Poor guy.
Ezekiel was helping me move some stuff. However, he wasn't wearing a belt and his pants dropped to the ground. With his hands full. Sylvia and I had to stop and take a picture, with his permission of course.
Zeke is awesome.
Possibly worse than the previous worst moment ever!
Sunday, January 27, 2008
Sunday, January 20, 2008
Spoiler Alert
There are no spoilers in this blog - I don't believe in them. I'm not stupid, I know they exist, I'm just not going to be someone who creates a spoiler. I think it's just common courtesy. A certain movie theater on the other-hand was not so courteous.
I went to see Cloverfield with Sylvia and Ezekiel.
The theater in question has started a little, what I like to call, "customer service moment" after the trailers, but before the feature. It's bad enough that I've had to adjust my arrival time to the theater such that I miss the genuine commercials, but still catch the trailers. Now they send a kid who fancies himself a thespian out to tell us how wonderful DLP technology is. Then they play the DLP trailer, and then the movie.
This time the kid came out and did not mention the millions of colors, the sparkling clarity nor even the marvelous contrast ratio provided by the DLP experience. Nay, he stepped out into the role of the film critic.
I should point out that I don't like to know too much about movies before I go to them I want to enjoy the experience and be surprised. Some movies, if you've seen the trailer, you've seen the movie. Those are annoying. I had managed to shield myself from most things about the movie before I got there. I knew from the trailer that something happened, everyone was scared, and we might see some of it through a hand-held home video camera.
So, when the kid stepped out to talk about DLP and instead started talking about the movie, he revealed certain truths about the movie that I did not know before that moment.
sigh...
I'm not going to tell you anything about it other than what I thought of the movie. Ready? If you don't want to know what I thought, don't read any more. In fact, I'm placing this image here again so that you won't go any further if you don't want to.
It
Was
AWESOME!!!
If you see one movie this month - go see that. It's got everything a great summer blockbuster needs, except the summer.
WOW!!!
Whew!
Great movie...
Yeah!
I went to see Cloverfield with Sylvia and Ezekiel.
The theater in question has started a little, what I like to call, "customer service moment" after the trailers, but before the feature. It's bad enough that I've had to adjust my arrival time to the theater such that I miss the genuine commercials, but still catch the trailers. Now they send a kid who fancies himself a thespian out to tell us how wonderful DLP technology is. Then they play the DLP trailer, and then the movie.
This time the kid came out and did not mention the millions of colors, the sparkling clarity nor even the marvelous contrast ratio provided by the DLP experience. Nay, he stepped out into the role of the film critic.
I should point out that I don't like to know too much about movies before I go to them I want to enjoy the experience and be surprised. Some movies, if you've seen the trailer, you've seen the movie. Those are annoying. I had managed to shield myself from most things about the movie before I got there. I knew from the trailer that something happened, everyone was scared, and we might see some of it through a hand-held home video camera.
So, when the kid stepped out to talk about DLP and instead started talking about the movie, he revealed certain truths about the movie that I did not know before that moment.
sigh...
I'm not going to tell you anything about it other than what I thought of the movie. Ready? If you don't want to know what I thought, don't read any more. In fact, I'm placing this image here again so that you won't go any further if you don't want to.
It
Was
AWESOME!!!
If you see one movie this month - go see that. It's got everything a great summer blockbuster needs, except the summer.
WOW!!!
Whew!
Great movie...
Yeah!
Friday, January 11, 2008
Go to the mattresses
The time has come to buy a new bed. 
It was time to go to the mattresses.
I visited a number of furniture stores and carefully avoided a particular chain of furniture stores. Hint - the sales staff descend on shoppers like a horde of locusts, and they advertise... a lot! And the initials of the store are "Art" "Van". However, on a limited budget, I eventually walked through the doors.
