Do you remember TV families when you were a kid? There seemed to be more extended ones then there are now at least when I was watching TV as a kid. You know more families with several generations living under one roof. The Waltons had their Grand Parents living with them, the Beverly Hillbillies had…
Love and Parents
The song, of course, is “Love and Marriage” written by Sammy Cahn and performed by Frank Sinatra in 1955, but the music has been used for a number of television commercials through the years including Ban brand roll-on antiperspirant, Duncan Hines Chocolate Chip cookies, Campbells Soup and Kellogg's Fruit 'n Fibre breakfast cereal. Who would…
#ugandafortheweekend
So, I spent the weekend in Uganda. Now that’s something I never thought I’d say. I was invited to be the guest speaker at the annual missionary retreat for Wesleyan Missionaries who serve in Africa. Not a large group but they came from all over the continent to be together with others who had a…
But it works. . .
The other day I was working on my laptop and after doing a fairly standard cut and paste in the document I had open, I had a startling revelation. I had no idea how the computer did what it did. I mean it wasn't exactly putting someone on the moon, but still, how did this…
The Language of Love
By now you have figured out the song is “Love and Marriage” and it was first recorded by Frank Sinatra in 1955. But that wasn’t the only time it was recorded. Sinatra recorded it again on a different label and it has been covered by Peggy Lee, Dinah Shore, Bing Crosby and in 2010 it…
What’s Your Emergency?
I’m sure it seemed like an emergency at the time. When the 911 operator, in Leeds Ontario, answered the phone with the familiar line, “911, what’s your emergency?” they probably weren’t expecting the reply. It seems that a 21-year-old woman from Quebec had spent the night gambling at the Shoreline Casino and suddenly she realized…
Sex. . . God’s Wedding Gift
“Love and Marriage, Love and Marriage, go together like a horse and carriage.” The song was written by Sammy Cahn in 1955 and recorded by Frank Sinatra. It was originally used the 1955 television production of Thornton Wilder's “Our Town”. Which happens to be the first High School Drama I was in, not the…
Spring has sprung. . . or Not.
Spring is here, spring is here, spring is here. I figure maybe if I use the word spring enough, that maybe spring will come, and warmer weather will spring forth, flowers will spring up and springs will thaw out. I just looked outside, and it seems to be working. During last week’s snowstorm, someone asked…
Mawwiage
Some of you are old enough that you recognize the music as the Frank Sinatra song, “Love and Marriage”. Others who are a little younger simply recognize it as the theme from “Married with Children”, that’s how I think of it. For those who aren’t familiar, “Married with Children” was a sitcom that aired…
They will hate you. . .
What makes the difference between simple vandalism and a hate crime? This past weekend, Easter weekend, two Catholic churches were defaced with misspelt obscenities profaning the name of Jesus. A couple of things I noted. The first was the lack of interest from the media. Apparently, a church being defaced isn’t as newsworthy as a…