Stuff

Today's post is just full of unrelated stuff I've (Michelle) either observed lately or have some opinion about or just can't fit into a Facebook status update. Let's get started...

Please. Let's be Less Stupid, People.
Besides being irritatingly cheesy 90% of the time, license plate holders have the uncanny ability to make car owners think that there's no better way to get their agenda or some message across than to slap it on a piece of plastic and put it on the back of your car so that the driver behind you, who's most likely already in a bad mood because he couldn't figure out your indecipherable personalized license plate, can learn your life's mission statement. Or, that you'd "rather be fly fishing." For example, I was behind a mini van the other day with a license plate holder that said, "Eternity: Smoking or Non Smoking." Yep - clever, kitschy sayings are definitely the thing that would convince me to give my life to Jesus if I didn't already know Him. People. Please. NOT HELPING!

On a less cynical note....

Today I got fun catalogues, a sweet note from someone I love, 2 new books, and not a single bill. That's a good day for mail.

So, I have to let everyone know something truly amazing Dawn said recently. Let me set the scene first, though: Dawn was helping a staff member learn how to use a system we have at work that allows you to narrow down your search for a very specific person if you're looking for someone to help w/ a project or event, or volunteer for a ministry. For example, if you're looking for someone to help pack backpacks for kids in foster care, you'd search for someone with a passion for hurting children, someone who doesn't mind routine tasks, etc. So, to explain the system, Dawn, in serious work mode, tells the staff member, "For instance, say you're looking for a one handed Lebanese airline pilot...." That's the first thing she thought of. A one handed Lebanese airline pilot. I don't think she even realized how incredible that was because stuff like that just comes out of her mouth all the time. And I'm pretty sure it's involuntary. She didn't even pause until she heard me burst out laughing from my desk.

Oh. Also? I'm considering changing banks since I saw a Chase Bank commercial in which they use that one (only one?) awful Sugar Ray song in the background. Chase, if you're going to violate my musical tastes in that way, you better make up for it somehow.

I'm sure I've observed many more things lately, but I'm getting tired and I have a couple of new books to start reading....

Just Michelle