It is hard to find single women in West Michigan who are Christians.  Part of the problem is the fact that they are Christians.

Most Christian women have Christian husbands.  And because they are Christian, they both are committed to making their marriage work.

But, not every relationship works and divorce does happen.  But, for these Christian women, divorce is a stigma that they can’t over come.  So, having failed in their first marriage, they refuse to try again.  After all, they have brought shame on their family and themselves by failing in their first marriage.  So, to remarry only adds insult to injury.  Therefore, these women just resign themselves to being single.

So, the upshot of all of this is that there are very few West Michigan Christian women on the dating sites.

The other day, I was invited to participate on a conference call.  And, due to the nature of my job, this is a fairly common event.

But, when I called into the conference bridge and announced myself, the host said “Who?”  Thinking that he had not heard me clearly, I repeated my name.  This was followed by “Who are you?”  So, I told him who I was.  Silence followed.  Then he said, “Are you sure you are on the right call?”   I read off the email invitation that I had received from him and he said “OK, I guess I must have invited y0u.”

I dropped off the call shortly there after.

The residents of a small lake north of Lowell have complained about the number of Mute Swans that have taken over their lake.

Mute Swans are an invasive species, and are quite aggressive to everyone and anything in their area.  So, the residents of the lake signed a partition asking the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) to do something about the swan population on their lake.

However, the residents were quite horrified when the DNR showed up one morning with “goose guns” and proceed to shoot about 70 of the birds.  I guess the residents expected the DNR to capture and relocate the birds.

Well, at least the DNR picked up the dead birds and disposed of them.  I understand that swan is a delicacy in England.

The Feds have released a recommendation banning the use of cell phones while driving.  I concur with their recommendation.  Having used a cell phone while driving, I can testify that it is definitely a distraction.  Plus, I have witnessed countless drivers on cell phones who are totally oblivious to their surroundings.

While, this would be a difficult law to enforce, it can be done none the less.  After all, the police have sting operations for those not wearing seat belts, the same could be done for cell phone users.

Over the years I have come to know several single women.  And, because I was married when we first met, they were considered friends and nothing more.

But, now that I am single, I thought that it was time to upgrade some of these relationships.  Unfortunately, everyone of them said that they could never think of me as more than a friend.

Now, this surprised me.  After all, we really hit it off as friends so it just seemed to be a natural move to become more involved.  But, women don’t think that way.

I guess it is “once a friend, always a friend.”  So, don’t waste your time trying to date a friend because it won’t happen.

For years and years, we have been buying  Hudsonville  Peppermint Stick ice cream.  And, for years and years, this ice cream had kept the women folk in my house hold happy.  So, when it came back into season recently,  I bought a gallon.

Now, initially, the women folk were happy that I had purchased the  ice cream.  But, after having tasted it, they declared that the pepper mint sticks were “off”.  It just didn’t have the flavor of years past.

So, not wishing to get involved in this debate, I told them women folk to enail their complaints directly to Hudsonville Ice Cream.

Yes!!

It appears that President Obama has adopted a new slogan for his reelection campaign. It is “Winning the Future”.

Of course, “Winning the Future” is referred to as WTF, a comment that some of us have had about the Obama administration for a very long time.

I woke up in the middle of the night this morning only to discover that the moon was directly over head in the skylight.  It was so bright that I felt like a Druid keeping an eye on the movement of the moon.  Finally, I moved over enough in bed to get out of the moon light.  When I woke up a little later, the moon was gone.

I suppose if I were an insomniac, I could make a lunar calendar.

The other day, I was in a men s clothing store when I happened to spot 2 suits that I liked and that actually fit.  So, I decided to buy them.  And in keeping with my preference for suspenders rather than belts, I thought that I would buy two sets to go with my new suits.

But, to my dismay, they only had belts.  Rats.   Well, no problem, lots of stores sell suspenders so I will just get them some place else.  But, the next 5 stores that I tried did not have suspenders either.  Finally, I found a store that had suspenders but they were expensive.  I bought them in spite of the price.  From now on, I will keep an eye out for suspenders and buy them in advance.

A jewelry store in Grand Rapids was recently robbed.  Now, what makes this robbery interesting is that it took place around midnight.

Now, normally, when a robbery occurs at that time of night, I think of a burglary.  But, as it turns out, it was an actual armed robbery and during normal store hours.  Of course, the store wasn’t exactly a jewelry store either.  It was a pawn shop.  And the type of clientele that frequent the store are not known for being early risers.    So, I guess the story makes sense.

I suppose it is the opposite of the “early to bed, early to rise”  saying.