Trying to kill two birds with one stone. Since I'm preaching this quarter, my sermons will use the material I'm preparing for Why I'm Still Just a Christian. First book chapter becomes tomorrow's sermon, "Because God is Love."

I finished up an old (1954) Andre Norton SF novel last night, The Stars Are Ours. Got my drivers licence renewed yesterday morning, had to go back and pick it up two hours later. Family was going to take in a $1 p/person movie yesterday afternoon, but that didn't work out. Paid my rent, tweaked a brand new list some of us started Saturday called Christian Poets. And I think I actually did some work yesterday too.

Was hazy this morning, but it's clearing off (8:55 a.m.), gonna be another hot one. Finally deciding it's spring around here. Weather has been vacillating between warm and cool weather, but the temp seems to be edging upwards now.

While having to do some waiting in the shopping center, where I was renewing my license, I stuck my head in the bookstore. Noted that Hillary's book had been published in Portuguese. (No wonder we leave such a good impression abroad.) And The Walmart Decade, I think it's titled in English, had also been translated, but titled simply Walmart. Some of you will be excited to learn that. ;-)

Yes, I realize that by admitting that only now have I read The Hobbit, I have left myself open to ridicule. Joel asked me last night how many times I had read the book. "First time," I answered. He was incredulous.

Nancy (Wyers) Robb had recommended it to me in college; it was one of her favorites, as I remember. I picked it up once and started it, but somehow I didn't get into it.

Am I ready to start the Trilogy, then?

First, a wise word from Bilbo Baggins: "Never laugh at a live dragon."

Was redoing my sigs on my fastmail account. Put down ICQ, AIM, yahoo, etc. (I use trillian), phone number, web site, and then ... "Cellular: None, nenhum!"

Up to now, I have successfully avoided getting a cell phone.

Vicki and I went out to lunch last Wednesday at the veggie place, there was a lady there who went through the line getting her food with a cell phone stuck to her ear. We sat down, Vicki looked over, and the phone was still glued to the side of her head. I suspect she was leaving there to have it surgically removed.

I may eventually get a cell phone, I won't say I won't, but if I do, I'll probably carry it around turned off.

Negligence. That's all I can say. I have been traveling in the U.S. for three weeks, and got my oldest son into college at Freed-Hardeman Univ.

So I repent and resolve to do a better job weblogging from now on.

Forgive me?