When the standard answer backfires

In church we have worksheets for the kids, to help them engage with the service. I was picking up those that had been left on the seats.

One of the questions said 'draw or write something from the Bible reading'. One child had written 'God'.

I suppose it seemed like a safe bet. However I'm not convinced the child was actually listening. You see, we're going through the book of Esther at the minute...*

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*Esther is the one book of the Bible that doesn't mention God even once!

Google's birthday

 Apparently Google is 22 years old - and he's having his party on Zoom.

Very cute :-)

Tengwar

 It's to be hoped none of the elves in Middle Earth were dyslexic.

 

Quote

 All the things that we create, whether you have a big audience, or whether you're just making stuff for the folks close to you. Sure - maybe those things you make will be forgotten. Or maybe the things that you create will get laid down as someone's long-term memory, and affect them a lot later in their life. So, make nice things. Try to give people something they'll be nostalgic about, not something they'll flashback to. You never know what impressions you might be making for the future. 

~Tom Scott

Foolproof

A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools

~Douglas Adams

Only words

What others say to us and what we say to others can last a long time, for good or for evil. The casual sarcastic or critical remark can inflict a lasting injury on another person. The well-timed encouragement or compliment can inspire someone for the rest of their life.

~ David Guzik

This is terrifying.

And true.

And we don't know which of our words will be quickly forgotten, and which will have a lasting effect.

Lord, set up a guard for my mouth; keep watch at the door of my lips.

~Psalm 141v3

Caffeine

No caffeine for an entire month! 😯

Wonder how long I can keep this up.