It would be great if someone figured out a way that we could visually tell the difference between regular and decaf. Maybe decaf glows? Weird color tint to it? How about if it left a ring on the cup so all you would have to do was tilt it and you could see if it is decaf?
b
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
Monday, May 19, 2008
Random Thought 002 - God's Save Point?
The reading this Sunday was of Genesis: the story of creation. Sitting in the pew (front row, as is my custom) I pondered why the passage kept reading, "And God saw that it was good."
Did this imply that God had doubts that it would be good. I can imagine him sitting there and going, "Whew! I'm glad that turned out okay. It was a big risk, but it turned out alright." This, of course, gets translated into, "And God saw that it was good."
The other thought was that maybe God did some not so good things. But, being God, decided to go back and undo the crap that didn't turn out so good. So what wasn't written in the passage was:
"And God saw that this was pretty crappy, so he went back to the point in time before he made that choice and started over. ... And there was light. And God saw that it was good. Which was a relief especially since he just made that other screw up."
Filtered by the B.C. version of Reader's Digest into: "And there was light. And God saw that it was good."
Amen. (Which is the pious version of "period.")
b
Did this imply that God had doubts that it would be good. I can imagine him sitting there and going, "Whew! I'm glad that turned out okay. It was a big risk, but it turned out alright." This, of course, gets translated into, "And God saw that it was good."
The other thought was that maybe God did some not so good things. But, being God, decided to go back and undo the crap that didn't turn out so good. So what wasn't written in the passage was:
"And God saw that this was pretty crappy, so he went back to the point in time before he made that choice and started over. ... And there was light. And God saw that it was good. Which was a relief especially since he just made that other screw up."
Filtered by the B.C. version of Reader's Digest into: "And there was light. And God saw that it was good."
Amen. (Which is the pious version of "period.")
b
Friday, May 16, 2008
Idea 004 - Organic Batteries
We focus on conserving fossil fuels, but when we run, we want to burn as many calories as possible. Why can't we use the energy we waste so thoroughly in exercise to fuel our cars and homes? Here are some brainstorming ideas on how to make this work:
1) Prisoners - can we make them run treadmills? Couldn't the energy created power a small city?
2) Non-functioning humans - this is a little non-PC, but hey, what are we to do with our family members that we just can't pull the plug on? You still want to visit them. You are too selfish to do the right thing and make that decision to let them go. And they are probably taking up good health care money. So let's somehow use them as organic batteries.
You want to save the earth? Step up to the plate and do something. I'm definitely going to put in my living will to make a Duracell out of me.
b
1) Prisoners - can we make them run treadmills? Couldn't the energy created power a small city?
2) Non-functioning humans - this is a little non-PC, but hey, what are we to do with our family members that we just can't pull the plug on? You still want to visit them. You are too selfish to do the right thing and make that decision to let them go. And they are probably taking up good health care money. So let's somehow use them as organic batteries.
You want to save the earth? Step up to the plate and do something. I'm definitely going to put in my living will to make a Duracell out of me.
b
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
