Spare Change

Saturday Questions

Posted by Bryan

Been writing all day...and these are random blips on the radar of my life:

• The Barnyard Cow. Why does this bull have an udder? That's just confusing to our next generation of veterinarians. This troubles me.


• Facebook Flair. I admit it, I'm a fan. My flair board is at near capacity. I don't understand why some flair arrives in triplicate. I even got five copies of one flair...about a spork thinking that it is Batman. Surely the Flair senders aren't so passionate about Spork humor that they're intentionally sending it this way. This leads to the possibility that I could be sending it out similarly excessively (when I take the time do so, which is rare). I am troubled by the prospect of this.


• Rhythmic Gymnastics. The tell-tale sign that the Olympics are almost over. The proverbial fumes of the athletic gas tank. I confess...I'm not a fan. I just don't get it. I don't know if I'm supposed to watch the gymnast, or the twirly ribbon. Invariably, I end up watching the ribbon, like I'm some sort of oversized kitten distracted by a dangling string.

  Is rhythmic gymnastics really just competitive hula-hooping? If this is really a sport, then why not ballroom dancing, or competitive square dancing?

  No, I can't do the things these ladies do (and thank goodness there is not a men's division of this activity). However, if that's the only criteria for consituting "sport," then I look forward to the 2012 arc welding and Federal Income Tax reporting competitions. I guess I just don't understand how this gets to be a sport and baseball and softball have lost their spot on the Olympic Roster...it probably won't surprise you to know...I'm troubled by this.

• Football season has started in earnest.Cotter is strapping on a helmet for the first time. They've got him penned in as the starting center, which I find somewhat hilarious (although he's actually pretty good and hasn't been beaten in practice by the big orange traffic cone he lines up against). Unfortunately,he's starting off on the Injured Reserve. He went to Going Bonkers yesterday as an "end of the summer hootenanny" and twisted his ankle. I'm troubled by this.
• Learn from my mistake: don't order a pepperoni lovers with extra cheese on a thin crust. That's just too much grease for that sort of pizza bed. Last night, my guts were troubled by this, but a Pepcid remedied the matter sufficiently.
• I'm surprised by Barack Obama's selection of Joseph Biden as his running mate. Didn't Biden label Obama with passively racist language that he had to later clarify? Didn't Biden fail to even get out of the gates in the election primary? Didn't Biden get caught plagiarizing several years ago? Isn't Biden pretty far left, for a candidate trying to woo moderate independents? Didn't Obama say that his small dollar contributors would be told of his pick first, rather than big media?

  I hope more people are seeking answers to these questions, apart from partisanship. The cynic in me instead sees this as a sign of politics as usual, despite the promises of change. I'm troubled by this.

• The new Sunday school year starts tomorrow. Great days are ahead! New people in new classes making new discoveries and building new faith in God. New friendships, new trust, new learning, and new understanding. New steps of obedience and new partnerships in ministry. I love these new beginnings! I am in no way trouble by this!