bachelor

Margo is gone for the weekend. I'm hoping to get some reading done. I've also got to take the crib apart and fit it in the nursery and then reassemble it.

And if she were here, we'd be going to see 300 tonight. But I'll have to wait till she gets back.

I played golf yesterday morning with Roger, the closest to having a "war buddy" I'll ever have. Our last semester of seminary we studied for comprehensive exams together like mad dogs. For several months we would study 2-3 times a week putting in 3-5 hour sessions. The weeks leading up to it got intense: I think we were studying like 20-30 hours a week. But we passed, so all is well.



When we get together we like to quiz each other and see if we remember any of that stuff we memorized for hours on end:
-name that hymn-tune?
-tell me about William Cowper?
-what are the sections of an Isaiah 6 service?
-tell me the 3 major leaders of the Reformation and their philosophical stand points
-name me a poetic device used in "Amazing Grace"

I've realized that I've forgotten most of that stuff. It's just not that important to what I do on a day to day basis [even though I work full time as a worship pastor]. So was all that studying a waste of time? Or was it just to get the piece of paper that says I can withstand a lot rigorous mental exercise?

I'm not saying that I didn't learn anything...but any of those facts, if I ever needed to recall them, I know exactly what book/binder they are located in. So why waste the brain cells remembering?

Roger is not good at golf. I'm not so hot either, but he really isn't. He bought one of those bags of 75 used golf balls to play with. I swear that bag was half empty after 18 holes.