I had an insurance salesman I worked with for a few years who always asked the question, “What’s your net worth?” I never had that information at my fingertips and so was never prepared to answer. He always seemed surprised that I didn’t know my “net worth” off the top of my head. And I was always annoyed that he seemed to think that was an important indicator of . . . well, something. While I find some people’s point of reference as to what constitutes what is of worth odd or off-putting, I remind myself of the axiom dear to the hearts of those with a penchant for educational assessment and psychometric experimentation that everything exists in a certain amount, and, therefore, can be measured.

So, I just found out that I’m worth $4490.00 . . . dead!

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Parody is a touchy art. Especially when it comes to religious parody—one risks crossing the thin line between humor and the sacrilegious. I thought this was kinda funny. If it offends you please take responsibility for your own sensitivity and keep it to yourself.

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Many years ago, I developed a relationship with an older church member who resided in a local Baptist retirement community. This friend taught me how to make kitchen clocks using skillets. One of the first questions he asked was, “How do we find the center of the skillet?” Well, my mathematical aptitude on that issue was on the level of throwing darts at a target—hoping that I would come close. After I was told how it should be done, he taught me how to drill the skillet, how to protect it from rust, how to find the proper positions of the numbers, how to paint it, how to make many clocks in a production line, etc.

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If you would like to read a humorous piece on the introduction of the new iPhone check this out.  My friend, Rich Melheim, put this link on his blog which is a great resource for Christian Educators.

One of the teachers at the elementary school at which I was a principal would take a vacation to a different state every year. Her family’s goal was to eventually visit all fifty states and so at the school year’s end she and her husband would pack up the kids and pets and take off for the next state on their checklist.

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Driver’s 10 Commandments:
The Vatican’s new guidelines for the Pastoral Care of the Road

As the token Catholic in the group, I couldn’t resist poking a bit of fun at this Vatican document that has recently attracted a lot of press. While wondering why Rome felt it necessary to issue a new edition of the Commandments, I couldn’t help but notice that they left out a few essentials, such as “Thou shalt remember to turn off thy signal after changing lanes.” I invite all you readers to add your favorite road rules to the list! (Apologies to Moses)

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