Month: October 2005

So… I’ve been dealing with an ad all day. Super annoying.
Anyways, they want to make some more changes and said they would fax the changes to me.
Fine.
But then I was told, the changes will be written in red.
I’ll be sure to look for the writting in red on the fax.

I may tweak this before it goes to press… but here’s where I’m at right now….

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I have a new picture hanging on the wall in my office. I say “new,” but it’s actually been around for a few years in my various dwelling places.
I’m sure many of you have seen it.
It’s a picture by Jean Guichard of La Jument Lighthouse, off the coast of Brittany, France.
It shows the keeper of the lighthouse, Théodore Malgorne, standing outside the structure, as a large titanic wave explodes around lighthouse.
Many people believe the lighthouse keeper was killed by the wave, and in-fact, a co-worker assumed just that when he saw the picture today.
But in fact the keeper turned around just after the famous picture was taken and remained safe inside the lighthouse as the waves pounded down around it.
La Jument Lighthouse was built in 1911 after the shipwreck of the Drummond Castle and countless other sea vessles. In 1896 an estimated 250 people were killed during one accident near the site.
Its building was financed by a French entomologist (a specialist in insects) who almost drowned in another shipwreck.
He pledged that he would pay for the construction of the lighthouse if the work could be completed in seven years.
The structure was completed and still stands against the high winds and waves that crash around it throughout the year.
What’s most interesting about the La Jument story, captured on film by Guichard, is the fact that the lighthouse keepers thought Guichard was coming to rescue them by helicopter.
They had been in the lighthouse for some time and had sought rescue from the storm in the upper levels of the building.
Their hiding place was quickly erased as they watched the waves crash through the glass and wash many of their belongings out to sea.
They remained hopefully that help would arrive, and were certain that Guichard was the safety they had waited for.
But in his true time of need, Malgorne realized the only hope he had was to return to safety of the lighthouse as the waves crashed around him.
I can relate to Malgorne in many ways.
Beyond my fascination with lighthouses, I too look for safety and hope in things outside the arms and reach of God.
Things go wrong in my life and I start to think, “Maybe this isn’t where God wants me to be. Maybe it’s time to move elsewhere. Maybe His protection has left me to die at sea.”
And then I start looking for other means of safety and protection.
But those distractions can be deadly.
As soon as I walk out from under His protection I realize all that He is really protecting me from.
I see the winds and waves that threaten to completely wipe me out and realize — the only safety is there in His arms.

Conan O’Brien will turn over his entire show to U2, which is in New York for seven sold-out engagements at Madison Square Garden.

Kevin Von Erich was on RAW last night in Dallas and received a huge ovasion from the crowd of 12-16,000 (depending on if you want to believe Foley or Stone Cold).
Anyways, incidentally Texas Monthly has an article on the Von Erichs this month as well.
I’m dying to get home now to see if my copy has arrived. Dang Belton Post Office is never reliable.
Click here to read an interview with the stories author.

As of right now, this is what I’m working on for our Friday edition.
I’m awaiting a picture to take the place of the drawing, and I’m still working on the story… but what do YOU think?

A guy from Arkansas passed away and left his entire estate to his beloved widow, but she can’t touch it ’til she’s 14.
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How do you know when you’re staying in a Arkansas hotel?
When you call the front desk and say, “I gotta leak in my sink,” and the clerk replies, “Go ahead.”
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How can you tell if a Arkansas redneck is married?
There’s dried tobacco juice on both sides of his pickup truck.
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Did you hear that they have raised the minimum drinking age in Arkansas to 32?
It seems they want to keep alcohol out of the high schools.
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What do they call reruns of “Hee Haw” in Arkansas?
Documentaries.
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Where was the toothbrush invented?
Arkansas. If it had been invented anywhere else, it would have been called a teeth brush.
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An Arkansas State trooper pulls over a pickup on I-64 and says to the driver, “Got any I.D.?”
And the driver replies “Bout wut?”
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Did you hear about the $3 million Arkansas State Lottery?
(Come on- this is funny!)
The winner gets $3.00 a year for a million years.
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The governor’s mansion in Arkansas burned down!
Yep. Pert’ near took out the whole trailer park. The library was a total loss too. Both books-poof! up in flames and he hadn’t even finished coloring one of them.
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A new law was recently passed in Arkansas. When a couple gets divorced, they are STILL cousins.