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What? Has Erik really posted two blog entries in a single week? Maybe that small town in Michigan has finally frozen over. Anyway, those of you lucky to read this get more blogs for your money.

We recently watched the Davinci Code. I liked the movie, although I don't agree with Dan Brown's theology. Stop reading now if you don't want to hear anything about the movie. The central plot to the movie is that Jesus was married to Mary Magdalene and they had a child, and this secret has been covered up. The reason for the cover up (supposedly) is that if Jesus had a child, that would somehow prove that he was not the son of God. I don't know if Jesus was married, although I believe it is possible. I am not aware of any Biblical references that specifically say he was not married. And therefore I consider it possible that he could have had children. The part that does not make sense is the idea that if Jesus had children, he can't be the son of God. Did I miss something here? That argument is basically saying that the son of God should be able to perform all sorts of miracles but can't do one thing that all healthy men are capable of doing - to father a child. Tom Hanks does figure this out at the end of the movie, but there is a large conspiracy of people trying to kill all descendants of Christ since those people would somehow prove that Jesus was not divine. The movie was fun and enjoyable, just don't base your life on Dan Brown's bizarre conspiracies.

On an entirely different note, I installed a set of glass doors on our fireplace, which really look nice - much better than the black chain which used to cover it. The installation process was easy, with one exception. The instructions said that it was important to clean the glass of any fingerprints or other dirt before burning anything in the fireplace, otherwise those spots could be burned on to the glass. However, the company put a large warning sticker on the glass of the fireplace. To make it worse, it was the sticky paper kind which are really difficult to remove. We had to soak the glass for several hours to get the sticker off. Here is a bit of free advice to people who sell products: don't annoy your customers with stickers that are difficult to remove, especially when the instructions say the the product must be cleaned before it can be used.

Mr. Scratch

More than a month ago, we took our car to Mr. Tire for repair work. Contrary to what you might expect from the name, they perform full automotive repair (with the key exception being body work). There was a problem with the steering which they fixed. Unfortunately, while they had the car, they also dropped a metal object on it which produced a nice scratch and dent on one side. The manager was very apologetic and promised that if we got an estimate they would pay to have it fixed. I asked if they could fix it, but (as I previously mentioned) they don't do body work. I brought two estimates for the repair and was told that they would call me. Two weeks went by and I had not heard anything, so I stopped by and talked to the manager. He said that he had submitted the paperwork to the central office and they would be calling me. That was a few weeks ago and I have still heard nothing. The Mr. Tire that I went to was previously Procare and I always got great service there, so I think that Mr Tire might not have the same customer-centric approach that Procare had. I will be taking my car somewhere else for repairs in the future, and I suggest that you do the same. Of course, if I ever hear from Mr Tire, I will post that information here. There is a Monroe down the street but I don't want to go there as that is the parent company of Mr. Tire. Maybe next time I will try out Tuffy, has anyone been there?