Archives for: October 2008
Me, Myself, & Bob

It’s been too long since my last post. I’m easing myself back into it by writing a good old fashioned book review. Paisley Jade bought me this book for Father’s Day, and I’m really glad she did.
The full title is ‘Me, Myself, and Bob: A True Story About God, Dreams, and Talking Vegetables’ by Phil Vischer. The following is the [...]

By Symon with 3 comments
Chick flicks have done me good

I would consider myself a bloke’s bloke. Yes, I absolutely love paintball, superhero movies, good old fashioned wrestling matches, and of course explosions (Pride and Prejudice would be so much better with a few of those .

However. I also think that blokey brovado is many times a cover up for men who find it incredibly difficult to open up [...]

By Symon with 4 comments
I stole my own daughter

A funny thing happend to me while I was in the Spotlight store the other day. Spotlight (for you lucky people who have never been to one) is a huge craft and fabric shop that I’m certain was designed to teach husbands how to love their wives like Christ loved the Church.
I was enduring Spotlight with wife and my [...]

By Symon with 6 comments
I watched a chick flick

Firstly, to reassure some readers that I am not watching anything dodgy, let me define what a chick flick is. Trusty Wikipedia says:
‘Chick flick’ is slang for a film designed to appeal to a female target audience. The term was first used in the 1980s, a decade during which such chick flicks as Beaches were released. Although many types of [...]

By Symon with 14 comments
Night Of 1000 Knives

Sounds like the title of a bad horror movie doesn’t it.
I have huge respect for Bob McCoskrie and his ministry Family First. Something rather disturbing happened to him recently. Apparently, 4 women dressed in black, left a threatening note on his door during the night along with 1000 plastic knives stabbed into his front lawn. If that wouldn’t un-nerve [...]

By Symon with 3 comments
Lucky’s Big Day

This is the photo-story of Lucky (our young rooster) and his big day…
Happy Go Lucky

Plucky Lucky

Un Lucky
Roast Lucky

By Symon with 14 comments
I like your sleeves… they’re real big.

Watched Napoleon Dynamite again the other night. It just keeps gettin better! I thought, seeing as I haven’t posted for a few days, I would grace you with my favourite top ten ND quotes. Here they are in rough chronological order…
1. Ever take it off any sweet jumps? (Napoleon to Pedro)
2. Napoleon, don’t be jealous that I’ve been chatting online [...]

By Symon with 4 comments