Life Is Good, Yeah!

A. Unabashed Pacifist:

Barely noticed, the butterflies and bees help to sustain life. We might take more notice of them if they went to war.

B. Unabashed Christian:

Holy One,

Life is good. Still, a small voice in me suggests I should feel guilty for the blessings I enjoy. Mostly, I can ignore the ungrateful lout, the sanctimonious one who thinks everyone should be miserable, punished for their sins. I believe your voice, though, when you say that kind of religion belongs in the trash. Life is good. Thank you.
Amen

C. Unquoting Jesus:

“No matter how often you wash them, the dirt will never come off your hands, Pilate.”

[No, but does anyone recommend Pilate as a model political official?]

D. Blog: Men Around the House

Semi-retired, employed part time, and working from home, I spend a lot of time around the house. I’m beginning to formulate a pair of lists.

Things Men are Good for Around the House:

- opening tight jar lids
- reaching things in the cabinet over the fridge
- changing furnace filters
- turning off the lights
- changing light bulbs
- hanging pictures where she wants them, then hanging them where she really wants them
- moving furniture, then moving it to where she really wants it (and then, usually, watching her move it where she really, REALLY wants it)
- operating the TV remote
- unloading the dishwasher
- fetching the newspaper
- taking out the trash
- pitching the junk mail, and any other mail that looks like junk
- putting dumb messages on the answering machine
- putting telemarketers in their place

Things Men Should Not Be Expected to do Around the House:

- put the seat down (women can just as easily put it back the way they find it!)
- clean the toilet(s)
- dust
- water the plants (outdoors, perhaps)
- change a diaper (well, one maybe, but we have limits)
- get rid of our old sports gear (yes, we were once young and athletic)
- iron
- watch Desperate Housewives with her (c’mon, get real!)

- (I welcome your contributions to the lists… Make a comment.)