What were they thinking?

Whoever thought up the idea of printing the credit card number on the signature strip of said credit card is just nuts. I know they've been that way for a long time, but it seems like they are getting more obtrusive in their placement. I got a new card today and the number takes up pretty much the whole signature spot. There is a 1/4 of space on both ends of the strip and the number is smack dab in the middle of the rest of it. I could do like my hubby did recently and just sign over it, but then that got him in trouble when buying online yesterday. He was unable to read the three digit number at the end that online retailers often ask for and his credit card was declined.

I guess I'll just start at the far left and sign over the dark bold numbers. I'm just going to be sure not to cover those all important last three digits.

Bread

Mike Cope asked about favorite breads on his blog today. This is my favorite bread poem:

Be gentle
when you touch bread.
Let it not lie
uncared for, unwanted.
So often bread
is taken for granted.

There is so much beauty
in bread --
Beauty of sun and soil,
Beauty of patient toil.
Winds and rains have caressed it,
Christ often blessed it.

Be gentle
when you touch bread.
--Author Unknown

Thought Provoking Phrase

"Pocket Providence" :

a derogatory term for using God at one's convenience (as a pocket watch): i.e., to give sanction to a war by stating that God has ordained it and will undertake for those seeking to justify it.

Phrase found in a story by William Dean Howells, Editha.