Every time I try to see things your way I get a headache

I've seen this before but it still makes me laugh. Thought it might make you laugh, too. Click to enlarge.

Today I went back to the house where I replaced perfectly good caulking to replace the insides of a perfectly functioning toilet. No, I do not know why she wanted it changed. Nor do I know why someone who doesn't know how to change a toilet mechanism feels competent to buy a toilet mechanism for the handyman to install.

I also went to a house in Sun City West, another age restricted community like ours only a lot fancier. The house has just sold, or more accurately is a "sale pending." We went over some of the items on the list the inspector made. No major items, and I'll go back the first of next week to take care of them.
The woman I met there is the daughter-in-law of the owner, a very sick man on dialysis. She just retired from a career as a postal carrier. We talked briefly about this house which must run 2200 square feet, has two bedrooms and two baths. Which is to say all the rooms are large.
Why? We agreed that it makes no sense for two seniors to live in a great big house with more space than they could ever use for any purpose.
Like a 3-story mammoth with six bedrooms, a parlor, a formal dining room, two kitchens....
(I thought I'd say it before you did.)
But we really like our 1300 square foot home. It suits us very well. Room for us and for you when you come for a visit!

On the way home I got cut off by one of those elderly women of Sun City West. She was driving a new Ford Excursion. Why does she need a vehicle that big?
It does seem like money in America means buying BIG. Houses, cars, boats.... It has to be BIG.

Home values here have fallen an average of 26% over the last year. Depressing.

The Anglican Church is currently holding their once-a-decade conference in Lambeth, England. This meeting of select bishops from all over the world includes Anglicans (doh!), Episcopalians (what Anglicans are called in the U.S.) and bishops from the Church of England. (Guess)
One of the Episcopal bishops at Lambeth is Bishop Gene Robinson from New Hampshire. But Bishop Robinson wasn't invited. In fact, he was essentially disinvited by the Archbishop of Canterbury, the head of The Anglican Church. So Robinson is there on his own. He set up a booth at one of the off-site arenas.
The reason for this situation is that Bishop Robinson is an openly practicing homosexual who was ordained by the Episcopal Church in 2003. That ordination created a controversy in other Anglican diocese, especially those in Africa, that threatens to divide the church. The bishops of most African countries, representing 30 million Anglicans, refused to attend Lambeth as a statement of protest against Robinson's ordination.
This story isn't getting much press coverage here in the U.S. but the issue of Bishop Robinson's ordination may well split The Anglican Church. Several Episcopal churches have voted to withdraw from the denomination and associate under the leadership of an African bishop who has created an alternative to the Anglican Church.
I'm fascinated by several dynamics of this situation, including the in-your-face attitude of Bishop Robinson who rather harshly criticizes the narrow-minded conservatives who would exclude him. Seems a bit oxymoronic. (Listen to an interview with Robinson here.)
But what strikes me as most interesting is the African church calling the Western church to biblical accountability. Ironic, huh?

I'll go for my Wednesday medium-length ride tomorrow morning and then spend most of the day working on stuff for Sunday. This week we'll finish out our series in James by looking at his use of Elijah as an example of the effectiveness of prayer. If prayer is effective and does indeed change things how can God be truly sovereign?

That red VW here in Sun City is gone from the Samba site. Heavy sigh.

I haven't spent much time here at all - I'm still learning the commands - but here's a game that looks interesting. It's an example of a product using internet gaming as a sales tool. Some of these are pretty sophisticated. And if you don't like the game, click on "Dancing Matt" at the bottom of the opening screen. Sherry included that link in her blog and it's well worth your time.