Lasik commercials drive me crazy. They make it seem like glasses and contacts are equivalent to having to bleach your hair hourly. “Putting on glasses and contacts every day is such a hassle.” Or my favorite, “The holiday season is coming up; there are enough distractions with family alone. Don’t let glasses and contacts be a distraction from your loved ones.” Really? They brag about how much time you will save. It takes me approximately 45 seconds to put in my contacts, and less than a second to put on my glasses. I don’t ever wake up and say, “Ugh! I wish I had Laser corrective surgery so that I could save this .564 second!” Nor do my glasses become a distraction from my family. “Hold on a second Uncle Dennis, I can’t talk right now. These time consuming glasses are very distracting!” Getting Lasik could save you over 319 hours over your lifetime from contacts! That is if you wear them every day for 70 years. Even better, a whopping 3 hours from glasses! How convenient! I will admit, it would be nice not to have to wear glasses or contacts, but neither are burdens. These doctors make it seem like it is some cross to bear, which I have never felt. I honestly don’t even notice my glasses. I have worn them for over half of my life, and except for when my prescription changes, or back in 1997 when I first got glasses, they have never irritated me. So sorry Dr. Boothe, you aren’t selling me on that tactic.
There is a campaign in Washington to help atheists feel more welcomed and included during the winter holiday season. To quote the spokesperson, "Our reason for doing it during the holidays is there are an awful lot of agnostics, atheists and other types of non-theists who feel a little alone during the holidays because of its association with traditional religion." I have no problem with atheists not believing what they don’t, but really? Am I supposed compassionate because they feel left out of the major holidays, which incidentally are all RELIGIOUS HOLIDAYS? Christmas? Christian. Hanukah? Judaism. Kwanza? Let’s leave that out of this. It’s good that they want to celebrate, but please don’t make it seem like the holiday season should disassociate itself with religion. Without the religion, there would be no holidays.
A little girl gave me a picture of Obama praying yesterday. How precious of her. It was cute. That’s all I can say.
There is some rodent that lives above me that apparently has track & field aspirations. It jumps and runs all day. Sometimes it misses the beam and falls. I always laugh at it when it does that. My cat gets quite worked up when Carl Lewis up there starts his morning calisthenics. She chases the sound every which way it goes. Much like the real Carl Lewis, I wish that it would disappear.
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