Bugs and Worms Ousted

Sunday afternoon, Ken and I sat in the living room as he perused the newspaper's stock page. We chuckled at some of the costs of the stocks. One we smiled about was Ford's stock. I think it was something like, $1.99 a stock. Ken suggested taking a thousand dollars (from where I wasn't sure) and put it into Ford stock cause it was sure to go up. I laughed and asked him which thousand he was talking about. Well, this afternoon I was on the phone and on computer with our son, Jay. I had to call him again because I did something very stupid on our desk top computer and invited a raft of worms and viruses in my machine. As Jay was busy searching for all the culprits, he said, "The market bounced back big time today". I said, "Oh dear, Dad is not going to be happy with me and I told him what Ken had planned yesterday. Jay calculated what we would have made overnight and it was a choice sum. Looking back we see clearly now. Looking forward it was still a gamble I wasn't ready to take. A gambler I am not.

I invited one of my favorite former students over today to see if he could get the bugs out of my computer. There were issues he couldn't deal with so we ended up calling Jay. I think Mike thoroughly enjoyed watching Jay commandeer my machine and do this, that and the other thing. I whispered to Mike mid task that he was free to go or to stay. He smiled and said, "I'll stay because I think I will learn a thing or two today."

On my way home from town today, I stopped to deliver a photo book of our family reunion to my dad and Mary. They were thrilled since Mary had lamented all day that Saturday that she had forgotten her camera. I walked in to their home as they were reading the Bible after their noon meal. Dad was reading the story of Mordecai and Esther. It is a very long chapter and I knew he would see it through to the end. A couple of times in his reading, emotion overwhelmed him and his voice cracked. When he finished he looked at me and said, "They should make a motion picture of that story." Somewhere in my memory bank, I think that one has been made. Any help here?