MCF Acronymn Test for Linkage Fest
Posted by Rey
This is answering MCF’s thing.
1) What was the first swear word you learned?
I don’t remember. I only learned English when I was in the first grade and in the third grade I remember writing a horridly lewd letter in a book or something without knowing what any of it meant. I remember my father giving me a talking to and I remember being shamefacedly upset and scared. In high-school up to early college I swore like a sailor and even managed to combine a few phrases in unique new forms. But in college it became clear that I was praising God and cursing people at the same time, so I quit. Though there was a learning phase (phrase?) where I had to wean off of the foul language by saying things like Mother Flower. That was odd.
2) If you could have a functioning version of any comic book character’s accessory or vehicle, which would you choose and why?
I would say the Batmobile or a Lightsaber but that isn’t big thinking. So I’d go with the Infinity Gauntlet (since that includes all working gems) and after wearing that I’d create a functioning lightsaber and all versions of the Bat mobile. Heck, might even make the Gauntlet take the form of Lantern’s ring. I guess this would be the equivalent of asking the Genie for more wishes but there was no restrictions, so there.
3) What is your least favorite exercise?
Sit ups.
4) Can you keep a secret?
Yeah.
SPECIAL BONUS QUESTION: What is my middle name?
I could probably say anything I wanted and people who know that I know MCF (in real life) would think “Oh my goodness, he’s giving the real answer!” I can say Marion Joshua Clark Gerald Nicholataius Jonas Seakas Fornutado the Third and people would believe me. Therefore DominicanWizard616 announces that Whorenelli’s middle name is actually Christopher. Sorry dude.
Bobby
Posted by Rey
Spoiler warning, I guess. Every now and then a movie comes along that has a wide cast of characters portrayed by outstanding actors and following a story line that intertwines various plot threads to collide with the main theme. Sometimes, when this sort of thing happens you have movies like Crash.
A Summer Blog Party
Posted by Rey
Far in the east, beneath the pale moon, a mountain ruptured sending waves of wind crashing across distant shores, over valleys, past rolling green hills through the rural countryside and finally into the suburbs of a long inhabited town. The wind, like a fuming dragon, refused to be practical and merely restrict itself to the outside of homes so it pushed through thickets, then screen doors and finally it managed a narrower passage inside.
The precarious piles of picnic supplies on the table toppled over, off-balance to begin with but finally being carried away to dance in the wind like angels spinning on in the heavens. And the crash from the kitchen below struck terror in the King upstairs, making him gyrate uncomfortably and simultaneously try to explain away the reason for the noise below. In vain he tried to approximate the time from the series of sounds to the door of his room but no amount of mathematics could satisfy him; his mind continued to exaggerate the importance.
Exhaling, the King lifted his shaggy cotton shorts, rose from his porcelain throne, ignored the fountain at his side and ran downstairs to the kitchen. Afterward, feeling sickly, he’d incriminate himself and wonder “Did I flush? Better yet, did I wipe?”
(more stories with practical, shaggy, porcelain, dragon, approximate, explain, narrower, fountain, gyrate, exhaling, off-balance, angels, exaggerate, cotton, incriminate, afterward, moon, terror, ruptured, sickly words).
Drawing Conclusions
Posted by Rey
I didn’t get a cavity until I was off my parent’s insurance. Former-Cityites-Gone-Long-Island sagely (and sadly) say it’s because NYC water was fluoridated, but as I made my way into the dentists office I was afraid, so I brought my sketch pad.Read the rest of this entry »
The Leader of the Plaque
Posted by Rey
Three years ago my son was spoiled by his first dentist visit. The building looked like the receiving department of an order fulfillment company but once you stepped through the beat up door you were in a world of color, games and fun. Toys dominated the waiting area and were piled across the floor while counters of lego sported client creations. Attractive dental assistants introduced themselves over the din of arcade booths while the equally attractive dentists conversed with kids in the back.
Our new dental practice has no games in the waiting area (although it does sport a ton of wooden rocking chairs), the dental assistants vary in appeal and most of the actual dentists have beards! With this extreme change of atmosphere my five year was (understandably) afraid.
They asked; they bribed; they cajoled, then begged and (almost) threatened but he refused to keep his mouth open. At one point he reached up and pulled suction from his mouth—and this was just the cleaning. He clenched his teeth for the x-ray so they had to feel the softness of the teeth to ascertain cavity corruption and after three unsuccessful visits they threw their hands up and sent us to the Oral Surgeon for Kids.
This office was an upgrade. Each dental chair faced a thirty six inch LCD screen with either Nickelodeon or the Cartoon Network and there were Disney animation cells on the wall but it was still clinical; at least the doctor (soft spoken man) knew the lyrics and tune for Mahna Mahna.
Even so, we have another visit. Treatment to come: Laughing Gas.
Aquatic Animal Test
Posted by Rey
I’ve seen it at quite a few sites, so I’d figure I’d put mine up.
Crazy Vacation
Posted by Rey
I come back from the long weekend from preaching upstate and visiting my old church in NYC to start my vacation from my designing job. So, instead of working 9-5 on my regular, I worked 9-3 on my part time job then rushed home for lunch, pick up my son to head out to Vacation Bible School where I would teach 11 to 14 year olds. As the week pulls out I have to prepare a Father’s Day sermon and continue the series on Daniel I’ve been preaching on. I’m going to need a vacation from my vacation.Riding With The King
Posted by Rey
Spent the weekend with my boy driving all over the place. Friday we went to upstate New York and stayed the night at a camp where I would be preaching at the picnic the next day. We hit Pizzaria Uno’s and the 24 hour Midway Diner (that I love) up by the camp. Sunday morning we drove from upstate to NYC to my old church in Brooklyn and had a good time there then headed out through the city and fought part of our way through Puerto Rican Parade traffic. I would’ve given my NYC clan a call to gather but I had to get back Sunday evening and my boy was burnt out from it all. So, good night.Sy: Song and Story
Posted by Rey
My boy composed a song ( coconut-tree.mp3) that I had to record so I played the guitar for him while he sang the tune: it’s called Coconut Tree. Also, he wrote (or drew) a nice story about his visit to the radiologist for a CAT scan: I’ll let him tell it (with my notes in italics).Read the rest of this entry »
Test Using Windows LiveWriter
Posted by Rey
I wanted to check out this ap here since it does spell checking and all that good stuff (even a preview of your post!) before publishing to the web. So far it seems pretty easy to use although the response to my typing seems just slightly slow…but that can be my imagination. I’d also like to take a peek at the code after it posts.
