Sporto's Christian Comedy Adventure

Many things have happened over the last decade. We've had a couple of kids, and made some minor improvements to our house.  One of the additions we enjoy is a cedar deck off the back of the house.  If you have the pleasure of owning a cedar deck, you know one the drawbacks is the maintenance.  I have seen many stains promise a long lifetime, but it always seems we have to redo it every year or two.  I am constantly on the search for a product that will give us a good three or four years.  Maybe next year I will find a new deck aid.

Although Christmas is set in tradition, I find I am constantly learning new things about the holiday season.  Being a fan of Charles Dicken's - A Christmas Carol , I was interested to learn a new fact about the famous Scrooge.  Apparently before his miserly ways, he was brought up in a fine God fearing home.  His father was even a writer of hymns. Last Sunday I found this out as I sang the hymn (seemingly written in London), "Here I raise my Ebenezer."

Yes, it's getting near Christmas time.  What does that mean?  It's means schools across the country are getting geared up for their Christmas programs.  I know for sure the one song that all the kids are excited about singing is Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer.  Not  necessarily because it's a catchy tune, but because of the funny stuff they get to interject  in between ( "like Monopoly").  The sad part of learning humor, is though it may be new and exciting to you, it might not be new to the majority of people.  I can see a lot of kids thinking, "wait till Mom and Dad get a load of these funny things we say in the song, "like a lightbulb!", they're going to go through the roof!"  Unfortunately the laughter they hear is not in response to the "unexpected lines", it's in response to the remembrance of how we were just as excited in our youth to preform that same song.  They'll probably have the same experience in twenty or thirty years. This post will go down in history, just like Columbus did! Wooo haha!! Good one!!!

Caesar was probably one of the most prominent people in ancient history.  How has this person who ruled a vast empire affected us today? If Caesar were to suddenly return to our present day, he might be surprised what he is best known for. 
Caesar: "Am I still famous?" 
Me:"Of course you are, there's Caesar's Palace. "
 Caesar: "That must be where the current ruler lives, I suppose?"
 Me:  "Ummm, It's a casino for gambling."
Caesar:  "There must be something else..."
Me: "Yeah, there's an alcoholic  drink made with tomato and clam juice."
Caesar:  " I don't even like clams! There must be something I'm more famous for?"
Me: " Yup, it's called a Caesar Salad, it's got dried up bread bits in it."
Caesar: " I hated it when they served me that in Rome. The only guy who liked it was one of my buddies .  I'd always give him mine. I'd tell him, ' Eat two, Brute' ."