I pity the fool!
If you think I’m being mean by calling people fools, you need to research the cultural phenomenon known as Mr. T or else we can’t be friends.
I pity the fool who thinks April 1 is too late for it to snow in central Ohio. It’s been flurrying on and off out there all day. Someone wondered out loud on the social media whether multiple snow squalls in one day count as all three snows after the forsythia has bloomed. (A slightly more reliable prediction of the actual springing of spring than any observations by groundhogs.)
Speaking of rodents, you may have missed this news story from our friends in Canadia (eh) regarding an errant beaver in the city.
Discussion topic: The relative intelligence and overall value to humanity of beavers versus groundhogs. Go.
I suspect it’s a complex issue.
In other complex issue breaking news …
Starbucks launched their latest online game today, themed around Earth Month. We’ve expanded from a day to a month now. Don’t get me wrong, I strongly support being a good steward of the planet. I just don’t always agree with the popular party line on how to do that. If it makes you feel better to, as the app suggests, forego the plastic straw for a lid that contains more plastic, then I support the psychosomatic effect of your peace and contentment. I don’t know, maybe you’re able to recycle the lid but not the straw … maybe you’re not prone to spill coffee through that giant hole in the lid thereby increasing your consumption of energy and laundry products … maybe you dispose of your garbage in a turtle habitat where lids are less problematic than straws …
It’s a complex issue.
The game is also promoting veganism, which I had kind of sort of maybe heard people thought was more environmentally friendly than consuming meat and dairy. Maybe? A quick googling alleges crop farming occupies less land area and reduces greenhouse gas emissions. Further googling says don’t put Elsie out to pasture just yet. Any emission reductions may be minimal at best, vitamin deficiencies are a valid concern, and logistics of fruit and vegetable import/exports are a challenge. Avocado prices have risen so much reportedly Kenya stopped exporting avocados a few years ago and Mexicans have stopped buying the expensive but oh so delicious fruit.
They’ve stopped buying avocados in the land of guacamole.
Who really knows. I’m still putting an avocado or two on the next grocery order.
Be a vegan if it makes you happy. Or a vegetarian, carnivore, omnivore, chooseatarian. Enjoy Sbux whichever way you prefer or – probably the most earth friendly option – skip the Sbux altogether.
We worry about way too many things and get our priorities all discombobulated. Luke 10, Mary and Martha, anyone?
Peace out, fools.
Don’t fool yourself. Don’t think that you can be wise merely by being relevant. Be God’s fool—that’s the path to true wisdom. What the world calls smart, God calls stupid. It’s written in Scripture,
He exposes the hype of the hipsters.
The Master sees through the smoke screens
of the know-it-alls.
~1 Corinthians 3:18-20 (The Message)
