Musings in Search of a Muse

Just the other day I came across a slip of paper on which I wrote "She's as shallow as a cookie sheet." Every now and then I manage to write something I feel is clever and that was of my better achievements. Simile isn't hard, really. But I don't normally think that way.

Then the thought struck me - Why did I write "she" as the object of the preposition? That's rather sexist! Within that same chastisement, though, I found myself wondering if a man or a woman would be more likely to utter such a denigration? After all, a cookie sheet is something we traditionally associate with women in the kitchen.

Today that was all moot because it struck me that society in general has about the same depth of most bakeware. Consider the following:


Who really cares if her breasts are natural or not. Certainly they are beautiful (from what I've seen -- and who hasn't), but is that really a pressing issue? Just today we've got gridlock in Texas as people evacuate before Hurricane Rita hits; terrorism is alive and well in Pakistan; and the Vatican is on the verge of banning gay men from the priesthood. And yet we worry about the presence of silicone.

Of course, then there's the advert for The Apprentice, probably the height of quality tele in America -- not! Don't think I believe that thoughts of elitism tease me. One of my favorite shows on the tube is far from high art or drama: MythBusters, where grown-ups take inordinate pleasure in blowing up things even if it has no bearing on the myth they are trying to bust. And any reader of the this blog knows that I find nothing wrong with women's breasts. My point is that there are larger issues for us to consider.

For example, that story from the Vatican. If I properly recall, the Bible says homosexual activity is a sure ticket to the netherworld. Romans 1:26-27 tells us

²⁶ For this reason God gave them up to vile passions. For even their women exchanged the natural use for what is against nature. ²⁷ Likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust for one another, men with men committing what is shameful, and receiving in themselves the penalty of their error which was due.

So why was the Vatican letting gay men into the brotherhood in the first place? That would be like letting an arsonist work at the Zippo factory. There shouldn't have been any such allowance in the first place. In my opinion. Others will readily take the node to my anode. Debating important issues was once the mainstay of encouraging our nation's growth yet we increasingly allow shallow discourse to steer our social course.

For that reason I'm debating opening this blog to comments. Hmm ... not sure yet as a sliver of an elite streak does taint my vanity. I rather like having my own forum. And it is silicone free, if you were wondering.