Marc's Musings

Today I get to do the invocation for our Rotary Club. Since I did an extemporaneous one two weeks ago, it was time for a more formal one. So I did what any good Gen Xer would do, I googled for other people’s invocations.

Happily, I stumbled across some Irish blessings and toasts. Irish blessings often brighten my day and with all the rain we’ve been getting, those of us in Maine need brighter days!

Here’s one that made me laugh out loud at my desk:

May those that love us, love us.
And those that don’t love us,
May God turn their hearts.
And if he doesn’t turn their hearts,
May he turn their ankles,
So we’ll know them by their limping.

You can find many more at: http://islandireland.com/Pages/folk/sets/toasts.html.

And, if I see you limping, I’ll know why.

During the sermon in church today, David Glusker mentioned a story about Winston Churchill. It’s probably apocryphal, but it went something like this:

An inebriated Winston Churchill to a lady at a party: “Would you spend the night with me for one million pounds?”

The lady, hesitantly: “Well…for a million pounds? I suppose so.”

Churchill: “Then would you do it for 50?”

The lady: “50?! What kind of woman do you take me for?!”

Churchill: “We’ve already established that. Now we’re simply dickering.”

This story really hit me.

What would my decisions have established about me?

Would I ever be in the place of having someone say to me “We’ve already established that…?”

Would you?

We’ve just had quite an adventure with YouTube!!

My wife found this Thriller video done with Legos. It’s a hoot!

[If you want to see how well they did, you can see the original Thriller video here.]

For some reason, she then found the A-Team, Legos style!

The A-Team is a hit with our family so we had to show the A-Team one to the kids. When we did, we found a Lego version of Bohemian Rhapsody!!

As you can see, there’s rarely a dull moment in the Pitman family!

Jack, Jack, bo-back,
Banana-fana fo-fack
Fee-fi-mo-mack
Jack!

I started a new batch of beer tonight. This time it’s an Irish Red Ale. And it’s once again time to ask your help in naming my brew.

If I were to use the Name Game song, would it be:

Ale, ale, bo-bale
Banana-fana fo-fale
Fee-fi-mo-male
Ale!

My last ale was a fail, so I’m thinking I’ll name this one “Atonement Ale” to atone for my past.

What do you creative folks think? What other names would go with this theme?