Monthly Archives: October 2000

One of the most touching songs that I’ve ever heard is by Christian country artist Gary Chapman (the former Mr. Amy Grant). The song’s title is “Sweet Jesus”. Though it can be construed as a Christian song, it is really more the tragic story of a bridge that collapsed during a flood. A man in his 80s saw this happen, and dived into the river to see if he could help anyone. He came across a mother struggling to save her baby. He took the baby and swam for the shore. The mother drowned, the old man made the shore but died not long afterwards.

The lyrics are touching and almost heartbreaking. Describing the old man, Chapman (who wrote the song) sings, “He took the child/then he was swimming/like he was 20/he made shoreline/and then he died.” As the man that the baby boy became, Chapman sings “I miss my mother and that brave old man/though I didn’t know them/They are the soul in the man I am…”

It is an incredible song that most of the public hasn’t heard. But you should hear this song. Follow this link to buy Chapman’s Into the Light CD, or do a search for the song on Napster.

Why don’t soap companies put bars of soap in water-proof containers? It’s not like they don’t know that soap is going to be used in an environment where their product will be exposed to water. The whole idea of soap is that it’ll be used near water.

It seems logical that soap would come in a waterproof container. I mean, shampoo does. Conditioner does. Toothpaste comes in a waterproof container! So do most toothbrushes, for that matter. How much extra expense would it be for a soap company to package each bar of soap in a thin plastic box instead of the turn-to-mush-instantly-on-contact-with-water cardboard boxes that soap companies like to use?

I really need to get a computer for my car! On my drive to work this morning (and most mornings), I thought of a hundred different things to write. I thought of subjects for articles for the various websites I write for (crz.net, ThemeStream, WeightJournal.com), I thought of a bunch of entries I could make in this Blog, a bunch of new posts I could put up on The Well (web-based community). But the second I get to work, all of my ideas dry up, rarely to be seen again.

I wonder just how many wonderful ideas I do lose because of this.