Saturday was reserved for training new teachers on the NSAT. Productive, but ho-hum.
Sunday was very busy. Mom invited me to attend church with her. I have never been to a Baptist church. She swore that I would not have to handle snakes (on my first visit) nor would the welcome committee assault me with a mum-infested visitor corsage.
To sum up my limited experience with the Baptist Church: they love Power Point.
During the sermon (at least, I think it was the sermon. It was the only part that didn’t involve a guitar or back-up singers) the pastor punctuated his homily with power point slides on the Jumbotrons (yes, there was a plurality of jumbotronicity). The choir used the Jumbotron to flash power point slides that showed the lyrics to the songs (all were a variation on this theme: “I love Jesus. Jesus loves me; we’re a happy family”)
The seats were comfortable, and the choir was good. They were certainly better with their rock-band backup than my church choir is with good old Myrna on the organ.
I see why the church is so popular with people. It didn't strike a chord with me, but to each his own. The most important part of the experience was that I got to spend time with my mom, something that I haven’t been doing of late.
After church, we went to Coco’s for lunch. Big mistake. That place really sucks.
Mom dropped me off at the office, and I taught from 1:00 to 8:30, and waited until 10:15 for Dim to pick me up. He was busy with a client. I passed the time finishing my book, The Rule of Four.
The book was so-so. I believe that it was overhyped to me by the internet fairies at Amazon.com. Since I liked The Da Vinci code Amazon recommended this book to me.
I can’t say that it’s bad, it’s a nice coming of age tale peppered with intrigue and half-hearted suspense. It’s set at Princeton University. The best part of reading the book is hearing the names of places that Terrence and Jenny describe in their blogs (the authors have the same cultic adoration of Hoagie Haven that Terrence does.) Terrence, you’ll have to explain the concept of dining clubs and the bicker process. Were you a student when the Nude Olympics was still legal? Jenny – what’s the WaWa?
Yesterday was spent teaching, and poor Dim has been up all night prepping something for a client today. I’m off to brew him some coffee…