Stollen

Papa Bear's Papa brought us some baked goods. He said, "This is stollen, but I didn't break any Commandments."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stollen

On labels

Label Me Capable

A Question for Those who want to Ban "The R-Word"

What would you replace it with?

Papa Bear's Papa Went Where?

Brother Bear: Here comes [Papa Bear's Papa]!
Goldilocks: PBP is in Africa.
Mama Bear: PBP is in Arkansas.
GL: Close enough!

If you say so...

GL: Hola means "hello" and "goodbye"... in French.

Ask a Silly Question...

Once, when GL was three or four years old and being uncommonly silly, even for him, I asked him, "What are you doing?"
He answered, "Screwing around."

I guess I had used that expression in that sense in his hearing. It just sounded strange for a preschooler to describe his own actions that way.

Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.

The Accidental Expert, over at Raising Complicated Kids complains, and rightly so,

"Whoever said 'God only gives you what you can handle' has clearly never stepped foot in my house.  If they had, they would have just shut up.  At least I wish they would."  

When someone says that God won't give me more than I can handle, I look them in the eye and say, "I believe God does give me more than I can handle, and He does it intentionally." I let them squirm a minute, and then explain, "Because if He didn't, why would I need Him?"

Okay...

GL: Dad, can I ask you a question?
Me: Yes.
GL: Okay, let me think about it. (goes into closet; closes door; comes out a moment later) Dad, what day is it, what time is it?

Good on Ya!

I'm don't know if I'm the only one who does this, but sometimes when I leave a comment on a blog, once I get going, I have so much fun, it grows into a post of its own. So I put it on my blog. I just left such a comment on Joy and Gladness:

Just wanted to stop by and say that I do read your blog, but I usually don't show up on your site meter because I read it through Google Reader. I just caught up on the last ten posts, which I enjoyed. I am now only 538 posts behind on the bogs I read.

To all that happened in the past couple of weeks, I say, "Good on ya!" (I think that means, "You done good, Congratulations, Good job, Hooray!, Thanks be to God, Good luck, Good show!, Hallelujah!, Whew!, Wow!, Mazel Tov!, Amen, Salud(a), A votre sante, Bless your heart, Skoal!, here's lookin' at you, here's mud in your eye, Score!, Go---al!, Swish! it may be, it could be, it's outta here!, take a bow, take a victory lap, take a load off, this Bud's for you, Gesundheit!, Praise the Lord, the Lord be with you, You Rock!," and, "You deserve a break today," but all in a "Boy, am I tired, and I'll bet you are, too!" kind of way. In certain contexts, I think it can also mean, "You may kiss the bride." Shalom and aloha have got nothing on "Good on ya!" But I could be wrong.) Hmm, that was so much fun, I think I'll steal it for my blog.

P.S. I *don't* have high-speed internet, so have fun with all the gadgets, but please don't let them keep the page from loading for those of us who can't use them anyway.

Disillusioned

I've been a fan of a blog called Outer Life for several months now. He doesn't post often, but when he does, he always has something thought-provoking to say. Just what I wish more blogs were like when I'm 546 posts behind on the blogs I read. Like his recent post about how people use the word "disillusioned".

I've always thought of it this way. The only reason the word is used the other way is so people can feel virtuous about their cynicism. The problem is, they aren't cynical enough. A virtuous cynic would be cynical about his cynicism.