Over the course of time, it is shown that human beings are growing in size. No, no I am not talking about human population. Although we are infesting this planet like gnats on rotten bananas, we are getting larger in size, girth, and that is what has fired up my rant today.
Perhaps I am being unreasonable and it IS too much to ask of someone to open the door for herself. I work in a large public building and I understand the need for a handicap-accessible door. I like how prevalent those blue, large, square (round) buttons have become in our culture. At the same time, I am normally repulsed by who actually uses those things. Seriously people, grab the handle and pull the door toward yourself. Maybe we could, as a society, stop pushing that button.
Today I saw a rather large woman, empty-handed and otherwise unencumbered, go out of her way to use the handicap button to open the door and enter the building. Admittedly, I could stand to lose 25 pounds. I have been overweight for about a year now and it affects me in multiple ways. For example, my blood pressure is WAY too high, especially given my family history and struggles with high BP. Yet, I can somehow find the strength, every single time, to actually open the door with my own two hands. Sometimes I can even summon the power to manage my door-opening skills such that I pull the heavy metal and glass beast open with one hand. Astonishing, I know.
More than the laziness involved, I think the amount of worthless energy consumption bothers me. I suspect the electricity used to mechanically open the door is negligible. Still, it seems that large people are most guilty of using the handicap button AND are eating too much food. Without intending to poke fun at people, I really just want to know exactly how much of the world's resources really large Americans intend to consume.
Hey, I get it, that button is really, really easy to push. Nothing like having someone get the door for you and you don't even have to thank her.
Okay, here is how I want to finish this thing: Please stop using the handicap door button everyone. If you pull the door handle often enough, maybe you'll find the strength to put down the extra large soda and the strength to walk around the block during your morning break.
I don't have a clue how this post relates to baseball or faith or music. Just stop pushing that darn button, okay?
Thanks for taking just a moment to check out my blog. I really have no idea what I am going to say or do but my idea started just a week ago. One of my co-workers asked how I was doing and I spouted the normal nonsense about being just fine. After that I accidentally opened my mouth about an idea for a blog and here tis.
Before proceeding, I'll just write a wee bit about myself. I am getting married in September. I have two wonderful children from my first marriage. I am gainfully and contentedly employed. I pay my child support regularly and speak cordially with my former spouse on a daily basis. I enjoy doing laundry but I hate mowing the grass that surrounds my humble urban home.
If you are reading this, and may G-d have mercy on your soul if so, then you can expect to see posts about one of three topics:* Faith, music and baseball. In reverse order, I offer this explanation. Baseball is the greatest of all sports in my humble opinion; I do not know why I feel this way and this blog offers some perspective and research on the topic.
What started as a part-time job turned into a seven-year tenure in a really great record store, except the store didn't sell very many records, exactly zero for most of my time as an employee. That job spawned another hobby as I delved into small-business ownership as the founder of a tiny little concert-promoting company. When it comes to music, I know what I am talking about...usually. Anyway, if I hear a good album or see a great show (or know that one is coming to the area), I am likely to blog about it here.
Finally, on matters of faith, I had the really great opportunity to attend seminary a few years back and served a small church as their pastor for a little over a year-and-a-half. Perhaps more than any other reason, I write this blog to spill my thoughts on faith and religion and why it is such a mess in so many places, perhaps nowhere more so than in my own cranium.
*This is NOT to say that I won't pour other thoughts into this blog and potentially talk about those. You, reader, have been warned. Or promised. Or something.
It is likely that this blog is the only thing keeping me from running and hiding. I can only hope that it is not too late.
jamie