The Latest & Greatest on Barry Hill

There are always "Current Rages" on the Mount. In the past months or so, since our last post, these are a few of them: 

The Latest in Movies:
"Cinderella" (2015)
"Selma"
"The Help"
"Argo"
"The Good Lie"

The Greatest in Books:
"Boys In The Boat"
"Unbroken"
Anything by John Buchan (it's a seasonal thing)
"Love and Respect"
"Pogo"

And, of course, Notable Quotables:

"Esther's hate language is touching her face!" -Sarah

"Iced coffee at late hours.. These are the moments I live for!" -Faith

"In the words of Esther, 'STRUGGLING!!'" -Emily

Faith: "I feel like all the problems of people living in a first world are first world problems..."
Kate: "Except when your clothes fall off!"

"Why do the John Barrys never buy Honey Nut Cheerios? Y'all always get plain! THEY COST THE SAME!" -Sarah

Truman (holding a pear core): "What if I went outside and threw this at a Great Dane? I would probably be bewitched, or whatever that word is."

"In these times, it's best to recall that old Chinese proverb: 'If you find the iPad, you will find Truman'." -Peter

"That shower looked like somebody played in the mud, got in the tub, and lost all their hair!" -Abby (cleaning cabin problems)

"You look so pretty! You look like one of those soap bottles from that Get Smelly business!" -Aunt Rebecca

"I'm gonna die of second hand smoke inhalation!" -Kate

"After living in this family, I feel like marriage would be a total letdown!" -Sarah

"After marrying Amos, I became an angel of social propriety!" -Emily

"You lie like a Calormene dawg!" -Esther

"Faith massaged my calf and now I think I'm gonna die a slow and painful death... death by massage!" -Sarah

"I saw this candy wrapper on the table and I just had a wave of love for the person who had that candy!" -Faith

"Mother, if you punched me, it would be like a soft acorn to the jaw." -Ian

"I have so much compassion for Ian!!!" -Faith

"Marriage is not always fun, guys... I learned that from Kate's goats!" -Faith

"Amos touched my arm and it just sent Pringles up my spine... Pringles by the can!" -Emily

Lucy: "You have sparkles on your pants!"
Sarah: "... Those are crumbs."

"Faith is the whitest gangster I know!" -Sarah

"I feel like my guts are coming out this side of my head and my brain is coming out this side!" -Kate

"This nursing school is kicking my butt!!!" -Kate

Uncle John: "Well Sarah, how's your love life?"
Sarah: "Great! We NEVER talk!"

Kate: "So Sarah, how's Chris?"
Sarah: "I don't know, we're not on speaking terms right now!"

Truman: "I have a stomach ache."
Mastin: "Maybe your pants are in the wrong spot."

"I can't think of anything worse than a bad cashew... unless it's a bad pistachio!" -Aunt Rebecca

"A goof muffin is someone who had a life and then goofed it up." -Peter

"When in doubt, I just say it's the John Barrys' fault." -Sarah

"It's not very loud right now, but I just sense chaos... Chaos at large!" -Faith

"All the homeless people have gone back to their homes on this rainy day!" -Kate

"Faith is so weird, sometimes I just lie awake and ponder her." -Sarah

"Peter is a very domineering father, considering he's not actually a father." -Sarah

"May your stomach never swell and your thigh never rot.. That's from the Bible!" -Kate

"If you talk about jinxing something too much, you jinx the jinx... and your life will be over!" -Amos

Sarah: "Who's that lady coming? Sally Forget-Me-Not? Sally Needtobreathe?"
Lucy: "Sally Breedlove!"