Conspiracy!

I think it's funny how your sunglasses can fall neatly and effortlessly in between the front seat and console of your car, but extracting them is a tedious and aggravating process. It usually results in a stem being broken off or a scratch winding up right where your eye most needs a clear line of sight.

This is the kind of thing that makes me believe in the lesser-known properties of quantum physics and the spontaneous transfer of matter. Parts of the sunglasses, I believe, briefly morph into a different shape, allowing them to fall down where they normally couldn't, reassembling themselves when they're sure they're just out of reach of your fingertips, usually near the piece of sharp metal that's installed under your seat.

Which reminds me: car manufacturers routinely install razor blades in the dark areas underneath the seats of every automobile. Not sure why they do that, but I'm sure they do.

And why does my phone always want to make the word "naotiat" when I try to type "Baptist"?

Conspiracy, I tell ya'...

Do you ever think that someone does things just to get on your nerves? that they plan their day out so that they're a problem for everyone? I suppose that may be true sometimes, but we really have to leap to a lot of conclusions to think that in many cases.

I've had slight trouble lately, it seems, putting Philippians 2:3, one of my favorite blogging verses, into action. I wonder if you do, too.

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Say What You Mean

Tina, a friend and DJ at our local Christian radio station, WAY-FM, sent me this photo the other day.

Now, this isn't just a typo. Some effort went into making this sign. So how would one assume that they're on the up-and-up about it? Ever run into a situation like this in your church fellowship? where someone does something and you think that it just isn't possible that there are two ways to look at it?

What do you do in a situation like that?

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