Took a few candid pics tonight - here’s a personal fav. At one point Tom Holland came over to our table for a big hug with RDJ, and it warmed my Marvel-loving heart.
#CriticsChoice
It's so easy to be consumed by one small criticism delivered in 10 seconds and forget that just 10 minutes before the criticism, someone else spent 2 minutes praising and affirming us.
"Be careful what you ask for" is an oft-forgotten platitude. Eager, idealistic friends say, "Feel free to give me direct correctional feedback. Rebuke me. I know I need it." Then when you do, they defensively rebut with a long text about how you misunderstood them.
“David was the father of Solomon by the wife of Uriah.” Matthew 1:6
In the genealogy of Jesus, why did Matthew add the words “by the wife of Uriah”?
So that the moral wreckage of your ancestry would not hang over you as a hopeless curse.
Among other reasons.
@vinsant Including recipes that have 5 preceding long-winded paragraphs of the history of the dish or the holidays of the cook that mean nothing to the recipe hunter ("get to the list of ingredients already, woman!")
Two people behind me on the bus sound like they might be on a first date.
Him: What kind of restaurant do you fancy?
Her: Anywhere with a good vegan option.
Long pause.
Him: Cool.
Her: So, what do you do?
Him: I’m. A butcher.
🇲🇾 Team Malaysia are the Gold medalists of the Commonwealth Esports Championships Dota 2 Women's event! 🔥🥇
Good game & well played to 🏴 Team England!
@istarx@Caelestra
Many misunderstandings are molehills that egotistical, territorial, sensitive humans turn into mountains. Yet even the greatest man-made mountain is under the sovereign control of Almighty God.
#TrustGod
@Dictionarycom 'automaton' from Hugo and 'obfuscate' from X-Files. I already knew the word 'anonymity' but I learned how to pronounce it properly from movies and TV series.
Suddenly my hippocampus shook out Don McLean's lyrics but played the fool with them a bit:
"...And we sang dirges in the dark
The day the [electricity] died."
#aduhaiTNB#poweroutagekualalumpur
Annoyed about the unexpected city-wide power outage, but very, very grateful I don't have online training to conduct today. 🙏🏾 Managed to grab a cuppa Joe before the second blackout.
#nespresso
2/2: Convo turned to what I wd do if I caught it, what with my comorbidities, as I live alone. She said "U just call us! We'll look after u! If the church rallied to look after Mika (who had cancer & was alone), we'll defo be there for u!" Aww, more reassuring than my own fam ❤
1/2: Church teammate, C.M., & I were discussing on the phone tech stuff to done in church service this Sun as our song leader & fam caught covid & have to go to Plan B for the worship music...