Due to safety and environmental concerns, Toyota has recalled 3.37 million cars. The recall involves 2.87 million cars due to faulty emissions control units. Another 1.43 million vehicles are included to repair air bag inflators that could be ineffective. Of the 3.37 million, Toyota thinks 930,00 of them may be affected by both defective units.
Several years ago I witnessed an event that led me to a conclusion: Most defective air bags have faulty emissions control units.
While I was in college, I was a frequent spectator at the Texas Rangers games. At one of these games, a rude air-bag-of-a-man strutted by me, and He was wearing a shirt with an imprint that was much too vulgar to be worn in public. This defective airbag had some real problems with his emissions control system, and he turned the air blue with his profanity.
Before the second inning started the security guards were recalling this air bag. He was ushered out of the stands with blood gushing from a gaping wound that was the result of a frustrated father’s attempts to preserve the innocence of his son.
Defective air bags are characterized as a person who is foolish or boisterous:
- The woman of folly is boisterous, she is naive and knows nothing (Proverbs 9:13).
- A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish son, heartache to his mother (Proverbs 10:1).
- The tongue of the wise makes knowledge attractive, but the mouth of fools blurts out foolishness (Proverbs 15:2).
The need for emissions control predates the advent of the auto. Paul admonished the church at Ephesus to manage their manners and to watch their words: “Don’t let even one rotten word seep out of your mouths. Instead, offer only fresh words that build others up when they need it most. That way your good words will communicate grace to those who hear them (Ephesians 4:29).”
I’ll leave you with a thought that might help you with your emissions control: Profanity is the weapon of the witless and a weak device to support an even weaker argument.
I’ve been told that the English language can be difficult to comprehend due to the multiple definitions a single word can have.
Fashion is not my forte, and I’m certainly not the model image of a fashion model from GQ. I do, however, know enough about fashion to know that Bill Cunningham, the legendary photojournalist for The New York Times, died on Saturday.
Whenever I read the opening verses of Psalm 92, the number 1,440 flashes through my mind. 1,440 is the number of minutes in a day, and Psalm 92 is a positive motivator on how to manage these precious moments:
When I purchased a new computer several years ago, Best Buy packaged it with a copy of a virus protection program called Kaspersky. I liked the program and would have renewed my subscription except for the fact that it was a Russian company.
With the exception of Sunday, my morning routine includes a little java and journalism. On Sundays I still drink the coffee, but I skip the newspaper.
Life is an adventure. Some people seem to stumble their way through it, while others have the ability and agility to bob and weave their way through its obstacles. Some people have the knack to fall face first into every mud hole that dots their path in life, while others can transform the sourest moments of life into a sweet experience.
Tuesday morning, I was driving west towards Wichita and I was blessed with the beauty of a double rainbow. As the dazzling colors shone brightly against the distant backdrop of dark and menacing clouds, I was reminded that life is much like that storm.
Quintus Horatius Flaccus was a poet who lived during the reign of Caesar Augustus, and he’s credited with saying: Exegi monumentum aere perennius. This phrase is found after the final poem in Horaces third book, and it means: I have made a monument more lasting than bronze.
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