this bird made me crack up the other day when I went with some of the other IV girls to the Toledo Zoo. We walk into the bird room, and there he (or she) is, just chillaxin' there on the vent, getting warm. I just had to laugh.
Anyway, this post is being written mostly to appease Hattie, who reminded me that it's been a while (almost 2 months!). Way to be a faithful post-checker, Hootis, way to go :)
We were talking in Bible study the other night about how God has a sense of humor (this was after reading the book of Jonah...don't know why it was funny really). Mark Twain once said something along the lines of "Well, of course God has a sense of humor...just look at the platypus". It got us into this whole tangent about how the English animal biologists must have laughed and laughed at the drawings that got sent back to them from their cronies who were exploring Australia, probably thinking it was a joke. Ha. Kinda like the way we think of jackalopes in the States today. And then when they got sent the taxidermied version, it was probably like "hmm...now how did they fake
that?" It's just funny to think about. I think Mark Twain is right - God thouroughly enjoyed making creation, and said it was good. I can't imagine that he wouldn't have a sense of humor if he made all of that...and if we as human beings are made in his image, and we have senses of humor (though skewed sometimes), it makes sense that we reflect what is his sense of humor. Not that I've really doubted that, but it's interesting to really think about it and know that God even created our sense of humor! He likes to see us laugh...pretty sweet guys, pretty sweet.
Ok, I really gotta get some sleep, but I'll see y'all on the flip side.
This post is simply for laughs. I need them, you need them...laughing is healthy (most of the time)! Some of these were taken a while ago, some more recently. All in all, I am really blessed by God to have friends who cause me to embarass myself in public by laughing out loud as I walk alone across the Diag, thinking about their hilarious stories (and faces :) ...and don't start thinking that I don't have more where these came from :)