I made a B-line for the mattresses and carefully avoided any eye contact that might encourage the sales-folk to pounce. I think they can smell you when you come in, or maybe they have chips installed in their heads that ping when the doors open. In any case, I wasn't going to give them the opportunity to jump me.
After about 30 seconds in the mattresses, walking past the $3500 Tempurpedics and down to the other end, Jon showed up. I put on my "polite, but just looking" face and returned his greeting. He said,
pointing to a kiosk across the way a bit.
I was shocked to say the least. No pitch, no fake friendliness. Where was I?
I found a mattress I wanted, the price was good, and I was ready to make a purchase. I looked up to see if Jon was around. There he was, right where he said he'd be. He hadn't come around to check on me or anything. He did just what he said he would do. Weird.
He rang up my sale including a new mattress pad, which he carried out to my car for me. Then he thanked me for my business. Weird.
I felt that I needed to say something. I thanked him for his time and told him that I really appreciated the way he gave me the space I needed to make a purchase. Jon kinda smiled and said,
It's working.
When I started this story, you might have had a visceral reaction to the words "Art Van". You might have thought to yourself - No Way. I'm here to tell you that at least one person over there gets it and is trying to do the right thing. So, now I'm an Art Van evangelist?
I found the whole shebang to be a big metaphor for Christianity. My own experience was that I was really turned off to the hypocrites I knew. People who claimed to be Christians - all that love junk - but didn't behave consistently with their talk. Then I met just a couple of people who were trying really hard to live the way they talked and their deep desire was to see me connect with the creator of the universe.
Weird
One person's genuine faith and love made all the difference to me.
There's a new book out there called unChristian. For Christians it's a wake up call that Christianity has an image problem. Young Americans see Christians kind of the way I thought about the Art Van sales staff. If you don't know what our reputation is, pick up the book and read it.
We know what the reputation is out there, and some of us are trying to change that. It's time to go to the mattresses.
Weird
It was time to go to the mattresses.I visited a number of furniture stores and carefully avoided a particular chain of furniture stores. Hint - the sales staff descend on shoppers like a horde of locusts, and they advertise... a lot! And the initials of the store are "Art" "Van". However, on a limited budget, I eventually walked through the doors.
I made a B-line for the mattresses and carefully avoided any eye contact that might encourage the sales-folk to pounce. I think they can smell you when you come in, or maybe they have chips installed in their heads that ping when the doors open. In any case, I wasn't going to give them the opportunity to jump me.
After about 30 seconds in the mattresses, walking past the $3500 Tempurpedics and down to the other end, Jon showed up. I put on my "polite, but just looking" face and returned his greeting. He said,
"If you have any questions, I'll be right over there,"
pointing to a kiosk across the way a bit.
I was shocked to say the least. No pitch, no fake friendliness. Where was I?
I found a mattress I wanted, the price was good, and I was ready to make a purchase. I looked up to see if Jon was around. There he was, right where he said he'd be. He hadn't come around to check on me or anything. He did just what he said he would do. Weird.
He rang up my sale including a new mattress pad, which he carried out to my car for me. Then he thanked me for my business. Weird.
I felt that I needed to say something. I thanked him for his time and told him that I really appreciated the way he gave me the space I needed to make a purchase. Jon kinda smiled and said,
"Yeah, we know what the reputation is out there, and some of us are trying to change that."
It's working.
When I started this story, you might have had a visceral reaction to the words "Art Van". You might have thought to yourself - No Way. I'm here to tell you that at least one person over there gets it and is trying to do the right thing. So, now I'm an Art Van evangelist?
I found the whole shebang to be a big metaphor for Christianity. My own experience was that I was really turned off to the hypocrites I knew. People who claimed to be Christians - all that love junk - but didn't behave consistently with their talk. Then I met just a couple of people who were trying really hard to live the way they talked and their deep desire was to see me connect with the creator of the universe.
Weird
One person's genuine faith and love made all the difference to me.
