Hello again. I must apologize for the amount of time since my last post, but I had to take some time and deal with some personal stuff. Nothing earth shattering. No big news, either great or terrible. Just needed to ask some questions and look for some answers. I’ve still got a lot of questions, and quite frankly, some of the answers I’ve gotten recently have just pissed me off, but I will continue to move forward. Even if it’s only in small and measured steps.
I’ve been thinking about many things lately. Generally, my thoughts are of the fleeting nature. You know the kind. You see or hear something and it gives you pause to consider it. You may ponder it for a short while or a little longer time, but invariably something else comes along to take it’s place. So, this happens to me often. Mostly because I am curious about what goes on around me in a physical sense as well as a virtual sense. I hear and feel as well as see and all of these influence my thought.
But lately, the things I’ve pondered have been of a less important nature, a bit more strange, sometimes even comical. Let me give you a few examples:
For the basketball fans out there, casual and fanatical alike, we are officially in the middle of “March Madness”, which means we are going to be inundated with much high drama in the form of buzzer beating, last second shots and deliriously happy players and fans from the winning teams and the agony of defeat that will be felt by the great majority of all teams competing on every level. At some point, someone in their moment of elation is going to give thanks to “God” for his help in their historic victory. Now don’t get me wrong. I’m not taking a shot at anyone’s religious beliefs. To each their own. I’m certainly not the one to judge. But my question is, if God can be praised in victory, why isn’t he held accountable for the defeat suffered by the other team? You never hear someone on the losing team blame God for not helping them as much as he did the other team. Why did God perform some Naismithian Divine intervention for one team and not the other?
Now personally, I don’t believe that their is a God of any kind that has one damn thing to do with the outcome of any sporting event. If there was, state schools such as the University of Wisconsin wouldn’t stand a chance against in state rival, Marquette University. But it is March and before long, someone is gonna “Praise The Lord” for his help in their win. And when it happens, if their really is a God, someone in the losers locker room will be heard saying something like “I just don’t think God was on our side tonight”. I’m just saying.
One more thing before I go. It’s getting close to Easter and I’m a big fan (literally and figuratively) of the jelly bean. Not cheap, run of the mill jelly beans. I like the gourmet kind with all of the different and exotic flavors. But I’ve noticed something. Liking a flavor in one form doesn’t guarantee liking that same flavor in another form. Case in point, coffee flavored jelly beans. I love coffee. Not just like it, love it. The stronger the better. But I just don’t care for coffee flavored jelly beans. I was a bit surprised at first that I had this negative feeling about some thing coffee flavored. After all, I enjoy all kinds of coffee, and I’m also very fond of coffee flavored ice cream, so why this particular dislike of this particular form of coffee flavor? I still am not sure. I enjoy a good steak but might not feel the same after trying the Porterhouse flavored bean by Jelly Belly, with or without A-1.
Like I said in the beginning, these are the types of things I thinks about from time to time. Nothing earth shattering. No big deal. I’m just saying.
That’s enough for tonight. We’ll talk again soon when I’m playing in quicksand.
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