KYRA DAVIS: When Religion, Capitalism and Insanity Mix

There was an interesting report on San Francisco’s morning news show, Morning’s On Two. It seems that a Bay Area resident found Jesus…on a pancake. That’s right; he was just frying it up and after a few flips with the spatula he saw his savior’s face on the non-burnt side.

I’m sure there are a few of you who feel that I’m being unduly cynical right now. I know there are many who believe that Jesus’ image shows up on a lot of different and seemingly odd things. But I think even those of you who subscribe to that belief might find the second part of the report a bit suspicious. You see once this man realized that he was looking at the image of what he professes to believe to be the one true son of God, he did not run to his church to share his breakfast with the congregation. He did not invite sinners into his home so they might be transformed by his holy griddle. Oh no.

What he did was put the holy pancake up for auction on EBay. Starting bid: $500.

And you know what? I bet someone will bid on it because that’s the kind of weird world we live in. To quote John Stewart, “It’s not that we can’t make this shit up, it’s that we wish we had to.”

Ah well, on to other things. I want to remind all of you Bay Area gals that I’ll be reading at Make Out Room on Saturday (the 11th) for Writers With Drinks . I’m no longer going to be last so for those of you who were planning on coming late you have officially been forewarned.

Now if you’ll excuse me my publicist and fellow Grey’s Anatomy fan, Susan Schwartzm, has called to let me know that they'll be running an encore presentation of the episode I missed last Sunday. Very important stuff.

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8 comments :

ShoeGirl CornerFriday, February 10, 2006 at 6:05:00 AM PST
I always think those seeing Jesus in tortillas, pancakes, oven doors, trees and what not make for some really funny fiction! Because that's what it is- Fiction. I've loved your book suggestions!
kyradavisFriday, February 10, 2006 at 6:38:00 PM PST
It doesn’t seem like Jesus should have to (or want to) appear to his followers in the form of a pancake and what-not but I try to be careful when I discuss other people’s religions on this blog. For instance I won’t discuss the Danish cartoons that we’ve all been reading about because I don’t want to die.

I’m so glad you’ve been enjoying the books I’ve been suggesting. I’ll list another one on my next post.
ScottSaturday, February 11, 2006 at 7:08:00 AM PST
Actually, Kyra, saying that you don't want to discuss the cartoons because you don't want to die, is a pretty strong political opinion in and of itself... ;)

After all, I don't remember even any rogue Hassidic cults organising firebombings of Phillip Roth's house.

ALINA
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kyradavisSaturday, February 11, 2006 at 9:29:00 AM PST
Alina, you're going to get us all killed! Quick, say something negative about Anne Frank before they come after us!
kyradavisSaturday, February 11, 2006 at 11:27:00 AM PST
Okay, one last comment on this because I can't help myself:

There's a Palestinian comedian in SF that's part of a comedy troop called "Axis of Evil." They asked him on the news what he thought about the cartoon thing and he said that while the images were offensive the reaction was inappropriate. He said that what the Muslim world should have done was hire a Jewish lawyer to take on the Danish paper. That way if they lost the case they could have still blamed the Jews ;)
Molina Sias FamilySunday, February 12, 2006 at 2:36:00 PM PST
Hi Kyra,
I wonder if that is a buttermilk or blueberry pancake? Anyway I heard of someone selling a half eaten taco for $200 on Ebay. Thanks for the book suggestions. Can't wait for you new novel!!

Pinche Gata
kyradavisSunday, February 12, 2006 at 6:10:00 PM PST
I don't know for sure but I'd say blueberry. It seems to me that Jesus would want his followers to get plenty of antioxidants.
kyradavisWednesday, February 15, 2006 at 12:59:00 AM PST
Ah well, there'll be lots more booksignings (God willing). I'll keep you posted when the next one comes up!