Yesterday, I got home at 6 p.m. and switched on Fox News. Raphael Warnock won his bid for reelection to the United States senate. He's a Baptist minister from the state of Georgia. I'm not a huge fan of Pastor Raphael. He's one of those Christians who supports unlimited abortion and homosexual marriage. To make matters worse, he's also an advocate for child castration. He basically preaches paganism and worldliness. No big surprise. Lots of church leaders are delivering the exact same sermon. Ho hum.
The Dragon Lady entered my room. "I cawl my sistah today."
I nodded and smiled. "What has she been saying?"
"She tink we get many snow dis wintah. It da gwobal warming. Evelyting tellible."
"If the globe is getting warmer, wouldn't we get less snow?"
She shrugged. "I not sure. But my sistah vely smahrt. Dat why she have so much money."
And the Dragon Lady isn't lying. Her sister is absolutely loaded. She has both a Mercedes and a Land Rover. Her husband got rich by making teeth. He sells them to dentists throughout the city. There's a ton of money to be made in the tooth business. I would have never guessed it in a million years.
I listened to a sermon by Pastor Mark Driscoll on YouTube. He used to have a church in Seattle called Mars Hill, but he left to open a new place in Arizona. I have conflicted feelings about Driscoll. Back in the day, he was quite the bully. He would yell and insult people from the pulpit. I shit you not. Yet he's a dynamic speaker and an excellent bible teacher. For instance, did you know that King Herod was an Amalekite? I had no idea until Driscoll told me.
Anyway, Mark is currently discussing the book of Nehemiah, and he's really bringing it to life. And that's not easy to do. Both Nehemiah and Ezra are ancient texts that could put the holiest of men right to sleep. But Mark makes them fun. As I said, he's a talented speaker.
I walked to the kitchen to talk with Rice-Boy Larry.
I said, "I want you to take it easy tonight on that computer."
He said, "How do you mean?"
"You're on that thing 24 hours a day. I fear that you might even be addicted."
"It's my hobby. What's the big freaking deal? It's not like I'm smoking crack."
I wagged a disapproving finger in his face. "Those computer games can rot your brain."
"So what do you want me to do?"
"You have to shut it down by midnight. I'm not here to be a hard ass, but all this staying up until two or three in the morning is simply too much. I want you in bed by twelve."
Larry is half Korean, and Korean teenagers never get enough sleep. In fact, they're some of the busiest children in the entire world. In my opinion, they're too busy. They need to spend more time relaxing in front of the TV like I used to do back when I was a kid.
Later that evening, I watched another episode of American Horror Story season 11. It turns out that the seemingly mild-mannered protagonist is actually a violent leather boy who enjoys dressing up like one of the Village People. I'm absolutely hooked on this show. I just can't turn away.
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