A snow day! A day to read, pray, plan. (Yesterday, in anticipation of bad weather, I brought home a bag of books. I'm spending today working on Wednesday's Lenten service and Sunday's sermon.)

A snow day is also an opportunity to ponder those profound questions of science and economics, like --

How is it that the thermometer reads 26 degrees outside right now, but the snow is melting on the street and sidewalk in front of my house?

And how can our economy be strong in the future, when we don't produce much of anything material anymore in our country, and the only thing that has been driving the economy for years has been borrowing money from China, so we can buy stuff we don't need, that is manufactured in other countries?

And how come Manny Ramirez has turned down the Los Angeles Dodgers' contract offer of $25 million for this coming year (I repeat: twenty-five MILLION dollars), when no other team in baseball wants him?

I dunno. I'm just not smart enough to understand such things.