There's a new book out there called unChristian. For Christians it's a wake up call that Christianity has an image problem. Young Americans see Christians kind of the way I thought about the Art Van sales staff. If you don't know what our reputation is, pick up the book and read it.We know what the reputation is out there, and some of us are trying to change that. It's time to go to the mattresses.
Weird
Tuesday, January 8, 2008
my whiteboard
From time to time I write something on my whiteboard that stays up there for a while.
I've usually borrowed them from somewhere.
Sometimes they are clever like this Haiku:
Sometimes they are relatively profound:
Sometimes they are wacky, like this one my boss said a few weeks ago:
Thanks Robby.
I've usually borrowed them from somewhere. Sometimes they are clever like this Haiku:
Haikus are easy
but sometimes they don't make sense
Refrigerator
Sometimes they are relatively profound:
If you aim at nothing, you'll hit it every time.
Sometimes they are wacky, like this one my boss said a few weeks ago:
"My mom thinks she's having some dementia. She's not, but she thinks she is."
Thanks Robby.
Sunday, December 30, 2007
New Year Foreshadowing
I hope this isn't a sign of things to come. I went out to my car this morning - headed to church - and when I clicked my little key fob to unlock the doors, the alarm went off. At first, I thought it was because I pushed the wrong button, but then I realized that there was something wrong.
Something very wrong.
There's glass all over the place.
Someone tried to break into my car last night and was successful - with a brick. Half of the brick is sitting outside the car, and half of it is inside. In this picture you can see the dents they made in the door frame near the top when they must have been throwing that brick over and over. These would-be thieves also have bad aim.
I had my new GPS and my iPod in plain site. Yes, I'm that dumb. I'm grateful that they didn't actually take anything. Since they were successful at eventually breaking into the MirthMobile, but didn't take anything, I'm guessing that the alarm did go off and scare them away. That would also explain why the alarm sounded when I tried to unlock the car at the beginning.
Now some thankful moments...
1) Thanks to Tiffany over at Progressive. She was very nice and made the process of reporting my claim easy.
2) Thanks to Officer Brian Barry from the Kentwood Police Department for coming around and making the police report easy.
3) I'm thankful that they didn't take anything.
Now some dork moments...
1) There's snow all around the carport - meaning that indeed there are footprints in the snow leading to and leading away from my car.
2) I mocked myself for the CSI-type of thoughts I had.
3) I'm pretty sure that the foot prints are from Converse sneakers, about a men's size 9.
I shared my self mocking with Officer Brian and he also mocked me... "We can probably get some casts of these prints... naaaaahhh"
Nice...
Something very wrong.
There's glass all over the place.
Someone tried to break into my car last night and was successful - with a brick. Half of the brick is sitting outside the car, and half of it is inside. In this picture you can see the dents they made in the door frame near the top when they must have been throwing that brick over and over. These would-be thieves also have bad aim.
I had my new GPS and my iPod in plain site. Yes, I'm that dumb. I'm grateful that they didn't actually take anything. Since they were successful at eventually breaking into the MirthMobile, but didn't take anything, I'm guessing that the alarm did go off and scare them away. That would also explain why the alarm sounded when I tried to unlock the car at the beginning.
Now some thankful moments...
1) Thanks to Tiffany over at Progressive. She was very nice and made the process of reporting my claim easy.
2) Thanks to Officer Brian Barry from the Kentwood Police Department for coming around and making the police report easy.
3) I'm thankful that they didn't take anything.
Now some dork moments...
1) There's snow all around the carport - meaning that indeed there are footprints in the snow leading to and leading away from my car.
2) I mocked myself for the CSI-type of thoughts I had.
3) I'm pretty sure that the foot prints are from Converse sneakers, about a men's size 9.
I shared my self mocking with Officer Brian and he also mocked me... "We can probably get some casts of these prints... naaaaahhh"
Nice...
