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“Praying” as a Hobby

October 28, 2009

I’m pretty sure that praying is not the same thing as thinking. Some people are using the word “Pray” where others would normally use the word “think,” as in, ”Yes, that is a difficult issue. I’ll have to pray about that for a while.” It’s even happening in Congress on issues as important as the national [...]

What Is “Maturity?”

September 27, 2009

What’s the point of being mature when you’re dealing with a tough social situation? Let me put that another way, because it does us no good to ponder the use of maturity until we really know what it is. What is it to be a mature person?

Thought of the Day: “Some people do put baby in a corner.”

September 15, 2009

It’s the day after the news of Patrick Swayze’s death and I feel like nobody is talking about some of the amazing work he did in movies besides “Dirty Dancing.” Yes, Johnny was sex in the water when it came to those scenes of him crawling along the floor, or lifting his baby up into the air, or flirting, in every moment, with his hips where eyes would do, but have we forgotten some of the true magic that made Swayze, Swayze?

Feeding a Villiage With My Guilt

August 19, 2009

I’ve never seen myself as someone who felt particularly guilty, weather oppenly or secretly, and especially not about our nation’s wealth, its oppulance or any manner of extravagences we have and take for granted. I don’t mind, for example, if Jim buys a Ferrari that would feed an African Villiage for seven years. Ferraris are [...]

Leaf-blower chokes on own futility

August 6, 2009

So I’m leaving the enclosed parking lot area of Safeway last night and there’s a leaf-blower, just blowing things around. There were, at most…I mean at MOST, seven leaves in the entire, ENCLOSED, parking lot. And I’m thinking to myself, ‘This poor, poor bastard, has no purpose in life.’ Leaf-blowing in general is just the dumbest, laziest [...]

Man kills pre-teens with Pure Rage

August 5, 2009

By my count, I’ve killed at least 14 pre-teens today. I’ve savored each one, hooting appropriately with no fear that my neighbors above might become suspiscious of the blood-curdling screams of joy coming from below. I think it’s important that people my age, approaching their thirties and on the brink of weight gain, take time in [...]