Point of origin

I was in Whole Foods a while ago and was struck by this:

What’s with the different prices for what appears to be the exact same product?

Well, except for the state of origin. They managed to spell it wrong in two different ways. What are the odds?

Creationism

A friend sent me the link to this frisnic on Bored Panda—people’s take on what God was thinking while creating life on Earth. They’re pretty good. I’ll give you a couple of fer-instances and leave you to click through to all 49 of them.

I dunno who this Dad guy is, but he’s very, very funny.

And here’s the cold water of truth:

Ornithology

It will probably come as no surprise that it would be difficult to hawk up an event that I’d find less interesting than the Super Bowl. Outside of anything to do with NASCAR racing, I mean. I recognize that it’s a big deal to a lot of people but all it signifies to me is that it’s the one Sunday afternoon in the year when you can do your grocery shopping without having to deal with long checkout lines.

But apparently—in addition to the Puppy Bowl—there’s another counter-event known as the Superb Owls, which I never knew about until I saw this tweet on Sunday:

Myrna Tellingheusen’s profile indicates she’s a woman of substance, retired from a place where I once also toiled.

I love that she lives in mobile home park called Dead Cow Estates.

I’ll give you a couple more of her Sunday tweets. This one brought memories of really nasty aspics served at my mother’s Women’s Club events:

And I consider this the last word on the half-time entertainment:

Belles are ringing

Well, I have some extra primo good news to relay—Bennett College, the historically black women’s college in High Point, N.C., announced yesterday that it met its goal of raising $5M by 1 February, so it retains its accreditation.

Yay!

Actually—they blew their goal away and raised $8.2M as of Monday. Financial stability was the one standard they’d failed to meet in December, so they should be good to go for generations to come. More than 11,000 donors contributed, ranging from $5 from some folks to big gifts from musicians, entertainers and others. Churches, sororities and fraternities held fund raisers. The CEO of Papa John’s gave $500,000; High Point University contributed $1M.

I love the way people rallied around Bennett. When I heard their history last month I was inspired by the multiple stories of Bennett Belle sisterhood, and I felt I needed to be a part of that community. I’ve spent the last few weeks watching the campaign on Twitter and worrying about whether they’d hit their goal.

And now I’m relieved and proud to be able to say I #StandWithBennett. I had a little slurp of Champagne last night to celebrate. I hope that's okay, on account of them being connected to Methodists and all.

Gratitude Monday: high school sports

Friday was pretty craptastic for me, and a fitting end to last week. So I’m grateful that this video came across my Twitter feed in the evening:

It is not possible for me to like this enough—it’s not just the rendition, which is great. It’s the looks on these kids’ faces, despite the loss that night and their 0-17 record. It was exactly what I needed, and I’m still singing along, even as I head into another week of futility.