Thursday, April 26, 2007
Wednesday, April 25, 2007
Wednesday Readings
2 Samuel 13 and 14. John 11.
And, only 8 months 'til Christmas. If you haven't started shopping yet, don't blame me if you start feeling pressure.
And, only 8 months 'til Christmas. If you haven't started shopping yet, don't blame me if you start feeling pressure.
Tuesday, April 24, 2007
Monday, April 23, 2007
The Inner Workings Of My Mind
I cast some seed and planted some vegetables the last two days. And all I could think of was this...
Gilligan's Island- Episode 71- "Pass The Vegetables Please."
You know, the one where Gilligan finds the crate of radioactive vegetable seeds. He plants his garden, and the vegetables spring forth almost as soon as they are planted and watered.
Which has left me mighty disappointed that after one day, I'm still vegetabless. I suppose next I'll be told I won't have super-powers after eating them.
Gilligan's Island- Episode 71- "Pass The Vegetables Please."
You know, the one where Gilligan finds the crate of radioactive vegetable seeds. He plants his garden, and the vegetables spring forth almost as soon as they are planted and watered.
Which has left me mighty disappointed that after one day, I'm still vegetabless. I suppose next I'll be told I won't have super-powers after eating them.
Sunday, April 22, 2007
Friday, April 20, 2007
Thursday, April 19, 2007
Wednesday, April 18, 2007
Wednesday Reading
1 Samuel 26, 27 and 28. John 5.
By the way, I have always thought we should rename 1 Samuel to 1 David.
By the way, I have always thought we should rename 1 Samuel to 1 David.
Tuesday, April 17, 2007
YEAH, BABY!!!
Here's something I've been trying to learn you folks for a long time.
Here's to you, World Mag Blog!
Here's to you, World Mag Blog!
Monday, April 16, 2007
Sunday, April 15, 2007
I Bet They Can't Play Like Me
From the great Engadget:
Orangutans show off video game skills at Atlanta zoo.
But can they beat the Mario master- me?
Friday, April 13, 2007
Secret Mission
Stop by Lutheran Lucy today and ask her how old she is. But don't say anything about me. I don't want her to know I put you up to it.
Hey, this is fun. I feel like Lance Link and Jonny Quest all rolled into one.
Thursday, April 12, 2007
Wednesday, April 11, 2007
Greatest Theme Song In History
On DISH Network right now they have Boomerang on a free preview channel.
I've missed seeing the old Looney Tunes and classic cartoons.
But the single greatest cartoon, with the single greatest theme song in the history of TV, lurks every night at 1:30 a.m. Central Daylight Savings time.
Sorry about the Spanish over-dub, but it's the only one I found on You Tube.
That eyeball thing with the daddy long legs in the opening is the single creepiest weapon known to cartoon-dom. In the episode, number 8, I remember it also had tentacles that came out of it with little suckers on the end, which would leave marks on its victims. But possibly even worse was the episode with the invisible monster thing, number 20, that kept killing everybody.
Did you ever get the feeling Dr. Zin is giving bin Laden his marching orders? If we could just unleash Race Bannon on the Middle East, Osama would be dead, Iran would be a free country, and Israel would live in peace with it's neighbors.
I've missed seeing the old Looney Tunes and classic cartoons.
But the single greatest cartoon, with the single greatest theme song in the history of TV, lurks every night at 1:30 a.m. Central Daylight Savings time.
Sorry about the Spanish over-dub, but it's the only one I found on You Tube.
That eyeball thing with the daddy long legs in the opening is the single creepiest weapon known to cartoon-dom. In the episode, number 8, I remember it also had tentacles that came out of it with little suckers on the end, which would leave marks on its victims. But possibly even worse was the episode with the invisible monster thing, number 20, that kept killing everybody.
Did you ever get the feeling Dr. Zin is giving bin Laden his marching orders? If we could just unleash Race Bannon on the Middle East, Osama would be dead, Iran would be a free country, and Israel would live in peace with it's neighbors.
Tuesday, April 10, 2007
Reading Assignments
Monday- 1 Samuel 1, 2 and 3. Luke 23:1-25.
Tuesday- 1 Samuel 4, 5 and 6. Luke 23:26-56.
