This End Down

Just so you know, I’ve seldom found much time to post here or over on Stauffer on Staff… rather, I’ve found my time posting online more limited to my Tumblr (and my Twitter, but you can read all of my Twitter posts through Tumblr.) It’s on the right side of this page for normal people, but if you’re reading through Xanga, you won’t see it.

Just thought I’d let you know. I do plan to write at some point, but I just don’t really have the time to write as much as I’d like. This week and the next are our New Student Outreach, and that means full-time staff work for this time. Exciting, and fulfilling, but very time-occupying.

For those of you who don’t yet know, my dearest most beloved mother is coming to visit Gainesville this Sunday! Hooray Huzzah! She has requested that, like the last time she was in town, we have a lunch of monstrous proportions at some local(ish) restaurant after second service at First Assembly is over. So! After second service at First Assembly we’ll all (eventually) trundle over to somewhere and everyone will get to hang out with Mommy Stauffer (and she’ll get the chance to hang out with everyone).

My first default is Sonny’s, because that’s what we did last time… so tentatively we’ll say Sonny’s on 39th. I’m open to other suggestions, but if I don’t hear any we’ll just do that. I’ll run over to Sonny’s to get us a table some time toward the end of second service, so if you’ll be able to make it, I’d love if you’d RSVP in the comments so I can get a decent numerical count. Thanks!

I almost am tempted to feel lame, because maybe I subconsciously picked up on this trend… but then I realized that this is a fulfillment of a long dream of mine, so I stopped feeling lame.
From Sarah Kiewel:

1) New York Times article

2) The most annoying announcer of life

See title for the entire content of this post.

My grandfather, aside from being a wonderful man, also loves forwards. He sent one that was, I believe, intended for the married folk, as is the web site hosting it (and the seminar that the video is from). However, from life experience I would say that this is something that’s good for pretty much anyone who wants to understand people. It’s not hugely deep, but it’s entertaining and probably news for at least some of us.

Tale of two brains at Marriage Resource Center

Mary linked me over to Design*Sponge’s “Detroit Design Guide”, so y’all Michiganders should check that crap out. For me.