Looking to a buy a Christmas gift for the woman in your life [mom, sis, wife, daughter, friend] who has everything? Here’s an option [because chances are she doesn't have one of these]. How about buying her a very special necklace?
What makes it so special? Well, it’s made of reindeer-dung. Yes, necklaces made with dried, sterilized and glitter-sprayed reindeer droppings are going on sale Friday at a zoo in Bloomington IL. in hopes of attracting holiday shoppers. There are also Christmas ornaments available made from the very same organic material.
But as a responsible American citizen today, one must ask…
Have these pendants of poo been approved by the FDA? Is there risk of further excrement decomposition resulting in some stinky gas being released into our already warming environment? Are these free-range reindeer? And what about exploitation – who is protecting their rights in all this? And who collects all these poo pellets – are they unionized? Do they have insurance [getting near the rear-end of an embarrased bull reindeer can't be safe]. Is Springfield aware of this? Does Washington know about all the pooping and scooping going on here in IL? Have there been congressional hearings on any of this? If the sale of these waste recycled holiday treasures takes off – why not tax the crap out of this industry to help pay for health care?
I’m sorry – I can’t help myself. I have so many questions and most of them stink.



The man? Arthur Guinness. His company? Guinness Brewery. USA Today’s article headline: “Guinness Got It: The company’s 250-year legacy of God-inspired good provides myriad lessons for today. Among them: A benevolent corporate vision is good for business, for its employees and for the world.”
So today [Oct 21] The Wall Street Journal posted an article reporting some interesting research findings regarding marital intimacy. Apparently, couples that share housework have happier marriages and more active sex lives. Yes…according to the study, for husbands and wives alike, the more housework you do, the more often you are likely to have sex with your spouse. You can read the entire article yourself at
Kate Moore, a 15-year-old Iowa HS student recently won $50,000 in the LG U.S. National Texting Championship. How did she get so good at texting? Apparently she owns a 14,000 texts-per-month habit. Get this — 250,000 people participated in the competition.
Another 15-year-old girl from Staten Island, NY wasn’t so lucky. She recently fell down an open man hole cover while texting.
Jesus apparently is not. In a recently released public survey, 33% of polled Britons say Jesus Christ is the person they would most like to communicate with from beyond the grave. [FYI, Princess Diana came in second, Shakespeare third]
Jesus also showed up today in a
In case you were wondering…apparently there are a number of new and alternative ways you can spend eternity.
The notion of simplicity keeps showing up in my life, work, reading, discussions, etc. By and large, it remains just that…an idea – because few things are simple these days. In an age where advancing technology and global communication is supposed to streamline and uncomplicate all the confusion and make things easier and faster to accomplish – in many ways it just makes matters worse.
Most people have heard of the 7 deadly sins [pride, envy, wrath, sloth, gluttony, lust, greed]. Well now it is possible to see them or at least where they are most prevalent. Geographers from Kansas State University recently created sin maps of the US by plotting per capita stats on things like theft [envy], killings [wrath] and STDs [lust], etc. While the actual science behind the mapping is questionable, the results are interesting. FYI – red represents the more sinful – blue less so – beige the more saintly.






Husband. Father. Senior Pastor of