Last night\u2019s episode of the West Wing was the first one in a while that wasn\u2019t completely lame. The ending was a bit contrived, but I liked the flow of the episode.<\/p>\n
That, however, is neither here nor there.<\/p>\n
Also, I noticed that a Stanford grad joined Cirque de Soleil<\/a> while at the same time becoming Ms. Fitness USA. I swear, those students can be such overachievers\u2026 I bet her mom has some funny conversations, though. \u201cSo your daughter has a grad degree from Stanford\u2013what does she do?\u201d \u201cShe\u2019s performs in the circus.\u201d<\/p>\n That also is neither here nor there (but I note that you\u2019re still reading, and so it was at least interesting).<\/p>\n Paula is doing well\u2013she\u2019s got just under two months to go until she gives birth to our first child. The biggest item on our to-do list now is buying diapers. Lots of diapers.<\/p>\n Things are going well with Chi Alpha, especially on a district (statewide) level.<\/p>\n Speaking of the district level, my district superintendent is retiring this April. This led Tim Smith<\/a>, who leads Chi Alpha at Sacramento State<\/a> to have some fun:<\/p>\n Dear Bro. Cole\u2013<\/p>\n I don\u2019t want you to leave your current office, but as talking you out of it at this point seems unlikely, I am writing today to offer you a new job as an Associate Campus Pastor with me here in Chi Alpha-Sacramento.<\/p>\n The perks of this job include: I\u2019m pretty sure I can get Chi Alpha and AGHM to waive the year-long Campus Missionary Internship and Berean requirements, so we could have you on campus immediately after raising your budget. Also, if Mrs. Cole goes to work, they will count her income toward 20% of your budget, so that could help.<\/p>\n Anyway, you think about it, let me know if you\u2019re interested, and we\u2019ll schedule an interview over pizza and Coke. <\/p>\n To which the amused Glen Cole replied:<\/p>\n I knew God would speak to me about my future. Yours is the first offer, so we will be in prayerful consideration about this. <\/p>\n Blessings!<\/p>\n GDC That\u2019s a lot funnier if you know Glen Cole at all. Or if you know anything about how Chi Alpha ranks on the internal AG pecking order.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Last night\u2019s episode of the West Wing was the first one in a while that wasn\u2019t completely lame. The ending was a bit contrived, but I liked the flow of the episode. That, however, is neither here nor there. Also, I noticed that a Stanford grad joined Cirque de Soleil while at the same time becoming \u2026 Continue reading \u201cSome February Thoughts\u201d<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-219","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-personal-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6Ded-3x","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=219"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=219"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=219"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=219"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nFrom: Tim Smith
\nSent: Wednesday, February 04, 2004 1:24 PM
\nTo: Glen Cole
\nSubject: Chi Alpha<\/i><\/p>\n
\n\u2013unlimited time off for \u201cPlus One\u201d concerts and\/or tours.
\n\u2013a more relaxed dress code when on campus.
\n\u2013the opportunity to have direct involvement in shaping the immediate future of our world\u2019s leadership, both domestic and foreign, on a daily basis.<\/p>\n
\nHave a great day!
\nTim Smith<\/p>\n
\nDear Tim:<\/i><\/p>\n
\n<\/p>\n