Monthly Archives: January 2010

Keep Us Alive with Three Square Meals

That is how the “The Message” Bible translation reads for Matthew 6:11 which is part of the Lord’s Prayer.

It is a reminder that despite all our agricultural expertise and industry our food, both physical and spiritual, comes from God.

This past New Year we certainly had three square meals.

Sweetie baked some scones for us. I know it’s kind of messy but I had to have a couple before I remembered to take a photograph.

Here is an action shot of SuperPizzaBoy and the scones. This is a very historic photograph of SPB.

It’s historic because it is the first time that SPB has ever used a napkin instead of a shirt sleeve to wipe his face.

Sweetie also baked us an apple pie. Before,

I’m always after her to not be so stingy with the apples.

After,

I fried the chicken! Of course I ate most of it also.

The Yogi family wishes you a happy, prosperous, and blessed 2010.

For other pairings of verse and photographs click on over to That’s Baloney.

Saving My Neck Downtown

I love Tulsa even though it has a few faults. One of the things that drives me crazy is that we get ice and snow here and nobody downtown clears their sidewalks. It’s not only irritating its dangerous.

I bought myself some slip on grippers for my shoes and life is now grand. Earlier this week after our recent ice and snow storm I had to make a few errands in one trip. I had to go to the courthouse and pay the real estate taxes, drop off and pick up some books at the library, and go the post office to mail some letters. Couldn’t do it before.

So I strapped on my new duds and off I went.

They took a little getting used to plus they are very noisy but I was able to walk on sheets of solid ice with no problems at all. And, as a bonus, you get to talk to a lot of people. A sheriff’s deputy at the courthouse wanted a pair and asked where I got them and so did a security guard at the post office wanted some for his wife.

The only thing is don’t wear these inside. I took a few steps in our lobby downstairs and took them off. I think they would scar a floor in now time. Fortunately they are pretty easy to put on and take off.

My life is changed. I can venture out at lunch now after ice storms.

I rate them four stars out of four.

London Boulevard by Ken Bruen

I just got through reading London Boulevard by Ken Bruen. I started today about 2PM and finished at about 10:30 tonight. Its only 250 pages but I just couldn’t stop reading it.

It is a retelling of the movie Sunset Boulevard but amped up, made more explicit, set in modern day London and given a few twists. The protagonist is not a movie writer, he is Mitchell, a small time but dangerous criminal just out of prison after a three year term of aggravated assault. The older lady is not Nora Desmond but Lillian Palmer a former star of the stage who has been waiting for the right vehicle for her return to stardom. She is tended to by her loyal butler Jordan.

I found the book to be fantastic and give it a rare four stars out of four. I’ll be checking out more of Ken Bruen’s books!