1983 Macintosh Software Dating Game with Bill Gates and Steve Jobs
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Hungry Loris
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Bag of Randomness
- I have a feeling there’s a hydrogen bomb inside this statue, but I’m not sure why it only has four toes.
- I’m talking about the TV show Lost in case you were wondering.
- I bet the women Ben was talking to in the church is Faraday’s mother, and she knows that Desmond will reach her in 72 hours. You may be thinking that there is no way Desmond and family can sail from the UK to L.A. in that amount of time, I think we are seeing two different time lines.
- Why can’t coffee always greet you with a smile.
- I finished our taxes and the refund should be direct deposited shortly. It felt great getting that out of the way.
- I’m not a fan when Super Bowl commercials are introduced to the public before the Super Bowl. I prefer the anticipation and surprise.
- Brian Williams makes a great guest on any talk show, the man is funny and looks great for being 50 years old.
- Real life Monopoly. Link
- I watched the beginning of Jeopardy yesterday and was surprised at the new intro, I likeded it when that sphere exploded inn ten thousand pieces but that is no longer the case.
- I got an email for a package deal to travel to the Atlantis resort in the Bahamas to view the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders swimsuit calendar photo shoot and be a VIP guest that includes a meet and great. That whole idea just seems kinda pervey, but it includes two free dolphin interactions which does sound cool. If you are interested, check it out here.
- The GOP isn’t as popular as it use to be, and appears to be heading for even more trouble. I recall my blogging friend Barry predicting this a while back stating the growing minority population as the reason. But who knows, It was only six years ago everyone was saying the Democrats were dead and buried. It just seems these things go in cycles.
- Heinz is saying good-bye to the pickle.
- The projector phones seems cool, but I don’t think I would ever need that function. Check out a video review of it here, the projector piece comes in about the six minute mark.
- The Clergy Letter Project is trying to broker peace with science and religion, in particular, evolution. And yes, I’m one of those that happens to be a believer in evolution.
- I had a dream that I was the new host of the Wheel of Fortune. I wonder when Pan and Vanna will step down?
- Storm Troopers riding dogs. Link
- I think there are certain parts of the recently passed stimulus package that could have been better allocated. But I give props to Obama for meeting with the Republicans even though he didn’t need their votes to get the bill passed. I also liked how his administration contacted Citi before the bought that new luxury jet.
- If you want to keep up with the fashion of the first lady, there’s a blog devoted to it: http://www.mrs-o.org/
- There’s rumors of her being pregnant, which was the reason why she wasn’t wearing a form fitting dress at the inaugural balls.
- Politico has a section in which they track the president’s schedule, I found it kind of interesting. Link
- The ultimate British male. Link
- There’s a lot of concern about Jessica Simpson’s weight, but I was actually more surprised that she was singing at a chili cook-off.
- Looking for a tune? Try JustHearIt.com
- The story of the Google Chrome logo. Link
- There will be a day when we will tell the youth that the mail was delivered six days a week. Article
- Rice Krispies sushi. Link
- A British company offers a red-neck free vacation. Link
- The most spiritually literate films of 2008. Updated Link
- The Emergency Yodel Button. Link
- Today’s random TV show theme song intro always cracked me up because of the special effects, even as a child. YouTube
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In case you missed it . . .
Pastor Ed Young of the Fellowship Church (the mega-church down the street from me) was on the Colbert Report.
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The Bacon Explosion
FOR a nation seeking unity, a recipe has swept the Internet that seems to unite conservatives and liberals, gun owners and foodies, carnivores and … well, not vegetarians and health fanatics.
Certainly not the vegetarians and health fanatics.
This recipe is the Bacon Explosion, modestly called by its inventors “the BBQ Sausage Recipe of all Recipes.†The instructions for constructing this massive torpedo-shaped amalgamation of two pounds of bacon woven through and around two pounds of sausage and slathered in barbecue sauce first appeared last month on the Web site of a team of Kansas City competition barbecuers. They say a diverse collection of well over 16,000 Web sites have linked to the recipe, celebrating, or sometimes scolding, its excessiveness.
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GHW Bush can tell jokes Clinton can’t
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The Daringly Awkward Sermon Contest
A contest from Geez Magazine:
. . . because social change is a bit awkward
We want sermons that explore the awkwardness of too much privilege, right-wing relatives, the drunk stranger in the back pew, our pad in the comfy end of the global village, litter in the poor part of town.
Maybe the key to social change and spiritual growth is found in stumbling, fumbling, oafish awkwardness. Our pulpit awaits.
$1,200 in prizes
Plus we’ll print winners (and others) in Geez magazine, Spring 2009
Deadline: February 28, 2009
Word limit: 800
Check out last year’s winners here.
1 comment January 27th, 2009
WifeGeeding Won’t Stop Singing This Song
But the guy in this video cracks me up.
This house has an unhealthy obsession with Beyonce.
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Mexico City is the world’s top religious tourist destination
Mexico City finished first in a list of the world’s most visited religious tourism destinations, ahead of the Vatican and Lourdes in France, reports Milenio.
A study carried out by the Spanish Office of Tourism found that Mexico’s capital is the preferred destination of tourists seeking religious sites, largely because of its Basilica de Guadalupe, which receives millions of pilgrims each year.