Tuesday- 1 Samuel 4, 5 and 6. Luke 23:26-56.
Monday, April 09, 2007
Some Post-Easter Wrap Up Thoughts
I stood at the center aisle entrance to the sanctuary yesterday as the procession and choirs slowly entered at the start of the service. The ushers are supposed to count the people as they enter the sanctuary. Well, they went by kind of fast, making it more difficult to remain accurate. So I suggested we yell out to the pastors, who by then were making their way to the altar, for a "do-over."
Can this really be done? I say yes, because the lights were still dimmed. On Good Friday, the lights go down at the end of the service and stay down until Easter morning when the cross is uncovered. So as long as the lights are still off, I think this could have been pulled off without a lot of commotion.
While the lights in the sanctuary were out, I found several wives and husbands struggling in the dark to find where their significant other was seated. Which caused me to think that, sometime in the history of the church, somebody has sat down next to the wrong person, thinking in the dark that it was their spouse. Thankfully, there were no screams at our church when the lights flew on.
And, thanks to DanatNR, Lutheranism now has a new name. Remember the George Gobel post last week? Well, Lutherans are from now on to be known as Evangelical Reformed Catholic Orthodox Lutheran- Properly Defined. Or simply, ERCOL.
From now on, when somebody asks your religion, just say...
"I'm ERCOL!"
Can this really be done? I say yes, because the lights were still dimmed. On Good Friday, the lights go down at the end of the service and stay down until Easter morning when the cross is uncovered. So as long as the lights are still off, I think this could have been pulled off without a lot of commotion.
While the lights in the sanctuary were out, I found several wives and husbands struggling in the dark to find where their significant other was seated. Which caused me to think that, sometime in the history of the church, somebody has sat down next to the wrong person, thinking in the dark that it was their spouse. Thankfully, there were no screams at our church when the lights flew on.
And, thanks to DanatNR, Lutheranism now has a new name. Remember the George Gobel post last week? Well, Lutherans are from now on to be known as Evangelical Reformed Catholic Orthodox Lutheran- Properly Defined. Or simply, ERCOL.
From now on, when somebody asks your religion, just say...
"I'm ERCOL!"
Friday, April 06, 2007
But I Really Do Feel Bad For The Guy!
I just had to post this because it is hilarious.
From Jim Rome:
"Despite uncorking perhaps the worst opening pitch in the history of baseball, Cincinnati Mayor Mark Mallory says he wants another shot.
Are you sure, Mayor? I mean, have you seen this tape? As bad as it must have felt, it looked ten times worse. I appreciate you having the stones to get back on that horse, but you might want to quit while you’re behind. You didn’t even get up on the bump: you went to the edge of the grass and still fired it towards the first base dugout. And hit an umpire!
The ‘Nati’ is a proud baseball town; you don’t want to subject them to any more ridicule nationally than you already have. Besides, you need to think about your career. When you come up for reelection, you just know your opponent is going to run TV spots, with that atrocity and the tag line, if this man can’t throw a baseball 60 feet 6 inches, do you really want him running your city? Never mind 60 feet 6 inches, he only had to get about 50 and barely kept in the stadium. Just wear it, my man, keep moving and hope that people get sick of watching it on YouTube and move on to something else. Don’t get me wrong, no one wants to see ball 2 as much as I do, but for your political future, you need to shut it down."
I just love Eric Davis "what the..." look on his face.
Well. brace yourselves, kiddies, because we now have been treated to ball 2! On Jimmy Kimmel Live.
Why did he do this? What did he have to gain by this humiliation? I mean, anybody can pull a Mitch Williams once in a lifetime. But to do it twice?
Look, you're not good at throwing. We get that. Even Stuart Smalley gets it. Just leave it at that. It's not the most important thing in the world. In fact, most people don't even care if their mayor can throw strikes. It's a pretty worthless talent at this point in your life. You should have just left it at that. Now it just looks pathetic.
Actually, the guy has been a good sport about it all. Here's the interview portion of the show:
From Jim Rome:
"Despite uncorking perhaps the worst opening pitch in the history of baseball, Cincinnati Mayor Mark Mallory says he wants another shot.
