Stac’s Place

Kim and I watched a little bit of the news yesterday, which is a total rarity in our house.  We are one of the most news-illiterate families I know.  I listen to sports-talk radio, so I stay current with the stuff that really matters, though.
They were talking about the swine flu; how it was spreading [...]

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I’m not quite sure when the trend started, but I’ve noticed that most of my shorts have drawstrings that go around my waist, and some even have ‘em around the legs.  Do I really need those drawstrings?  I’ve been tempted to pull ‘em out, but I just can’t bring myself to do it.  I mean, [...]

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I have allergies.  Bad allergies.  Nose running like it’s training for the Boston Marathon bad allergies.  I got slammed by the crazap today, and it got me thinking.
Why do we have allergies?  Do you think that Adam and Eve had to hit the claritin and nose spray every morning when the Tree of Life started [...]

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Levi’s big debut on the Middle School stage…a full house, family and friends in the seats…countless hours of rehearsal…lines, melodies and harmonies, blocking and choreography, and a kiss…What a night!
State Fair cast, crew, orchestra, directors and supporting folks–Great job!  It was amazing.  I was blown away by the show, and judging from the reaction of [...]

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Have you heard that cheer echoing from the depths of Beaver Stadium, the house that JoePa built?  I’ll bet you didn’t know that my friend Doug invented it, didya?  It’s true.  My buddy Doug was a cheerleader at PSU back in the day, and he started that chant one day at a football game (or [...]

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Today was one of those days.  Not terrible; i just couldn’t stray too far from the bathroom, if you know what I mean.  That produced several complications:
*I had to bail on a lunch appt with a PSU student who thinks he might be interested/called into student ministry.  Rescheduled…
*I had to bail on XStream, which meant [...]

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bag of popcorn…wait, something’s different here.  Yep, at Casa de Sublett, life is like a bag of microwave popcorn.
I was downstairs while the kids and Kim were watching American Idol.  Sadie volunteered to make the popcorn, but Lilly was the one to fetch it from the microwave.  They popped 2 bags, and I heard Lilly [...]

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It was a pretty low-key day.  I slept in, and it was raining all day.  Kim has a “honey-do” list for me, but most of the things are outside things, so they wait for some warm and sunny day.
*Kim might be more addicted to MarioKart than she is to facebook.  When I can’t find her, [...]

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Well, the weekend was stunningly beautiful in more ways than weather.  This weekend, more than 800 people took part in CityServe.  I don’t know the actual numbers yet, but I know that our middle school and high school students poured their hearts out this weekend.  Calvary canceled all its gatherings, and we sent folks out [...]

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Today was a decent day.  It started early, with bright prospects.  The morning was sunny, and my buddy Andy and I headed out early.  His kids were loaded safely in the back seat of my truck, and we had boats in the back!  We were road-tripping to Ohiopyle.
Now, our ideal day would include throwing the [...]

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