Stac’s Place

I went to college before the computer/internet revolution, and though we had heard the coming WWW, we still relied on the USPS and AT&T for our long distance communication. I had a mailbox on campus (box 800332) that I checked everyday, hoping that there would be a note from someone who cared about me, [...]

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Wow, how quickly the time passes. Baseball got into full swing, and my time vanished. But we’re near the end of the season now. The Varsity team is in the playoff finals, and my responsibilities have been minimized.
I am excited for the end of the school year. I want to spend [...]

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That’s what Roger Clemens is going to be paid for throwing a baseball this summer. He announced his return to the Yankees last night from George Steinbrenner’s box at Yankee Stadium. The Yankees will pay him $28, 000, 022.00 (the last 22 is for his uniform #–isn’t that cute?) for his skills.
Clemens, who [...]

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Wow. I’m not even sure what to say.
Read the article and watch video here.
I know that some of our students from church were in the protest, as were some of my baseball players. I don’t know how much they really want to be heard, or if the idea of a walkout was overpowering.
I [...]

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Today has been a day of hard, sad news. A family friend passed away. A friend (who I thought was staying) is moving. Other friends are traveling out of town to check out jobs.
Some days it’s hard to see the forest…
Psalm 30 reminds me that Weeping may last through the [...]

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Times are good…
My family got home safely from a spontaneous vacation out to MO to visit Kim’s sister and her family. The kids played on the trampoline the WHOLE time.
Kim’s sister is pregnant, which is awesome news!
My JV baseball team is playing good ball. We’re hitting well over .400, and have scored 100 [...]

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