Short Film on Aspergers: Q&A
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Joshua asks “Did I turn out to be the son you wanted when I was born? Like, did I meet your expectations?”
First of all I can’t watch those 10 seconds without totally losing it.
Second…
I honestly don’t know what I’d say if my son were to ask me the same question.
Still Fresh
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Here are a few classic odors that you may have missed:
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Giving Pigs the Bird
Posted by Troy | Filed under Humor, Other, politics
I heard a funny story on NPR’s On the Media this week…
Apparently a guy named Robert Ekas is suing his local police department, claiming his multiple moving violations are bogus and only issued because he is (apparently) committed to giving the police the finger.
Brooke Gladstone’s conversation with Ira Robbins about free speech, public obscenities and flag burning was funny and interesting.
A case that seems kind of silly is actually kind of a big deal…
What do you think? do we have a right to “salute” the police in whichever way we feel appropriate? (whether they deserve it or not?)
If so, do you believe it an important way to excercise your first amendment rights?
Listen for yourself, or read the transcript here.
Disclaimer: I’m thankful for Traverse City police and I’d never call them pigs… it just makes the illustration funnier.
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Boast in Weakness
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I have worked much harder, been in prison more frequently, been flogged more severely, and been exposed to death again and again.
Five times I was flogged with the Jews’ 39 lashes.
Three times I was beaten with Roman rods
Once I was stoned,
Three times I was shipwrecked (I spent a night and a day in the open sea!)
I have been constantly on the move. I have been in danger from rivers, in danger from bandits, in danger from my own countrymen, in danger from Gentiles; in danger in the city, in danger in the country, in danger at sea; and in danger from false brothers. I have labored and toiled and have often gone without sleep; I have known hunger and thirst and have often gone without food; I have been cold and naked. Besides everything else, I face daily the pressure of my concern for all the churches. Who is weak, and I do not feel weak? Who is led into sin, and I do not inwardly burn?
But God said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.”
Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
For to be sure, Christ was crucified in weakness, yet he lives by God’s power. Likewise, we are weak in him, yet by God’s power we will live with him to serve you.
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