Will borrowed my American Eagle hoodie to wear to the Phipps Prairie Park in Silvis, IL. Later, he told me he used it to pick up a pancake he found and toss it into the woods. I was mad, but this burned out like a single spark. How mad can you be when your son […]
Monthly Archives: November 2020
Dufus Guru
“I know all!” Will said while we were playing Phase 10 in the new Des Moines rental. Then he immediately started asking basic questions. If I have a run of nine, does that also mean I simultaneously have a run of eight? And a run of seven? No. If I have some but not all […]
Jeezuz
A lady staffer at a church we used to attend always pronounced Jesus like Jeezuz, like suds, spuds, or was, with a strong emphasis on the hard, buzzing z instead of a soft s. Why did she do this? It’s because she knows the Jesus that most mainstream Christians have yet to meet: Funky Jesus […]
The Great Banana Sacrifice
Amy told me about a gardening strategy she wants to try to get our tomato plant to ripen faster. The plan involves picking the tomatoes and putting them into a brown paper bag with bananas. The bananas release ethylene, she said, a chemical that aids in the ripening of fruit. Call it original creative destruction. […]