The site of the basilica marks the spot where, according to Catholic tradition, the Virgin de Guadalupe — Mexico’s most revered saint — appeared to indigenous farmer Juan Diego in 1531. Every year, millions of pilgrims make their way to the shrine — arriving in their biggest numbers around Dec. 12, the Dia de la Virgin.
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The Top-Selling Musicians Of 2008
Overall music sales, which account for albums, singles, music videos and digital tracks, exceeded 1.5 billion units, a 10.5% increase from the previous year. Digital track sales–such as the singles on Apple’s (nasdaq: AAPL – news – people ) iTunes Store–accounted for 1 billion of those units, a 27% jump from 2007. And vinyl, surprisingly, is making a small comeback. Consumers purchased 1.8 million vinyl albums last year, a nearly 90% increase from 2007.
While it’s a good sign to labels and artists that they are able to get consumers to pay for music online, digital sales alone are not enough to sustain the industry. Instead, younger consumers are moving more toward buying digital singles instead of albums, which are more lucrative for artists and labels alike.
- Taylor Swift
- AC/DC
- Lil Wayne
- Coldplay
- Metallica
- Kid Rock
- Jonas Brothers
- Sugarland
- Nickelback
- Jack Johnson
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Bag of Randomness
- I have to admit I was really reluctant to share anything regarding my spiritual journey. For the most part, I was worried what friends and family would think, and feared negative responses with a bunch of out of context scripture references thrown at me. In other circles, I’ve been told that my questions and doubt would mean that I wasn’t really saved or that I was “luke warm” – which made me feel that I was letting someone or even God Himself down. Not that my journey is complete, but the whole process has been liberating and refreshing, and lot of that comes from a lot of you. Many of you may not have commented, but have sent me an email describing your similar experiences, and why you now also consider yourself a “Recovering Baptist” (and thanking me for coining the term, even though I’m sure I’m not the original one that came up with it), and above all, providing me with encouragement.
- Dont’ get me wrong, I don’t dislike dislike the Baptist, but I do have my disagreements. They are great people at the core and are extremely well intentioned, it’s just over time I found out I was a square peg trying to fit into a round hole, and I like to describe the experience in a tongue and cheek manner. Or to put it Biblically, I felt I was roaming the wilderness for the past 40 years, even though I’m not 40.
- The UK’s Ministry of Defense lost 440 IT devices in the last year, including computers, hard drives and memory sticks. That seems like a lot. Article
- I saw the new weather girl on Fox 4 yesterday morning, and she looked like an attractive tom-boy that tried to dress girly. Kind of like Jo from the Facts of Life.
- Whoa, that was weird, and I wonder if it was some sort of Freudian slip regarding the last bullet point. I typed “I saw the new weather” part first, then stopped because I got distracted. Then when I tried to type “girl” I accidentally put my hands not on the home row keys, but one key over to the right, so my left hand pinky was on the “S” key and so forth. Well, when you do that and try to type “girl” you actually spell “hot.”
- I wonder how many of you are going to see if that actually works.
- I often think about my days working at the credit union in Abilene. Good times.
- I think this kid is related to my Favorite Cat Loving Llano Estacado Pastor.
- John McCain recently joined Twitter. Link
- WifeGeeding dresses better and is soooooooo much hotter than Jessica Simpson.
- The evolution of Apple design between 1977-2008. Link
- I sure hope Bob Hayes makes it in the NFL Hall of Fame, but I doubt he will get the votes he needs on Saturday.
- A sad, sad story that will break your heart. Article
- I wasn’t aware the White House had an LP collection. Article
- Child of a preacher prays there are no Christians in school. Link [Thanks, David!]
- One church is trying to bring sexy back: www.bringingitback.tv
- After watching How I Met Your Mother last night every fiber of me wanted to go out and eat a burger, specifically one at the Carnegie Deli. I remember eating there my senior year in college and having the best burger and fries in my life. I returned there about a decade later and feared the repeat burger would live up to my memory . . . but thankfully I was wrong. I’m salivating as I write this.
- Believe it or not, I’ve only listened to the new U2 song all the way through twice.
- I think I’m going to buy some video editing software.
- I saw that Costco now offers VHS to DVD conversion for $20. That seems reasonable.
- I think I have now received all my tax stuff in the mail, I might just finish it all this weekend.
- Today’s random TV theme show song brings back some good memories. YouTube
- Grace
2 comments January 27th, 2009
Giant Planes Comparison
Here’s a nice little find at Wikipeida:
An overlay diagram showing four of the largest airplanes ever built, the Hughes H-4 Spruce Goose (aircraft with the greatest wingspan), the Antonov An-225 Mriya (the largest aircraft), the Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental (soon to be the largest version of the Boeing 747 Jumbojet), and the Airbus A380-800 (the largest passenger aircraft).
1 comment January 26th, 2009
Cadbury Eyebrows Commercial
2 comments January 26th, 2009
Doggie Trance
You can fast forward to the 20 second mark to catch the craziest dog stare I’ve ever seen.
Small language warning toward the end.
1 comment January 26th, 2009
Woman sells baby’s name for $4,050
It’s amazing what you find on eBay.
A unemployed woman without maternity insurance coverage and unpaid medical bills has sold the naming rights to her unborn child for $4,050 on eBay.
The winning bid was made Jan. 17 for a baby due June 10. According to the woman’s blog, she plans to announce the winning name any day.
1 comment January 26th, 2009