Happy St. Patrick's Day?

Did I wear green today? Obviously. I'm a turtle.

Did I celebrate St. Patrick's Day? Nope. Why you ask? I'm not Irish and don't plan on becoming Irish (although I am a huge Norte Dame Fan).

Do I have anything against my red headed brothers from across the pond? Absolutely not. I'm just not compelled to dress up in green for no specific reason.

Now if they had a German Scott English Turtle festival, you can count me in.

So for those of you who may feel inclined to pinch me, you might want to thank twice. Us German Scott English Turtles might do a little more than pinch you back. I'm just sayin.

Happy pi Day

I looked all over today trying to find a good "Happy Pi Day" card but found nothing. If the bossman is reading this, I think we should shoot for a whole nother level of clientele --the top 1% of the country. Sure they only make up 1% of the country, but where are our astronauts, nuclear physists and listeners of NPR going to buy their cards? Right here baby! That's right. You know why? Because we speak their language.

Here's what I got so far?

(Outside of card we write)

Got pi?

Inside

Happy March 14

or maybe

pi r2? I thought pi were round! Happy 3.14 day!

Simply brilliant.

Time...It's Not On My Side

I can't fully explain it but I feel like I lost an hour today. Ok, I'm not funny. I don't like change. I don't like to change my sleeping patterns, I don't like to change my eating patterns and I especially don't like to go messing around with my biological clock. No matter how much I try to prepare for this day, I will spend the next 3 weeks wondering if we are are on "new" time or "old" time.

I know the whole theory behind daylight savings time but I say this is one of the areas where the government has gone too far. Next thing you know, they'll be wanting to put floride in the water.

Tax Season

I paid my taxes today. I keep looking out my window waiting for an IRS agent to bust down my door to kick me in the pants and call it a day.

Holy Cow! (Sorry Jean-Luc, no disrespect intended) Every year when I fill out my taxes I'm walk away from my calculator feeling more stupid than when I first begun. Could it be that I should have paid a little more attention in jr. high math class? Maybe.

Could it be that our tax code is so ridiculous that you have to an accountant to know all the ends and outs? Most definitely.

Could it be that we need another Boston Tea Party to remind the establishment that we are not above abusing beverages to show our angst in paying taxes? Probably not...but then again... hmmmm

The thought occurred to me that the IRS preys off the laziness of Americans. No, it really does. You actually have to work to get all the discounts and benefits of the tax law. They know that we Americans will generally take the path of least resistence and thus pay to have our taxes done by one of their cronies or pay through the nose.

I think I hear a knock at the door...

Could God Create a Rock...

so big that even He couldn't pick it up? This is the question I got from the guy sitting next to me on my flight home.

When these words first left his mouth, I wanted to roll my eyes and pretend that I was a deaf mute. I was then surprised to hear this guy say one of the most profound things.

He said, "this is a conversation that I recently had with my mother who is suffering through the sunset years of Alzheimer's disease. After I asked my mother this, she went on to say, 'of couse He could. He's God...and then in the next moment, he could move it. He's God."'

I think this may be the best answer I have ever heard in my life. Sometimes I think we miss out on knowledge because

1) we pretend to be deaf mutes when people actually have something profound to say.
2) we ask the wrong questions
3) We limit God's abilities by our limited knowledge of Him.

The more I learn in my studies, the more I realize I need to learn.

The Writings of Jesus

Do you ever have side-bar thoughts? Today in chapel, the speaker referenced the text where Jesus got up and read in the synagogue about how He was the fulfillment to Isaiah's prophecy.

The thought that I couldn't shake is the realization that Jesus was literate. I know this probably isn't much of an "aha moment" for most people but I still find it fascinating due to the fact that he decided to let someone else record his teachings.

I recognize that a witness is always a better person to record events that take place but just think how incredible it would be if Jesus would have penned a couple of letters in the first person (much like Paul).

I know there are some high brows out there who are going to point out how Jesus was the inspiration and author of the entire Bible. Fair point and you get an "A" for the day.

Like I said, I just had a side-bar thought that it would be pretty amazing if Jesus would have written some teachings to us with his own pen. I guess this is why I am still captivated by scripture day after day.

Overheard at the Office Part Deux

"That's it, no one is leaving the office until we sell 100 more cards and raise