Thought Provocation & Discussion Fodder

A few have asked about my brother Dave. I just spoke to him on the phone. He's doing very well, and will likely be going home tomorrow from the hospital. He is expecting to preach next Sunday at Covenant. He had some difficulty over the last few days with things that were peripheral to the kidney removal - problems with IV's and Pic-lines, etc. But today he's feeling much better. Thanks for your continued prayers. Oh, and the kidneys they removed - about 20 pounds (not 40 as we had initially heard). They were the size of professional footballs. For comparison sake, a healthy kidney is measured in ounces, not pounds, and is the size of a closed fist. Pretty amazing, huh?

Silly activists! Roaches aren't animals! The PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) are all up in arms over a theme park's Halloween promotion that involves idiots eating cockroaches. This story is funny to me on all sides - the morons who want to eat roaches, and the morons who are protesting it.

French Intelligence (careful with the jokes) reports that Osama bin Laden is dead. Here's the report. Saudi Arabian Intelligence denies this. Here's my thinking: In 2001 the man pretty much ran the country of Afghanistan with his evil buddies. Today, he lives in a network of holes, and once a year or so sends up a cassette message or a vhs tape that says he's alive and that Americans can all expect to die any moment. Let's analyze this a moment. He's in a network of holes... he's a worm. He's in charge there, so he's king of the worms. He sends up cassettes. That means he's moved beyond 8-tracks and vinyl, but still lives about 20 years behind the rest of us. He uses vhs, so his library of films to watch while he resides in his hole is limited. His plans to do in the western world are failing left and right. I'd say he has been 'dead' for quite some time. I tell you what we really need to worry about: PETA becoming angered that we're harming the worm!