Friday, May 24, 2013

May 24, 2013

A true Christian doesn't just believe in Christ, but follows him.

The issue with majority rule is that it assumes the majority is always right.

A painting featuring the late Bea Arthur sold for $1,900,000 last week. What's fascinating about this is not that the picture featured her topless, but that Ms. Arthur never posed for it; the image came from the artist's imagination. So then there isn't Maude.

The Chicago Board of Education voted this week to shut down 50 Chicago public schools. Meanwhile, David Karp, the  26-year-old founder of the Tumblr blogging platform, a Bronx high school dropout, sold his company to Yahoo! this week for $1,900.000.000 (that's enough for 100 Bea Arthur nudes!). Coincidence? Of course. Ironic? Yep.

Police were called to a Denver Starbucks when an altercation began after a couple changed the diaper on their one-year-old son in the seating area, because there was no changing table in the restroom. This has sparkd a controversy as people debate what would have been an appropriate thing to do; yet another debate that began with a dump.

Even a person who is disrespected is not a person who is disregarded.

Maury Povich recently celebrated the 2,500th episode of The Maury Povich Show. That's a lot of DNA and polygraph tests. Meanwhile, The Jeff Probst Show, which highlighted inspirational stories of people surviving tragedies and turning their lives around, has been cancelled for low ratings. But don't despair: the Kardashians, Honey Boo Boo, and Real Housewives are still on TV.

Considering that the definition of celebrity has expanded to include reality stars and sex tape participants, I can sympathize with performers who no longer want to be labeled as celebrities. But would Kanye, Beyonce, and Bieber really rather be obscure and broke? Because that can be arranged.

A mother in Utah made her fourth grader wear clothes from a thrift store to school for two days after learning the child had been relentlessly teasing a classmate about her clothes for three weeks. While this was a creative way to teach her daughter a lesson; I hope the child isn't learning that used clothing is punishment.

I was watching a game of Beer Pong when I realized how similar it is to Bozo's Circus' Grand Prize Game. It makes me wonder how many other childhood games I'd still be playing if we added beer.

Agape' -- P

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