I prayed first this time. Did last time too but forgot Bible. I don't know. It's all random anyway (so I think). I took a Bible and opened up to Isaiah 34:1-7. I got to verse 7, which hit upon bulls and unicorns and sort of freaked out. It's been one helluva unicorn day. Today I was trying to scramble my thoughts so no one could read me and I focused on the word unicorn. "Uneee-corn", "uni-corn" and thought about "one ear of corn" and "uni-cycle" and on and on. Of course, tonight I get a first scripture about unicorns.
My second verse is Matt 23:25, about looking good on the outside and cleaning the cup and platter, but not being good on the inside.
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my prayer tonight is just for something there that is glorifying to God. and I thought about my mom's birthday, which is today, but more than anything, that something there, having nada to do with me, would somehow be reflective of the goodness or character of God, in some way. Tall order and short prayer and it's all random, but now I go to grab the books.
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Okay, I got some. I was going for it and then just stopped dead as I went to the novel section and reached out. It felt too large and I was going for feeling m. to skinny books but knew to take it anyway. Curious at size, I looked. It was "The Autobiography of Henry VIII". I decided to quit while I still had ahead. I said, out loud, "Oh, you've got to be kidding me."
So I guess I'll start with the last one.
1. The Autobiography of Henry VIII: With notes by his fool, Will Somers, by Margaret George.
pg. 499. "No one had ever loved as I had loved. I believed that. No one had ever loved anyone as I had loved Anne. The sorrow was in the tense."
Oh this is sort of interesting. I looked at the beginning to find table of contents, curious about which one Anne was, and I found a chart with headings of "white rose: house of york" and "red rose: house of lancaster". Before I got to the bookstore, I turned on a sidewalk that had a single white rose in the path. I thought, "Oh I hope not the white rose of martyrdom." sort of laughing but then I was just looking and Henry VIII was of York I guess.
2. The Sum of Our Days by Isabel Allende.
pg. 147 (start of part II: onset of autumn). "According to the dictionary, autumn is not only the golden season of the year, but also the age when we cease to be young."
3. The Myth of Alzheimer's by Peter Whitehouse, MD.
hahah! very funny, right after the last one. the psychic told me I would not have alzheimers. oh, no, it was a palm reader, who said my intelligence memory line was strong. but this is sort of interesting.
pg. 197. "It is helpful if you write down some notes about your symptoms or those of a loved one and highlight the worst that has happened during the course of your or their decline."
4. Hell's Highway: A Chronicale of the 101st airborne in the holland campaign, by George Koskimaki. pg. 103. "F/O William Knickerbocker wrote, 'The weather was really foul and we lost several gliders in the Channel and it didn't improve when we got over land, so we kept losing gliders all the way."
5. The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World from Marathon to Waterloo, by Sir Edward Creasy, M.A. pg. 285, "The British sick and wounded who had fallen into the hands of the Americans after the battle of the 7th, were treated with exemplary humanity; and when the convention was executed, General Gates showed a noble delicacy of feeling which deserves the highest degree of honour."
6. Collecting Under The Radar: Tomorrow's Antiques, by Michael Hogben & Linda Abrams.
pg.51, on Art Nouveau and Deco Postcards (featuring Alphonse Mucha)
7. Lowes Complte Kitchen Book
pg. 189, electrical and lighting updates. "Before you begin, be sure to study the step-by-step instructions carefully, and watch for the red cautionary notes in the margins."
8. The TRUTH About Managing People...And Nothing But the Truth, by Robbins.
pg. 41. "What are the implications of these findings for managing people? Stop focusing singularly on how you can increase satisfaction. Put your efforts into helping employees become more productive."
9. Frommer's San Antonio & Austin
pg. 246. "8 Spectator Sports. College sports are very big, particularly when the University of Texas Longhorns are playing."
10. Today's Military Wife (6th edition): meeting the challenges of service life, by Lydia Sloan Cline. pg. 165 (from the moving chapter), "Get a health certificate for your pet, because you might have to put it in a kennel temporarily, and kennels require such certificates."
(I reaaally had to laugh out loud at this title. I turned it over after I was at the table and see THAT. hahhaaa, oh my goodness)
11. The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, Personal Workbook, by Stephen R. Covey.
pg. 120 from the Public Victory section on professional exercise about noting qualities of a person you work with: "character traits (sense of humor, micromanager, reliable, honest, diligent, opinionated, etc.)"
