What My Dogs Think

I wondered if my dogs find it odd that I'm allowed to pee in the house. Then I wondered if they find it odd that I pee in their water bowl.

Smart Atheists

 Just because many of the atheists I know are smarter than I, doesn’t mean they’re right about God. Still I have to admire them. It takes more courage than I can muster to live a life of value without being rooted in a sense of belonging to the divine and thus having some access to eternal life.

Wisdom?

Ever wonder how owls got the rep for being wise? Me too. I mean they stay up all night and eat rodents. Anybody think Ozzie Osbourne is wise? ...what I'm sayin'.

The Tech-Savvy Dog Walker

In addition to being less than adept at multi-tasking, I'm kind of  techno-phobic. Tonight though, I threw caution to the wind by calling my sister in Ohio while I was out walking one of the dogs. I figured I had it covered once I put my Bluetooth ear-piece in. All I had to do was thumb her number on my contacts list, and the whole operation would be hands free from then on - the phone piece at any rate. I'd still need both hands to manage the dog, our still uncivilized, straight-off-the-track greyhound.

Surprisingly, it actually worked out that way. The Bluetooth worked flawlessly, and I managed to get him to do his business while I talked. I even got back to the house and made his dinner while I finished up my conversation. In the end I felt like I had finally accomplished some bit of 21^st Century competence, and that I might soon be able to simultaneously listen to music and play online poker without going all in on a pair of Jacks because I get distracted by the peculiar quality of Casandra Wilson's voice, for instance, that sounds like polished stones falling through honey to the bottom of a tin pail.

Irony of Priesthood

          It has been the unfortunate history of priesthoods since the beginning of time to claim the village virgins to their own purposes.