When we first moved out here to the left coast, I found it odd that we have little coffee shacks everywhere. The obsession for coffee here is paramount. In the south you’ll find churches on each street corner - here it’s coffee shacks.

Over the past few months I’ve noticed a new trend. Coffee evidently isn’t enough anymore because they’ve come out with the “bikini barista” stands. Yes, the name says it all. It’s like Hooters without the wings and more caffeinated.

I’m dumbfounded that coffee isn’t enough anymore. But, no one ever said that folks up here in the Pacific Northwest were normal…

This morning I woke up to Aida yelling, “It’s a blistered!” Then James came in our room and was telling me it snowed. I shook it off thinking that they must have been mistaken. Last night, I arrived home after a weekend youth retreat in the snow. There was no snow in sight. I brought with me a cooler full of snow for the kids to play with. They played on the porch and tossed the snow around. So when I heard that it was snowing, I shrugged it off.

Then I got up, opened the blinds and saw our backyard with 4 inches of snow covering the ground. Evidently, I can’t escape the snow…

Here are some pictures from this morning.

We’ve had such a mild spring here in Washington. 50’s aren’t my idea of spring weather. Yesterday it peaked at 78! Oh yeah, spring is here.

How’s the weather where you are?

About 30 min north of here lies the world famous Mt. Vernon tulip fields. Every year, people com from around the world to see these fields. They are amazing (God’s colors in bloom). So here are some pics from our visit to see them.

Imagine these pics, only fields and fields of them. Is there a God? Oh yeah, I know so.

Mt Vernon Tulip Festival

Yes, I said it. Walter Kelley is evil and he controls the weather with his evil eyebrows!

I noticed it a while back, but didn’t give it much thought. Each week Miriam and I watch 24 and then promptly afterwards the local news comes on. First off, Seattle is a lame city for news. Not much crime happens, so they actually give local crime reports for other cities. We’re just too clean and nice of a city. But that’s besides the point.

My point:

The weather man, Walter Kelley, for Q13 (the Fox affiliate) is pure evil.

I’ve been watching closely. He looks innocent enough, like a young Hasslehoff but less bronze. Upon closer look, his eyebrows are possessed and control him along with the weather in Seattle. I think he may be the Antichrist. See how they point upward like horns… evil! He seems to delight in bad weather as his eyebrows bounce in delight as he reports it… evil! He frequently does segments with cute animals to distract his truly sinister plans of world domination through meteorological malevolence … evil! He also has a birthmark in the shape of an upside down cross to which he says is “groovy”… evil!

So to all of you who reside in the beautiful Pacific Northwest, watch 24, and love Jesus (yes all 5 of you!)… please turn off the TV as soon as the 24 ends. Skip the “scenes from next week’s episode of 24” it’s a ploy to lure you into his evil relm of the Q13 news! Be careful. Stay awake, stay alive! I am praying for your souls.

I’ve tried to find video for you to sample and all I can find is this short clip - which is only moderately evil. It seems all footage and info on this man have been destroyed in some sort of vast Satanic Mormon conspiracy.

I’ll tell you more on how the Morman’s tried to kill me - tomorrow.