No Snow? No Problem

There are some things in life that I don't understand and even question. Like ...

• After they make Styrofoam, what do they ship it in?
• Should part-time band leaders be called semi-conductors?
• Can fat people go skinny-dipping?
• Do blind Eskimos have seeing-eye sled dogs?
• Was the pole vault accidentally discovered by a clumsy javelin thrower?
• What do people in China call their good plates?
• What happened to the first 6 UPs?
• What do chickens think we taste like?
• How do you throw away a garbage can?
• Why do we sing "Take me out to the ball game," when we are already there?

These are all puzzling questions. However, they pale in comparison to one that is on my mind today.

Why cancel school because of snow when there is no snow?

Granted, my wife and every student, teacher and staff member in the Humboldt City School system are not complaining. After all they haven't had a break since .. what? .. last week?

Apparently, a lot of them were doing the "snow dance" (you Baptists in the bunch are going to pay for that .. we don't dance) and .. even though it didn't snow that much (if you want to see a white powdery substance around here, you are going to have to check out the evidence locker at the police department) .. it must have been powerful enough to get them a couple of days off.

I don't understand it all, but I do accept it. Of course, not without question. Like ...

Why do you need an appointment to see a psychic?

"Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding." -Proverbs 3:5