunt. it’s amazing and not particularly easy.

ht (john m via kottke)

for me the scariest part of moving to wisconsin to plant tapestry was how my kids would react. i’ve seen too many ministers move to new areas with little regard for their kids and as a result having their kids grow to hate the bride of CHRIST (i.e. the church). when pam and i prayed about moving we probably prayed the most about our kids adjusting to the new area and making connection with new friends. in fact, if you receive the tapestry prayer email that i send out each month then you probably remember me asking quite often for you to pray for my kids in regard to this matter. anyhow it’s summer vacation and we presently have 7 kids hanging out at our house (2 of which are ours) after a night of 3 additional kids sleeping over at our house. to some of you this may not seem like a good thing but i promise you pam and i are celebrating. it’s a huge answer to prayer and we are celebrating.

if your children spend most of their time in other people’s houses, you’re lucky; if they all congregate at your house, you’re blessed. ~mignon mclaughlin

SIDE NOTE – if you don’t presently receive the monthly prayer email and would like to, just email me (there’s a link in the sidebar) and i will add you to the list for next month.

today is my mom’s birthday. if there was a competition for mom my mother would tie with the mom of my kids (a.k.a pam, my wife). she’s that good of a mom.