I doubt if there are many in the Western world who don't remember 9/11; where they were, what they were doing. My smartphone tells me it is Patriot Day. Well, I don't mean to be a grouch but who really needed a named day? And what the hell does it have to do with patriotism? Tragedy Day; Terrorism Day; those mean something but Patriot Day? The soldier who gets killed today in Afghanistan is a patriot. The people killed in the terrorist attacks were mostly victims; the first responders might be called heroes; but I just don't care for the term Patriot Day.
Ok, rant is over. My wife and I are self-described weird people. Take our eating habits for example. We will start out a week with the fridge almost empty then we cook several days in a row and then darned thing is stuffed with leftovers. Does anyone else do that? For example, right now we have a big tub of ham & bean soup; another of a beef & barley stew; several pieces of leftover steak; some leftover salmon; leftover taco filling and more! There is enough food for a dozen people; no wonder I'm overweight. One thing we are both proud of is that we don't eat a lot of processed stuff. No Hamburger Helper in our cupboard though we do have at least 30 different spices. We might cook up some noodles and put hamburger in with them but it won't be out of a box.
Of course that isn't our only weirdness. Take vehicles; we keep them quite a while. It's not a contest or anything; I don't like unreliable vehicles but we keep them and take care of them. Our last truck stayed with us for 9 years; the car 15 years; the one before that 10 years. We are having a party in December; we'll be paying off the RAV4 after three years. (Toyota was offering 0% interest & I just couldn't say 'no'.) That means we'll have 6 to 10 years without a car payment. That makes life a lot nicer! The truck is an 08 model, nearly five years old, paid for, but it's only got 30,000 miles (48,000 km). We are planning on keeping it for quite a while too. What do we care if it's old?
Being atheists marks us as weird too. I doubt if I could get elected dog catcher in this country; much less in this town. We have a church around every corner and at least two church related schools. (Oddly, there is no Catholic school here though there is a fairly large church; the fundamentalist sects are the ones with schools.) It must be a reflection of my age and upbringing that I am unfamiliar with churches like The Rock Vineyard Church or The Foursquare Faith Fellowship or the Heritage Bible Church. I'm more used to the couple different kinds of Lutheran or Baptist Churches.
Speaking of religion; I came across an article on Thomas Jefferson and his religious beliefs. Apparently he didn't care for the entire bible so he selected the parts he liked and physically made up his own version. http://www.smithsonianmag.com/multimedia/videos/A-Brief-History-of-the-Jefferson-Bible.html For me it is an astonishingly thoughtful and ambitious undertaking. Apparently he was a person who took his religion seriously.
On that odd note I will leave you. Have a good one.
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I don't find your eating habits strange. If I had a bigger refrigerator I might do the same thing. What I do is cook up something that will give me 3-4 meals, I eat them and then cook up another batch of something.
ps Arriving on Saturday 9/15/12
You could do the Don bible. It would be rather small I'd guess, just a cover page.
We would save more stuff in our fridge if there was only room.
The Honda Accord turns 25 this year! It still runs (pretty) well and I just can't make myself get rid of it. It was my dad's car so there is some sentimental attachment. He would have gotten rid of it 20 or more years ago. He was always shopping for a new car.
Being an Atheist in Canada is easier. We are almost the majority up here. I cringe every time someone says to me, "I am praying for you" or "God bless you". Keep your religion to yourselves!
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