Ah, Universe, thou Joker
I worked with a client today, spending about 15 minutes on the phone and online, helping fix her problem. As we were wrapping up, she said, "Tom? Would you be offended if I gave you a Bible verse to look up?"
"No, ma'am."
"It's Isaiah 11:6-9. It deals with God's kingdom on earth. Some people are convinced the end times are near…"
"Yes, ma'am. Thanks for calling. Have a nice day."
Yeah, I wrote it down on a Post-It note and brought it home. It reads, " 6The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them…" (KJV)
The calf and the young lion and the fatling together? Whoa. Sounds idyllic.
Then driving home, I saw this:
Dispatches from The Tom Zone 
January 16, 2009 at 3:41 am
LOL. Do many of your clients proselytise on the phone? Must be a great way for you to cultivate patience…
January 16, 2009 at 8:59 am
LOL.I don't think the lady watches the news either. You don't have to be a genius to realize that there are very few "wolves" dwelling with the lambs.
January 16, 2009 at 11:21 am
I'm a fatling, does this mean that I should expect to wake up any day now with a young lion and a calf in the bed? I think the little child would worry me more, a young lion might be kind of cool once housetrained. I'd love to have some veal too.
January 16, 2009 at 4:27 pm
HHHHHHHaaaaa. That's great. That's all.
January 17, 2009 at 6:25 pm
Whether it works or not, I'd like to see it all put together and played out.My money's on the leopard.