Bathroom advice

- My towel, the towel in which I dry myself off with after showers, smells. I washed it 4 days ago. It makes no sense. Any clue why this is? Details that may help you better answer my question: the towel hangs on a hook on the back of a door, the toilet that shares the room with this towel is only flushed 60% of the time, the bathroom door is closed shut 15% of the time, the towel is blue.

- I was using the restroom at Penske when the bathroom lights went out. How does one go No.2 in the dark? Think about it. Luckily, I remembered the ancient proverb "don't cry, let it dry", but I'm still curious how a normal person would overcome this obstacle.


(me in the bathroom)

I love everything about this picture

Child Poverty in North America - photo taken by a person

My Soul Rejoice and Sing

There are times, unfortunately more often than healthy, that I feel so calloused, so distant from God, that I am confident I don't belong to Him. I think "there's no way I could be this indifferent toward sin, indifferent toward the furthering of the Kingdom, and God have favor on me." The other day I was definitely feeling this and needed to be rescued from it. Then, I heard this song which was like medicine to a sick soul. I couldn't help but get teary eyed, and then couldn't help but smile. That girl's joyful laugh in the background......what an appropriate response after hearing that chorus!

Man I can't freakin wait until Christmas

Man I can't freakin wait until Christmas. Even more, I can't wait to work on Christmas Eve.

Xmas Albums I grew up on and still listen to in July:
1. Michael W. Smith - Christmas
2. Manheim Steamroller (all of them)
3. Amy Grant's Christmas Album
4. Peter, Paul, and Mary - A Holiday Celebration
5. Mungo Jerry - In the Summertime (received it Xmas '97)


Blog post reader: "Christmas spelled 'Xmas' is demeaning to Christ."
Wikipedia: "'Christ' was often written as 'XP' or 'Xt'; there are references in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle as far back as 1021 AD. This X and P arose as the uppercase forms of the Greek letters χ and ρ), used in ancient abbreviations for Χριστος (Greek for 'Christ')."

100% man

My dad farted the other day. It smelled. We laughed. It never gets old. We transitioned into a chat about how Jesus, being human, had to break wind from time to time. The disciples probably farted as well. And probably laughed about it. I'm sure this happened at least once:
Peter: That smells awful! Who was that?!
Jesus: My bad
John: Jesus, what did you eat?!


Blog post reader: Martin, this is a little blasphemous.
Blog post author: You're blasphemous for thinking Jesus wasn't completely human. I hate that for you because you probably have a hard time believing that Jesus can identify with you.