Monday, December 24, 2007
Have yourself a creepy little Christmas
I've really been thinking about a certain Christmas Carol this year - Up On The Housetop - maybe you know the one? I've pasted in the lyrics below for your reference. I'm really OK with the chorus. I mean, who wouldn't go? I'm even OK with the first two verses, they tell a lovely little story about Santa Claus. The dolly for little Nell sounds precious.
I find myself stumbling on the stocking of little Will. What's this freak get for Christmas?
- a hammer
- lots of tacks
- a whistle
- a ball
- a whip
I'm sorry, but that's just creepy. Besides potential problems with child-labor laws, I'm concerned that for his birthday this kid is also getting half a pound of C4.
Perhaps I should point out that back in the olden days when B.R. Hanby wrote this song, there was no Nintendo. Little boys had to make their own fun out of wood and string.
And I'm not alone. Morgan is also clearly disturbed.
I find myself stumbling on the stocking of little Will. What's this freak get for Christmas?
- a hammer
- lots of tacks
- a whistle
- a ball
- a whip
I'm sorry, but that's just creepy. Besides potential problems with child-labor laws, I'm concerned that for his birthday this kid is also getting half a pound of C4.
Perhaps I should point out that back in the olden days when B.R. Hanby wrote this song, there was no Nintendo. Little boys had to make their own fun out of wood and string.
Up On The Housetop
Up on the housetop reindeer pause
Out jumps good old Santa Clause
Down thru the chimney with lots of toys
All for the little ones
Christmas joys.
Chorus
Ho, ho, ho!
Who wouldn't go!
Ho, ho, ho!
Who wouldn't go!
Up on the housetop
Click, click, click
Down thru the chimney with
Good Saint Nick
First comes the stocking
Of little Nell
Oh, dear Santa
Fill it well
Give her a dolly
That laughs and cries
One that will open
And shut her eyes
Repeat Chorus
Next comes the stocking
Of little Will
Oh, just see what
A glorious fill
Here is a hammer
And lots of tacks
A whistle and a ball
And a whip that cracks
Repeat Chorus
And I'm not alone. Morgan is also clearly disturbed.
Sunday, December 23, 2007
Facebook wackiness
So it turns out that "Brian Atkinson" is a rather popular name, and people find me on facebook and think I'm someone else with the same name. Nothing I've ever had to deal with before. Here's a recent exchange with someone named Ruben.
It should be known that when I wrote:
The link went to this sandwich:
Ruben is my new best friend.
It should be known that when I wrote:
Wait, wait!
Is this: http://tinyurl.com/2alp3w
you?
The link went to this sandwich:
Ruben is my new best friend.
Thursday, December 20, 2007
"Congratulations"
I'm an occasional contributor to the "Blog" of "Unnecessary" Quotation Marks, as some of you may know.
It's not one of those grammar-police blogs, but a just-for-fun snarky comment blog about the inappropriate use of quotes and their funny and not-so-hidden meanings.
The "good news" about the "blog" is that it just cracked the top 1,000 most popular blogs on the internet. So - "congratulations" to Bethany and all the other contributors!
We're number 997!
Yeah!
It's not one of those grammar-police blogs, but a just-for-fun snarky comment blog about the inappropriate use of quotes and their funny and not-so-hidden meanings.
The "good news" about the "blog" is that it just cracked the top 1,000 most popular blogs on the internet. So - "congratulations" to Bethany and all the other contributors!
We're number 997!
Yeah!
Wednesday, December 19, 2007
Home Improvement
The local and national news was all over this story today and I had to weigh in on it.
This guy named Steve Flaig just found his birth-mother. I'm overjoyed for him and I'd love to talk to him about his experience. The goofy thing of course is that when he met her, he found out that they work together at Lowes.
Seriously...
Mlive
WoodTV
MSNBC
Truemors
Is God awesome or what?
Why I'm excited about it.
