Social Media Feeding Frenzy
I love when someone really gets the Gospel and begins to live under a banner that reads "It is Finished!" I love when they declare that publicly in the arena of social media. I love to watch how this juicy morsel tempts others to swoop in and warn everyone of the danger of taking the Gospel too far. It's like watching a bucket of bloody chum on shark week.
Quietly making noise,
Fletch
A New Theme
I mentioned in my previous post about SkyMall junk, that I was raised with one of the catalog offerings: The Peeing Boy of Brussels. I also mentioned that I was going to start a new theme here at theMangoTimes.
Since we share property with my parents, there is a treasure chest of inventions, ideas and creations that my dad has displayed. Some are small, like a sign. Some, like this statue, are "pieces of art" that have travelled with him for the past 40 years.
So, I've created a theme called: "PopPop's Stuff" which will cover the whole display.
Believe me. The well will not run dry with this theme. You don't collect/display things for 82 years of your life without having a few beauties around the palace.
Quietly making noise,
Fletch
RePost - Boo! It's Time For Christmas!
Today, while working on a patient, I was humming and singing to the music in the background (at least i wasn't dancing) and I noticed the lyrics of this specific Christmas song by Andy Williams : "It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year" I don't know why I haven't noticed this ever before, but listen to what he sings in this line:
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What's the deal here? Did you hear the same thing I did? There'll be scary ghost stories?
Who tells scary ghost stories at Christmas time? I don't...I tell the one about Jesus in the manger...the one about the angels and the shepherds, but I try to skip the scary ghost stories as we sit around the Christmas tree.
Sure...I occasionally tell them the story of Santa Claus (which is kind of scary...if you think about it...a fat bearded fellow landing on your roof and rummaging through your chimney is odd). But, I try to save the ghost stories for the kids that go to summer camp...
Quietly Making Noise,
Fletch
Church Music
#1 - The Breakfast Song. The first of our duos. How do you expect to grow the church by telling people there is "No Mo Bacon!" In my house alone that is going to turn people away from the faith! After watching this video, I'm not hungry for breakfast. Actually, I'm just not hungry at all.
#2 - Go Tell It On The Mountain. The second entry in our category: Singers That Sound Worse Together. Pay attention to this video, and see if you can decipher the hidden theme: flowers. I'm thinking funeral flowers...as in, my ears just died. I think this is the version where they encouraged Henrietta and Merna to "not smile so much." My suggestion is this: Go "sing" this on a mountain...high on a mountain...far away from people.
#3 - Something something something something. So, when someone says to you, "Hey, we need to make a video recording of your choir try-out, but this will only be for in-house purposes...it won't even leave the music ministry department...blah blah blah..." First, DO NOT believe them. Second, never use your real name. This one is my personal favorite.
Quietly Making Noise,
Fletch
Braniac Inventions, #1
I wonder why no one has thought about people-sized paper towels? Think about it...you get out of the shower and right next to the door, is a big roll of huge paper bath towels. You could rip them off the perforation and then wrap yourself in the "quilted quicker-picker upper" Bounty, or for the men that are reading, consider drying with a jumbo Brawny towel! When you are done, there is no cleanup, no laundry...just large wadded up balls of paper sitting in the garbage (or "near" the garbage can...if you live with a husband like me.)
Always fresh, always dry, and quite possibly in a variety of colors and prints that match your bathroom.
And that's not the best part...consider the size of the cardboard tube you would have when you finished the roll! my boys would love that part! The only negative aspect would be if you lived with someone who doesn't replace the empty roll...
So, what about you? Any great inventions you've wanted to bring up and haven't had the time? share them with us!
Quietly making noise,
Fletch
Ridiculous Candy #1 - The Candy Necklace
Back in the days when theMangoTimes was a monthly family newsletter, I used to comment on topics such as "Ridiculous Candy" and "Parental Myths." So, I thought I would recycle some of my previous comments.
The Candy Necklace
To begin with, the candy was just plain bad. It tasted like bad children's vitamins. The biggest bummer with this candy is that it's cool to wear candy as jewelry, but as a kid, you just don't have the patience to wear candy. Almost immediately, you begin nibbling off the candy "jewels," which immediately began the condition called "sticky neck." On a parent level, this candy sucked because with any level of moisture (from saliva or neck sweat...mmmm!), the candy began to dye the collar of the shirt being worn with really bright primary colors. All that aside, you were then faced with the major letdown that when you were done enjoying this candy, all you really had left was a piece of elastic string (and who really wants to wear elastic string?).
Quietly making noise, Fletch