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I'm not Fat 1970-01-01 00:59:59 I often remind those making fun of how skinny I am, that there are WAY more fat jokes than skinny jokes. And admit it.. Fat jokes are funnier!
An Opinionated Fart 1970-01-01 00:59:59 My 4 year old and 2 year old boys would so get a kick out of this.Police hunt farting dissident
Hello Pastor... 1970-01-01 00:59:59 I have listened to many absurd phone calls over the years. Check out this hilarious Monday Morning phone call, with a special digital remix towards the end.HelloPastor
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Ramblings of a Sports-Crazed LittlePastor 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Last night my church had a special Sunday Night service. (A few years back, we ditched this Sunday Evening service; but occasionally meet for special guests and the like.) Well when combined with a special leaders-only meeting before the service, I had to check out on the Cowboy-Eagle game at halftime. Now for those of you without serious Sunday Morning commitments, you might have never thought about how the Cowboy game interacts with the duties of a Sunday Morning minister. And if you aren't an avid football fan, this is all very foreign to you.Not having my Dish Network DVR, would throw me back into the stone age of actually using VHS tapes to record the game in the back room, then getting home and watching the VHS tape I recorded to in the front room, while recording the second half in the back room on a separate VHS tape. Make any sense? Well 4 years ago I thought it was a genius idea! Anyways, having my DVR now makes most things simpler.The only thing not simple is the avoiding o Read more:Sports
Not My Space 1970-01-01 00:59:59 I've always had problems with the MySpace
phenomenon. I guess I've never liked MySpace for the same reasons I've never been in to 'chatting' online. (I know, I know... I have a blog. But it includes no pictures and I never chat via message postings.) I recently read this article on Dallasnews.com; and it expresses things I've always felt about the 'dangers' of Internet usage saturation. Though he's not anti-technology, Dr. Bugeja often lectures students about "interpersonal intelligence" - knowing when, where and for what purpose technology is most appropriate. He points out the students he's seen walking across campus, holding hands with significant others while talking on cellphones to someone else. He's also observed them in coffee shops, surrounded by people, but staring instead at a computer screen. "True friends," he tells them, "need to learn when to stop blogging and go across campus to help a friend." The article talks about this
Why I'm scared to grow old 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Don't these things only happen to old people? A pensioner was trapped upside down in a hole for four hours - finally being rescued by a passing postman who saw his feet sticking out. Albert Hughes, 70, was adjusting the water flow of the sprinklers in his front garden when he fell head first into the hole which houses the water meter.Passing postwoman Janelle Maury was delivering letters when she saw his boots and heard his muffled cries for help. "His feet were at ground level but that was all I could see. When I was closer I could see he was down there," said Janelle. She immediately called the emergency services who rushed to the scene.
Random Musings 1970-01-01 00:59:59 It's been months since I cleared my head of some random musings:I've had this word that I can't get out of my mind for over 3 weeks now. Genuine. I've been contemplating what it means to be a truly Genuine person. I was thinking about how the people I'm most drawn to are Genuine people. You know, the people most real and honest in the way they live their lives. The people who are the same genuine person, no matter the situation or environment. Are there any of these people left in the world? Because I have a hard time finding them, even in my own mirror.I finished week 3 in my new running regime. I'm using the Couch-to-5k program from CoolRunning.com. It's been a fun run, but I feel like the worst is yet to come.This weekend I get to put Dallas in my rearview mirror. I'm headed to Missouri -Roaring River State Park, to do some fishing and golfing. To clarify, I'll be fishing for trout and golfing for torture. I got a new tech toy this week. Introducing the Cingular Read more:Musings
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Living in this World 1970-01-01 00:59:59 I was reminded this weekend of the scene in the movie Hotel Rwanda, when the Hotel manager tells one of the journalist covering the massacre that when the rest of the world sees the atrocities being committed in Rwanda, that people all over the world will come to their aid. In the scene, the journalist tell the hotel manager that when people around the world see these images on their televisions, they will simply say how horrible it is and then change the channel and go on with their lives. Are we not all guilty of proclaiming how horrible something is, then doing nothing about it? That is the American way, really.Read some of the headlines over the past few weeks just in the grand ol' USofADad charged with murderTriple Murder-Suicide case yields few answersIllinois Woman Accused of Killing Pregnant Mom, Cutting Baby From WombGeesh, what are we coming to? I feel like I should do something, but don't know what. But my super cynical mind tells me that there have always been atroci Read more:Living