This guy named Steve Flaig just found his birth-mother. I'm overjoyed for him and I'd love to talk to him about his experience. The goofy thing of course is that when he met her, he found out that they work together at Lowes.
Seriously...
Mlive
WoodTV
MSNBC
Truemors
Is God awesome or what?
Why I'm excited about it.
A quick Christmas list
Usually we make Christmas lists for things we want instead of things we've done. However, every year some people write those Christmas letters listing and describing their accomplishments for the past year. Here's my list:
1) Name change
Following my recent adoption I've done most of the name-change stuff.
2) Followed by another Comcastic moment
Changing the name on my power, gas, bank, email, phone and a ton of other stuff that you have to change when your name changes was really pretty easy. Most of them took a phone call and sometimes an email with my old and new drivers license attached and that was that. Comcast took things to a whole new level of annoying and funny. First of all I couldn't just call. I couldn't email or fax them proof of my new name. I had to go to their office. Really? Yes, I had to go to a building so that their crack customer service staff could inspect my documentation and then change the name on my account. In truth, they inspected my documents, called a supervisor who also inspected my documents and then they gave me a form. They typed in a bunch of stuff on a computer and printed a form. They handed it to me to fill out. Most of what I needed to fill out they had typed into the computer, but it didn't appear on the form. Now that's all pretty Comcastic, but did you know that they accomplished all of this Comcastic customer service from behind one-and-a-half inches of bullet-proof glass? Oh yes.
Don't make your customer service so great that they staff gets thank you Christmas fruitcakes from grateful subscribers. No, protect your customer service staff from the so-angry-that-they-might-become-violent customers.
Way to go Comcast!
3) Didn't give anyone a fruitcake
4) Taught some people about RSS
You see here my Google Reader showing my friend Chris' blog. Until just a bit ago - no RSS. Now... RSS and I can subscribe to his blog. I taught Brooke, and she taught Chris.
I think that's how the Gospel is supposed to work too. Please let me know if you want to know what I mean. brianatkinson [at] mirthmobile [dot] com
Merry Christmas.
PS - ** didn't give anyone this kind of stuff.
1) Name change
Following my recent adoption I've done most of the name-change stuff.
2) Followed by another Comcastic moment
Changing the name on my power, gas, bank, email, phone and a ton of other stuff that you have to change when your name changes was really pretty easy. Most of them took a phone call and sometimes an email with my old and new drivers license attached and that was that. Comcast took things to a whole new level of annoying and funny. First of all I couldn't just call. I couldn't email or fax them proof of my new name. I had to go to their office. Really? Yes, I had to go to a building so that their crack customer service staff could inspect my documentation and then change the name on my account. In truth, they inspected my documents, called a supervisor who also inspected my documents and then they gave me a form. They typed in a bunch of stuff on a computer and printed a form. They handed it to me to fill out. Most of what I needed to fill out they had typed into the computer, but it didn't appear on the form. Now that's all pretty Comcastic, but did you know that they accomplished all of this Comcastic customer service from behind one-and-a-half inches of bullet-proof glass? Oh yes.
Don't make your customer service so great that they staff gets thank you Christmas fruitcakes from grateful subscribers. No, protect your customer service staff from the so-angry-that-they-might-become-violent customers.
Way to go Comcast!
3) Didn't give anyone a fruitcake
4) Taught some people about RSS
You see here my Google Reader showing my friend Chris' blog. Until just a bit ago - no RSS. Now... RSS and I can subscribe to his blog. I taught Brooke, and she taught Chris.
I think that's how the Gospel is supposed to work too. Please let me know if you want to know what I mean. brianatkinson [at] mirthmobile [dot] com
Merry Christmas.
PS - ** didn't give anyone this kind of stuff.
Tuesday, December 18, 2007
Christmas for me
Come on you do it too!
You get yourself a little something-something for Christmas don't you? After-all, what's the spirit of giving without making sure you get just what you want.
This year I got myself some direction in life.
