September 07, 2004
Heaven's Metal
Passed by that memorial by the road on my way to work again this morning. Beer cans and cigs still sittin there. One thing I forgot to bring up earlier is there are large chunks of asphalt around the memorial, too. They came from a large pothole on the road that has since been prepared.
I wonder if two different parties feel like:
"If that giant pothole and that rough road had not been in such poor condition, this guy would not have bounced out of the truck and he'd still be alive."
and
"Well, if that guy had not been horsing around, crawling from the pickup cab into the bed, he'd still be alive."
Both parties are probably right, but no one wins an argument like that.
We had a good time with several couples from our church over last night. My dad flew back to Florida today in his protected plane.
We are in deadline now, with only 9 days left to finish the Nov/Dec issue. The label that wants us to pull the interview with their band has told us that if we go ahead and run with the story, that they will never work with us again. That is too bad. They are in the wrong, so we will let them carry through with their threat. We hope to work with them again someday when they see the error (telling a publication what stories to run and not run) of their ways. God bless 'em.
Saw a beautiful sunset last night and the vaporous remnants of the sunrise early this morning. I couldn't help but sing the song (under my breath, of course, cuz I sing offkey... ref. "Virginity Disease" chorus on We Are Not Ashamed) "God of Wonders." What a beautiful creation we have to look at. What a great Creator behind it all. Incidently, my dad shared with me some scientific discoveries of late, where the molecular motor of the e-coli and other bacteria spin around at blazing unheard of speed -- all at the molecular level. Beautiful design (even in an ugly bacteria).
Posted by Doug Van Pelt at September 7, 2004 10:11 AM