Are you sure, Mayor? I mean, have you seen this tape? As bad as it must have felt, it looked ten times worse. I appreciate you having the stones to get back on that horse, but you might want to quit while you’re behind. You didn’t even get up on the bump: you went to the edge of the grass and still fired it towards the first base dugout. And hit an umpire!
The ‘Nati’ is a proud baseball town; you don’t want to subject them to any more ridicule nationally than you already have. Besides, you need to think about your career. When you come up for reelection, you just know your opponent is going to run TV spots, with that atrocity and the tag line, if this man can’t throw a baseball 60 feet 6 inches, do you really want him running your city? Never mind 60 feet 6 inches, he only had to get about 50 and barely kept in the stadium. Just wear it, my man, keep moving and hope that people get sick of watching it on YouTube and move on to something else. Don’t get me wrong, no one wants to see ball 2 as much as I do, but for your political future, you need to shut it down."
I just love Eric Davis "what the..." look on his face.
Well. brace yourselves, kiddies, because we now have been treated to ball 2! On Jimmy Kimmel Live.
Why did he do this? What did he have to gain by this humiliation? I mean, anybody can pull a Mitch Williams once in a lifetime. But to do it twice?
Look, you're not good at throwing. We get that. Even Stuart Smalley gets it. Just leave it at that. It's not the most important thing in the world. In fact, most people don't even care if their mayor can throw strikes. It's a pretty worthless talent at this point in your life. You should have just left it at that. Now it just looks pathetic.
Actually, the guy has been a good sport about it all. Here's the interview portion of the show:
Thursday, April 05, 2007
George Gobel Must Have Been Lutheran
"After following Bob Hope and Dean Martin on The Tonight Show, Gobel famously quipped to Johnny Carson, 'Did you ever get the feeling that the world was a tuxedo and you were a pair of brown shoes?'" - George Gobel (quoted from Wikipedia).
If you are a Lutheran, did you ever get that feeling from being Lutheran? You naturally don't feel comfortable being lumped together with Roman Catholics. And you really don't like it when people consider you a Protestant, either.
I was taking a survey, and the following question came up:
"What best describes your religion?
-Roman Catholic
-Culturally Jewish Only
-Protestant
-Muslim
-Orthodox Christian
-Hindu
-Other, Christian
-Buddhist
-Orthodox Jewish
-Secular, no religion
-Conservative Jewish
-No religion but spiritual
-Reform Jewish
-Other"
I ended up putting Other, Christian. What should I have picked?
All the really great words are already taken, like catholic and orthodox. So we're stuck being named after a person. That ain't right, is it? I think we were the original evangelicals, although that name has been usurped also and now has a negative connotation.
How about we declare ourselves Orthodox Catholic?
Can someone please come up with a name that fits?
Thursday's Top 10
With apologies to the great David Letterman...
Top 10 Reasons The St. Louis Cardinals Have Started The Season 0-3:
10. Providing fodder for stale Scottius Maximus posts.
9. Worrying about unusual freezing temperatures killing spring flower buds.
8. Too busy calling American Idol multiple times to vote for Sanjaya.
7. Can only play well in October.
6. Jealous of Joe Morgan's crush on Jose Reyes.
5. Distracted by Anna Nicole news.
4. Missing Ronnie Belliard.
3. Tired of the whole "World Champions" thing- want to be known once again as the "Slanidracs".
2. Inexplicable idolizing of the 1998 defending champions, the Florida Marlins.
1. Gave up winning for Lent.
Wednesday, April 04, 2007
Tuesday, April 03, 2007
Sunday, April 01, 2007
Deja Vu All Over Again?
Yogi was right again.
"Haven't we been here before?"
Florida vs. Ohio State for the national championship.
In other college BB news, Chris Lowery just signed a seven year contract at SIU. Which is great news. He's been a great coach. SIU is paying him market value. I'm so glad he didn't look at moving to the Big Ten as a "step up." The MVC was much better than the over-rated Big Ten this year, as it has been many years.
"Haven't we been here before?"
Florida vs. Ohio State for the national championship.
In other college BB news, Chris Lowery just signed a seven year contract at SIU. Which is great news. He's been a great coach. SIU is paying him market value. I'm so glad he didn't look at moving to the Big Ten as a "step up." The MVC was much better than the over-rated Big Ten this year, as it has been many years.
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