A morning without coffee is like something without something else.

What could have been on the end of this boom that was heavy enough to tip it over? And how do they resolve this imbalancing act?

In the light of day I can see I've got a little more work to do on the ceiling. Nothing major, just some dimples from nails (this house was built back before drywall screws) that need to be filled better. Easy enough.
I got paint to freshen up the walls. Now's the time. Same color, but it will cover up some black marks on the wall coming in from the garage and the patches from picture hangers that won't be used with the remodel.
Also picked up the wood flooring from Lumber Liquidators - really happy with the deal we got - and the underlayment at Home Depot for half the price they wanted at L.L. The flooring has to sit in the living room for 48 hours before I install it to acclimate to this environment, but that gives me time to get the painting done and the underlayment down. The new neighbors next door took most of the carpet I pulled up for use in a spare bedroom at their place. Saves me paying to have the garbage company haul it off.

Before all of that I did 32 miles on the bike. It's coming back more quickly that the original build-up. Before my 3-week break my Saturday long ride was 40 miles. I should be there next week or the week after, and that will get me back on schedule for the Tour de Tucson in late November.
An hour after I got home my new cycling shoes arrived. Oh well.

Did you read last night's post about my inability and unwillingness to talk about our marriage relationship?
I got two responses to that post. One came from a male in the form of a comment on this site (see the "comments" link at the bottom of that post): "Well said, Craig." The other came in an email that was considerably longer. Paraphrased, she said, "I hear what you're saying but don't you think people need to hear there are happy couples out there? It's inspiring."

The part that made me laugh out loud?
Those two people are married to each other...and neither knew about the other's response!

I told Pam there's a great sermon illustration in there. I can't think of a better example of the difference between males and females. Males: few words, and when it comes to relationships, the fewer the better. Females: let's talk, especially about relationships.
So thank you, Mike & Sue, for giving both of us a good laugh and a sermon illustration infinitely better than anything I could find at www.IllustrationsRUs.com.
Note: they've since talked about the post and learned of the other's reaction.

As long as we're talking about women, I have a suggestion. We need to find a better term than "objectify women."
I know what it means, but at the risk of sounding like a 20w bulb I had to think about it.
I figured out it means treating women as objects, not as persons. Pornography objectifies women, as does chauvinism in the home or workplace.
But it every other context being objective is good. It means I'm taking a fair, unbiased look at something. I want to be objective, and so "objectify" sounds like a good thing. I'm not sure of the etymology that binds the words object, objective and objectify together, but the first and third are apparently more closely related two each other than the middle one is to either. However, wouldn't dim bulbs like me be better served if we had a term that communicated this particular issue more clearly?
I have no idea what that term would be. That's your job.

Tomorrow at Pathway: Geoff & Shannon Husa and their three girls. Significant step in Pathway's maturation as a congregation.