I was walking between Smith and McPherson today when I saw a little green book sitting on a concrete block (seat).  Of course, the only little books of that size and shape (2.5 inches by 4 inches with a plastic shell) are free new testements.

So, I started thinking.  Why was that sitting there?  Did someone get it from a bible beater and then set it down?  I think not.  It would have been thrown on the ground or in the trash if that was the case.  Instead, if was carefully placed--by a highly trafficked corner--upside down so that it might pique someones interest.  So, if someone did pick it up, are they really going to decide that they need to devour the entire contents?  no, I dont think so.  I just feel like littering bibles all over the place like this isn't actually a good way of spreading christianity.  I think it misses the mark by a lot.

Then it happened.  By this time, I had moved about 100 feet.  On the corner I walked past, some guy was sitting there, looking perfectly normal (i.e. not like the usual ultra-conservative bible thumpers I see), reading the little green book.  Amazing.  I wonder if he was the person giving out the bibles or if he was actually drawn in by the upside down book setup.

that's it.

I'm completely useless at the gym.  a freakin beast at the gym.  I just need to get into the right mood before lifting.  It happened tonight.  I need to keep this little bit of momentum going.

haha.. so I was watching TV, and a commercial for loestrin 24 came up (the short period-enducinc birth control pill).  In the commercial, a girl is sitting on the couch using a computer when she asks "how do you say so long to a period that's too long."  At the same time, she types on the computer, and when shes finished, the answer pops up, which shows the loestrin 24 website.

That got me thinking.  If you were the kind of person who types questions into search engines, what results would you get?  So I tried it.  I typed "how do you say so long to a period that's too long" into google.  here's where google took me when i used the "I'm feeling lucky" button.

that's why you DO NOT TYPE QUESTIONS INTO SEARCH ENGINES.

awesome

have you ever thought about how dogs learn commands?  I mean, it's pretty amazing.  My dog knew lots of words.  Sometimes, I think she knew words that I didn't ever teach her.  If I looked at her and said "sit," she would sit.  If I said "stay" she would stay.  those two words are pretty similar... they both have the s sound and they both have the t sound.  The fact that dogs can understand the difference is pretty cool.  other commands like "roll over" or "come" or "lie down" are equally amazing.  I keep wanting to relate it to a human learning a foreign language from someone who only speaks that language, but it's even more amazing to me than that.  As humans, we have knowledge, skills, and similar experiences.  If I hold an apple up, point to it and clearly state "apple," someone would understand... but how would a dog know?  how does a dog even know that noises have meanings?  do dogs speak a language?  if so, who teaches them?  why dont dogs thing all noises we make are meaningless? 

Big dogs are usually pretty smart, and I dont knwo why.  I like it though.