“God has a special providence for fools, drunks, and the United States of America.” –Otto von Bismarck
Jun 28
Things to avoid
Galatians 2:12, “For before certain men came from James, he [Peter] was eating with the Gentiles; but when they came he drew back and separated himself, fearing the circumcision party.”
I’d be afraid of anything called a ‘circumcision party’ as well.
Jun 25
Overheard: 35 yr old female
“I’m trying to watch a webinar and I don’t know if I have the right whatever thingy.”
Jun 23
Motorcycle Awareness
Most of us just think these things quietly in our heads, but my former classmate is unfettered by such constraints (her username and ‘sentence enhancers’ pixelated to protect the guilty):
Jun 21
Gentleman Cow
One of several polite terms for a bull (for those who did not want to say ‘bull’ due to its sexual overtones).
Jun 19
Review: NoteMaster
NoteMaster is a note-taking app for iOS. I switched to it after trying out various note-taking apps, and not really loving any of them. I love this app.
I had been using Apple’s native Notes app for years, but I was running into limitations–there was no way to do bold, indent, make bulleted lists, and it only synced with iCloud, which is of no use to me due to the age of my Macs at home.
NoteMaster allows you to quickly and simply insert bold headings, bulleted/numbered/check box lists, and even insert pictures. Notes are saved as a .docx file so you can open them in Microsoft Word. The app is beautiful and easy to use. The documentation for how to use the app is included as NoteMaster-created documents. The app also includes several templates/themes so you can change the look of each document.
One of he best features is that it syncs absolutely beautifully seamlessly with Dropbox. The free version lets you create up to seven notes, and the full version is only $3.99.
Here is the link to the developer page.
Jun 17
Thanks, Siri
The other day I was dictating voice notes on my phone for my Wednesday night lesson at church. At one point what I said was “Three offices in Old Testament were prophet, priest and king.”
What Siri translated was, “Three offices in Old Testament were probably pretty stinky.”
While technically true, due to the hot climate and lack of deodorant, this wasn’t really what I was after.
Jun 14
Overheard: 14 year old female
“If I had a genie that would be my only wish–a time machine. And maybe money for college.”
Jun 12
Quotable: Dr. Katherine Berry Richardson
“Skill cannot take the place of sympathy and understanding, for science without heart is ugly and pitiless.” –Dr. Katherine Berry Richardson, co-founder of The Children’s Mercy Hospital.
Jun 10
Quotable: Jay Leno
“In America, we like everyone to know about the good work we’re doing anonymously.”
