Messy Room

Messy Room

Whosever room this is should be ashamed!
His underwear is hanging on the lamp.
His raincoat is there in the overstuffed chair,
And the chair is becoming quite mucky and damp.
His workbook is wedged in the window,
His sweater's been thrown on the floor.
His scarf and one ski are beneath the TV,
And his pants have been carelessly hung on the door.
His books are all jammed in the closet,
His vest has been left in the hall.
A lizard named Ed is asleep in his bed,
And his smelly old sock has been stuck to the wall.
Whosever room this is should be ashamed!
Donald or Robert or Willie or--
Huh? You say it's mine? Oh, dear,
I knew it looked familiar!

--Shel Silverstein

Lostpedia

Some of my Lost predictions from last week were off. But that isn't deterring me. I correctly predicted Mr. Echo's death!

So - the guy with the eyepatch who appeared on the video. Think it has anything to do with this? And now I've gone and filled you afternoon with the wonder of the Lostpedia.

The Blur of Our Culture

In the book Gaily The Troubadour, published in 1936, Arthur Guiterman wrote the following poem. Reading his observations, you wouldn't guess it was written 60+ years ago.

First dentistry was painless;
Then bicycles were chainless
And carriages were horseless
And many laws, enforceless.
Next, cookery was fireless,
Telegraphy was wireless,
Cigars were nicotineless
And coffee, caffeinless.
Soon oranges were seedless,
The putting green was weedless,
The college boy hatless,
The proper diet, fatless,
Now motor roads are dustless,
The latest steel is rustless,
Our tennis courts are sodless,
Our new religions, godless.



Arthur Guiterman, Gaily The Troubadour.

Wednesday Morning Prayer

O Lord, may we serve you this day, which You have mercifully given us.

As You have guarded us during our sleep, guide us during our time of work so that all our tasks may be gladly and faithfully performed.

Let our burdens not be too heavy for us because Your aid and comfort are with us.

Grant that we do not displease You or injure one another in anything we do. If we do fail or come short through ignorance or weakness, O God –

let Your Fatherly wisdom correct us,

may Your infinite mercy forgive us,

and Your divine love correct our weaknesses through Jesus Christ our Savior. Amen.