I'm embarrassed

Do you have a liquid soap dispenser on your bathroom counter? Do you wet your hands before you press on the plunger that squirts out the soap? Does that make a mess on the soap dispenser and the counter? This gizmo solves the problem! It's just like the infrared sensor activated dispensers in commercial bathrooms, but this one is designed for your home. Goes for $40, which didn't strike me as disproportionate. Alas, they're temporarily sold out.
http://www.hammacher.com/publish/73696.asp?source=CJ&cm_ven=CJ&cm_pla=1492714&cm_ite=The+Hands+Free+Soap+Dispenser.&cm_cat=1414665
Seems like it would be a good idea in kids' bathrooms - they're more likely to use soap with this (it's fun!) and it would really cut down on the mess they leave behind.

I'm not good for much of anything on a Sunday afternoon. Or evening for that matter. I typically sit here watching sports, with my computer in my lap surfing the internet, and today it was blogs. One links to another, to another and so on. As I read a wide variety of blogs I couldn't help but think about my posts and how really devoid they are of any redeeming value.
I think it's real possible that 20 years from now our society will look back on blogs as one of the sillier and more vacuous activities of the first decade of this millennium. Some of them may have something to contribute - like the one that's a diary of a guy riding his motorcycle around the world with some really cool photography (thanks, Sherry) - but if they stack them from total drivel on up to thoughtful and substantive, mine is going to be at or near the bottom.
So why are you reading this??

I had a good time at church this morning. Can't speak for anyone else. And I learned a looong time ago that no connection exists between how a preacher thinks it went and the recipients' response to it. They're inversely proportional way too often.
In the worship hour the sermon section worked through Genesis 14 and noted how Abram's three actions reflected his values, identified those values, and talked about their relevance in contemporary culture. In the Sunday School hour we're working through the core commitments of Pathway Bible Church. This morning we talked about the role of Christian Education in the local church. Pathway Bible Church will be a place that puts a premium on learning God's Word at all age levels, because the Bible is the modus operandi of spiritual growth in the believer's life. I'm pleased with the unanimity we have in perspective on these issues.

This will be an interesting week. The valley is filling up with people from all over the country (and beyond?), including some high rollers. Besides the Super Bowl next Sunday we're also hosting the FBR, the PGA tourney that brings the largest galleries of any stop on the tour. Traffic will be a nightmare, getting worse each day until next Sunday. Millions of dollars will flow into the local economy and a whole lot of alcohol will be consumed.
Steve and I are planning on going to Thursday's round of the FBR on tickets he was given through a business connection. I say planning because I have to report for jury duty on Wednesday. This is a "one day, one trial" state. That means you report for jury duty for one day only. If you're not assigned to a trial, you've completed your obligation as of 5 p.m. that day. If you are put on a jury you'll only have that one trial.
I'm thinking of getting "Lawyers Are Scumbags" tattooed on my forehead to discourage any of them from accepting me as a juror.
It figures. I've always wanted to serve on a jury, and now that I have that opportunity it will prevent me from going to the FBR. Unless it's a one day trial.
"Guilty! So can we go now?"

If a statue in a park of a person on a horse has both of the horse's front legs in the air it means that person died in battle. If one leg is in the air it means the person died of wounds received in battle. If both feet are down it means they died of natural causes.
If all four feet are in the air it means somebody spent too much time in the beer tent at the FBR.