Tag: Fun/Random
1-2-3 Meme
February 6th, 2008, 2 Comments
Eliacin tagged me with this fun meme:
The game is to grab the book nearest to you and turn to page 123. Find the 5th sentence and share the next 3 sentences with everyone. No fair looking through several books – just grab the closest one to you. Then you tag five people.
I happen to [...]
Blues Rules
December 7th, 2007, 1 Comment
Damn Right, I Got the Blues!
I’ve been listening to as lot of blues lately. Lots of reasons for that, but no big deal.
I found out that my Blues Name is Sleepy Gumbo Parker (what’s yours?)
Here’s some Blues Rules that you should know about if you don’t already:
1. Most Blues begin with: “Woke up this [...]
A Shel Silverstein Poem about Me
November 14th, 2007, No Comments
One of my favorite poems as a kid is from the funky ol’ poet, Shel Silverstein. May I present to you:
“Loser”
Mama said I’d lose my head
If it wasn’t fastened on.
Today I guess it wasn’t
‘Cause while playing with my cousin
It fell off and rolled away
And now its gone.
And I can’t look for it
‘Cause my eyes [...]
Literary Meme – an oldie but a goodie
May 14th, 2007, 2 Comments
Mike Clawson over at Emerging Pensees passed along a good meme that I’m pretty sure I’ve done before. Here’s how it goes:
1. Grab the nearest book.
2. Open it to page 161.
3. Find the fifth full sentence.
4. Post the text of the sentence along with these instructions.
5. Don’t search around and look for the coolest [...]
Mother Superior’s Dying Request
June 6th, 2006, 1 Comment
The 98 year old Mother Superior Ireland was dying. The nuns gathered around her bed trying to make her last journey comfortable. They gave her some warm milk to drink but she refused. Then one of the nuns took the glass back to the kitchen. Remembering a bottle of Irish [...]
Postsecret Book Signing and Discussion, Seattle, May 10
May 6th, 2006, 1 Comment
The author/compiler of the PostSecret blog and book will be in Seattle on Thursday May 10 to do a book signing and discussion.
Here’s the info on the Postsecret site.
If you’re not familiar with PostSecret, you may wich to check out its blogsite – the idea is that people unburden themselves of secrets by anonymously sending [...]
iTunes Knows All, Reveals All
March 21st, 2006, 1 Comment
I got this meme from A.
Instructions: Go to your music player of choice and put it on shuffle. Say the following questions aloud, and press play. Use the song title as the answer to the question. NO CHEATING.
How does the world see you? Fresher than the Night at the W (TobyMac) [That just sounds [...]
Overheard
March 16th, 2006, 2 Comments
I’m sitting at The Potter’s House, a coffeehouse that is part of the Church of the Savior network. I’ll write more later, but I over heard this wonderful quote that I have to write down before I forget it:
“I had this boyfriend, and he said he wanted a shirt which said, ‘Grace for me. [...]
Crush
February 5th, 2006, No Comments
I’ve known this truth about me for a while, but the more I experience these feelings I know them to be right. So I’m coming out to say…
I have a deep and abiding man-crush on Ben Harper. His music is thrilling, whether it’s electric slide or gospel with the Blind Boys of Alabama. [...]
Images for the church in transition
January 31st, 2006, No Comments
I emailed Bob Hyatt yesterday with a question about what their kids do during their gathering time, and he had a very helpful response which he also posted to his blog.
In that post, Bob uses a great image that I hadn’t thought of before. “They are rebooting their church.”
My wife, however, had an even [...]
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