Rush Hour

In America we have what is called Rush Hour this is an hour specified specifically for rushing we set this hour aside each day you because for the rest of the day we're relaxing and taking things slowly I mean after all why do we need to rush other than during rush hour rush rush rush rush rush rush rush during that hour everyone should be rushing rushing here and they're rushing everywhere rush rush rush no lollygagging no hesitating no no no we're all moving quickly making brilliant decisions it is Rush Hour yes that is what it is and that is what we must do Rush don't give me any excuses just get with it

The jello tags

Let this be a warning to all of you. On senior discount Tuesdays almost everything at the thrift store is 50% off for seniors. Except for one strange price tag. The jello price tags. When I got to the front of the store and reached the cash register there was a very sweet Hispanic young woman waiting there to ring up my items. I made the very silly assumption that all of my items would be 50% off. After all I'm a senior. There are giant signs in the windows proclaiming senior Tuesday 50% off. Then in very small text at the bottom of the sign it says on almost all items. What it doesn't say is that the items which are not on sale are all the ones with Jello colored tags. It just so happens that all the items in my basket had Jello tags. This became apparent  when the sweet young Hispanic woman ringing up my items informed me  that all of my items  had Jello tags  and that Jello tags were not on sale on Tuesday . The jello tags are not on sale until Saturday. Then they are 50% off to all people not just seniors. I'm sure you've seen the color Jello many times. There are jello roses. Even stop lights turn jello warning you that it's time to stop for a red light. Yes as it turns out the sweet Hispanic young woman was saying the word jello. It is a very good thing that she speaks English because I have no idea what the word Jello is in Spanish

I'll be back on Saturday when all the jello tags are on sale

arc thrift .com scroll down half the page.

Notice that the tags are pink, jello, blue, white, and orange.

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The next recession

I guess the news media needs something to do with their meaningless lives. They're either griping that a recession is looming and we're all doomed to stand in the unemployment line or there's a labor shortage and we need to open the borders and let Mexicans flood in from all over the world so you don't have to stand in line so long at McDonald's. Well let me tell you I go to McDonald's a lot and I'm not standing in long lines now and there's a sign at Good Times burgers it says they're hiring starting at $14 an hour. But I still don't see long lines over at good times burgers. Somehow they seem to keep things moving right along. Now of course if these companies were being run by the government there would be massively long lines and you could have 500 people standing behind the counter trying to help you and somehow they just couldn't get it done it's all very weird.

Life

 So what is life all about? The Bible makes it pretty simple. It seems like we just don't take the Bible very seriously. The Bible says that in the end we're going to be judged for everything we said and for everything we did and will receive rewards based on what we did. It seems pretty simple. One problem is that people don't take it seriously. And Jesus warns in Matthew chapter 13 that people are deceived that we get off base, we worry about the world and the cares of Our Lives, our jobs our families the government, making a living stealing lying cheating, you know things that people think make life worth living. Its funny though that when people get close to the end of their lives especially when they're like in those last few minutes all of a sudden they're like well maybe I should have thought this through a little more because now I'm going to die and suddenly it becomes obvious to you that you really are going to be judged I mean deep down inside you sort of knew it all along but for some reason once you get to that last few seconds and it becomes crystal clear. Of course there's a million different people with a million different experiences so not everyone agrees. But A good rule of thumb is don't ever do anything to somebody else that you don't want done to you. just doing that alone would totally change the whole planet. If you don't want people stealing from you don't steal from them. If you don't want somebody buying stuff really cheap from you don't buy stuff really cheap from them. you know where you're taking advantage of them. now they're making a reasonable deal out of it and you're making a reasonable deal out of it that's fine but we all know that it's easy to get carried away and say well they needed to get rid of it and I took it off their hands. is that how you want somebody to treat you, maybe, maybe not.

Jesus makes it pretty simple In Matthew 5-7. Still people have a couple of attitudes about it. They say I don't really care what Jesus said I don't believe in Jesus or they may say yeah that was a long time ago and things are different now. Or they may actually say I really do try to live my life this way you know loving your enemies and everything. That can be tough I mean after all who are your neighbors who are your friends who are your enemies. Sometimes it gets pretty fuzzy.

Having enemies is kind of weird. Your garden-variety enemy may actually need you. You push Jostle each other. And at the end of the day somehow you both are better for it. But when it comes to enemies like terrorists there's really only one solution. You have to track them down and kill them. Otherwise they're going to blow up innocent children and women and maim and Destroy people indiscriminately. There's no real rationale to it it's just pure evil. So in this case you're simply loving them to death. If they'll become more rational in their whole concept of being an enemy then you can back off.

I'm forty two

The next time a fast food employee asks your name say, forty two.

Steve at taco bell

Today, as many times, I went to taco bell. The person behind the counter took the order. Then a weird thing happened, a person brought a bag to the counter and called out, STEVE.

Looking around it was obvious there was only one Steve. Why was it so weird?

I never said my name and paid with cash.


Welcome to the machine.

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Give it to Jesus

If you happen to have some extra cash consider giving it to Jesus. He seemed to be strapped for cash.

Matthew 17[24] And when they were come to Capernaum, they that received tribute money came to Peter, and said, Doth not your master pay tribute?[25] He saith, Yes. And when he was come into the house, Jesus prevented him, saying, What thinkest thou, Simon? of whom do the kings of the earth take custom or tribute? of their own children, or of strangers?[26] Peter saith unto him, Of strangers. Jesus saith unto him, Then are the children free.[27] Notwithstanding, lest we should offend them, go thou to the sea, and cast an hook, and take up the fish that first cometh up; and when thou hast opened his mouth, thou shalt find a piece of money: that take, and give unto they for me and thee.

There are several interesting things about this event. Why didn't Jesus sell the fish for the tax? Did they eat the fish? Did they give the fish to the people they were staying with? Catch and release? After all the fish had earned It's freedom. Why didn't Jesus just reach up behind Peter's ear and pull out a coin, like a magic trick? It's interesting that Peter carried a hook line and, dare I say it, sinker around. Did Jesus carry a hammer and saw? Why didn't Jesus tell Peter to go down to the beach and dig down so far too find the coin?