Aj Schwanz

You know how God is sneaky-like and likes to pop up in places that God isn’t supposed to be?

Like when you’re watching “Kitchen Nightmares” on the computer because it’s Friday night and your Hubby is at Off-the-Map and you have a Fussy Bucket child who’s finally worn himself down to silence or the occassional whine, and there’s no good tv on because it’s Friday night and all the fun people are out doing fun things, and you just want to hear adult voices that aren’t talking about finding the clues Blue left?

So you surf the various networks for the online showings and realize the only thing that sounds mildly appealing is the show about the angry chef who’s supposed to come in and fix the restaurant by debasing all the decor and food and managers and wait staff which somehow boosts their morale to turn the restaurant around?

But in the midst of the constant yelling about how people are “Don-kheys!” and serving “putrid food”, he points out that one of the establishment’s problems is that it doesn’t stand out because it’s just like the forty other establishments in the area?

And that if the owner was smart, he’s look around and see what’s missing in the community, which in this case was a steak house, and turn the restaurant into that so as to meet the needs of the local area?

And you think, “Hmm.  My hometown was once noted in the Guiness Book of World Records for having the most church buildings per capita?  And maybe we don’t need more, but we need a “steak house”?”

Yep:  that sneaky God shows up all over the place.  Just like Blue.  Except God’s fond of cliff hangers, because now I’m left with wondering what our “steak house” is.

Anybody got any episode spoilers they could shoot my way?