This is what happens when there is no political/religious outrage for me to harp on

Warning: subject is prone to change abruptly, so stay on your toes.

I behaved exactly like a man yesterday.

I dressed in a baggy sweatshirt and jeans, and ate more barbecue food than was necessarily healthy.

Then I watched the Superbowl. I ate pizza. I drank beer.

Just to make sure I was in fact, still a woman, I baked a cake (which was against my diet, but I needed chocolate).

I let the men do the dishes. It was a great day.

Suddenly I understand where they’re coming from. I wouldn’t want some woman nagging me to get stuff done either.

I also watched “Michael Moore Hates America,” a documentary by some other guy named Michael, whose last name is not memorable.

It was made between “Bowling for Columbine” and “Fahrenheit 9/11,” so it revealed a few of the untruths in both, but its focus was mainly on Moore’s anti-American attitude, and habit of complaining without offering solutions.

The movie was done in the style of Moore’s documentary “Roger and Me” and the other Michael spent the whole movie trying to track Moore down for an interview. He never got it.

I was impressed by its honesty. For instance, at one point Mike lied to an interview subject about the purpose of the interview because he was afraid the guy wouldn’t want to talk to him if he knew the truth.

But the documentary also showed Mike arguing with his producer over the deceit, (the producer threatened to step out of the project if Mike used the interview footage), and eventually they sent the interviewee a letter explaining that they had misrepresented themselves and they would not use the footage without his permission. The subject agreed to let them use it.

The kind of self-deprecating, jocular honesty the filmmakers employed was disarming. But I have to admit I was predisposed to believe it anyway.

Today I received a mail order of Chilean snail extract. It’s supposed to be good for the skin.

It came in a small box, which once opened revealed an even smaller box, which held a tiny little $30 jar of cream. The policy apparently prohibits use of more than one snail per jar. This stuff better be good.

I’m thinking about getting a tattoo. I haven’t entirely designed it yet, but I think it will have the word “forgiven” somewhere in it. That’s an important thing to remember. What an amazing thing to be forgiven and be called a friend of God.

Anyway, today’s Bible verse is John 16:33b.
“In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.”

I love that. What a powerful statement.