A New Pot and Deeper Thoughts on Giving and Selfishness

Puppy is growing...soon, very soon, I think, she will need a new pot.  I am on the lookout for her new bed, and think I will give her some volcanic soil at the same time as a special treat.  Treat your pets well, I say.

And speaking of pets...I am really wanting a puppy of the canine variety.  We found one that really "spoke to" both of us, but the breeder wanted a whopping $1450 for her.  I cannot find it in me to spend anywhere near that kind of money for a dog.  There are children starving throughout the world, there are families who are barely surviving, people who cannot afford clean water...etc., etc.  I cannot do this thing.

I have no moral or ethical objection to it, this is a personal determination to try to use my relative wealth to help someone else.  This is not to be praised, it is an obligation I feel and a choice I make to love someone else in practical ways.  It does far more for me than it does for the children I support.  For me, it reminds me that I am richly blessed.  I am grateful to be able to do this thing and to care for little one's I have never met opens my heart to the plight of various parts of the world.  To help these children, not just eat, but to receive an education that should help them become self-sufficient and able to help their families and communities in ways I cannot, is a wonderful thing.  The cost is so little, it embarrasses me.  It should cost more, I think.  It should hurt, cause me to make choices, to deny myself something.  Something worthwhile, that is, not a few cups of coffee each month, or a magazine subscription.  Ah, my heart, I fear, does not love enough for more profound sacrifice.  I wish it did.  My sin in this is a lack of love and a love of self that must be turned away from.  Lord have mercy!

Bad Ads

Puppy and I were perusing Facebook, doing some photo-editing and some schoolwork when this popped up onscreen:

There is some program (I don't know much about it,) but it grabs random pictures and places them next to ad text.  The pictures are SUPPOSED to be relevant to the ad material.

Great job, ad guys and girls.  Great jobs.

Potty Theme Song

Wait, wait, wait...you're telling me you don't have theme music for the potty?  Oh dear, I really should help you out with that.  But first, let me tell you how potty theme music began.

I was at my friends house playing India Rail.  Shortly after the game began, one of the players got up to use the restroom, which was right off the kitchen/dining area where we were playing.  I'm not kidding you, you could hear EVERYTHING!  At that moment, I remember our hosts laughing as we came in telling us all the upstairs was OFF LIMITS because it was a mess.  I can respect that, but when faced with the prospect of a bunch of people knowing your business behind the bathroom door, and no other restroom available...I had to ask, "So how long does this game usually last?"  "Oh, it can go on for HOURS."

And it did.  Now typically I am fiercely competitive, but by the end I just want the game over so I could go home to pee without half a dozen people listening in.

This is when I came up with potty theme music.  The idea is this, when you enter a restroom, theme music should begin to play as you turn on the light, thus masking the sounds of your...er...business.  I suggested to my host the following, and now it is my preferred theme music.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjMNNpIksaI

You may now make it yours.  Again, you're welcome!

What does this have to do with Puppy, you ask?  Legitimate question.  Nothing, really, except being around Puppy makes me happier, sillier, goofier.  I win.  You win.

The end.

P.S. I should patent this idea.