Who Went to Church?

Oui, moi. I went to church. Of course, it is not my favorite thing to do, but I gave into parental pressure.

I have been feuding with my parents about going to church for years. I gave in after going through their harassment, and witnessing their agony of having a non-church going son. I mean it is not like I was going to win anyway. I also don't think I can disown them.

I have decided against lying to parents about going to church. I am too old to lie about things to parents. I have decided early this year that I would attend enough Sunday services so I can tell parents that I recently attended a Sunday service. Well, this weekend is one of those times I need to go.

It was quite an adventure going to church today. I fell down on my hands and knees after kicking the curve while crossing Lincoln Drive. I was not hurt and there were not any incoming traffic. Only my ego was bruised. I cannot remember the last time I fell down on my hands and knees.

I had to sit through a modern service music and a bad sermon. Call me an old fogey, but I don't think modern Christian rock and stuff is for Sunday services. I also hated youth minister's delivery of often side tracked and trying to be funny kind of sermon. What an awful morning!!!!

More Time Lapsed Video ...

I was awoken by my dog, Cenya, last night. It was raining accompanied by thunder. I guess my dog was scared. I went out to my backyard to check it out. The rain was steady but not heavy. There were not visible lightnings, but areas are occasionally lit up. Too bad, I thought as I would like to have tried photographing lightnings again. I decided instead to time lapse video. Enjoy.

Conan, The Barbarian?

My friends Jim and Beth are naming their new dog, Conan. This little cute pup is an American Mastiff. It is a designer dog bred specifically to counter some of the natural shortcomings, such as drooling, of regular Mastiffs. I wrote about this pup before here.

I know Jim really likes Conan movies, so the pup cannot be named after the late night talk show host. I am still wondering, if Conan is named after the "Barbarian" or "Destroyer." I am hoping Conan is named after "Barbarian." Destroyer sounds so negative and destructive.

Apparently Conan is a "boob" man. According to their breeder, Jennifer, it is hard to get Canon away from the nursing dog. I thought that was kind of funny.

Gum Incident
I was driving back home on last Friday. I smelled subtle odor of spearmint. I thought to myself, someone is chewing a large amount of gum nearby or in a car nearby. I smelled this spearmint odor all the way home. Sometimes strong, sometimes faint, but the odor was persistent. How curious?

As I pulled up in my garage, I found out the reason for the persistent odor. It was a glob of gum I stepped on just prior to getting in my car. I felt the glob stretching as I got out of my car. I cursed my luck! I guess the karma is telling me to be a better person.

Have You Ever Been Burgled?

I took my little dog, Cenya, for a walk around my block. I ran into early risers who were taking their morning walks or walking their dogs. A couple of old men stopped to chat with me about a recent burglary in our neighborhood. Wow, a controversy!

Both warned me to lock the house down. Well, I still do not think I need to get all hysterical. I will lock my front door, but not much more.

I thought about how I felt when my car was broken into many moons ago. I remember feeling very helpless. I very much hated that the perpetrator broke the side window more than taking of the stereo. AHHHHHHH!

I still like to think that we can trust our neighbors and be able to leave doors open. Just like that one town in Ohio featured on CBS Sunday Morning.

I Look Like Who?

I recently started watching a daily show called The 9 from Yahoo. It lists 9 things to check out on the web each day. Today, it showed a website, my heritage, that takes your picture and matches with celebrity pictures. I have never felt so attractive after checking out my matches. Check them out.