Saturday morning’s losing hockey games were topped off with a award for mom! What’s that you say? Was I awarded most geeky hockey player mom? Best hair? Stinkiest hockey bags? Certainly I was in the running for any of those … especially stinkiest equipment bag. Peee yew!!

No, I arrived home to an e-mail from Phil Wyman at Square No More (aka, Phil The Why-Man), informing me that I have been awarded a Thinking Blogger Award!! Well. Check. That’s one evil plot I’ve fulfilled. Hehehehe … j/k. On a serious note, I am honored and more than a little stunned. It would seem that I am becoming more and more like my father (as the LightChildren say, “That’s what Grampy does, he thinks.”). So, thank you, Phil. I do appreciate the compliment and encouragement more than you know.

Now it is my turn to pass it forward as they say and award 5 more bloggers who make me think. So here are my Five Amazing Muses:

• Igneous Quill – Adam Gonnerman
• More than Stone – Jamie Stone
• One for the Road – Paul Mayers
• Present Matters – Patrick Oden
• Swinging from the Vine – Makeesha Fisher

Your mission (if you are one of the tagged), should you choose to accept it, is to pay it forward as well … the rules are simple and they are three:

1. If, and only if, you get tagged, write a post with links to 5 blogs that make you think
2. Link to this post so that people can easily find the exact origin of the meme
3. Optional: Proudly display the ‘Thinking Blogger Award’ with a link to the post that you wrote (here is the gold version and the silver).
Oh … and enjoy the new blogs you get to read 😀

Hey … check this out.

I’ve been published today!

I guess I can still do Friday Five on Saturday morning! I looked and looked all day yesterday, but didn’t see the post til this morning. What was up with that??!! Internet weirdness …

Galatians 5 describes the fruit of the Spirit. With all the sadness and despair out there, we certainly need it! So, the Friday Five is simple. Pick any five of the following attributes and go wherever the Spirit leads you… your choice!

Love is a tomato (the love apple from colonial days); it has a sharp bite to begin but then goes down sweet.
Joy is warm raspberries with cold cream on a summer’s evening; it resonates down to your toes.
Peace is olives (yes, they are a fruit) borne on a branch.
Patience is a pomegranate (for the obvious reasons) and I always struggle with this one.
Kindness is an apple glossy and sweet.
Generosity is strawberries in a great big shortcake (with real whipped cream).
Faithfulness is a banana; always there when you need them.
Gentleness is a watermelon with the juices dribbling down your chin. It should overwhelm all who indulge in it.
Self-control is blueberries; who can eat just one?

Bumpersticker: Not One Millionaire Left Behind

Lots of vanity plates including this one: HCKYMAN surrounded by a Capitals plate holder.

Large sign spanning all lanes just before the Delaware Memorial Bridge reminding us that we can call the Anti-Terrorist Hotline if we need to. Fear everyone, trust no one. I cannot abide this. I will not participate in this national campaign of fear.

Gas prices holding steady, even on the Jersey Turnpike, at $3.03 for regular. Interestingly enough, Exxon-Mobil’s profits are rising by ever larger proportions. Who knew that profitting on war and death could be so easy? Pirates are popular these days.

Blues and jazz being played at McDonald’s on the Garden State Parkway. I was almost knocked over with a feather.