"Television has proved that people will look at anything rather than each other." - Ann Landers

I've rarely been in trouble for what I didn't say.
I have, however, been in lots of trouble.

Had lunch today with Duane and Len Olberg who were in town to visit his brother. They're very good people. He was my counselor when I went to camp for the first time.

Watch this video.
Yes, there are all kinds of issues associated with farming on this scale and some of them are troublesome. But for the shear magnitude and efficiency of this operation you gotta give them credit. And don't tell me you wouldn't want to go to that birthing center!

The decision has been all but formalized; we will be pulling the teardrop with the Kia and not the Rambler. I keep coming across more issues that need what they call "sorting out." None of them are critical but I don't want to nickel and dime the budget before we even head out the driveway. The latest is the transmission, which I knew had problems. Now that I've driven it I know that the issue is the rear seal - which doesn't. Trans fluid comes out at an alarming pace. The part is only about $20 but it means pulling the driveshaft, which means a day's work when done on my back under the car. While I'm at it I will replace the differential seal which also leaks. And it looks like the brakes needs a new left front wheel cylinder. Again, a relatively inexpensive part ($12) but it all adds up. I need to put a radio in it for those long drives across barren country, and we want to get a GPS unit for whichever vehicle we take.

I'm bummed, mostly because I bought the car when I did so we could take it on our trip. I wouldn't have done that if I had known then what I know now. I do not think the seller misrepresented the car. He hadn't driven it much over the last 10 years and so didn't know seals had dried out and wheel cylinders frozen. The engine runs like a top and these problems are minor. They're just critical in the context of a cross country trip.

I did my undergrad at Grace Bible College. After about 12 years as a pastor, and while serving a church in Riverside, CA, I earned my Masters at Talbot Seminary. That's the seminary attached to Biola University in LaMirada, CA. (The name comes from its origins as the Bible Institute Of Los Angeles.)

Biola is in the news today because an underground group calling itself the Biola Queer Underground is arguing for full equality and respect on the school's campus. They're pressing their case through a website and letters to the school newspaper, but members of BQU remain anonymous. The administration has said there is not and will be no discrimination based on sexual orientation, but that the university's handbook, which states that sex is, "designed by God to be expressed solely within a marriage between a husband and wife" means that any sexual activity outside the bonds of a heterosexual marriage will result in appropriate disciplinary action, up to and including expulsion.

I don't get it. Aside from the not-at-all-tricky exegetical issues involving the interpretation of biblical passages on homosexual activity, the students belonging to BQU knew going in what the university's position is. Having attended the school I know that part of the application process includes signing an agreement to adhere to the standards of behavior as outlined in the handbook. They signed a contract. They've now decided they don't like the terms of the contract. Uhm, folks? ....you have an option. In this case it's an option without penalty.

Cold front going through over the weekend, with temps down into the 90's. Lovin' it, as is the AC bill.