Eighty-Five Year Long Party

On the eve of our first anniversary, Melicer and I had to give up our rings.  Due to maintenance and scheduled repair, our symbols of commitment were whisked away to a jeweler who the company feels should work in another location.  We completed the paperwork with the customer service reps when one of them suggested, "well, you get to be single for about 10 days."

"Nah, I'll never be single again," I responded.

"Good answer!"

Certified Illogic

"Yeah God told us to have faith, but He also said use common sense."  You ever been told that before?  Right after you've been tossing and turning half the night; wondering how this is going to get done?  How that's going to happen?  What will it look like?  Or for my achievers out there... thinking can you do it?  And then, right when you've made up in your mind that you're (ahem) walking into victory in Jesus' Name, you run across that co-worker, or that friend, or that family member...who politely tells you whatever it is isn't a good idea.  Unlike the last time when you meekly responded, "yeah, I guess you're right"; this go 'round you say something like, "I have faith that the Lord will bring this to pass!"  That's when you hear the classic phrase, "Yeah God told us to have faith, but He also said use common sense."  Along with that, the person adds the logical reason why the plan you were told by the Lord won't work the way you envision it; or won't work at all.  Seconds later, that faith you had in the midnight hours has evaporated...

All Self Righteous....

One of the sports talk shows I listen to some mornings posed this pretty good thought provoking basketball question:  Who's the best player in this generation - Kobe Bryant or Tim Duncan?  Great one; and even as a Laker fan I honestly can't give the run away answer to Kobe just yet, because Tim Duncan is arguably one of the best forwards ever.  Still, asking your general sports fan may garner an answer based mostly on emotions.  Plenty people, for no basketball reason whatsoever, hate Kobe Bryant - so they may select Duncan by default.  But there are also those who don't like Tim Duncan because of his alleged squeaky clean image.  I actually was involved in a conversation with a few people who don't want the Spurs (Duncan's team) to win because he appears "do everything right."  I'm pretty sure I would want my four-time NBA champion power forward to do everything right.  I assume winning isn't as important as having a bad boy image.