Three hours of sleep and an early morning train ride is a great recipe for catching up on reading assignments. Despite a very conflicted biological reaction to the trip — I desperately wanted and needed sleep, but I can’t sleep on a train for fear all of my stuff will get off the train before [...]
Literally. . . everyone makes mistakes, even God.
On the way home from the grocery today
Carter: I wish I were related to Abraham Lincoln. (pause) Wait! I am!
Me: What?
Carter: Because of the flood, we’re all related.
Me: What?
Carter: We’re all related to Noah. Because of the flood.
Me: You know, Carter, not everyone believes that.
Carter: I do.
Me: It’s called a literalist interpretation of the Bible. [...]