Lost In Space…

I was reading In A Pit With A Lion On A Snowy Day (by Mark Batterson) the other day when I came across this nugget of information (summary of info, not an exact quote):

The sun is 93 million miles from Earth. The light from the sun takes 8 minutes to reach Earth. The farthest known galaxies from Earth are 12.3 billion light years from Earth. The light from those galaxies will take 12.3 billion years to reach Earth.

This got me to thinking, which often times leads to some very strange and nonsensical musings. Here is what went through my head, into my hand, and onto an innocent, unassuming, oblivious piece of paper.

Does this mean that the world is constantly getting brighter? If it took 8 minutes for the sun’s light to get here and will take 12.3 billion years for the light from the most distant known galaxies to get here, what of all the stars and galaxies between the sun and the most distant galaxies? As time passes we are constantly receiving new light from stars that are farther and farther away. If that light is constantly being added to the light from the closer stars that are still giving off light it makes sense that they world as we see it would keep getting brighter. Of course some stars burn out and the light we receive from them will eventually be subtracted, but are stars burning out fast enough to compensate for all the new light? Or is it that our eyes are constantly adjusting to the brighter light? If our eyes are able to adjust to darkness then it certainly seems possible that they could adjust to brighter lights as well. I wonder – if we were to look back into history with our eyes adjusted to the amount of light we have now, would it seem like the world was much dimmer back then?

Does light equal heat? If so, would this begin to explain “global warming”? It would seem that as we receive more light, that light/heat would begin to make the world a little warmer.

What do you think? Am I on to something or is this utter nonsense? Probably the latter, but you never know. I like my friend Brent’s suggestion. He said that I should submit this to some scientists or a scientific journal and see how much money they would waste on trying to prove/disprove it. Sounds like a good idea to me. NASA spent $79 million to run some satellites into the moon to check for water and ice below the surface – maybe I could get them to waste some money on my crazy ideas too.

Arkansas Computer Repair

Saw this sign in Imboden, Arkansas on the way back from Mississippi a few weeks ago. Am I the only one who finds it odd that a business specializing in computers has a sign that is handwritten in permanent marker?

Now that I look at it again, I’m not sure if the business even has a name. Although, with this sign there may be no need for a name.

It’s A Sign


Does something about this picture seem strange? Or maybe it’s just me. “Open For Business” – that makes sense to me. “Closed For Business” on the other hand…what? How can you be closed for business? If you are closed can you really be doing business too? It seems to me that it should say “Closed TO Business” if they really want to be accurate. Or maybe it’s just me…

On a semi-related note…I think it’s funny when I see a used car ad that says “Won’t Last!” or “Won’t Last Long!” or something to that effect. The fact that it isn’t going to last long doesn’t really seem like it would be a very good selling point. At least, if nothing else, they are being honest – you have to give them that.

The Bobcat


I was in Ft. Scott, KS a while back and was fortunate enough to see The Bobcat in person. I feel fortunate to have been able to experience the presence of The Bobcat firsthand. As I was driving behind him on the way into Ft. Scott I just kept hoping and praying (with my eyes open) that we would have to stop at a red light and thankfully my wish came true! I didn’t want The Bobcat to become something comparable to a Bigfoot or Loch Ness Monster so I grabbed my phone as fast as I could and snapped a quick picture so that I would have proof of the existence of such a magnificent creature. Here it is for your viewing pleasure.

Bumble-Jadon


So I was getting Jadon ready to go to church last night (small group) and saw this bumblebee outfit sitting in the closet. I figured that since it went so well with his camo pants he should just go ahead and wear it to church. Seems normal to me.

On a related note, I was reading Don Miller’s blog this morning and I just about fell out of my chair laughing when I saw the picture of him that he had posted. Go here to see what I am talking about… http://donmilleris.com

A Couple Of Poems

Here are a couple of poems that I found the other day while going through some stuff. The first one was one that I wrote a few years ago during a week of CIY. The second is one that my sister and I wrote together several years ago about a card game that we made up. I don’t even remember exactly how the game was played now, but I think we just kind of made the rules up on the fly. It was mucho fun.


Random Poem #1
There is no word in any language
That does justice to Your name
And you know that we cannot fathom
The beauty of Your face
Oh just to be in Your awesome presence
Is something that we can’t comprehend
God there is no one like You
There will never be, nor has there been
All that I really want from this life
Is to look into Your face
And for You to look back at me and say
“Well done, you may enter this place.”


SNAG THE TURTLE
There is a game unknown, we invented it on our own.
It’s fun as can be and smells like pee.
It’s a little like Go-Fish, but not really at all.
If you actually want to learn it, that will be your downfall.
With two piles in the middle and five cards in each player’s hand,
Once you get sucked in, there is no escaping like quick sand.
With turtles flying, there can’t be no lying.
Try to match up pairs, we’ll know if you don’t play fair!
“Snag the line” or “Catch the turtle,”
It’s up to your opponents to choose.
You had better hope that you have the most pairs,
Or else you will surely lose!
Woooooo-Hooooooo!

I Liked Diet Coke Once

I took a sip of Daphne’s Diet Coke the other day and it reminded me of the day that I liked Diet Coke. I’m not sure what year it was, but I know that I was in elementary school. My Grandpa Baumann, Uncle Johnny, cousin Matt and I went to the lake for an overnight trip. I don’t remember a lot of the details, but I know that we took a very small camper to sleep in and we all had a lot of gas. It had to have been the stinkiest little camper ever. I also remember that when we were out on the water fishing, all we had to drink was a cooler filled with cans of Diet Coke. I have always been a Dr Pepper drinker and never liked Diet Coke (or any diet pop for that matter), but for that weekend there was nothing I would have rather had than an ice cold can of Diet Coke.