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Crazzzzy Campaign Ads 1970-01-01 00:59:59 With the Texas Gubernatorial race heating up here in my neck of the woods, and all the campaign ads hitting the airwaves... I got to thinking. Surely there has to be some great Campaign
videos out there on the great World Wide Web. And boy, are there! Yes, I did vote for Bush both times; but the first line of this ad is the greatest.Check out this Jerry Springer Gem. Moral of the Story: Don't pay hookers with a check. Always pay with Cash.1952 Adalia Stevenson Campaign Ad. This ad comes close to making me think I've been drugged. Maybe a history buff, can give us the background on Ike and Bob.1976 Ford Campaign Ad. I wish more ads ended with "And that's why I hope that, I don't know. . .please think about it."1952 Nixon makes it clear what he thinks of corruption in the White House. How Comforting!And my favorite over-the-top campaign ads come from the great Vernon Robinson. These are racy, and obnoxious. They remind me of those SNL Political Ad Parodies in the 90's.(Whi
LittlePastor getting some new stripes 1970-01-01 00:59:59 I've going to make some changes to this here little blog. I'm going to try shorter postings at more frequent intervals; Maybe that will make it easier for me to keep on top of things for my adoring littlepastor fans(tounge-in-cheek).I've finished week 4 in the Couch-to-5k Running Program. I'm now officially into day 2 of grueling week 5. This is a big deal for me. Seriously, five weeks of running 3 times a week is serious business for the littlepastor.I'm reading 'Velvet Elvis' by Pastor Rob Bell. This is a fascinating read. Sometimes I read books and I can hear all my bible school teachers screaming, "Heresy!" in the background. Two chapters in and I'm on board with the repainting the Christian Faith bandwagon. A great follow-up book to something like Blue Like Jazz.And I would be a bad pastor if I didn't recognize October as National Clergy Appreciation Month. It is always celebrated on the second Sunday in October, falling on October 8th of this year. I know, I kn Read more:stripes
Slide Baby Slide 1970-01-01 00:59:59 I can't read this story without thinking, "It's all fun and games, until somebody gets hurt!" And Somebody will eventually get hurt, you know they will. Tate Modern today unveils the largest slide in Britain which will fill the vast Turbine Hall. The Bankside gallery has been turned into a large playground with visitors able to travel down five large slides which spiral through the huge space connecting the galleries with Turbine Hall. The biggest slide is 55.5 metres long and has a drop of 27 metres. The helter skelter, entitled Test Site, is the brainchild of German installation artist Carsten Höller who sees slides as an essential mode of human transport. Read more:Slide
Do Not Park Here 1970-01-01 00:59:59 I've got this lady a few houses down from my house. She's older, maybe in her late 60's. I think she's OCD or something, because she's constantly mowing her grass. And she doesn't park her car on her driveway. She's so concerned that people will park in her driveway, that she actually sets up a parking barrier at the end of her driveway. I must admit that's one pretty driveway, it hasn't seen a car in years.Anyways, I saw this sign and thought of the neurotic lady on my street. :)
Elbow Slippage 1970-01-01 00:59:59 What would Homer Simpson say if he did this?Just another $139 million dollars down the drain.I mean really, who hasn't done something like this before? Really, Be Honest. Haven't we all?For a real interesting take, read Norah Ephron's first-person account of this great elbow slippage. Read more:Elbow
Theoretical Marriage 1970-01-01 00:59:59 I'm not gloating, just pointing out that loving ONE woman for the rest of your life is more of a challenge than explaining black holes and the origins of the universe. Guess it takes more than a theoretical physicist to figure out how to keep a marriage together?Steven Hawking to Divorce
Gorilla Misbehaving 1970-01-01 00:59:59 This has always been a fear of mine; being abducted by a person in a gorilla suit. You just can't trust a man in a gorilla suit!Man in Gorilla
Suit Abducts Child. Caught on Video!
Halloween Funny 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Is that plane crash real? A man's Halloween
display of a plane crash has its lovers and haters. Read more:Funny
Nail Gun Slippage 1970-01-01 00:59:59 OK, gentlemen. Just try and read this without cringing...You did what with a nail gun?
Out of Towner 1970-01-01 00:59:59 I'm headed out of town for a few days on a little preaching and teaching excursion to the Greater Tulsa Metroplex.I'll leave you with the greatest collection of highbrown insults on the web. And remember, if you don't get the insult... it means you're not smart.
Naked Medication 1970-01-01 00:59:59 In the "This Guy is Mentally NOT Right" area of this blog we find this story on CNN.com today.Authorities: Naked prosecutor caught on camera Blauvelt's lawyer, Michael Gmoser, said in a statement Tuesday that his client was seriously injured in a 2005 car accident, suffers from mental illness and is on medication for seizures."Scott Blauvelt is an American with a disability," he said.Three Good Questions:So it's a disability to walk around naked?Is the Medication
he speaks of really to treat nakedness?And we're supposed to believe that the District Attorney's office never suspected anything about this guy until one day he's found walking around in his birthday suit?
