Bad Writing Competition

http://www.bulwer-lytton.com/

I found this website for "the worst opening sentences never written" contest. It's pretty funny. Here's my favorite:

"They had but one last remaining night together, so they embraced each other as tightly as that two-flavor entwined string cheese that is orange and yellowish-white, the orange probably being a bland Cheddar and the white . . . Mozzarella, although it could possibly be Provolone or just plain American, as it really doesn’t taste distinctly dissimilar from the orange, yet they would have you believe it does by coloring it differently."

Songs on TV

It's interesting how a good soundtrack or theme song can make a TV show more or less appealing. When I told my sister that I liked Crossing Jordan, she said she never wanted to watch that show because the first time she saw it advertised, it was to the song "I'm Only Happy When It Rains." And now that it's time for series premieres, there are a bunch of new shows being advertised that I think are coming off way better than they really will be and are probably going to draw a large first-episode audience, primarily because they have a really moving song or just plain cool music playing in the background. That might sound kind of cynical, but my point really is that for many more reasons than just this one, I think music is quite powerful ...

Ugh

Work was stressful today.

I did not handle it well.

That is all I have to say about that.

Distribution of riches

I heard on the Fish this morning that in the United States there are now more "heavy" people than there are "hungry" people. Isn't it sad to think that the amount of extra food we have as a nation, the amount by which we overeat, is more than enough to feed those who don't know whether or not there will be food on the table tonight? Just think, if we all could donate our leftovers or "seconds" to the needy, the whole country could be fed! Now I know it's not plausible to ship a plate of macaroni and cheese to someone, but the concept shows how fallen we are if God has given us enough resources to feed an entire nation and we simply haven't figure out how to appropriately distribute those resources. Of course, I am just as guilty as the next person of taking what I have for granted and not going out of my way to help those who need it.

Great News!

Well, after a week of house hunting that felt like a month (it's fun at first, but it's all-consuming), we put an offer in on a house we love on Thursday night. There's a really cool story that goes along with how things turned out the way they did, but it's way too long and confusing for a blog entry ... so suffice it to say, God totally worked out the timing of our situation and our offer was accepted the very next day despite the fact that there were 2 other offers on this house already! How cool is that?!?! Assuming the home inspection goes OK, Jason and I will officially own our first home!!!!!!!!!!!!! It's in a cute little neighborhood just north of Wilson Park on Milwaukee's south side. We should close sometime in September.

Yippee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :) :) :)