Randomness

I think my favorite posts are those with no direction at all. No common theme. No witty title. Just hit and miss, soup to nuts kind of topics. So, here goes. A few different things wrapped up in a nice little blog...

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The NBA started last week. Here are my picks.

Wait...I don't care. It's football season. Call me in 7 months.

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Halloween was fun. Kyle decided that since he couldn't be a perfect Darth Vader (in other words, the Helmet wouldn't cover his entire skull), he would be Harry Potter. So we got the glasses, the robe, a wand and the lightning bolt scar and we was a perfect Harry Potter. Cayce went as Guinevere and the hot pink cast looked great with the rich purple and red robe. We were proud.

There is a neighborhood where it seemed every kid in Abilene was trick or treating. However, this year's candy stash was a little lacking. We now have more suckers and bubble gum than we can shake a stick at. What happened to Reese's? Snickers? Three Musketeers? It's like everyone got together and said "let's get the awful candy pack at Wal-Mart". However, suckers are a lot better than the worst Halloween Candy of all time:

Bit-O-Honey.

Enough Said.

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ACU's Volleyball Team clinched the Lone Star Conference South Division Title last week. They are now ranked 11th in the nation. We host the Lone Star Conference Volleyball Tournament this weekend.

ACU's Football Team defeated two ranked opponents in a row earlier this month. They are going to very tough over the next few years.

ACU's Women's Basketball Team was voted to win the conference. For a team that was picked to finish terribly last season, they made it to the Regional Tournament. They have exceeded expectations over and over and will be fun to watch.

All in all, ACU's athletic program is a lot of fun to be around. We consistently win and have great rivalries with some of the other schools in our conference. You know me and sports, it is a lot of fun to be around winning programs year in and year out.

There is nothing funny about this part of the post...nor any part for that matter.

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Who came up with the keyboard smiley faces? You know...

:)
:-)
;)
:(
:/
:0

there are lots more. The list goes on and on. Do people really need to see semi-colons and parenthesis to know I am joking? Have we become this dependent on computers?

These things are terrible. Now, we have people making entire pictures from little symbols on the keyboard. Trucks, chickens, people, you name it. People try to be artistic with their keyboards. Are we this bored as a society?

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Oh yeah. Small piece of news. Maybe you knew, maybe you didn't. My wife, Jennifer, is pregnant. She is pregnant to the tune of ten weeks worth. We finally told our kids last weekend. They are a little excited. However, after the miscarriage in the spring, they are very careful not to get over-excited. Cayce is actually worried about her mom.

I guess this a good lesson to learn for them. Like it says in James, God is in control. We should begin every plan we make with "Lord Willing". He is the giver of all things. Cayce and Kyle now know this. They now say, if God is willing for us to have a baby, what will we name it? Good lesson early in life.

We are very excited. Guarded, but excited. It is all in God's timing. This baby, Lord Willing, will have a great big brother and sister to play with. What a blessing!

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Alright...I'll let both of you go. There will hopefully be a lot more updates with the baby, the conference tournament, the holidays. You know, stuff you desperately care about.

;)