Yesterday I picked up a book at Borders to supplement some research for my message on Sunday. I love the title: Can a Smart Person Believe in God? The author is Michael Guillen. He's a theoretical physicist. In other words, he is a smart person.
The book is fascinating. I'm going to use some of it in my teaching on Sunday. I just hope all of our smart people are there :)
In chapter 3 he talks about superstitions. Wade Boggs, the former Red Sox star, had a few that I thought were interesting. He insisted on running his wind sprints at precisely 7.17 pm. He ended his ground ball drill by stepping on the bases in backward order. He never stepped on the foul line when taking the field but always stepped on it returning to the dugout. And finally, he ate chicken before every game.
I'm officially declaring Wednesday, April 26 as Embrace Your Idiosyncracies Day. It is a day to be weird with pride.
See you at Boston Market :)
For research for Sunday (and some possible entertainment) see the blog by Scott Adams, the creator of Dilbert (dilbertblog.typepad.com). He raised the same question - look for the April 20 and 24 posts.
Posted by: Bethany | April 26, 2006 at 06:33 PM