You're Not Elected, Charlie Brown

Last night we went and ate at the Plaza Restaurant, one of the few places in town to eat. While we were waiting we noticed that my parents were also there. It was funny to see them eating out without us, because they do not do it that often. They were nice and picked up the ticket even though they were not blessed with our conversation, or perhaps we would have been blessed. I think that it confused Cap a little bit, but he recovered nicely and devoured all of the pieces for a chicken Fajita one at a time.

Charlie Brown speaks the truth about politicians in You’re Not Elected, Charlie Brown, when Linus van Pelt comes out of the principles office and his sister says, “Linus did you tell him how it was going to be.” Linus replies, “Well not really, he told me how it would be.” This sends Lucy van Pelt into a rage about not keeping campaign promises and the like.

Last night I also watched as the Detroit Tigers pitching made the 5th fielding error in the last 5 games against the St. Louis Cardinals. Each of these errors played an important part in the Tiger losing the battle against the Cardinal. It was like watching the cartoon, Tom and Jerry, or more like watching the Coyote and the Roadrunner. The Coyote (Tigers) never could get it together to catch the roadrunner (Cardinals.)

Today, I went for a walk at the park, which was nice. It was 70 degrees out so I wore shorts, and sat at a park bench for a while to let the warm rays of the sun hit me. The most interesting part of the walk, as usual, was what I listened to. I listened to a Podcast from Asbury Theological Seminary’s chapel service. A student named Omar spoke about growing up and what Christianity meant to him in the context of today’s word. Omar was born in Houston, his father is a Muslim, born in Iraq, and his mother was a Methodist, raised in Texas. It was a very interesting look at the Christian Community, and what we really should be about.

Tonight we went to a Halloween Festival, or a Fall Festival, with my parents and Braegan it was interesting. There were a lot of people there, not much for two two-year olds to do. They did have fun.