I took Jeanne to the dentist this morning for a much-needed dental cleaning. Afterwards, we went to High Street. There is a Toys R Us branch there and I decided to drop by. It turned out to be quite small, at least the toys area, but we did find this big Caterpillar dump truck. I’ve been eyeing this particular model for some time so when Jeanne showed the littlest hint of interest, I went for it :D Next up, a Caterpillar excavator!
Month: February 2012
Messages is the instant messaging application of the upcoming OS X Mountain Lion. It is essentially iMessage for the Mac. It also integrates with FaceTime and includes AIM, Yahoo! Messenger, Google Talk, and Jabber clients. But the significant thing about it is it expands iMessage from iPhone, iPod Touches, and iPads to the Mac. That’s a potentially huge bump in the number of users on Apple’s messaging framework and more reason to use Apple products.
When I got home from work today, Jeanne hugged me and declared “I love daddy.” Things like this makes going home early and spending time with Jeanne an absolute joy. She probably will forget (I don’t remember much of when I was 1 to 3 years old), but they mean a lot to me and I will remember and cherish them.
I prepared a quick Valentine’s Day dinner when I got home from work. First, to keep her busy, I gave Jeanne a new coloring and set of crayons (for which she hugged me and told me “I love you, dad!”). Then it was off to the kitchen. For the main dish, I made Lemon-Rosemary Roast Chicken (which I’ve written about before so I won’t put it here again). For the side-dish, I surrounded the sides of the chicken on the roasting pan (side-dish literally) with marble potatoes. I then popped everything into the oven. For the salad, I got pre-packed leafy vegetables and Italian dressing. Tossed everything into a bowl, added some tomato slices, drizzled with pre-mixed Italian dressing, tossed, and served! Finally, washed everything down with Asti (a birthday gift from Paul and Ann, thanks guys!). C’est la vie!
Happy Valentine’s Day! Love quotes abound and one of the more popular is 1 Corinthians 13:4-7:
4 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.5 It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.6 Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.7 It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
In the early Greek versions of the Bible, the word used in place of the word love above is agape. Greek has several words for love:
- storge – means “affection”, like that felt by parents for offspring.
- philia – a general type of love, used for love between family, between friends, a desire or enjoyment of an activity, as well as between lovers.
- eros – can be interpreted as a love for someone whom you love more than the philia
- agape – refers to a general affection or deeper sense of “true love” rather than the attraction suggested by “eros“.
Being the deepest form, agape was used by the earliest Christians for use to express the the deep unconditional love of God or Christ for mankind, the reciprocal love for God, and to the love for others.
Interestingly, agape is also used in ancient Greek texts to denote feelings for a spouse.