Tag: The Bob

Jan 21

A happy kind of pain

A few years ago while I was mourning over a recent death I went out to see my friend and mentor, The Bob. As we kicked around the farm doing random chores we took cover from the frigid January rain inside one of his many out-buildings. Very seriously he said, “I wish I could hurt …

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Dec 13

Worst. Vacation. Ever. pt. 2

Part 1 is here. At St. Mary’s they put me on a different medicine, but my heart still wasn’t acting right, and they said they were going to have to put me under and hit me with the defibrillator to reset my heartbeat. CLEAR! Since they had to put me under, that meant no food. …

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Dec 10

Worst. Vacation. Ever. pt. 1

“I hope you have a horrible vacation.” Those were the last words my boss said to me two years ago before I went on what is now known as The Worst. Vacation. Ever. I posted a tiny summary of this here right after it happened. He was kidding (I think). Now, two years later, I …

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Sep 12

‘scuse me while I kiss this guy

I don’t know how long people have been mishearing lyrics to songs; I guess as long as there have been songs. Of course ‘Excuse me while I kiss this guy,’ from Jimi Hendrix’s Purple Haze is probably the most famous. For years a female I won’t mention thought that song in Austin Powers was Secret …

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Sep 05

I sold my van to rock and roll

Several years ago our church purchased a new (to us) bus. We had finally outgrown our 15 passenger van, and due to the cost of insurance to even own the thing, let alone drive it, we decided to sell it. We parked it out in front of the church with a phone number and a …

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Jan 25

Madmannah

A while back my friend The Bob texted me to let me know he had found the Hebrew version of my alias, MadMan, in the Bible: Joshua 15:31 “And Ziklag, and Madmannah, and Sansannah,” I thought that was exceedingly cool, and over the weekend I decided to look up the meaning. It means ‘dunghill.’