If you watch any TV, you’ve seen the commercials for dating web sites.

Match.com “The leading online dating site for singles and personals”
eHarmony.com “From single to soul mate”
ChristianMingle.com “Find God’s Match for You”
Ourtime.com “The premier online 50+ dating service”

There are hundreds of other specialized or local dating web sites. I asked hubby if he thought we would have been matched if we had profiles on a dating web site. “No,” he laughed, without elaborating.

I agree with him. No, indeed. However, I know who would show up as my match: Sheldon Cooper of The Big Bang Theory (portrayed by Jim Parsons).

Jim Parsons (You can tell he’s not in his Sheldon role, as he’s not wearing two t-shirts.)

Sheldon has a low skill level when it comes to social interaction and he’s from Texas. That makes two things we have in common. I’m sure this is all that would be needed for any dating web site to ring the bell and declare him as “The One” for me.

However, I don’t think I would be “The One” for Sheldon. I have a Liberal Arts degree from a university noted for its partying and sports. (I didn’t do either while there.) Even though a benefit of such a degree is that it makes me open to new ideas and, ultimately, upwardly compatible, Sheldon is a theoretical physicist and has made his feelings clear as to how low Liberal Arts are on the university food chain (the very bottom, and he would volunteer them for permanent elimination, if he had his way). He wouldn’t even consider speaking to me, much less go on a date. Sheldon is not downwardly compatible.

Fortunately, hubby and I get along, so I’ll go see if he’s still laughing at the idea of a dating web site matching us up. Now that I think about it, he has a science degree and he’s from Texas. Maybe we are compatible.

Peace to all

In 1914, during the Great War (World War I), an unofficial truce took place on Christmas Day along the Western Front. Some German and British soldiers took it upon themselves to celebrate Christmas by stopping the war, greeting each other, exchanging what small items they had as gifts (cigarettes, chocolate, etc.) and playing a soccer game. Peace broke out in more than one area and in more than one year.

There is a memorial in Ypres, Belgium commemorating this truce that was lead by the soldiers themselves.

This is my favorite Christmas story.

Gift suggestions: To your enemy, forgiveness. To an opponent, tolerance. To a friend, your heart. To a customer, service. To all, charity. To every child, a good example. To yourself, respect.

Treat these as gifts for each day.

Be a light in the darkness