Broadcast Blunders 1970-01-01 00:59:59 I've always thought is was so sad, when people lose there jobs for saying one stupid thing. But I guess it goes with the territory of public life. Of course most of those in this story, deserve everything they got!Blunders in the BoothI do remember I few years ago hearing Tom Grieve, Texas Ranger Great, utter some explitives in the direction of Hideki Irabu when he thought the TV broadcast had gone to commercial. I can't remember if he was punished or not. Read more:Broadcast
I'm Playing with the Race Card 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Spent a nice few days in Green Country Oklahoma this weekend. I was the speaker at a multi-church youth rally Saturday Night and did two services at the host church on Sunday Morning. I've never preached back-to-back on Sunday morning, it was kind of different. It is so fun to visit other congregations in completely different environments than the one I currently work in. I work in an inner city part of Dallas with mostly underprivileged kids; and I spent my weekend in middle class America. All is good, but it got me to thinking...The church I work in here in Dallas is about 50% black, with the rest of us being white or Hispanic. I've grown so accustomed to being in mixed race settings, that I noticed almost immediately at the church I visited in Oklahoma that there were NO people of color. When one finally did walk in later in the service, I noticed him right away. In about 6 years time, I've gone from noticing I'm the only white person in the room and feeling weird about
Genuinely Genuine 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Is it possible to meet people who are what they say they are? Is it possible to really be around 'Christian' believers who actually act 'Christian'? I wonder anymore if you can find people who genuinely love Christ more than themselves.I've got tired-head from a long day of ministry stuffs; but I can't get over my never ending search for people passionate about SOMETHING in the world. I've sat thinking all afternoon... are there really people that live what they say from a stage? Are there really people that are passionate about the things Christ was passionate about?If they do exist, where do most of them spend their time?I've not been around anyone terrible today, nor have I had my feelings hurt by someone in my church today. Just really curious if there are people in this world that are genuinely genuine. Read more:Genuine
Pass The Vegetables Please 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Study: Eating Vegetables
May Slow Mental Decline So when someone suggests that you need to eat more vegetables; does that mean they think you're STUPID? Read more:Please
Running, Not Running 1970-01-01 00:59:59 One of my biggest fears about running is falling. I can't begin to tell you how many times I've stepped in a hole, or tripped on a curb while running. I've never had a full 100% melt-down like this video, but I know it's coming some day.
Blunder of All Blunders 1970-01-01 00:59:59 This fits under the heading of "I Hope to God in Heaven this Never Happens to Me!"Botched Child Porn Raid A.J. Nuckols, who said his family has filed formal complaints, wrote in a letter published in the Chatham Star-Tribune that the raid at his Gretna, Va., home "scared beyond description" him and his family. He described being "held at gunpoint, taunted and led into the house," and said the home was ransacked by a "paramilitary search-and-seizure team" that took computers, cameras, DVDs and VHS tapes. "Men ran at me, dropped into shooting position, double-handed semiautomatic pistols pointed at me, and made me put my hands against my truck," Nuckols wrote.How would you ever explain to the neighbors why 20+ men with bullet-proof gear and guns in the air stormed your house? And all this because someone had given the coppers the wrong IP address.
The Thursday Update 1970-01-01 00:59:59 I've been thinking much over the past few days about the things I do for my own benefit, when on the outside it looks like I'm doing it for another's benefit. I think people often do this, without even realizing how selfish they are being. For example, let's pretend that someone was spreading lies around town about me. Lies that attacked my fidelity to my wife, my fathering skills, or maybe even lies challenging my heterosexuality. Lies, Lies, and more Lies. Lies that got around to those who know me, and lies that got around to those who were simply acquaintances of mine. And let's pretend that these lies were even passed on by those who were told the lies in the first place. Would these lies hurt me? Of course! Now let's pretend, that the person who started all these lies finally comes forward to ask for my forgiveness, he says that he's really sorry and needs to cleanse his conscience over these terrible lies he's told. Of course, I forgive him; but did his asking fo Read more:Thursday
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Stupid Links of the Day 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Things I've stumbled over the past few days. Enjoy!Maybe the Jews had it right all along.Words of a fool, "Because all it's going to do is help me." This guy can't possibly be this dumb, can he?Let it Go! It happened a long, long, long time ago.Even if Rush thought it, why would he say it? Is he an idiot? Yes.Microsoft.Microsoft.Microsoft. Another Microsoft Stumble. Read more:Stupid
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