Caren's Opinion #48: Sexual Songs in Public Places

I was in the bank the other day when Melissa Eltheridge's classic song "I am the Only One" came on over the loud speaker. I found myself looking around and wondering if anyone else in the bank realized how bizarre it was to be listening to someone belting out about their lusty desires while trying to deposit paychecks. No one seemed the slightest bit disturbed. Don't be fooled into thinking this is an isolated occurance! I was in an Indian resturant in Kingsport, Tennessee when what I'm pretty sure was a Dance, Dance Revolution soundtrack started playing. Steph, Paula and Drew all agreed that it was highly inappropriate music to be playing in a resturant, let alone an Indian resturant on a Sunday afternoon in Eastern Tennessee. I don't want to here about people's longings or loves or how they want to shake it when I'm eating.

Great Weekend Means Bad Test

For all of you wondering, don't have a social life in seminary if you want to make good grades in Greek. My wonderful, beautiful sister and her equally wonderful husband came to visit me this weekend. We ate, and ate, and watched Shaun of the Dead (great movie!!) and ate and then hiked to Laurel Falls in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park (I took the picture myself thank you very much) and played cards and then ate some more. Needless to say with all the eating and fun times I didn't study for nearly enough for the Greek test I had today. Why couldn't the Bible just have been written in English!! Or anything other than Greek. I liked Hebrew, I won't complain about Hebrew.

New Slogan For Anti-Tobacco Campaign

I discovered this poem in a delightful little collection called Poems that Bless and Inspire by Elmore "Pop" Cornewell. This poem is making its internet debut, go ahead and google it, you can't find this gem (a shout out to the Emmanuel book sale) anywhere else.

"Tobacco"
Tobacco is a filthy weed,
And from the Devil sprang the seed.
It soils your hands and stains your clothes
And makes a chimney of your nose.

Other poems by Pop include: Golden Days of Pop, Tea Kettle, Dirty Dishes, Monkey's Viewpoint, and Dear Teen-ager (Not really a poem, it is an admonition for teenage girls to avoid messing around with boys, because its like "sticking your head in the oven and turning the gas on." Which I don't necessarily disagree with).

Shoe Inserts Change Lives

I would like to report that the Dr. Scholl's shoe insert things really do work. My Achilles tendon was really hurting and my chiropractor told me to get them and lo and behold they work! I thought the commercials with the people saying "I'm gelling" were really stupid, but it's true, the world is a better place with shoe inserts! My feet feel fantastic (nice alliteration, if I say so myself). I would recommend them to everyone.