Perelandra

Tuesday, December 27th, after the funeral of James Dungy, his 18 year old son:

“I’ll start out by saying, ‘Thank You,’ for the love, the prayers and the support that we’ve received from the people of Tampa, the people of Indianapolis and the people all over the country. They’ve been very, very great and gracious to us in a time of grief for our family.

“We loved our son very much. He loved us. And we miss him terribly. But we also understand that we have some tremendous promises from God. God promises to be with us. He’s with us in the great times. He’s with us in the tough times. Our family will stand strong. The strength that we have in the Lord will allow us to get through this just as we get through times of victory.

“Our grief is great, but from our family, we just say, ‘Thank You.’ We just say, ‘Thank You,’ to everyone. We appreciate everybody who has touched his life, everybody who has been part of him growing up. James - he was a good young man with a compassionate heart and we were glad to have him for 18 years.

“We’re also glad that he accepted Christ as his savior so that God has him now for the rest of eternity. Thank You.”

On the Today show, they have a cinnamon bun that supposedly looks like Mother Theresa…I look at it, and I say, “You know who that looks like? Mr. Lunt! That’s who!”

Update: The cinnamon bun is 7 years old, is in the news because it was stolen, and for the above mentioned reason. The theft is likened to a kidnapping. I still say it looks like Mr. Lunt.

Colts, Patriots, and Bengals have all clinched Division titles. Two teams at 11-3. One hasn’t clinched yet and the other isn’t certain it has a first round bye!

You gotta think that Denver is going to win the AFC West.

Here’s the other 4 with a chance at the playoffs.

1. Pittsburgh’s currently 9-5
   (final 2 games at Cleveland and hosting Detroit)
   will wind up 11-5.
2. Jacksonville’s currently 10-4
   (final 2 games at Houston and hosting Tennessee)
   will wind up 12-4.
3. San Diego’s currently 9-5
   (final 2 games at KC and hosting Denver)
   will wind up 10-6.
4. Kansas City’s currently 8-6
   (final 2 games hosting SD and Cincy)
   will remain with 8 wins @ 8-8.

I like this. It means that San Diego gets left out. They are too dangerous to let live! So if the seeds are:

1. Indy
2. Cincy (maybe 3)
3. Denver (maybe 2)
4. NE
5. JAX
6. Pitt

The first round looks like:
Pitt-Denver
JAX-NE (GO JACKSONVILLE!!!) =-D
(talk about some GOOD FOOTBALL!)

Second round:

• Denver @ Cincy
• NE @ Indy

AFC Championship game: Indy vs. Denver

Not crazy about that as it means that Pittsburgh goes out in the first round, and I LIKE them just a little bit. Maybe today’s crowd at Damon’s in Erie, PA is rubbing off on me, or maybe it’s the MAD fantasy points that Big Ben netted for me this year. =-D

Anyway, FILE IT. It’s gonna happen. All of it.

Here’s what I don’t get. San Diego is the ONLY team within reach who can take Pittsburgh out of the playoffs. And at Damon’s today, The Steelers fans were cheering for two teams, “The Steelers and whoever plays the Colts”. It’s great, we’re their New England!

Eric, 7-years old, will line up, concentrate, set up to the ball. He’s all business when the club comes back…
he completes his backswing in beautiful form…

and then his left arm bends 120 degrees and he points the clubhead directly at the ground in front of him. He then pauses to observe conditions and people around him…

then without looking back at the ball, he swings.

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My little corner of the world. I am surrounded by technology all day long, so let’s see about keeping the web site “green”…for now. I like that.

One thing I’ve noticed a lot lately is: as video games become more and more realistic, my interest in them grows less and less. If I want real life, I’ll walk out my door. I don’t need to purchase real life in the form of $40-$60 a pop at Best Buy, etc.

I suppose being away from my family lately has something to do with that. I am doing an on site install that is out of state, and it is keeping me away from them all week long. That makes me sad, but I want to maximize the time we get together.

Last weekend, we went downtown and saw the Christmas tree and took a carriage ride. PERFECT. This week, when I got home, I shovelled some snow and I could tell that our oldest didn’t want to go in, so we had a snow fight. No one wanted to play video games. Imagine that.

People are peculiar creatures. Everyone insists that they are the exception. Just now, sitting on a plane in Detroit, I watch as a man tries to dispatch his coat to the overhead bin. He carefully folds it, he pushes on it like it is a marshmallow about to make a mess. Then he gingerly closes the door. Finding the door unwilling to close because there isn’t enough room, he SLAMS it shut and sits down.

An ever-so-minor fold of this once-pampered overcoat is sticking out from the closed door.

This is a connecting flight home to Indy. Getting off my first flight, a woman sitting in the row behind me gets up and walks right in front of me before I have the chance to claim my rightful spot in front of her. (”Hey HEY HEY! That’s not the RULE and YOU KNOW IT!”)

Then I see it, she’s reading a book: How to win at Texas Hold’em. Neither one of us had a chance in that situation. Of course, she probably thinks that she has a proper excuse for trying to –accomplish the impossible at the expense of courtesy– leave an airplane quickly, that she can be rude and be gracefully excused for it, that there exists a reason that I can’t possibly fathom but must politely submit to.

She’s right about one thing, she can be, one way or another, gracefully excused.