Monday Stuff on the Way to Other Stuff: College Football!

     Thanks to its victory over Oklahoma, Michigan is out of purgatory on the Coaches Poll -- it's now #19, with the Sooners panting behind at #21. Poor babies. But on the AP Poll, Michigan is still standing in the corner, with Oklahoma at #24.  Texas and Georgia are #1 and #2, respectively, on both polls. And they deserve it.

     That's okay. Michigan does a lot better when they consider themselves the underdogs. 

     The CU Buffs did okay for themselves, too - 52 - 21, against Weber State. But that's not exactly bragging territory.

     Now we have a Fox Sports subscription, we can watch a lot more of these games. All four of our kids prefer professional ball; i.e., the Denver Broncos. But we hope that someday they will see the light.

 GO BUFFS!!! GO BLUE!!!

     Daughter #2 and Son #1 are selling at the Denver Gem Show all week-- lots of good stuff, too. Bo will miss them; she's been having fun teasing Daughter on the couch. (We call this Bo position her 'belly up to the bar, boys.')

Back to work -- a lot finishing and tidying up to do. The Brick has been stacking wood and doing some fix-up jobs on the house. Getting ready for winter, even though daytime temperatures are still in the mid-80s. Our trees are taking their sweet time changing into fall costume. Is that because it's been so hot and dry?!?

Meanwhile:

Here's your chance! Princess Diana's 'revenge dress' is going up for auction -- again.  

It previously sold for $50,000 back in the late 90's. This time, it's slated to go for much more than that. (I think it will, too.)

Weird pet names -- from a vet who's heard them all.

Ten elusive animals that were finally photographed.

Top ten black slaveowners.  Yes, you read that right.

Green pork chili -- Colorado style.

The 'millionaire' 16-year-old bragging about 'his' Ferrari.  There are just a few big problems with this. First, he admits he doesn't own it. (He leases, he says.) Second, last I checked, you had to be 18 to sign a contract.  Wanna bet Mommy and Daddy had to lease this for him?  And thirdly, last I checked, you had to be 21 in order to drive a rental or lease. Oopsies... and no proof given for the big bucks Kid says he's worth, either. Sure, Buddy...and here's a newsflash. Advice when you're old enough to actually do this: renting or leasing does NOT mean you own that vehicle, no matter how flashy it is.

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REMEMBERING 9/11:

Some of the final phone calls on September 11.   Plus a documentary on same:

A long look at 'The Falling Man.' -- and other people who were forced to jump from the Twin Towers.

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A T-Rex trackway discovered in North Dakota -- insanely cool.

A classic from yours truly -- saving on your food budget, Part I.

A chef takes the challenge: cooking $5 meals.  (Here's one of his tip videos, too.)

'Unorthodox' life-saving tips for college students -- and us, too.

'Big Dawg' commercials from Subaru.  I love these...

Have a good week. Better make hay before the snow flies.

THEY DID IT!

 Michigan 17 -- Oklahoma 10.

GOOOOO BLUE!!!

9/11/2001

 

Color-full

 Marble caves in Patagonia, Chile...wow.

Ahhhhh...

 

The Powers That Be eventually relented, and let the boys wear shorts, instead. 

Shades of the college I attended in Grand Rapids, MI. We were required to wear skirts to class, in order to be 'modest.' What the (male) board members didn't think about were the winds that regularly whipped across campus. Ever try to carry books, hold your hat on -- 

and hold your skirt down, all at the same time?

The policy finally changed when I was a senior.

Becoming Truly Free

 The Brick and I are huge fans of Charles Spurgeon. One of Chuck's 'Morning by Morning' devotionals was particularly helpful -- so I wanted to share it with you.

"The Liberty by which Christ makes us free..."

                                             Galatians 5:1

This "liberty" makes us free to heaven's charter--the Bible. Here is a choice passage, Believer, "When thou passest through the rivers, I will be with thee." You are free to that. 

Here is another: "The mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed, but my kindness shall not depart from thee;" you are free to that. 

You are a welcome guest at the table of the promises. Scripture is a never-failing treasury filled with boundless stores of grace. It is the bank of heaven; you may draw from it as much as you please, without let or hindrance. Come in faith and you are welcome to all covenant blessings. 

There is not a promise in the Word which shall be withheld. In the depths of tribulations let this freedom comfort you; amidst waves of distress let it cheer you; when sorrows surround you, let it be your solace. This is your Father's love-token; you are free to it at all times. 

You are also free to the throne of grace. It is the believer's privilege to have access at all times to the heavenly Father. Whatever our desires, our difficulties, our wants, we are at liberty to spread all before him. 

It matters not how much we may have sinned -- we may ask and expect pardon. It signifies nothing how poor we are, we may plead his promise that he will provide all things needful. We have permission to approach his throne at all times--in midnight's darkest hour, or in noontide's most burning heat.

 Exercise your right, O Believer, and live up to your privilege. You are free to all that is treasured up in Christ: wisdom, righteousness, sanctification and redemption. It matters not what your need is, for there is fullness of supply in Christ, and it is there for you. O what a "freedom" is yours! Freedom from condemnation, freedom to the promises, freedom to the throne of grace, and at last freedom to enter heaven!

"...then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free."                                          --  Jesus Christ

                                             John 8:32

Psalm 23