12. Wanted: Bear Cubs for My Children (100 of the weirdest posts ever seen on craigslist, and their responses), by Gary Fingercastle.
pg. 73, "Light my house on fire-w4m
reply to: ___
Date: 2009-03-20, 5:49PM PDT
This sort of thing really gets me off.
To: ________
subject: no subject
date: Sat, 21 Mar 2009 1:19 AM
from: ______
well il give a ride you wont for get
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ummm...break! yes, I really did randomly choose this book and really, i randomly got this page. of all things.
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13. Death In Hyde Park: An Edwardian Mystery by Robin Paige
pg. 171 from ch. 21, "It was nearly eleven on Tuesday morning when Jack London donned his slum costume and locked the door of his room on his typewriter and pile of manuscript pages."
(nice, it's a book on an attempt on the crown during coronation day).
14. The Immortal Hunter: A Rogue Hunter Novel by Lynday Sands.
pg.173, "Was she in the tub yet or just now undressing?"
15. The Last Jihad by Joel Rosenberg.
pg.87. "The man who stood behind him with the yo-yo was a man with a job."
16. The One Year Women's Friendship Devotional.
pg.276. from August 30, After You Have Done All, Stand!
"It seemed her ministry was coming to a disappointing and rapid end."
..."All that is necessary to break the spell of inertia and frustration is this: act as if it were impossible to fail. That is the...command of the right-about-face that turns us from failure torward success." --Dorothea Brande (1893-1948) American writer and editor.
17. Jacob's Way by Gilbert Morris.
pg. 124. "Her words amused Zuriel. His black eyes sparkled with humor, and he shook his head, saying in a pseudo-mournful tone, "You'll never get a husband. You're too romantic."
18. Riding The Bus With My Sister: A True Life Story by Rachel Simon.
pg. 127 from "The Pursuit of Happiness". "All she does is work late, date late, cook late, and lie in bed late reading spy novels and books on UFOs. Dad fishes out a dime and drops it in. "Then I'll pick something you all like, " he says, and presses the buttons for the crowd-pleasing "American Pie".
Every few months, Dad takes us to a restaurant and we order desert while he asks how school is going. Today it's Christmas break, but he asks about school anyway while someone els's jukebox pick comes on--Jim Croc's "time in a bottle"--and we wait for our song's turn."
19. Rabbi: An Intimate Biography: Jesus: The Jewish Life and Teachings that Inspired Christianity.
pg. 187. "Just as 12 was the primordial number of Israel, seventy in ancient Judaism was the number of the non-Jewish nations."
20. Goodnight Goon: A Petrifying Parody by Michael Rex.
pg. ? "and a skull, and a shoe, and a pot of goo."
21. (oh no) second edition "TWINS! pregnancy, birth, and the first year of life" by Connie Agnew, Alan Klein, and Jill Alison.
pg. 127 "I usually tell my patients not to share the details of their pregnancy with casual acquaintances."
22. Grades 6-9, Algebra (kelley windgate publications)
pg.97. "Toss the coin 25, 50, or 100 more times and record the results."
23. Princess: A Glittering Guide for Young Ladies (a genuine and moste authentic guide)
pg. ? all that glitters page, landed on The Hope Diamond.
24. Winnie-the-Pooh's Colors.
pg. ? Eeyor's house is made of brown sticks.
25. Numerology second ed. (the complete idiot's guide), by Kay Lagerquist and Lisa Lenard.
pg. 149, Caution: Sixes and Sevens. Remember the number 14/5 suggests that in some way the person with this number has misused, avoided, or misunderstood freedom in past lives, and now in this life he or she is meant to bring the freedom issue into balance." (from ch. 8, The Karmic Numbers)
26. The New Archaeology and the Maya by Jeremy Sabloff.
pg. 93. Shield Jaguar (left) receives battle gear--including a jaguar headdress--from his wife (right) prior to a conflict on February 12,..."
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that's all.
all random. i wanted it to bless the character of God and not sure...but anyway. bless God and my son.
Last verses: i Corin. 3: 14-17 and
I Sam. 24: 5-6
david repents or feels sorry in his heart for cutting the king's (annointed's) skirt.
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