Random Summer Thoughts – Words With Friends, Checks Made Out to Two Year Olds & Glamour Shots for Pastors

On Words With Friends

  • Summer provides a few lulls. While I don’t do Farmville or any Facebook games, I do indulge in a little Words With Friends.
  • Confession: sometimes four days pass between my plays.
  • Go ahead. Call me a dabbler.
  • Sometimes, in my desperation, I throw on letter combinations like “phikxrk”–hoping to God it is a real word.
  • You know, maybe an exotic plant from a remote island. Or an ancient Hungarian food item.
  • You never know how great a good bowl of phikxrk might taste.
  • Other times my brain runs in slow mo and I stare dumbfounded at letters like r-i-p-a wishing that “piar” was a word. And then two hours later, I realize that “pair” is a word.
  • Sometimes I get stymied and my secret strategy is to ignore the game–hoping that the Words With Friends trolls will give me new letters if I neglect them long enough.
  • Just when I’m feeling proud of myself for knocking out a big word, the Words With Friends trolls give me all consonants.
  • And then they laugh at me.
  • In my defense I did beat a certain unnamed brother, whose picture may or may not be posted below, TWICE in a row recently.
  • Not to brag.
  • (Did you catch that I said TWICE?)

On the bank

  • Earlier this summer, Chuck’s grandma sent my two year old a check.
  • Made out to him.
  • I went to the bank to deposit into his little Eagle Earner’s account (he got a free calculator for opening it, mind you).
  • The teller insisted the check had to be signed by the person it was made out to.
  • I told her that Justus can currently draw a mean circle, that resembles more of a barely-closed cucumber.
  • She was mystified.
  • Thankfully, her manager stepped in and just had me sign it.

On the Internet

  • I’ve been going to a lot of church websites lately. And I’ve noticed something.
  • A LOT of pastors and wives have the same photo: the husband is facing the camera and the wife is standing directly behind him, with her arms draped around his shoulders.
  • The wife’s hair is often teased out.
  • And there is almost always an airbrushed background.
  • It makes me wonder if there is a Glamour Shots for clergy somewhere I don’t know about.
  • Saw one of those sidebar text ads for a church on a search engine the other day. It’s tagline was “no weird stuff.”
  • I think things like Glamour Shots for clergy are one of the reasons the “no weird stuff” part was needed.

Jobs

  • One of my Twitter followers is a candle demonstrator.
  • They demonstrate candles, people.
  • Why don’t I pick sweet jobs like that?
  • I bet Governor Snyder isn’t reducing funds to lay off the state’s candle demonstrators.

On children

  • I’m thinking about installing a wall length shelf about 4 feet high in every room of our house.
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10 Comments

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    david August 12, 2011 (9:24 am)

    I think some pastors need glamour shots :)

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    Justin Baker August 12, 2011 (9:31 am)

    This is awesome. So funny. I needed a good laugh this morning. Thanks for sharing!

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    Rob August 12, 2011 (9:40 am)

    haha pastor glamour shots. nice.

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    Ray Hollenbach August 12, 2011 (10:04 am)

    A candle demonstrator! I want to (1) see such a demonstration, and (2) possibly apply for such a job–it sounds aromatic and low-stress.

    Now: Summer’s just about over–get back to work. :)

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    Micha August 12, 2011 (10:39 am)

    I’m not sure what was funnier, the mystified bank teller or the glamour shots for pastors. I know for certain that my pastor and his wife would never pose like that. The church website browsing must have been a great afternoon.

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    Chris August 12, 2011 (11:01 am)

    I think by “glamour shots” for pastors you mean “walmart” or “kmart” … only place I’ve ever seen those backgrounds … also, the places that do church directories, now that I think about it. Apparently that’s considered “tasteful” … I’d rather do them myself.

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    Jennifer August 12, 2011 (3:55 pm)

    Re: glamour shots

    That pose is called “The Dr. Phil” according to my wedding photographer. He made us do it. Not sure what it’s really trying to say.

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    monica August 12, 2011 (5:07 pm)

    I just came across you (via twitter, I think…)
    And I love you already. Fun post. Now I will take time to look at everything you have on here.
    Thanks for the laughs!
    Aloha–

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    Sarah August 13, 2011 (9:41 am)

    @David Haha. That may be true! :)

    Thanks @Justin. I can use some laughs lately myself!! :)

    @Rob You know you want one!!

    @Ray I know, can you imagine? “…Now watch what happens when I light the candle…”

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    Sarah August 13, 2011 (9:44 am)

    @Micha True that. There is no more suspenseful way to spend an afternoon than browsing church sites…

    @Chris Ooooh. You’re onto something. It’s those church directory people taking the shots I bet.

    @Jennifer The Dr.Phil, huh? :) Well, we all have to have our sources of inspiration, I guess.

    @Monica, so glad you came by. I’m serious sometimes too, I swear. :)