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— admirable @ 10:21 AM

Best Things About Back To School: You get to make your teenagers cranky by getting them up early
Lots hypocrites in the world, from us Christ Followers who forgot about the grace given to us
To those who demand tolerance as long as people agree with them
To the Boston Red Soxs who fired two guards for steroids, but they do not punish its players
Best Things About Back To School: You get to make your teenagers cranky by making go to school
Wow, once again science is changing the way we think to a point
Anew study says dogs are smarter than cats
However, a ball in front of my dog makes his IQ drop 100 points
Best Things About Back To School: You get to make your teenagers cranky by not buying them the coolest clothes, cellphone, car, etc.
A new study was done on how faith varies by church size and I found it very surprising
It shows people who attend larger churches are more likely to read and completely believe the Bible, volunteer at church, etc.
I would have thought it was the other way around, but now that I am in a large church vs. the small ones I was usually in I do see the difference. It might be one of the reasons why they became a large church.
Best Things About Back To School: You get to make your teenagers cranky by making them do homework
Did you know the Lincoln Penny turned 100 years old in August?
Did you know that about 1,000 pennies are made per second?
Did you know that in 2009 it cost about 1.4 cents for each penny that the Mint produces?
Best Things About Back To School: You get to make your teenagers cranky by asking them about their day
Do you feel that in the air? I think summer is about to end and Rocktober is coming again!
Some of it is because of Tulo. I was at his cycle game and here are some fun facts about Tulo.
The other reason is the Rockies have some serious good starting pitching and the time I write this lead all of baseball with quality starts.
Best Things About Back To School: You get to make your teenagers cranky by embarrassing them around their friends
There are some good guys in college sports still
One appears to be Jarvis Varnado and his family
It is nice to see a basketball star think of someone else besides himself
Best Things About Back To School: You get to make your teenagers cranky but they are at school so you don’t have deal with them
Speaking of good guys and school, a former teacher of the kids who retired not long ago is have a good road trip
Dennis DeGrote and his wife are working on seeing a lot of the country and all the MLB ballparks (like I want to do)
He has had a great year so far this season and I will not tell the whole amazing stories of his travels, but I wanted to share the photo he sent me from Cinny where he got to meet George Foster