Some days feel like they’re never going to end. This is one of those days. The good news is that it has to end at some point, and tomorrow might just be better. But in the meantime, misery loves Bible readings.

Today’s reading, which is soft on hands while you wash dishes, comes from Luke 14.25-35, Genesis 26 and Psalm 19. Oddly, after the last edition’s Psalm, I’m almost feeling like they may be turning a corner. I know that the 23rd Psalm is around the corner, and I remember liking that as a kid. Then again, I remember liking Jesus and not seeing how big a jerk he was, so maybe that was just brainwashing…

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So the announcement I mentioned yesterday? Well, it’s going to be delayed. It’s official, and I’m super excited about it, but we’re waiting for the official announcement to go out until the right time, so for now you should just content yourselves with knowing that I have a really cool announcement that will take place probably this month.

Today’s reading, which leaves me feeling so cool, so clean, and so fresh, is from Luke 14.1-24, Genesis 25 and Psalm 18. It’s been quite a few of these devoted to Luke, Genesis, and Psalms, and those books all basically feel the same each time.

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Have I ever told you how much I love Chinooks? We’ve had a good long stretch of above freezing weather with several more to come, and I approve of this completely. If you don’t live in Calgary, you may not know what Chinooks are. Close your eyes and imagine a burst of warm temperatures some 30-40 degrees Celsius higher than the brutal winter you’ve been hating. Jealous yet? I thought as much.

Today’s reading, which can get the job (but can it do the job, Harry?) comes from Luke 13.18-35, Genesis 24 and Psalm 17. Bring on the bad parables, bad behavior, and bad praise words.

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Wow, did yesterday go weird on me. I got an email that triggered a series of extremely happy and flattering events that will result in an announcement by me later today first thing in the morning, and then my day slid sideways and culminated in the Demon breaking his arm. It’s a greenstick fracture, which from what I’ve learned is probably the best possible fracture a kid could get, but it still sucked. Today, however, has been a much better day, and I figured it was time to knock me down a peg or two with a little Biblical masochism.

Today’s reading, which smells strangely (but not unpleasantly) of rain washing down on a man working in the fields on a hot summer day, comes from Luke 13.1-17, Genesis 23 and Psalm 16. Same chapters, no doubt we’re between the same rocks and hard places, getting annoyed by Christ, getting disgusted by Abraham, and getting bored by some Psalm-writing weenie.

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A real bummer of a day, actually. The job search isn’t going well, my knee hurts from that jackass on Saturday night, and blah blah blah. Suffice to say, reading from the Bible isn’t likely to make me feel any better, but that doesn’t change anything. This silly book is something I will get through, so bad days or not, I’m on ‘er.

Today’s reading, which is my cherry pie and puts a smile on my face ten miles wide, comes from Luke 12.32-59, Genesis 22 and Psalm 15. Still in the same books, still counting on Jesus to be a dick, Abraham to be a sleaze, and some unknown Psalmist to talk about how right God is when he rains down hellfire on bad people.

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A deranged drunk woman decided she didn’t need to leave the bar when she was told to on Saturday. I was bouncing, and she managed to crack me in the knee with her high heels (swung in her hand, not kicked) a few times, so today I have some swelling and bruising and a knee that makes me very annoyed. As a result, I have a feeling that today’s Bibling up might just reflect a little of the anger that is burning inside of me. In case you were worried, I did not hurt her, but I truly wish I had. She would have been a lot easier to get out of the bar if she had been unconscious, and the risk to patrons and staff would have been far less. Even after she left, she stayed outside screaming and wailing. We had to call the cops, who gave her a thorough dressing down and drove her home. Live and learn.

Today’s reading, which has what I need but says he’s just a friend, comes from Luke 12.1-31, Genesis 21 and Psalm 14. We’re still slugging through the same three books, and I imagine it’ll be more of the same garbage with Jesus doing his “amazing” teaching, Abraham cuckolding his wife, and some anonymous Psalmist begging God to ruin other people’s lives. Hoo-ray.

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