dual personalities

 Some rich people have no shame.

Owning a shark can be “a power thing,” said Joe Caparatta, owner of Manhattan Aquariums and Unique Corals, who has owned catsharks and epaulette sharks in the past. “The shark is the most feared animal in the waters. To have one as a pet kind of puts you above it.”

And here’s an article that epitomizes a lot of what’s wrong and mixed-up about 21st century America. I mean really:

Create a time-capsule altar

Gather objects that have symbolized your journey through 2017 — no matter how mundane or crazy you think they are — and place them in a position of prominence (on a vanity, by your front door, on your dashboard). Dress them up magically (go wild with sparkles, flower petals, candles), and as you pass by each day, think of how far you’ve journeyed, and how the pieces of this object story might shift in the coming year.

Ugh.

But there is hope. Do you visit this website: The Babylon Bee, your “trusted source for Christian Satire”? It makes me laugh and it is a good thing to be able to laugh at yourself.

I thought this piece, actually written by an Episcopal priest, was good:

The reason the message of Christ spread so rapidly among the poor and outcast of the first century (and every century) is not that it promised to fix all injustice or “speak truth to power,” but that it offered the hope of salvation. Even if this life involves unjust suffering, even if we cannot make your life better, we have confidence in a God who raises the dead, forgives sin, and transforms evil into good.

And remember: