Mailbag xxxxxx, where xxxxx=the day of the week, is one of the most rare Video, Meliora... features because of a dearth of email. But today we find ourselves with some bon mots worth quoting. Mailbag XXXX can now hold its head high next to Fictional Friday, Verweile Doch, Poetry Thursday and other regular features.
First, a reader named "leila" wrote suggesting I call her "for any pricing needs for home remodeling". Delapuente Irving wrote to say she lost 50 pounds in 3 months. Hawkins_Brittney3 made some unfortunate x-rated comments unsuitable for a family blog.
Fortunately there were others!
Bone received his first kinda/sorta fan mail. Kathy the Carmelite writes: I can't WAIT!! Who should play the Bone? Is there a love interest? Somehow I see a Debra Barone-type woman as the foil for all the cheapness.
The Debra Barone character needs to be able to roll her eyes a lot, place hands on hips and say with her actions "I can't believe I married this guy".
Not sure who might play 'da bone'. Will run it by him!
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Another emailer commented on my post about a certain commenter. Preserving his privacy, I'll offer my reply:
How to debate civily on the 'net is an interesting thing. It's rarely done well because those moved to comment do so usually because they are married to their opinion and consider it and themselves of one substance. A sort of homoousious if you will. And that leads to people defending not the truth but themselves. Not that I'm any better. "I'm no hero, that's understood." - (name that Springsteen song).
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Having had eight children, Jeanne of God's country (i.e. Ohio) writes with authority:
How we raise our kids is how they will perceive God. At the first sign of difficulty, if they don't have experience in how to deal with those things, then they will see God as a cash cow always ready to give what they ask for. Not so. Now we have to have books written about "Why do bad things happen to good people". We never had to ask that question many years ago. Bad things always happened to good people, that was the way of the world then, and they learned faith to pull themselves through. No one thinks they need God now and don't realize they need him more to fill that hole.
If you make a kid pray beyond what he's capable as a kid, it will "spoil" him wrongly. But he needs to pray. Walk that fine line.
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