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I usually try to take the easy way out of things. When I endeavor to accomplish a goal - my first thought is "there must be an easier way." Take religion for instance. I get my fill of preaches from a fanatic on the train each morning. He's loud enough that I can hear him over my iPod. But it's pretty cool listening to a preacher talking about JC with "Spread" by Outkast as the choir.

Once, I really did try going to church religiously - no pun intended. When I went to church I went during a time when the entire congregation was reading the Bible - a little bit each week with weekly goals so that within 3 months everyone was to have completed reading the entire book. I successfully met the first two weeks goals but found the Bible a rather difficult read. That's when I picked up "The Bible For Dummies" - google it, this book really exists and I own it.

The issue I ran into with "Dummies" is that it is twice as long as the Bible itself. My goal was not to read more, but to move along with the congregation as we read the entire Bible as a group. My solution - move my book mark in the Bible each week to make it appear as if I was reading the weekly segments and meeting those milestones, but instead listening to the train preacher during the morning commute to get my fill of Christianity.

Some of you might say that this doesn't count, or that I am a cheat or liar. And I would agree with you to a degree. But in my opinion the Bible is a series of short stories that serve as a guide on how we should lead our lives - and sometimes I chose to take the low road. And when it came to reading the "Good Book" I did the bad thing and cheated.