Put On Your Walking Shoes April 4, 2008
Posted by carpebanana in : Ramblings , 3commentsIt’s a warmish rainy day and we’re going for a ramble ~ not just a short stroll, but a ramble. Everything from powerful prayer tools to easy perfection with a stop along the way. That’s Friday for you.
First, some blog posts just arrive in your mailbox. Yesterday we got one of those cellophane packets of ads for homeschoolers. Everything from de-worming your children to teaching Latin. And this one even included an ad never before seen in this household (and, had it arrived on the first, it would have been totally dismissed as a weak April Fool’s joke): a folder announcing The World’s Most Powerful Prayer Tool. Not, as you would expect, some sort of journal or even kneepads. No, it is a necklace ~ a flat round disk that looks like a flying saucer with a cross on it. (Miss Language is obliging with a photo as we cannot find this, uh, exclusive item online, so excuse us if quality is not up to snuff).
It is the Q-link Prayer Link. It will “improve your prayer’s concentration, power and clarity.” The whole brochure is an instant logic lesson. You can get one for 99.95 + shipping & handling or 10 or more for half off - let me know if I should get a bunch engraved with Bananas and ship one out to you. Their site does not seem to carry the prayer model so I think the folks who sent out the brochure have modified the original Q-link product to suit the market. I did find this interesting analysis of the original product. I especially appreciated this part of his explanation of the inner-workings of the Q-link: there is a modern surface mount electronic component soldered to the centre of the device. It looks impressive, but whatever it is, it is connected to absolutely nothing.
Now, on to our next stop: the photo du jour at Engrish.com.
A part of me thinks whoever posted this sign is ready for the arrival of my Mr Music. He would jump. He would run. He would leap. And Miss Dance would do arabesques and whatnot. But for me? “NO JUMPING??” The only reason I would consider jumping from such a point would be so I would not have to worry any longer about my inevitable fall. I do not even walk along the railings in upper floors of shopping malls, or let my children anywhere near them. And don’t ask about parking garages.
And then our final stop is once again to the mailbox here at the Banana’s. Today Mr Music received a packet of ads he got from signing up somewhere as a retiree. (It’s disconcerting to have a 9 year old getting ads from retirement communities but there it is. You know how homeschooled kids tend to be advanced.) Anyhow, this packet has the ad for EarthBox ~ one of those big crates with drainage for people like me who are all too good at killing any plant they touch.
We always look at our junk mail as we eat lunch, kind of on the Logic Light Curriculum, and this particular phrase jumped out “With EarthBox®, it’s easy to be perfect.” Wow! Here I thought it took that sanctification stuff and all that I was taught about way back in Junior High youth group. I still remember the retreat where we learned all sorts of Bible formulas. My favorite was the one for sanctification: G=K+O/.T (translated by our awesome pastor as Growth equals Knowledge plus Obedience over a Period of Time).