#1)A rant is a speech or text that does not present a calm argument; rather, it is typically an enthusiastic speech or talk or lecture on an idea, a person or an institution. Compare with a dialectic.
#2)Rants can be based on partial fact or may be entirely factual but written in a comedic/satirical form.
#3)Rants can also be used in the defense of an individual, idea or organization. Rants of this type generally occur after the subject has been attacked by another individual or group.
For our purposes today, we will go with definition #2. Since I do not have a specific topic in mind and am feeling slightly weird, this definition will fit perfectly with this post.
Lets start with dryers, socks and laundry. This past week I was fortunate enough to obtain the use of my brand new 8 month old dryer. I was totally excited about this as my previous dryer had broken and we had been hang drying our clothes. Have you ever used a towel that was hung dry?? Although this practice is more cost effective, it is definitely not more pleasant. I just told the kids if they wanted a little more loofah action to use a hung dry towel. I mean my goodness when I get out of the shower I would like a nice soft, fluffy towel not sand paper. I'm sure everyone feels the same way about this as I do. Anyway, I was saying my new dryer is awesome, its propane and energy star compliant ect ect, but the awesome thing about it is it DRYS! No more sandpaper towels, no more shirts that walk off the rack by themselves! Just wonderful soft, fluffy FOLD-ABLE clothes. I'm totally happy with my dryer.
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| New dryer, sideways, dunno know why Now for socks. What is it, even with a new dryer, my socks are disappearing I just don't understand it. I have only dried about 20 loads and there is at least that many socks missing, still. I have determined that the culprit is the Sock Fairy. Oh I know you are saying to yourself, there cant be such a thing as a sock fairy but it is the only explanation I can find. The biggest disappointment in this is the sock fairy doesn't leave any money for the socks he takes. I mean jeesh if your gonna take the socks LEAVE SOMETHING! At least that way I can buy new socks to replace the ones he has confiscated.  On to, you guessed it , laundry. I had a friend post on Facebook about how their laundry stack was as tall as a stool they had. I was like I have to use a stool to get to the top of mine. I just dont understand it, I did no less then 15 loads of laundry Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, and I STILL have no less then 6 loads to get done. I said once I had to "get my laundry together" and a friend of mine told me I shouldn't do that because it breeds. I totally believe this as I have seen first hand the breeding habits of laundry. No matter what you do or how many loads you wash and put away, it is still an overwhelming, never-ending chore. I know throwing a load in is no big deal, but when you have to do it continually for 3 days straight and you only make a dent, there is something terribly wrong. I'm pretty sure we just have to many options in our closets, therefore it makes for oogles of clothing that can get dirty, although Im thinking the breeding theory seems to hold alot of weight at this point. Oh well, at least I have a washer and a brand new 8 month old dryer:) |
My next rant will be on Sundays. Almost every Sunday for the past 11 years we have attended the Fernwood Community Bible Church . When we first started there were 2 services and we went to late one because we had lots of little kiddies to get ready. The drawback for this is, we didn't get to meet or know any of the early service people, which was okay I suppose if you don't consider the church part of your family or only as a means to an end, you know like pew warmers, or just getting some fire insurance if you know what I mean. We however have decided that the church body is part of our family and as such, wanted to try and establish relationships as much as possible. When we went down to one service, oh man, its was not a happy time for all those gotta have 2 services people. Just goes to show that Christians are sometimes totally unpleasable. I guess my rant on this is at people (church people in particular) who just cant seem to get a grip. What does it matter if we have one service?? And for goodness sakes why in the world does it matter if we meet at 9 or 10 or whatever time we picked. As long as your going and fellowshipping it should not matter what time the service is. Sunday is Family day for us, and we choose to spend it mainly with our Church Family which, my goodness people, is only like till 12:00 noon. Now I know some of you out there may get offended thats okay it just means that you know I am speaking the truth. It does not matter what time you decide to go to church on Sunday, it really really doesn't. What really matters is if you choose not to go at all simply because you can not abide the time or that there is one service or its to long or whatever reason you may use not to go.
Alrighty then, I am finished ranting for the day. It sure does help to be able to get some of this off my chest while I'm thinking about it. Its been a pretty good day and I'm excited about the week to come,doing my taxes, oh yippee! Thats a whole other blog post though, so will let you know how that one goes.
God Bless
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