Twin Peaks Coffee Competition

I have long admired David Lynch. He is not the strangest man on the planet, just the strangest one you'll ever hear about who isn't locked up. This comes to us from a blog called No Hiatus: "David Lynch is looking for the perfect blend to celebrate the release of the Twin Peaks Definitive Gold Box Edition. Since you can’t pour coffee through the Internet, he’s going with a video blend - a mashup of Twin Peaks related materials combined into a perfect tribute for the series.

It’s the Twin Peaks Coffee Blend Competition and Lynch himself will be sipping from every offered cup. Visit the Jumpcut contest page before December 1 to create your masterpiece. There are over 100 elements to choose from including video clips and stills. If you plan to enter, be sure to read the rules, because they are extensive.

If you do enter, come on back here and let us know about it so we can see your work and vote. The three Contest Winners will each receive one (1) “Twin Peaks: Definitive Gold Box Edition” DVD box set and seven (7) cans of David Lynch Signature Cup coffee."

High School Football Update

Early on in this blog, I expressed the desire for the Odessa Permian Panthers to return to their "Friday Night Lights"glory days. Well, it seems that my wish has come true! Permian is going to the playoffs after their first undefeated season since 1991.

The Kermit Yellowjackets are also having a banner year, their best since 1985, and they are also headed into the playoffs with only two losses this year.

Update on Randy

Thank you for all your continued prayers. He is in a private room and hopes to go home this week.

A Milton's Eye View of the World

My dad had a unique homespun expression for slow and steady work. "Do it like a cat eating a grindstone," he would say.
"How does a cat eat a grindstone?" I (or someone) would ask.
"Real slow," he would reply.
This came up during a visit today with Randy in the hospital. He said the doctor had requested him to do something very slowly.
"Like a cat eatin' a grindstone?" Randy asked.
"Huh?" said the doctor.

My dad also contended, seriously or facetiously, that Hitler would have won World War II if he'd had the Phillips screwdriver. I looked this one up on Snopes and they had apparently never heard of it. I did, however, find this site which says the Phillips screwdriver, which was invented in 1936, helped workers turn out vehicles faster during the '40's than they had done previously, but by that time I gather that the Phillips idea had been copied by everyone else in the world.

You can create your own homespun analogies by clicking here.

A Walk in the Graveyard by Robert Kirk

PARENTAL ADVISORY: Mild scariness.

Robert wrote this story for his G/T (gifted/talented) class. I saw his teacher at the grocery store two days ago and she told me she wished she could borrow Robert's brain. I told her that would be fine but she would need to bring her own tools for removing it.

One Saturday night there was a squall.

A walk in the graveyard, that was all.

I walked past the gravestone where Smitty lay.

The storm continued from night to day.

Then one night the dead people rised.

The lightning started unto the skies.

At home, we were sleeping when we heard a voice.

It was booming and not so nice.

Then we were carried to the basement door.

We thought it was over, but there was more.

We then got to the basement and there we saw

a knife stained with blood, and that was all.

But then the knife began to glow.

A strong, strong wind began to blow.

All the dead people walked toward me,

and then on the head I got stung by a bee.

I cut off the heads of the people toward me,

and then I finally got free.

And then I said "It wasn't fun."

I ran away and went on.

Randy

I am asking everyone to pray for my nephew Randy Kirk. He is a year younger than me (I'll explain soon how that's possible) and he has been in intensive care for several days with respiratory problems. Thank you all!

Ghostbuster!

Here's Robert as a ghostbuster.