Superman
I've been thinking a lot lately. Just thinking. One of the thoughts has been based around the idea of Superman. There are some things that I honestly love about him.
First, he's not from around here. That gives him the ability to do things we can't do. However, Superman looks like us; feels like us. That gives him the ability to empathize with our pain.
Next, for some reason, with all that power, he is inherently good. What makes him want to, no, NEED to fight bad guys? Is it because he can? Because ONLY he can? Surely there are others, true, but no one can do what Superman can do. When Superman saves the day, he does so because he values us over his own life.
Last, you can't kill that guy. You can't kill Superman. At least not permanently. You knock Superman down, he just gets back up again. He just keeps on living.
And here's why I love these things about Superman. Let's replace one word and see how it reads.
I've been thinking a lot lately. Just thinking. One of the thoughts has been based around the idea of Jesus. There are some things that I honestly love about him.
First, he's not from around here. That gives him the ability to do things we can't do. However, Jesus looks like us; feels like us. That gives him the ability to empathize with our pain.
Next, for some reason, with all that power, he is inherently good. What makes him want to, no, NEED to fight bad guys? Is it because he can? Because ONLY he can? Surely there are others, true, but no one can do what Jesus can do. When Jesus saves the day, he does so because he values us over his own life
Last, you can't kill that guy. You can't kill Jesus. At least not permanently. You knock Jesus down, he just gets back up again. He just keeps on living.
Maybe Superman really does exist...
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Episode IV
Computers
My daughter is almost 3. She can play simple games on the computer, use a mouse, turn up the volume, and print. Yes, print. She has done all of these things in the past week. What can YOUR daughter do?
I love and hate computers. They give me so much grief, due largely to the fact that I understand so little about them. Yet, they are so freaking cool! I mean, who would have thought that one day you could carry the internet around in your pocket or that email would be nearly obsolete?
However, let's keep those computers at an arm's length. We don't want to have any emotional attachment to them after they become self-aware, turn on us, and we are forced to submerge them in boiling molten lava to save the future....
My daughter is probably very important to the resistance...
My daughter is almost 3. She can play simple games on the computer, use a mouse, turn up the volume, and print. Yes, print. She has done all of these things in the past week. What can YOUR daughter do?
I love and hate computers. They give me so much grief, due largely to the fact that I understand so little about them. Yet, they are so freaking cool! I mean, who would have thought that one day you could carry the internet around in your pocket or that email would be nearly obsolete?
However, let's keep those computers at an arm's length. We don't want to have any emotional attachment to them after they become self-aware, turn on us, and we are forced to submerge them in boiling molten lava to save the future....
My daughter is probably very important to the resistance...
Friday, April 10, 2009
Episode III
Circles
Today I bought my very first propane grill. We're going to try it tomorrow, provided that I can learn how to hook up a propane tank. Why not? I put the grill together didn't I?
We went to the zoo today and I observed something that I thought was profound. As we were taxi-cabbing our children around in their strollers looking at the near-cousin gorillas (which I don't remember the last time I even THOUGHT about throwing my feces), we passed a group of people going the opposite way.
There were two elderly people and two younger people. The elderly were in wheelchairs being pushed by (probably their children) the younger adults. As I passed by going the other direction pushing my children in their strollers, I was reminded that one day we will come full circle and my children will be pushing me.
The family was the first institution that God ever created and it is definitely the most important. I was thankful that I was at the zoo with my kids and not in some meeting. Getting ice cream instead of taking clients out to dinner. That's what heroes do, they are there when it's important.
Today I bought my very first propane grill. We're going to try it tomorrow, provided that I can learn how to hook up a propane tank. Why not? I put the grill together didn't I?
Circles
Today I bought my very first propane grill. We're going to try it tomorrow, provided that I can learn how to hook up a propane tank. Why not? I put the grill together didn't I?
We went to the zoo today and I observed something that I thought was profound. As we were taxi-cabbing our children around in their strollers looking at the near-cousin gorillas (which I don't remember the last time I even THOUGHT about throwing my feces), we passed a group of people going the opposite way.
There were two elderly people and two younger people. The elderly were in wheelchairs being pushed by (probably their children) the younger adults. As I passed by going the other direction pushing my children in their strollers, I was reminded that one day we will come full circle and my children will be pushing me.
The family was the first institution that God ever created and it is definitely the most important. I was thankful that I was at the zoo with my kids and not in some meeting. Getting ice cream instead of taking clients out to dinner. That's what heroes do, they are there when it's important.
Today I bought my very first propane grill. We're going to try it tomorrow, provided that I can learn how to hook up a propane tank. Why not? I put the grill together didn't I?
Circles
Sunday, April 5, 2009
Episode II
Dark Art
As a favor to a friend, I must ask this question: Why decorate the underside of a bridge? Case in point: the new Hwy 121 underpass at Sandy Lake and 121. I know it's in Grapevine, but grapes on the bridge? Really?
In other areas of DFW there are Texas "Lone Stars." In Corpus Christi, marlins, and I'm sure there are some graceful, non-forking trees somewhere in Arkansas. But why decorate a bridge when we can simply wait a while and get some original, spray-painted street art that truly represents the area we live in? It must cost a few thousand extra to put the molded/engraved etchings of a bushel of grapes on a bridge that instead could have used an extra lane or two.
Surely in these troubled times, we can think of better ways to spend our government funds than giving the dark side of a bridge what appear to be hemorrhoids.
As a favor to a friend, I must ask this question: Why decorate the underside of a bridge? Case in point: the new Hwy 121 underpass at Sandy Lake and 121. I know it's in Grapevine, but grapes on the bridge? Really?
In other areas of DFW there are Texas "Lone Stars." In Corpus Christi, marlins, and I'm sure there are some graceful, non-forking trees somewhere in Arkansas. But why decorate a bridge when we can simply wait a while and get some original, spray-painted street art that truly represents the area we live in? It must cost a few thousand extra to put the molded/engraved etchings of a bushel of grapes on a bridge that instead could have used an extra lane or two.
Surely in these troubled times, we can think of better ways to spend our government funds than giving the dark side of a bridge what appear to be hemorrhoids.
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