A new take on David and Goliath
Oct. 13, 2009; 10:40 AM Filed in: Bible
Improv Anywhere
Jun. 10, 2009; 10:28 AM Filed in: Culture
A while
back, I mentioned my
friend and high school classmate Charlie
Todd, who
has been quite successful at developing a name for
himself in the improv world with his planned
pranks at Improv
Everywhere.
Charlie’s still at it, now with a book and even an appearance on the Today Show:
Charlie’s still at it, now with a book and even an appearance on the Today Show:
Congratulations, Charlie!
Hank Hill on choosing churches
May. 05, 2009; 11:08 AM Filed in: Culture
| Church Life
One of my
favorite clips from King of the Hill, which happens
to be a show that I think offers some of the most
poignant cultural critique today:
Laugh or cry?
Apr. 24, 2009; 09:26 AM Filed in: Culture
Manliness for sale
Dec. 17, 2008; 02:55 PM Filed in: Culture
A friend of mine
posted this on her blog, which was e-mailed to her: a
CraigsList ad for a FSBO Nissan XTerra. All I can
say? Hilarious.
NINJA HAULER: 2005 Nissan Xterra - $12900 (Ronan / Lake County)
Reply to: sale-941704797@craigslist.org [?]
Date: 2008-12-02, 7:25AM MST
OK, let me start off by saying this Xterra is only available for purchase by the manliest of men (or women). My friend, if it was possible for a vehicle to sprout chest hair and a five o'clock shadow, this Nissan would look like Tom Selleck. It is just that manly.
It was never intended to drive to the mall so you can pick up that adorable shirt at Abercrombie & Fitch that you had your eye on. It wasn't meant to transport you to yoga class or Linens & Things. No, that's what your Prius is for. If that's the kind of car you're looking for, then just do us all a favor and stop reading right now. I mean it. Just stop.
This car was engineered by 3rd degree ninja super-warriors in the highest mountains of Japan to serve the needs of the man that cheats death on a daily basis. They didn't even consider superfluous nancy boy amenities like navigation systems (real men don't get lost), heated leather seats (a real man doesn't let anything warm his butt), or On Star (real men don't even know what the hell On Star is).
No, this brute comes with the things us testosterone-fueled super action junkies need. It has a 265 HP engine to outrun the cops. It's got special blood/gore resistant upholstery. It even has a first-aid kit in the back. You know what the first aid kit has in it? A pint of whiskey, a stitch-your-own-wound kit and a hunk of leather to bite down on when you're operating on yourself. The Xterra also has an automatic transmission so if you're being chased by Libyan terrorists, you'll still be able to shoot your machine gun out the window and drive at the same time. It's saved my bacon more than once.
It has room for you and the four hotties you picked up on the way to the gym to blast your pecs and hammer your glutes. There's a tow hitch to pull your 50 caliber anti-Taliban, self cooling machine gun. I also just put in a new windshield to replace the one that got shot out by The Man. My price on this bad boy is an incredibly low $12,900, but I'll entertain reasonable offers. And by reasonable, I mean don't walk up and tell me you'll give me $5,000 for it. That's liable to earn you a Burmese-roundhouse-sphincter-kick with a follow up three fingered eye-jab. Would it hurt? Hell yeah. Let's just say you won't be the prettiest guy at the Coldplay concert anymore.
There's only 69,000 miles on this four-wheeled hellcat from Planet Kickass. Trust me, it will outlive you and the offspring that will carry your name. It will live on as a monument to your machismo.
Now, go look in the mirror and tell me what you see. If it's a rugged, no holds barred, super brute he-man macho Chuck Norris stunt double, then contact me. I might be out hang-gliding or BASE jumping or just chilling with my ladies, but I'll get back to you. And when I do, we'll talk about a price over a nice glass of Schmidt while we listen to Johnny Cash.
To sweeten the deal a little, I'm throwing in this pair of MC Hammer pants for the man with rippling quads that can't fit into regular pants. Yeah, you heard me. FREE MC Hammer pants.
Rock on.
NINJA HAULER: 2005 Nissan Xterra - $12900 (Ronan / Lake County)
Reply to: sale-941704797@craigslist.org [?]
Date: 2008-12-02, 7:25AM MST
OK, let me start off by saying this Xterra is only available for purchase by the manliest of men (or women). My friend, if it was possible for a vehicle to sprout chest hair and a five o'clock shadow, this Nissan would look like Tom Selleck. It is just that manly.
It was never intended to drive to the mall so you can pick up that adorable shirt at Abercrombie & Fitch that you had your eye on. It wasn't meant to transport you to yoga class or Linens & Things. No, that's what your Prius is for. If that's the kind of car you're looking for, then just do us all a favor and stop reading right now. I mean it. Just stop.
This car was engineered by 3rd degree ninja super-warriors in the highest mountains of Japan to serve the needs of the man that cheats death on a daily basis. They didn't even consider superfluous nancy boy amenities like navigation systems (real men don't get lost), heated leather seats (a real man doesn't let anything warm his butt), or On Star (real men don't even know what the hell On Star is).
