Tag: The Princess Bride

‘Almost Hopeless’ Means ‘A Little Bit Hopeful’

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Our car situation has been upgraded from Completely Hopeless to Very Difficult And Not Likely to Turn Out Well. That’s a little bit of ground gained.

I couldn’t help thinking of this scene from The Princess Bride, in which Miracle Max explains, “Mostly dead is a little bit alive.” Patty’s car, at present, is mostly dead: which means a little bit alive.

Well, we’re still here, which means God’s providence has never failed us. These things come along and stomp on our lives and try us. As bad as this car thing is, losing our cat Peep was worse; and Patty’s hernia was no picnic, either. It’s a fallen world and bits of it are always falling on us.

But God put us here and gave us the ability to help, and love, and care for, and comfort one another: that’s why we’re here. Just recently I’ve been surprised by how many people are willing to help us cope with this mess. Something to be kept in mind, from now on.

Thank you for your prayers.

And now I have to crank out a Newswithviews column.

The 2020 Candidate Died… in 2017

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We have it on impeachable authority that former Vice President Joe Biden, currently running for president, was declared “mostly dead” in 2017.

Quick action to remove his brain, and then his soul, enabled Democrat handlers to keep the mostly dead body viable in politics.

“He’s no more a zombie than any of the rest of them,” said campaign honcho Dr. Henry Woo. “The brain and the conscience are handicaps, anyway. When did he ever use them or need them?”

Dr. Woo urged his party superiors to have the brain and soul surgically removed from any Democrat who gets elected to any public office from now on.

“You’ll have to find ’em before you can remove ’em,” said a source close to a particularly obnoxious Democrat governor.

‘My Favorite Lines from Movies’ (2013)

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Enjoying our Sabbath rest, I like to kick back with a movie in the afternoon. My father always used to do that, although he liked to watch from a prone position on the couch and almost always fell asleep.

Anyway, here are some of my favorite lines from movies: https://leeduigon.com/2013/08/18/my-favorite-lines-from-movies/

What are some of yours?

Fun Fact: Roy Scheider’s immortal line in Jaws, “You’re gonna need a bigger boat,” was an ad lib! Probably the greatest single line in his whole acting career–and he came up with it himself, on the spur of the moment.