It just occurred to me that since I spend a lot of time on the road, I have a lot of road stories to tell. So many, in fact, that I can base a new recurring blog series on them. And since I just had another blog-worthy (well, at least for me) experience on the road, I’ll start that new blog series riiiiiiiight… NOW!

There are just days that can easily be categorized as sucky. You know, immediately after opening your eyes in the morning, you tell yourself “Fuck. It’s gonna be a sucky day. *groan*” All day at work, you’re like “Gahhhhd this is a sucky day.” and you can’t wait to go home. And when you’re already on your way home, you keep thinking “I’m going home I’m going home I’m going home GODDAMMIT THE DAY AIN’T OVER YET!” Today, ladies and gentlemen, is one of those days for me.

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Human law is supreme. Nobody can escape it. Not even *drum roll* GOD! Behold! The power of the almighty state constitution of Nebraska!

From Wired:

Nebraska State Senator Ernie Chambers (D – Omaha) filed suit against God Friday, asking a court to order the Almighty and his followers to stop making terrorist threats.

The suit (.pdf), filed in a Nebraska district court, contends that God, along with his followers of all persuasions, “has made and continues to make terroristic threats of grave harm to innumerable persons.” Those threats are credible given God’s history, Chambers’ complaint says.

Chambers, in a fit of alliteration, also accuses God of causing “fearsome floods, egregious earthquakes, horrendous hurricanes, terrifying tornadoes, pestilential plagues, ferocious famines, devastating droughts, genocidal wars, birth defects, and the like.”

As an aspiring mild-mannered reporter, I wanted to get the story from the defendant’s point-of-view. Unfortunately, God cannot be reached for comments (He never does listen to my prayers. Feh.), so I went to the next best source of divine information: Jesus Christ.

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