No, this brute comes with the things us testosterone-fueled super action junkies need. It has a 265 HP engine to outrun the cops. It's got special blood/gore resistant upholstery. It even has a first-aid kit in the back. You know what the first aid kit has in it? A pint of whiskey, a stitch-your-own-wound kit and a hunk of leather to bite down on when you're operating on yourself. The Xterra also has an automatic transmission so if you're being chased by Libyan terrorists, you'll still be able to shoot your machine gun out the window and drive at the same time. It's saved my bacon more than once.
It has room for you and the four hotties you picked up on the way to the gym to blast your pecs and hammer your glutes. There's a tow hitch to pull your 50 caliber anti-Taliban, self cooling machine gun. I also just put in a new windshield to replace the one that got shot out by The Man. My price on this bad boy is an incredibly low $12,900, but I'll entertain reasonable offers. And by reasonable, I mean don't walk up and tell me you'll give me $5,000 for it. That's liable to earn you a Burmese-roundhouse-sphincter-kick with a follow up three fingered eye-jab. Would it hurt? Hell yeah. Let's just say you won't be the prettiest guy at the Coldplay concert anymore.
There's only 69,000 miles on this four-wheeled hellcat from Planet Kickass. Trust me, it will outlive you and the offspring that will carry your name. It will live on as a monument to your machismo.
Now, go look in the mirror and tell me what you see. If it's a rugged, no holds barred, super brute he-man macho Chuck Norris stunt double, then contact me. I might be out hang-gliding or BASE jumping or just chilling with my ladies, but I'll get back to you. And when I do, we'll talk about a price over a nice glass of Schmidt while we listen to Johnny Cash.
To sweeten the deal a little, I'm throwing in this pair of MC Hammer pants for the man with rippling quads that can't fit into regular pants. Yeah, you heard me. FREE MC Hammer pants.
Rock on.
Essential man-skills quiz
Oct. 15, 2008; 10:36 AM Filed in: Personal
Would David Hasselhoff win America's Got Talent?
Oct. 01, 2008; 01:18 PM Filed in: Culture
Good, funny stuff
When I
was a senior (in high school), believe it or not, I
was the theater guy. I did all the lights, sound,
sets, and production stuff. Charlie Todd was a guy
who went to the same school as I did, and I remember
him as a seventh grader taking huge interest in all
of that stuff, too.
Fast forward 17 years, and Charlie is now a leading part of a group called Improv Anywhere (which he started). They do hilarious things.
Yesterday I was reading a friend from seminary’s blog, and lo and behold-- there’s Charlie doing his thing:
Fast forward 17 years, and Charlie is now a leading part of a group called Improv Anywhere (which he started). They do hilarious things.
Yesterday I was reading a friend from seminary’s blog, and lo and behold-- there’s Charlie doing his thing:
(HT: Stacey)
Not taking ourselves too seriously
Jun. 16, 2008; 08:17 PM Filed in: Church Life
| Culture
At the
recommendation of my St. Louis friend Steve Hughes, I
started watching Last
Comic Standing on NBC
this summer. Funny stuff-- I’ve always enjoyed
stand-up comedy, and this is a fun reality show.
On the first show, a pair came on that really hit on something good. They present themselves as a “Christian folk duo with a message” and (after looking them up on the web) I think they really are Christians who are also comedians and want to poke fun at the sub-culture that has, sadly, emerged as perhaps representative of Christianity in our world. Here’s their first clip:
On the first show, a pair came on that really hit on something good. They present themselves as a “Christian folk duo with a message” and (after looking them up on the web) I think they really are Christians who are also comedians and want to poke fun at the sub-culture that has, sadly, emerged as perhaps representative of Christianity in our world. Here’s their first clip:
April Fools' Funnies
Apr. 01, 2008; 03:45 PM Filed in: Culture
The
technology world loves April Fools' day. Probably
because so much of the "news" in technology lends
itself to speculation (and let's face it, techies
love to think about the "next big thing") the world
of tech news loves to take advantage of this climate
of anticipation and exploit it on April
1st. There's
a freedom in this realm of culture that would
probably cause a lot of trouble in other parts of the
mainstream media; I've learned that, when I read
through the tech news online on 4/1, I read with a
skeptical eye.
Here are the funniest (and cleverest) ones I found this year:
PC Actor Charged with Assault. "How do you like them apples?"
Introducing G-Mail "Custom Time." A great idea for really messing with peoples' minds.
April Fools' Stories You Shouldn't Believe. A funny collection of non-headlines.
I'll add more if I see them.
UPDATE: two more...
Wikipedia, the online (and community-edited) encyclopedia, offered a fun spin on their regular "On This Day" piece on their front/main page.
You might also enjoy their fictitious front-page Article of the Day on Ima Hogg.
Here are the funniest (and cleverest) ones I found this year:
PC Actor Charged with Assault. "How do you like them apples?"
Introducing G-Mail "Custom Time." A great idea for really messing with peoples' minds.
April Fools' Stories You Shouldn't Believe. A funny collection of non-headlines.
I'll add more if I see them.
UPDATE: two more...
Wikipedia, the online (and community-edited) encyclopedia, offered a fun spin on their regular "On This Day" piece on their front/main page.
You might also enjoy their fictitious front-page Article of the Day on Ima Hogg.