Dwayne Chose this Color

A few years ago, Ian and I were driving through Provo and came across puce colored house with a big sign out front, “Dwayne chose this color!” This week while driving through West Valley I saw this great home. It’s fascinating, they liked this color scheme enough to paint the wall around the yard exactly the same. What do you think conversations were like on the street when saw that their neighbor had done this to their home? Maybe they should have a sign at the top of the street that says, “We don’t know what they were thinking!”

Paper or Plastic? No Thank You.

Submitted by Ian:
The economy is in bad shape. There are starving people in Africa, genocide in Darfur, the polar caps are melting and the polar bears will soon be homeless...

There is a constant deluge of bad news to deal with. I feel overwhelmed and helpless, what difference can one single person possibly make?

Hang on, there is a way I can help. I can make a difference and help solve difficult problems. I am told all I need to do is shop and spend money - Clothes at Dillard’s, Flat screen TV, Blu-ray DVD, digital camera - this is going to be easy!

“The Greatest Generation” went through the depression, beat back the Nazis and the Japanese, put men on the moon, all through hard work, sacrifice and determination. Yet all I have to do is spend my stimulus check to buy neat stuff.

It doesn’t seem to be much of a sacrifice, I feel kind of guilty...

I know what I can do! I’ll go shopping, but I’ll do it with a home made reusable shopping bag! I’ll recycle by making it with leftover material, I won’t be polluting the world with plastic bags, and I’ll look like a dork!

I might not need to fight my way to Berlin in the dead of winter, but I can buy stuff while I look like the crazy guy with 30 cats back home.

The Scream Team Retires

Zach and his two friends, Spencer and Collin, had plotted a prank for weeks. It involved a car full of unsuspecting boys an abandoned house, fake blood, a made up story, and a chain saw which they purchased at a pawn shop for $40. The prank went so well, one kid even peed his pants.

The next day at church it was all the poor freaked-out boys could talk about. Word spread quickly about the deranged guy at the creepy old house. By Monday it was all over the place. Kirsten’s friend even told her about it (with details greatly exaggerated). In an interesting study of young manhood, the frightened boys were plotting a second trip. It looked like a great future for Zach and his friends until a girl entered the picture. Isn’t it always the girl that messes things up in the movies? Collin was trying to impress this girl. He made her promise not to say anything but, of course, she immediately went and told one of the boys that was in the car. Zach, Spencer and Collin tried to contain things. They plotted to get other kids. They devised and schemed, but the magic was gone. Yesterday they called the whole thing off. So, does anyone want a chainsaw?