My sister... is a genius.

And not just for her very poignant warnings about Waffle House.

A couple weeks back I was having lunch with my roommate's family. Dave has two nephews, 3 years and... 4 months, I believe. Maybe less. shoot, I dunno. But the 3 year old wouldn't eat his chili. They tried telling him to, and warning him about the consequences, etc. Then I decided I'd borrow an idea from Ange, the Family Bite. So I spooned up some chili, said "Hey, Ethan, I'm gonna take a bite of chili. Want to take a bite at the same time?" Dave and Jason, Ethan's dad, also grabbed a bite. Ethan made sure he ate his bite before anyone else. Ethan ate well the rest of the meal, mostly at the prompting of the people at the table.

The Family Bite works. And my sister is a genius (not that that was ever in doubt).

Who the crap is Xenu?

Xenu, according to L. Ron Hubbard, is the galactic overlord that has conquered the galaxy and has killed many aliens. He needed a dumping ground for the spirits of the deceased aliens so he came to earth and released them here. They inhabited the existing animals, jumpstarted evolution, and now these alien spirits, or Thetans, inhabit us. They are the cause of depression, ill feelings, insecurity, violence, hate, etc. Any local Scientology center can give you a Thetan count and help you rid yourself of them, mostly through vitamins and such.

We have a friend who said, in regards to this, that Christianity has some weird beliefs as well. My response to this (alas I only heard it secondhand) is that while Christianity has incredible beliefs, the lynchpin of our faith, that being the bodily resurrection of Christ, is based on history. Even Bhuddism and Islam and Judaism are based on historical people doing actions. Bhudda sat under a tree, Muhammed started a religion, and, well, I believe the people in the OT did what they did, but there was still an historical Moses, David, etc.

There's a book called "In search of the historical Christ." Such a book exists because there was an historical Christ. The idea of an historical Xenu is rediculous, thus I and my friends found my header funny.

Need a new header!

My old one, while funny to me and select others, bores me now.

So submit funny, nonsensical, awesome, profound statements and I'll take the one I like the best as my new header. You five people that read my blog, ready.... go!

Updates

The job I wanted from my current bank went to the woman who I figured would be the better choice. Never heard from the other place, so that's a definite no. I'm trying to get hired by my church, position of Administration Coordinator aka Secretary. If that works out, I'd also like to see if I could become the Children's Ministry Coordinator. I currently serve in the nursery at church and I love kids. I also have talents/gifts in administration and leadership so I think that could be a decent fit for me as a job. The administrative talents/gifts would help as a secretary as well.

I find that, professionally, I have little to no ambitions. Vocationally, I don't care. I really want to work for my church, not as a pastor/missionary per say, but definitely as an elder some day. Of course, that requires a wife and kids in obediance (as I understand Scripture) and I have neither. I also, and I hear from my more feministic friends that it's pretty progressive, would LOVE to be a stay at home dad. Just gotta find me a career woman who still has more traditionally defined ideas about headship and submission... No wonder I'm still single.

I just got an email from my small group leader about possibly leading a small group this spring. That's interesting. Not entirely sure how I feel about that, but it's probably one of those things that God puts in your path because He knows that's what's best for you. We'll see.

Also, I has a picture up over there --------------------->