Comedian Adrian Plass has a fine little skit you can listen to below…
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Canadian Spy Money
Oh yes, make no mistake…
We are a sneaky people.
My American friend Carl always said that this fact was proven for all time way back when we took possession of Niagra Falls’ good side. We really pulled the wool over some eyes in that little scheme.
Well, now it’s being proven once again. Poor American fellows that had these coins land in their laps…they thought they’d entered MI-4 or something! Good thing that no one pulled off a rubber face, or minds would have blown apart!
Full story is HERE.
Iraq
This morning I was reading a few news articles about Christians in Iraq…
Iraqi Leaders Indifferent to “Endangered” Christians
Two simple thoughts came to my mind as I read…
- Be grateful for where you are.
- Since you’re there, give yourself to prayer and acts of obedience.
C.S. Lewis on Rats
A few words from C.S. Lewis…
“Surely what a man does when he is taken off his guard is the best evidence for what sort of a man he is? Surely what pops out before the man has time to put on a disguise is the truth? If there are rats in a cellar you are most likely to see them if you go in very suddenly. But the suddenness does not create the rats: it only prevents them from hiding. In the same way the suddenness of the provocation does not make me an ill-tempered man; it only shows me what an ill-tempered man I am. The rats are always there in the cellar, but if you go in shouting and noisily they will have taken cover before you switch on the light.”
A reading like that is good for the soul every so often. It reminds me that the big deal is not how I appear to be; the big deal is how I am. Even if one desires deeply to be genuine and sincere and real, the tendency to gloss over and dress up realities that should not exist runs oh-so-deep in each one of us.
And at moments like that, a good shot of truth stated boldly can be just what the doctor ordered.
Jump On
I am SO on the Warriors’ band-wagon.
Heck, I’m driving the wagon!
Even while the season was going on, I was eyeing the Warriors as they made their push towards FINALLY making the playoffs (13 years since their last visit). I’d noticed this odd trend that no one in the league matched up so well against the mighty Mavs. Who knew why? But I’m no Mavs-lover, so I was intrigued by the idea that they might get a feisty #8 seed in the first round.
Feisty?
Yeah, you could say that!
The Warriors play basketball like the Spartans fight in “300”… no retreat, no surrender.
Enough blabbing.
I’m off to see if the Warriors can finish the Mavs off with one last quarter.
And then I’m going to see Dirk cry.
PS: Dallas DID get beat. “Destroyed” is a better word. Dirk did NOT cry, at least not on camera. And the feel-good story of the playoffs so far continues. Now if only my Raptors could muster up some guts and force a Game 7… not so sure.