Archive for the 'Quick Thoughts' Category

Discrimination Against the Gods

Wednesday, May 7th, 2008

A friend of mine sells belly-dancing related accessories. In a small Wisconsin town where she works, a coffee shop offered to display some of her wares. So she set up a lovely array, including candles, postcards, singing bowls, bracelets, and a couple of statues.

For a time, all was well at the coffee shop. And then the owner’s mother walked in one day, saw the two statues, and pointed at one of them.

Let’s Poop!

Monday, March 17th, 2008

When it is time for you to sit down and poop, what do you do? Do you experience the pooping (perhaps it will be a bit painful today, or perhaps it will feel quite good), or do you pick up a Yoga magazine or some book and distract yourself while you’re pooping? . . .

Christmas Trees

Sunday, December 23rd, 2007

When it comes to Christmas trees, Rebecca and I don’t skimp. By some strange coincidence, we both spent our childhoods in houses with vaulted ceilings. And with a ceiling like that, you just have to have a tree that fills the space. The result is that we both grew up with Christmas […]