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.
david August 12, 2011 (9:24 am)
I think some pastors need glamour shots :)
Justin Baker August 12, 2011 (9:31 am)
This is awesome. So funny. I needed a good laugh this morning. Thanks for sharing!
Rob August 12, 2011 (9:40 am)
haha pastor glamour shots. nice.
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. :)
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.
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.
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.
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–
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…”
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. :)