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One of Jesus' more offensive but realistic parables is the Parable of the Talents. I was telling R. about this one the other day. Today's email from Amazon reminded me of it, because I got a second round of credit to spend at Amazon from the publisher settlement. I got it because some of the first round of money was never spent -- so it was distributed to the people who _did_ spend their share of the first round. Truly, to those who have, more will be given to them.
And if you didn't spend your credit from round 1, well, it was probably one of those $.76 jobs that there wasn't much you could do with anyway, especially at B&N. Poor you! And you're now officially in the Outer Darkness where the weeping and the gnashing of teeth will be. While you enjoy reading your pristine used books in paper that are so cheap and plentiful these days. Doesn't sound all that bad, actually, as long as you have enough light to counteract the Outer Darkness, whatever that might be.
It was otherwise a pretty uneventful day.
ETA: Not true! I had about 5 miles of walks, and a really awesome convo with my friend K., which we had missed having earlier in the week.
And if you didn't spend your credit from round 1, well, it was probably one of those $.76 jobs that there wasn't much you could do with anyway, especially at B&N. Poor you! And you're now officially in the Outer Darkness where the weeping and the gnashing of teeth will be. While you enjoy reading your pristine used books in paper that are so cheap and plentiful these days. Doesn't sound all that bad, actually, as long as you have enough light to counteract the Outer Darkness, whatever that might be.
It was otherwise a pretty uneventful day.
ETA: Not true! I had about 5 miles of walks, and a really awesome convo with my friend K., which we had missed having earlier in the week.