Thank You God for My Hearing

Let's see. I'm finally playing Portal 2. I got in an hour and really enjoyed it. Very funny game. Maybe sometime this week I'll get another hour? Anyway, the cottonwoods are starting their assault on our our yard with small dusting of cottons; mere portents of the drifts to come. I'm starting to practice my German again. Oh, and I almost got T-boned by a speeding fire engine.

So, there's a hill I usually race up on my commute so I can make it through the light at the top. On Tuesday, the crosswalk was flashing a Don't Walk sign, so I sped up to make it through the light. Just before I got to the intersection, I heard a thunderous blat of a horn and I wisely put on the brakes. I stopped outside the intersection in time to see a fire truck with all the lights going blast through the red light. Had I tried to make my intersection, that engine would have been picking me out of their grill.

For this reason, I have not and will not use headphones in my car. This is pertinent this week since the local NPR station is doing their pledge drive and I brought my Playbook along to listen to podcasts during my commute. Unfortunately, it is a bit too quiet to listen effectively on the freeway. I spent part of my commute holding it near my ear like a loud cell phone. But no headphones for me. My hearing is a bit too important to survival. Fortunately, Jen's parents came to the rescue and lent me their CDs of Timothy Keller sermons. I listened to two today, and although they aren't as jam-packed with awesomeness as his books, they are quite good. They also are the perfect length. The sermon on the drive home today ended as I was pulling into the garage.