Sven innovations

What I'm giving you here is the process that's heading to the patent office as soon as all of the paperwork is complete. This highly innovative process will change your world completely, giving you greater efficiency in your daily living. Interested yet? Read on...

Every great invention begins with a great need. What is the need here? Well, it's one of the greatest problems that I run into several times a week. Why do those flippin' popcorn kernels never pop all the way, and Why do they ruin my entire popcorn eating experience!?!?!?! I'm sure you all can relate to my distress: biting into unpopped kernels; unpopped kernals sitting in the bottom of an empty bag, calling you to chew on them, though you know you'll break a tooth on them; etc. Anyway, I've developed a system that greatly reduces and nearly eliminates this problem. Unfortunately, this process only works with microwave popcorn (sorry sj). However, the great usefulness of this process highly outweighs the problems of going out of your way to make yourself available to microwave popcorn. The process is simple and takes a minimal amount of steps. Here is my life's great discovery in its entirety:

Step 1: Pop your popcorn as instructed on the microwave popcorn bag
Step 2: Using caution (gloves may be used for safety) grab diagonal corners of the opening side of the bag and tug gently to open a small slit in the top.
note: many popcorn bags do not require this tugging motion as a small slit is already present at the top
Step 3: Over some type of waste disposal receptacle, turn the bag upside-down and shake up and down rapidly. This will allow the kernels to exit the bag while retaining the popped kernels.
note: the kernels will be hot and may melt thin plastic, use caution when shaking into garbage bags
Step 4: Open the bag completely and enjoy your dekernaled popcorn!!

I'll be selling the patent to the highest bidder in the popcorn business. Once that happens you'll want to buy your stocks in that business, because big things will be happening!

Complements

I had a couple of "feel good" moments on Wednesday as two completely unrelated men gave me words which I took as great complements. The first man was at my job in Dunkin' Donuts. He, being regular customer, and I were chatting as I mentioned something concerning the depth of the snow. At this he questioned how newscasters said that there was over two feet of snowfall last weekend, when he only measured just over one foot. Several possible answers ran through my head, but I gave only one, saying that because in heavy snow-falls, much of the snow is compressed under its own weight. Because of this, they perhaps calculate the inches of snowfall by multiplying the rate of snowfall with the time of snowfall, resulting numbers being the total inches (or feet) of snowfall. He was very impressed with this answer. After he asked where I heard that, and finding that it only came from my brain, he said that it would be his answer to others when the matter came up. I find that quite flattering.
Eric Smith, our new Pastor at Collinsville Bible Church, also approached me on Wednesday. Some Wednesday evenings during our prayer meeting, he likes to read a hymn story before singing that hymn. That night after the service, he asked me if I was interested in doing it some night. He said that he was asking me because he had noticed that I was fond of hymns and experienced in music. Wanting to get other people to minister in various ways, he thought that I would enjoy this. What I find amazing and encouraging is that I don't believe that I've ever talked to him about music before. It seems that he has gathered this opinion from only two sources: congregational singing and choir singing. Thank you very much!
I can even think of two other things that happened on Wednesday that could be thought of complements as well. It was definitely a day that my feet didn't touch the ground all that much.

Some Poetry

So this is something that I wrote about two months ago that seemed related to the theme of this blog... that being "Muddled Thoughts." I had written it in the middle of the night. I had an awful cold, my head was conjested, and I was perhaps a bit feverish. Not being able to sleep, these words started to go through my mind. Not wanting to wake up my brother Abel, and not wanting to lose these words, for whatever they were worth to me... I started to write this poem with no lights. Talk about Muddled! After getting through about one and a half stanza's I finally resorted to finishing it with my keychain LED. It's not a very good poem in itself, but I thought it would do alright as an introductory post. And because it has had no title since I wrote it... I named it after this blog. So here it is... enjoy.

Muddled Thoughts of a Feverish Mind

Alas! And why this cold so hot,
And when will forehead kelvins drop.
How will this head's deep rumblings stop
To let me take my rest.

My consciousness is cursing now
The pillow opposite my brow
Which hindereth my sleep somehow!
How wearying this test!

Why do I long for mother's love?
What are those dots of light above
As dismal as a mourning dove?
My eyes are clos-ed fast.

Is God a man that He can't see
The dismal plight expressed by me?
Did He not promise to e'er be
Provider for my best?

Kainon Archomai

"A New Thing I Begin"
What is this? My thoughts and burstings which are unique to me. The random ideas and mental collaborations which yearn to be expressed through literary means.
Who am I? Check the profile (If I've gotten around to writing it yet).
Who are you? Well, to me, your the empty comsic expance that I write to, not really intending an answer. However, you may reply and comment to my postings at your leisure.
Why? Don't ask, I don't know either.
Hope to not be a bore to all those who stumble by!