It's an older-model very basic GPS for my car. I set it up with the British English voice, so now I have this exotic sounding car-girlfriend. I'm driving the 16 hours to Gulfport, Mississippi this year. I think I will appreciate this gift to myself.
I also had 5000 Tivo points to use before they expired. So I used them to get another remote. My three-year-old remote is just fine. It works like a champ. But this one has flames! Seriously, how senselessly cool is that?
You get yourself a little something-something for Christmas don't you? After-all, what's the spirit of giving without making sure you get just what you want.
This year I got myself some direction in life.
It's an older-model very basic GPS for my car. I set it up with the British English voice, so now I have this exotic sounding car-girlfriend. I'm driving the 16 hours to Gulfport, Mississippi this year. I think I will appreciate this gift to myself.
I also had 5000 Tivo points to use before they expired. So I used them to get another remote. My three-year-old remote is just fine. It works like a champ. But this one has flames! Seriously, how senselessly cool is that?
Monday, December 17, 2007
Looking ahead - into the mouth of despair
It's that time of year again. If you haven't selected a calendar for 2008, they make great Christmas gifts.
The lovely people at despair.com have their 2008 customizable calendars available and you might already know who desperately needs one of these.
I on the other-hand need someone to purchase this t-shirt for me. Size XL.
The lovely people at despair.com have their 2008 customizable calendars available and you might already know who desperately needs one of these.
I on the other-hand need someone to purchase this t-shirt for me. Size XL.
Wednesday, December 5, 2007
Day of the Ninja
Today is the 2007 Day of the Ninja.
It's the day when all ninjas together with non-ninjas (non-jas) gather in their normal everyday locations, in their secretive ninja attire. Don't confuse this with Talk Like A Pirate Day which involves no costumes and is all about your piratey language; especially since ninjas are silent.
Want to participate? All you have to do is pretend you are a ninja.
There's plenty to see and do today.
Check out Ask a Ninja and learn about the origins of Day of the Ninja.
Visit the official NinjaDay2007 site
If you're not prepared with a ninja costume today, learn how to make a ninja mask out of a t-shirt.
Today, the whole world is just a little deadlier.
It's the day when all ninjas together with non-ninjas (non-jas) gather in their normal everyday locations, in their secretive ninja attire. Don't confuse this with Talk Like A Pirate Day which involves no costumes and is all about your piratey language; especially since ninjas are silent.
Want to participate? All you have to do is pretend you are a ninja.
There's plenty to see and do today.
Check out Ask a Ninja and learn about the origins of Day of the Ninja.
Visit the official NinjaDay2007 site
If you're not prepared with a ninja costume today, learn how to make a ninja mask out of a t-shirt.
Today, the whole world is just a little deadlier.
Friday, November 30, 2007
worst moment ever
Maybe something like this has happened to you?
Something awful happens. You're not sure if you should tell anyone.
It's humiliating.
It's terrible.
It's hilarious.
So, after a few days, you go ahead and tell everyone you know.
Yeah...
So has something like that ever happen to you?
Something awful happens. You're not sure if you should tell anyone.
It's humiliating.
It's terrible.
It's hilarious.
So, after a few days, you go ahead and tell everyone you know.
Yeah...
So has something like that ever happen to you?
Wednesday, November 14, 2007
1977 was not for the faint of heart
Thanks to the plethora of people who emailed me the pictures and captions for this one. Steve gets extra points for sending me a link to the blog where it started about a month ago and deciding that he wouldn't clog the internet with pictures. Nice going Steve! Please note that if you follow any of the links below the comments contain a bad word. It's a bad word that appears in the bible on several occasions and refers to a donkey. If you don't like that word, please don't click on the links. There are some other words that lots of people object to. Some of them actually written out and others with cleverly placed characters in place of some of the letters so that you don't have to read the complete w*rd. I normally wouldn't link to a page that contained those words - but these are too good to pass up. I'll make my own snarky comments below about some of the pictures.
