A Turtle Walks Into A Bar ...

... and orders a glass of water. The bartender complies, and the turtle takes the water out on its back. The next day, the turtle, looking stressed, again walks in and again orders water. This repeats for a few days. Finally, the bartender asks if the turtle would like a beer or something instead. The turtle snaps back, "Not now! My house is on fire!"

My dad told me that joke today. I thought it was a good one to get back into bar joke titles.

I am sending this email because I wanted to tell Elder Benge a couple of things but then realized I might want to let everyone know.

Junior High Merfolk

Rachel and Joshua were part of the terrific cast of CDJH's The Little Mermaid (junior version). Enjoy the video of the full show and some photos.

Appropriately Worried

Susie and I went to the Dr. Strange movie last week. Isaac and Sam were right: it is really a horror movie, and meant to be much scarier than typical Marvel fare.

But, Susie got a kick out of the emergency exit door:

The door was not panic-stricken. Nor was the door oblivious to danger. It was just alarmed. Well done, door!

Quotes Worth Pondering, +

The following three quotes got me to pondering, and I felt they could be the basis for a good lesson or speech. And then I added my favorite demotivational poster that just makes me giggle every time I see it.

Courage is knowing it might hurt, and doing it anyway. Stupidity is the same. And that's why life is hard.

- Author uncertain.

The people made worse off by slavery were those who were enslaved. Their descendants would have been worse off today if born in Africa instead of America. Put differently, the terrible fate of their ancestors benefitted them. 

- Thomas Sowell

I am an old man and have known a great many troubles, but most of them never happened. 

- Mark Twain

Some Family History Combined with Travel History

I started this post almost a year ago. Maybe I better wrap it up. "Memorial Day" mentioned below would be May 31, 2021.

John Walker & Lydia Holmes

For our family night lesson Sunday evening we visited the grave marker for my maternal great-great-great-grandfather, John Walker, in the Farmington Cemetery:

Lucy gave a sweet lesson on a Memorial Day theme, and I shared some things I learned about John Walker.

May the 4th Be With You!

 I just had to share my wife's Grogu-inspired breakfast this morning.

(This post does not in any way endorse the eating of children.)