This doesn't add up...

I heard a radio personality make a good point this morning as I was driving into work. If you sit on the couch all afternoon staring at a book, you’re an intelligent child who is going places. If you sit on the couch all afternoon staring at the TV, you’re a lazy slob who is endangering his eyesight. Why are books not bad for your eyesight too? Do books contain some sort of “fat blocker” that we don’t know about? What if you watch 4 hours of national geographic specials vs. reading comic books?

Got me thinking about other stuff that we do that doesn’t seem to align properly.

We tell folks about the dangers of not being more active and going outside more as opposed to staying inside and doing “lazy stuff.” Staying inside is bad, going outside is good. Staying inside is harmful to your health, going outside is beneficial for your health. But then, they turn around make outside seem like hell on earth. What do they tell us is outside? Allergies. Sunlight that damages your skin and eyes. Bird flu. Mad cows. Second-hand smoke. Environmental pollutants. Acid rain. Killer bees. Heat exhaustion. If all this is true, why in the heck would I ever leave my beloved Xbox and go outside where it’s raining sharp sticks and death? Is outside bad or is outside good?

If you own a lot of pets, you are considered an animal lover. But aren’t animals happier when they can be free and go where they want to? What animal is happier living in a fenced-in area? Isn’t the person who doesn’t try to contain a pet the one who loves them more? (Incidentally, does this make goldfish owners the cruelest people in all of history? Does anyone really think a fish is happier in a bowl like the one you use to eat cereal than he would be in a lake? They can make like 2 right turns in that tank and that’s it.)

Church is the last place that you would expect to find lying, but ask yourself this question: have you ever heard a negative comment about an outfit someone was wearing while at church? You’ve heard plenty of comments about the way people look…you’ve heard plenty of folks asking how this or that looked on them…and yet nothing but positive remarks. Maybe no one in history has EVER worn something that looks bad to church…

My allergies are acting up so badly right now that I have a constant drip going and it feels like my throat got a rub-down from a sumo wrestler with a cheese grater - all because I went outside! Don't do it! Love your computer!