Archive for January, 2007
“About 40 percent of you need to lose weight.”
That was said by pastor Steve Reynolds of Capital Baptist Church in Annendale, VA to his congregation.
And with that, the preacher, who has lost 70 pounds by relying on God and low carbs, launched a mission to lead his followers into the burgeoning world of religious dieting.
The man who ruined Ted Haggard goes to church
Remember Mike Jones? He was the former male prostitute whose allegations of a sexual liaison and drug use with Ted Haggard brought the pastor of New Life Church in Colorado Springs to his knees.
Well, he recently visited New Life Church and the Dever post did a story about how the church received him.
Vote For The Worst Sound In The World
Fingernails scraping down a blackboard… the scream of a baby… your neighbour’s dog barking: what is the worst sound in the world? This is what this website has been trying to find out.
Vote for the worst sound here.
President Bush vs Governor Bush
The Governor and the President debate.
It’s pure greatness, and I would like to thank my conservative friend for sending me this video.
Watch it here.
If you are a pastor and one of your congregation runs for president
It appears that you are newsworthy.
Senses Challenge
Put your senses to the test with our Senses Challenge.
This quiz includes 20 timed questions and take about ten minutes.
Take the challenge here.
I think I got 13 correct.
Go To Church – Win Super Bowl Tickets Plus Hotel and Airfare
I was told that Fellowship Church in Grapevine, TX is having a Super Bowl ticket giveaway this Saturday Feb 3 at one of their evening services, complete with hotel and airfare. I also hear their Miami campus is also giving away a couple of tickets.
I couldn’t find anything on their website about it, but when I watched the preview of their new series, I was a little creeped out for some reason.
Armed America
The idea was to photograph a hundred gun owners, in their homes, and do a gallery show. I figured this would take about two years. But very soon after I started, it became evident that my ambitions were too low. My mailbox flooded with letters from people I didn’t know wanting to participate — I realized that I could probably photograph a hundred people in two months, but it wasn’t a number of people that was important, it was their stories — a cowboy in Texas, a survivalist in Montana, a deer hunter in Pennsylvania, a sheriff in Georgia, a soldier in Idaho…. What I really needed, I realized, was to get moving, to drive across the country and find America somewhere between here and there.
JFK hearse to be sold
The white Cadillac hearse earned its place in American history for a somber three-mile drive from Parkland Memorial Hospital to Dallas Love Field the afternoon of Nov. 22, 1963.
Inside, a bronze coffin carried the body of President John F. Kennedy, his widow within arm’s reach, his personal physician and a Secret Service agent nearby. Another Secret Service agent took the wheel.
The trip took 10 minutes, 10 minutes of an extraordinary and tragic afternoon.
The hearse, the first to roll off the assembly line for Cadillac’s 1964 model year, remained in use for a few more years before being sold to a private owner in 1968.
But in May, it will be back in the public view, up for auction at a sale of rare and classic cars in suburban Houston.
An Update on Viet Cong Charlie The Travel Agent
First off, I want to thank everyone for their two cents, it means a lot to me, even the comical responses. Heck, I even had one reader email that post to a lawyer and he forwarded the response back to me. I’m lucky to have some really great readers.
Now that a few days have past, I’m not quite as emotional so I can think a little more rationally. Reminds me of something I learned in premarital counseling – respond don’t react.Â
The Ropes At Disney
Ever wonder what it was like to work at the Disney Studio during the Golden Age of Animation? Think it was the “happiest place on Earth”? Think again. This 1943 booklet, given to all new employees, spelled it out for you. Gals ain’t allowed in the Penthouse Club, personal phone calls will be charged to you, and if you need to leave the studio, you cannot do so without an “Off the Lot Pass”. Oh, and “Any violation of the U. S. Espionage Act” will get you discharged.
Mysterious, Large Ice Chunk Falls on Tampa Man’s Car
TAMPA, FL (AP) — Raymond Rodriguez was changing a tire when an 18-inch chunk of ice plummeted from the sky with a piercing whistle, then a metallic crunch. The ice chunk crushed the roof of a nearby Ford Mustang on Sunday morning. No one was hurt.
“I was scared,” Rodriguez said, who was only feet away. “It’s crazy, man.”
The Federal Aviation Administration is reviewing flight schedules to see if the ice fell off a plane. The ice did not have a blue tint that would indicate it came from a plane’s lavatory. The National Weather Service said conditions in Tampa were not favorable for the formation of large balls of ice, known as megacryometeors.
“It’s not an act of God,” said Carlos Javage, whose son’s car was wrecked by the mystery ice. “This came off an airplane.”
