Nothing Gets By Them



Ah, Pat.  You look exactly like you did when I was six.  How could this be?

 A couple of nights ago we (as in the fam) were watching Wheel of Fortune together. 
The lady won the bonus round!  Yay! 
Then Pat opened the little card to show us what else she had won.  $30,000 more dollars!  Yay! 

Then Judd pipes up.

"She knows that half of that money goes to taxes, right?"

What six year old knows/says that?  Mine obviously, and I'd better get a grip on what I'm saying and/or doing around these sponges.

What is next?

Now let me get this right.

B.C. = B.C.E.
A.D. = C.E.

I really thought I kept up with what my kids are doing at school.  I check their reading lists, 'growing up' classes, religious ed classes, etc.  But the other day I noticed that one of my kids had a book with B.C. E. in it. 

To my surprise, I was informed that they had started using B.C.E and C.E. quite a while ago.  I didn't even know!  Then a couple of days later I was watching a show on PBS about Jerusalem and they were using the B.C.E. and C.E. system.  (Seemed a little strange to not use a Christan counting system when talking about Christ/religion.)  So at that point I realized it wasn't a school thing, it was a global thing. 

This may not be news to you, but if you are like me and didn't know:  They have taken out the 'Before Christ' and 'After Death' and changed them to 'Before Current Era' and 'Current Era'.  This is weird and I don't understand how you classify a current era.  I guess I've got to read up a little more to figure out what happened the year Christ was born that they decided to call it Current Era. 

Is it any wonder this world is falling apart?

I did read somewhere that Texas is keeping the B.C. & A.D. in their text books.  I've always liked Texas.