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19
Mar

Written by Don Reid. Posted in Upcoming Events

Don will be speaking at Third Presbyterian Church in Staunton, VA on March 25, 2012 at 11 a.m.

Don will be speaking at Vision of Hope United Methodist Church in Harrisonburg, VA on April 22, 2012 at 10:30 a.m.

10
Mar

Could I Be Dreaming?

Written by Don Reid. Posted in General

 

So it’s time for another lopsided look at the topsy-turvy world we live in.  The facts that are thrown at us every day sometimes makes me wonder if I’m living them or dreaming them. And these are just a few things that have happened in the past week that I have to train myself to get used to.

  •  Peyton Manning is no longer the quarterback for the Indianapolis Colts.

 Come September he could possibly be wearing someone else’s uniform and someone else will be wearing his. I don’t know if I can lunch in front of the TV on Sunday afternoon under these circumstances or not.

  • Pat Robertson wants to legalize marijuana

Boy, I could go on and on here but I could never top that simple last sentence.  I had to double check my sources when I read this one to make sure this wasn’t maybe some Patricia Robertson in San Francisco…but no, it was our ol’ Pat right here in Virginia Beach.

  • United States Secretary of Energy Dr. Steven Chu told a House Subcommittee that he does not own a car.

 Let me check the wax in my ears.  Our Energy Secretary who is supposed to be curing America’s ‘pain at the pump’ doesn’t even have a vehicle?  It’s like hiring a jockey who doesn’t know how to ride a horse.  Or hiring a drummer to play the piano.  Or….no, I won’t keep on with these all- too- obvious comparisons.  You get the drift.

  • Snooki is getting married and will soon be a mother.

 Okay, now certainly this one is a joke.  No?  She’s really engaged with a little Jersey Shorean on the way?  It only assures me that there is someone out there for everyone.  And if I have to tell you who Snooki is then there is still some hope in the world.  If you don’t know – enjoy the innocence.

  • The Houston Astros will be in the American League next year.

For the past 50 years I’ve known them as a National League team and now I’ll have to try to fit them into the American League side of my brain?  Somebody is ‘messin’ with Texas!  Could this sort of thing happen to the Yankees or the Braves?  Crossing the ‘aisle’ of baseball?  I figured Republicans and Democrats would vote for one another before anything like this was allowed to happen. A Yankee pitcher actually batting?  I don’t think so!

  • Bill Gates is no longer the richest man in the world.

How embarrassing for poor old Bill who this year is worth 53 billion while a Mexican by the name of Carlos Slim Helu has topped him with 53.5 billion.  He only lost by a fraction so maybe he’ll come back next year and save face.

  • A new show just premiered on ABC titled ‘GCB’.

“Good Christian B……”   And I can remember when NBC wouldn’t let Jack Parr say ‘water closet’ at 11:30 p.m.  Google that all you who are too young to recall it and you’ll be shocked at how far television has come in five decades.  How far has it come you ask?  Way too far.  Way too far.

 

 

                                        March 10, 2012

                                        DSR