Strap in, shut up and hold on. We're going back. Yes, it's a collection of snappy comments about the JCPenney 1977 Summer catalog.
Here's a picture of me at age 10. Shoes to match the belt were available on page 478.
Here's a guy who went to my church standing next to Scott Bakula (from Quantum Leap and Star Trek - Enterprise)
Then there is a series of matching outfits for couples. I'll have to discuss that with Sylvia before I invent a time machine and buy them for us. Mmmmm... but Christmas is just around the corner. What a nice surprise they would make!
Finally, this is actually me on my first day of kindergarten in 1972. That's a luggage tag on my shirt-zipper just in case I got lost. Please note the fancy navy blue socks with the sneakers and my left hand in a jaunty pose. Clearly, by the position of my feet in the imaginary starter's blocks - I'm raring to go.
Ready... aim... fire!
Strap in, shut up and hold on. We're going back. Yes, it's a collection of snappy comments about the JCPenney 1977 Summer catalog.
Here's a picture of me at age 10. Shoes to match the belt were available on page 478.
Here's a guy who went to my church standing next to Scott Bakula (from Quantum Leap and Star Trek - Enterprise)
Then there is a series of matching outfits for couples. I'll have to discuss that with Sylvia before I invent a time machine and buy them for us. Mmmmm... but Christmas is just around the corner. What a nice surprise they would make!
Finally, this is actually me on my first day of kindergarten in 1972. That's a luggage tag on my shirt-zipper just in case I got lost. Please note the fancy navy blue socks with the sneakers and my left hand in a jaunty pose. Clearly, by the position of my feet in the imaginary starter's blocks - I'm raring to go.
Ready... aim... fire!
Friday, November 9, 2007
SkyMall never lets me down
If you ever travel by commercial airliner, you know about SkyMall. It's that rather thick tome in the seat pocket in front of you that hawks untold useless junk that no one should ever own.
However, my recent trip to Minneapolis revealed the worst one yet. Right there on page 6 was the TimeMug.
The TimeMug!
Does it let you travel through time as you sip a bracing cup of joe?
No!
Does it save time within its cavernous maw?
Naw!
Does it help you tell time in a clutch?
Not so much....
The time mug is the world's first and ONLY 100% dishwasher safe, time-telling drinkware!
To the giant brains behind the TimeMug: there's a reason why it's the first and only.
However, my recent trip to Minneapolis revealed the worst one yet. Right there on page 6 was the TimeMug.
The TimeMug!
Does it let you travel through time as you sip a bracing cup of joe?
No!
Does it save time within its cavernous maw?
Naw!
Does it help you tell time in a clutch?
Not so much....
The time mug is the world's first and ONLY 100% dishwasher safe, time-telling drinkware!
To the giant brains behind the TimeMug: there's a reason why it's the first and only.
Wednesday, November 7, 2007
Gospel.com goes live
Normally this blog is relegated to the strange and wonderful things that I observe or that people send to me. Today I wish to depart momentarily from that format to brag about the place where I work just a bit and maybe for the first time help you understand a little of what I do for a living - which is only a little wacky.
I work at Gospel Communications International. My title is Manager of Alliance Development. The Alliance is a community of Christian organizations, banded together to make an impact for Christ online. I encourage our members to fully engage in doing their individual ministries online, rather than just run an online brochure about their ministry.
My company along with the alliance community launched a new site today.
Gospel.com
It's the content from the alliance sites bookmarked by them - and tagged with keywords which turn into topics. For example: apologetics.
It also dynamically creates micro-sites about each ministry. For example: mirthmobile.
Since it's gone live just a few minutes ago - the search engines won't index it quite yet, but in the near future when you do search for a topic contained in Gospel.com or one of our alliance members, gospel.com will have an enormous impact on those search results. That's good news for our community, but it's also good news for people who need help with the topics we cover - for example divorce - something I've recently experienced.
