Kind of hard to argue against the importance of accomplishing these items on this old "to-do" list from Johnny Cash:
"Much of what God has made is inherently funny, ridiculous, and infused with sheer delight. Consider the humor in a penguin's waddle. The adorable fluff of a baby chick, a bear scratching its back on a tree, monkeys who pick bugs out of each other's hair. Puppies that spend hours playing, fall asleep wherever they land, then wake and start playing again. The unbelievable combination of traits in the platypus, which European scientists actually believed was an elaborate hoax when they first encountered it in 1798....Perhaps an arresting sense of awe is not the only appropriate way to express our appreciation of what God has made. Our laughter and "aww" can be forms of worship too. Simply noticing and attributing God's works to him is an act of worship. And I believe he is honored in our delight" (Amy Simpson)
"We can point cautiously to three large areas that recent data indicate are major contributors to divorce: finances, Facebook, and pornography....Finances, Facebook, and pornography reduce to man’s three great disordered values: money, power, and sex; and these three in turn are merely the failed versions of the three true values that guide human life: faith, hope, and love." (post)
Under Obamacare, you're much better off being single or cohabiting than married. Here's one couple considering divorce and cohabitation to make their insurance work.
"Has Obamacare made it un-P.C. to be concerned by a serious burden on my family’s well-being?" (NYT) This woman needs a new set of Facebook friends.
Sermon Illustration Alert: "People recalling embarrassing events tended to want to apply face creams, a study found. These people also were more likely to want to hide behind large, dark sunglasses than people not feeling embarrassed" (WSJ).
Taking a weekly tech sabbath.
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