Tuesday Morning Musings.
Just got done with the morning's radio interview and I have to say, I've pretty much gotten over the normal jitters...but hearing I was going to take calls brought them back! ;)
The first caller inauspiciously began with 'I don't read fiction, but' and proceeded to give me a book title he thought I should read that talked about how the Puritans used to have folks assigned to go into homes and make sure the parents were teaching correct things. Sounds interesting to me so I plan on adding it to my amazon wishlist.
The first caller inauspiciously began with 'I don't read fiction, but' and proceeded to give me a book title he thought I should read that talked about how the Puritans used to have folks assigned to go into homes and make sure the parents were teaching correct things. Sounds interesting to me so I plan on adding it to my amazon wishlist.
The host warned me that the second caller was a 'skeptic' so I should prepare myself. Gulp. However, he just said he thought Christians were the worst tolerance offenders, wanting people to affirm their beliefs, being in your face, etc. That's a pretty common complaint, which I happen to disagree with. The host jumped in with a great analogy -- if you throw a tract back in a Christian's face they probably won't get out a machete...
So now I'm back to sitting in the orange/cream room where I spent all day Friday. I've got one more interview to tape and I may or may not get a short live spot on one of the afternoon music shows. Meanwhile I'm plotting out next steps.
I have to visit a mechanic tomorrow to have an ominous sound checked out. Bertha was not sounding happy on Thursday when I was following my hosts home through bad Birmingham traffic. Maybe it was all the starting and stopping and slamming of the gas pedal, but four or five times there was a real loud grating sound -- almost exactly like the sound when you start running off the side of the road and your tires going over the little hash marks startles you out of your stupor. My dad has diagnosed it over the phone as 'bad gas' so I'm quite hopeful that's all it is. To me, it sounded like the engine was going to fall out. :p
Couple interesting news articles this morning:
So now I'm back to sitting in the orange/cream room where I spent all day Friday. I've got one more interview to tape and I may or may not get a short live spot on one of the afternoon music shows. Meanwhile I'm plotting out next steps.
I have to visit a mechanic tomorrow to have an ominous sound checked out. Bertha was not sounding happy on Thursday when I was following my hosts home through bad Birmingham traffic. Maybe it was all the starting and stopping and slamming of the gas pedal, but four or five times there was a real loud grating sound -- almost exactly like the sound when you start running off the side of the road and your tires going over the little hash marks startles you out of your stupor. My dad has diagnosed it over the phone as 'bad gas' so I'm quite hopeful that's all it is. To me, it sounded like the engine was going to fall out. :p
Couple interesting news articles this morning:
- A woman who was so drunk she fell out of a rickshaw in Denver has filed suit because the emergency room doctor allegedly prescribed "Do not abuse alcohol. Do not get drunk and fall causing harm to your head or body. Apologize to your family, friends and [emergency department] faculty for your extremely inappropriate behavior and rudeness while intoxicated. Be a great mother to your kids." Too bad this doctor isn't familiar with a key component of our culture -- it's not my fault!
- China's top drug regulator has been sentenced to death for taking bribes to let untested drugs on the market. The most disturbing quotes listed in the article I read: "a third of China's 450,000 food production companies had no licenses" and "60% of the total <food production companies> did not conduct safety tests or have the capability to do so." Is anyone else checking the label to see where your food was grown?
- A man in Nepal who expressed faith in Jesus Christ has been undergoing severe persecution. Villagers dug up his crop, causing him to lose his year's income. Water run-off from his field to a neighbor's brought officials running. "Normally, we wouldn't fine you, but because you changed your religion and became a Christian, you need to pay 6,000 rupees." The man's wife and children were turned against him and he was forced to leave his village. Next time I get a call saying Christians are intolerant, I can add this story of Hindu benevolence to my repertoire.
