My First Use of the Term Solomonic...

Tonight: trivia domination. The team pulled through. Also, recently on sports radio I heard someone who knew the coach of the college basketball team who had been railed recently on the news. I even commented on it, saying things such as 'learn to coach properly' and 'if you did your job better, your students wouldn't have a losing record and require a fire being lit under their bottoms' and such. Well, this coaches opinion was that the news had slanted the story and doctored the video which had been received with the student. What looked like 20 seconds worth of aggressive behavior was actually spliced from various reps the coach had given them which took almost 20 minutes of practice time to gather. Of course, it's hard to know who to believe. The lesson I took from it, though, was very practical and also very Biblical. It's actually a two-parter. First, the first to bring a case seems correct, until the other side steps forward. Then you see another side and it isn't quite to cut and dry. That's Solomonic wisdom. Second, the media is lying to us. Michael Moore has said it, but was dismissed for being over the top. Jesus indicated that the ruling culture of the day would slant his story (the body was stolen to protect the lie) and so it has been to this day. Why do I mention Michael Moore and Jesus back to back like that? They are the first two that came to mind. I'm blogging dangerously, remember. Anyway, place very little stock in that which is reported by most forms of media. They are instructed to create a story even when there really isn't much of one there. Trust me. You can always trust opinions--people rarely lie about those. It's facts that are tricky--those get messed with all the time.

This has been brought to you under the influence of Southern Tier's Gemini. A truly flavorful and powerful brew. Well done, Southern Tier.