The infamous are we there yet has begun on the way to the airport with “at the airport?”
Category: misc
Venture idea
Someone should make a Bluetooth or wired cellphone earpiece/mic that looks like an in ear piece that security folks wear.
The bonds of love
In 1842 a 22-year-old Catholic woman of nobility married a colonel in the Dutch Cavalry.
Despite the bride’s nobility, the groom was not of nobility and was a Protestant as well.
Catholic nobility, marrying “peasant” Protestant – what a scandal it must have been.
Yet despite their differences, the two were married for nearly 40 years before the groom died.
Eight years later the bride followed him in death.
Rather than being buried in her families large tomb, she insisted that she be buried in the common cemetery.
However, the cemetery had strict guidelines on where bodies could be buried. Catholics were buried in the larger area of the cemetery and protestants and Jews were buried in smaller areas, essentially quarantined by a wall, separating them from the other areas.
Before her death, the bride ordered that her bodied should be laid to rest by her Protestant husband, with a monument signifying their eternal connection.
She lies on one side of the wall, he on the other, still holding hands.
HT: David Bruce and Neatorama
Pros and Cons of Netflix profiles
Upside to new profiles on Netflix – my que is no longer filled with Curious George and Fireman Sam.
Downside – if I forget to change back to my profile I hit rating limits when trying to watch my cue.
Hear, hear to a great woman – Berneta Peoples
I had the privilege of working with Bernita Peoples from 2003- the end of 2005.
She is a true treasure and a wealth of knowledge. And at 96 she’s contemplating retirement – again.
Read the article in today’s Dallas Morning news.
Mid-day treat
Mid-day Santo while listening to Prof Craig Atwood talk about Martin Luther and Reformation Day on the Homebrewed Christianity podcast.
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