I'm so proud of everyone on our whole internet ministry team and everything they've done to make this new site a reality. Thanks everyone!
I work at Gospel Communications International. My title is Manager of Alliance Development. The Alliance is a community of Christian organizations, banded together to make an impact for Christ online. I encourage our members to fully engage in doing their individual ministries online, rather than just run an online brochure about their ministry.
My company along with the alliance community launched a new site today.
Gospel.comIt's the content from the alliance sites bookmarked by them - and tagged with keywords which turn into topics. For example: apologetics.
It also dynamically creates micro-sites about each ministry. For example: mirthmobile.
Since it's gone live just a few minutes ago - the search engines won't index it quite yet, but in the near future when you do search for a topic contained in Gospel.com or one of our alliance members, gospel.com will have an enormous impact on those search results. That's good news for our community, but it's also good news for people who need help with the topics we cover - for example divorce - something I've recently experienced.
I'm so proud of everyone on our whole internet ministry team and everything they've done to make this new site a reality. Thanks everyone!
Saturday, November 3, 2007
DON'T CONFORM
All of you! Don't conform! Stop it right now!
The Dave Ramsey booth at the Catalyst conference in Atlanta this year gave away these very popular shirts that say, "don't conform." They asked everyone to wear them at the same time. Seriously.
I also got one of these shirts but I'm waiting to wear it until I know there won't be anyone else around wearing one.
The Dave Ramsey booth at the Catalyst conference in Atlanta this year gave away these very popular shirts that say, "don't conform." They asked everyone to wear them at the same time. Seriously.
I also got one of these shirts but I'm waiting to wear it until I know there won't be anyone else around wearing one.
Thursday, November 1, 2007
Monday, October 29, 2007
To Halloween or not to Halloween
Each year as the end of October approaches I find myself caught up in conversations about Halloween. To some, this is a fairly innocuous day, and to others it is tantamount to selling one's soul to the devil. Being that I'm someone who tries to follow Christ and tries to still live in the tangible world, you can imagine that those conversations have a range. Feel free to wade in on that if you like.
Here are some Halloween type links to some wacky and some just plain awful web pages.
Boo on a Budget
Ruprecht the Psychic Chicken's Haunted House
Creepy Classics
Carving Pumpkins used to be free, but now $8 will get you the patterns for an amazing Jack-O-Lantern.
Some costume observations:
Men - Pirates
Men want to be pirates. We used to want to be cowboys and some other stock characters until the Village People used some of the best ones. Now, many of us are afraid go out in our police officer, Indian Chief, or leather-biker outfits for fear of confusion.
Women - Princess becomes Witch
Little girls want to be a princess or something like that. This includes the ballerina, Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella and other permutations of the princess theme. However, something happens as girls become women. The little princess at some point decides to become a witch instead, and then as she gets a little older - the slutty witch. How does that happen?
Thanks to my friend Brenda who helped me think that through a while back.
What are you going to be for Halloween?
Here are some Halloween type links to some wacky and some just plain awful web pages.
Boo on a Budget
Ruprecht the Psychic Chicken's Haunted House
Creepy Classics
Carving Pumpkins used to be free, but now $8 will get you the patterns for an amazing Jack-O-Lantern.
Some costume observations:
Men - Pirates
Men want to be pirates. We used to want to be cowboys and some other stock characters until the Village People used some of the best ones. Now, many of us are afraid go out in our police officer, Indian Chief, or leather-biker outfits for fear of confusion.
Women - Princess becomes Witch
Little girls want to be a princess or something like that. This includes the ballerina, Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella and other permutations of the princess theme. However, something happens as girls become women. The little princess at some point decides to become a witch instead, and then as she gets a little older - the slutty witch. How does that happen?
Thanks to my friend Brenda who helped me think that through a while back.
What are you going to be for Halloween?
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