Mortal Sin?

My oldest son split the corner of his eye open today. I saw him fall and hit the edge of an end-table and thought he had put his eye out. I ran to him, scooped him up in my arms, and hoped it wouldn't be as bad as I feared when I finally pulled him away to take a closer look. It was scary to witness.

If you know me well, you may know that I tend to respond to intense fear with a nearly instantaneous response of intense anger as soon as the fear has passed.

I know it's wrong to use the Lord's name in vain, but I'm pretty sure it's much worse when you include his middle name. And if you do it more than once in a raised voice, does that qualify as what the Catholics call a mortal sin? I sure hope not, you know, for those people who might be inclined to do that. Use the Lord's middle name in vain, that is... over and over... kinda almost shouting. You know, I'd just feel bad for those people if they had committed a mortal sin... over and over.

After a trip to the ER, the surgeon determined Aidan's cut wasn't deep enough to warrant a stitch, so they sent us home with some tight steri-strips to hold it closed.

It's a Cold Day in July!

The high today will hit 14C (57F) and the low will be 9C (48F). I'm not talking about the Alps, I'm speaking of Zurich! And we've had a lot of rain lately, a whole lot, so the humidity is pretty high for this area (77%) and there's a little breeze which combine to make it feel even cooler still.

I think the summer decided to take a year off because today is one heck of a cold day in July.

You know what that means, don't you? All bets are off! This signals that anything could happen, no matter how unlikely.

I don't know about you, but I find myself constantly glancing out the window to see if I can catch a glimpse of pigs flying. As we all know, pigs flying and hell freezing over are both associated with a cold day in July.

The only reason I'm not panicking is because my fortune cookie last night said "You will find happiness if you make change", so I've been carrying a pocket full of coins today hoping someone needs me to break a bill for them. But I'm seriously worried for the rest of you.

Poor Matthew's Almanac of Popular Wit & Wisdom

"When people speak of others they tell you of themselves."

Things that make you go... Hmm

When someone criticizes with the phrase, "That was a half-assed job", what exactly is it that they expected? The whole ass?

A wise man learns from constructive criticism and in the future will be certain to show the criticizer his full ass right from the beginning.

This, of course, is the origin of the phrase, "I'll show you the moon".

Things that make you go... Hmm

If it could really "go without saying" then why do we always say it immediately after we say "It goes without saying..."?