July 17, 2009
Two Trains Driving Toward Each Other
Last weekend my wife and I attended a wedding just south of Indianapolis. The ceremony began at 2:30 PM. Mapquest claimed a close to 4-hour drive, so we left a little before 10:30 AM. Check my math.
We arrived just before 2:30 PM.....central time.
Turns out some parts of Indiana are on Eastern Time. We missed the whole thing. My question is: would you have made the same mistake, and if you were in charge of the invites and you knew half the attendees were coming from Chicago, would you have included an EST notice on the invite?
Note: We were not the only couple to arrive an hour "late", and many people told us that they would have done the same thing, but they were warned by some other attendees.
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July 15, 2009
I Want a New Mind
Those books I shouldn't have read
get caught in my head
come out as truth
'cause i see it in black and white
conscious thought say goodnight
clean slate
mind blank
middle of tragedy
fingers go wildly
pointing at anyone other than me
while nothing gets done
that needs to get done
until the tv's had its say
if we had time
we'd still be in combat mode
using our quotes from
our favorite ex-voices
we would have been friends
but that all depends
on if we were exactly the same
i want a new mind
i want to be able
to tell truth apart
from a libelous fable
that's told to me
so delicately
to make me guilty
i believe.
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get caught in my head
come out as truth
'cause i see it in black and white
conscious thought say goodnight
clean slate
mind blank
middle of tragedy
fingers go wildly
pointing at anyone other than me
while nothing gets done
that needs to get done
until the tv's had its say
if we had time
we'd still be in combat mode
using our quotes from
our favorite ex-voices
we would have been friends
but that all depends
on if we were exactly the same
i want a new mind
i want to be able
to tell truth apart
from a libelous fable
that's told to me
so delicately
to make me guilty
i believe.
July 13, 2009
They Can’t Be Married
They're too happy.
My wife and I were playing tennis this weekend next to a couple of 35-year olds. They were adorable. Being so sweet to each other. Constantly giggling.
I went up to the net and asked my wife what she thought their relationship was. She instantly replied, "Oh, they're not married."
I had thought the same thing, and for a while I felt bad about that. But, then I realized that the only difference between them and us is that we're comfortable around each other. There's no awkward tension. We still go out and have fun. Love spending time with each other. Laugh.
There's just no pressure.
But, it did make sad that nearly all relationships start like those giggling 30-somethings, and that less than half stay laughing.
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July 10, 2009
I Didn’t Know The Punishment for the Crime
To me, this is a somewhat valid defense. Let's say you get caught speeding, and they see you're on your cell-phone while drinking a soda. This fictional state had recently passed a law that increased the serverity of the violation depending on how many simultaneous infractions they could cite you with. Since you had three, that puts you in jail overnight.
How are you supposed to know when new laws come out? Police officers don't even really understand the law that well. I feel like ignorance actually matters here.
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July 9, 2009
Yea! A Recession!
I've become curious if there is a significant segment of the population that really enjoys a recession. And I'm not talking about how there's a silver lining on the cloud, but actually prefers the recession to a growing economy.
Food costs less. Gas costs less. Cars cost less. TVs costs less.
If you're in a relatively stable line of work (e.g. healthcare), I've got to think this is the best environment to be living in, all things selfishly considered.
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July 8, 2009
Congratulations on the Accident
At what age do you start congratulating people on unexpected pregnancies?
We're so used to congratulating people when we hear the news that they're pregnant. But, more often that not, the person was married and trying to conceive.
If you're in high school and your best friend gets knocked up, you don't offer your congratulations do you? And yet, saying "sorry" sounds weird, too.
But, if an older friend is dating someone and gets pregnant, what should the response be?
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July 7, 2009
Daniel Faraday and Young-Earth Creationism
You ever catch yourself wondering how seemingly intelligent people can believe the world is only 6,000 years old?
It's the same reason Daniel Faraday's explanations of time travel and spontaneous island movement on LOST kind of make sense when he tries to explain it.
He's always wearing a tie.
This postures him as an authority figure. And he's a scientist, which means he knows more than you do. That's all it takes. There are in fact "scientists" who believe in a young-earth, and that either our current dating systems are flawed or that the earth has "appeared" age.
If you hear one of them talk, and they're wearing a tie, you're going to believe them, as long as you've never been presented with a more compelling argument from another tie-wearing scientist. And for those who believe the Bible to be true and hold to an ultra-literal linguistic view of the Creation story in Genesis, it's easier to reconcile this belief with a 6,000 year old scientific earth. And so, they're ok with it. After all, a "scientist" believes it.
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