Blessed Be Air Conditioners in August

Question from Aug. 3:

What items do you own that should be blessed?

How about getting my lottery ticket blessed for the next drawing?

--MATTHEW WARHOLY

Los Angeles

My golf clubs need to be blessed--especially the 2 iron, 3 wood and putter.

--DAVID BURKHART

Granada Hills

My exercise bike--may it miraculously burn off that candy I ate at the office the other day!

--CHARLENE ASHBORN, Walnut

Our bodies. Some of us treat them as rental units or something in need of renovation instead of treasured homes.

--S. FINNEGAN, Northridge

My alarm clock. Without it, I’d never make the train on time.

--KATHY JAMES, Cypress

I think my credit cards should be blessed--that they should be free of interest rates and hidden charges.

--IAN CARBONELL, Lakewood

My PC needs blessing very badly. Exorcism would also be a big help to stop it from freezing.

--MICHAEL GRANDPRE, Torrance

Blessed be my air conditioner, for living without it would feel like hell . . . and that’s so uncool.

--AUDLEY UPTON, Palm Desert

My condo I just purchased. It was a miracle I found it. That it be filled with peace, love and harmony.

--GLENDA JACKSON, Ventura

My backpack! I met a lot of backpackers on my trip around the world that in one way or another got robbed, mugged, drugged, etc. I got spared all the time--how much more if it’s blessed?

--OMI TAN, Atwater Village

My blow-dryer and hot curlers are in serious need of absolution. “Bless me, Father, for I have frizzed. . . .”

--BARBARA KEEGAN, Los Angeles

My camcorder. On the seventh day, God said, “Let this be used by my children,” but only after they realize they’re naked, so Adam doesn’t steal the tape.

--EMMANUEL RUSTIA

Chino Hills

The air conditioner during a heat wave on a Labor Day weekend.

--GRACE E. HAMPTON, Burbank

Question for Aug. 10:

The fake autobiography of Howard Hughes is being published. (See story, this page.) What other fake autobiographies would you like to read?

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