Life with The Swell Guy!

Moving on up!

Happy Birthday Easy Go Dave! It sure looks like you are kicking it up a notch. And to think you were settling for boring physical fitness and road biking!

Enjoy 50...and 60...and 70...and....

Survey Sez....

You may have noticed that I usually run a little survey on this blog. This last one was not very well designed on my part. I left it multiple choice which made the percentage of votes look all funky. This new one is a bit simpler.

Political leanings can mean different things to different people. To some is means things like elite or populist, country or city, rich or poor, left or right, pro life or pro choice, saint or sinner. Maybe you lean one way because of your upbringing or cultural background. This poll is not about wrong vs. right. I'm not going quite that deep. It's just a little poll. Go head...have a little fun. Enjoy.

Who's your Jesus? - Part 2

Actress, model Blair Wingo delivers a poem that is being spoken about all around the world. Blair is apart of a Christian Movement called P4CM.

Check out the video here. You will need about 7 minutes.

Thanks to Wally for pointing this out!

Who's your Jesus?

I've been reading a book called "They like Jesus but not the church" by Dan Kimball.  The basic premise is that many people are leery of the hypocrisy and judgmentalism in The Church (the universal church meaning everyone who attends a church), but they are interested in Jesus the man and may be interested in discussing Jesus in places outside of a church building.  I find this to be an accurate assessment.  Denine and I found lots of folks interested in talking about Jesus when we started a bar ministry and I find the same when I am out and about or traveling.

Paul filled in for our ailing pastor on Sunday and was talking about when Jesus spoke to the multitudes.  He mentioned (and illustrated) that many people visualize the Sunday School flannelgraphs of Jesus speaking to about a dozen people when we hear about him speaking to the  multitudes, but it was more like  what you would find at a big concert (like Bonnaroo!).  That got me to thinking.  What do people think of when they think of Jesus?

Is it flannelgraph Jesus?

Is it roadside Jesus?

Is it Catholic Jesus still on the cross?

Is it Jesus is My Homeboy?

Is it bobble head Jesus?

How about black bobble head Jesus (kinda a two for  one deal)?!

Is it billboard Jesus?

Is it Last Supper Jesus?  I don't remember any homes without one of these when I was a kid.

Here's the thing.  I'm not saying anything is bad with any of the stuff above.  In fact, I like most of it.  It's cool that so many people are thinking about Jesus and who he was and is.  Wouldn't it be nice if we all just apologized for the damage us Christ-followers have caused and we helped more people really find Jesus?  Something to think about.....

My Daddy has a vette....

I told Big Dawg Tom that I bought this Corvette Boat at the Upstate Boat Show yesterday.  Then I told him I actually bought a Cobalt.  Actually, we did not buy a boat, but we had a nice time looking and dreaming!

Home Update:  The seawall is in and dock is coming in about a month!

The Super Bowl Prediction

Patriots = 20
Yes, they get the perfect season.

Giants = 17
They win....if moral victories and beating the spread counts.

Mark Roberts = 1
The crazy English streaker somehow gets into the US and comes away with a huge win.  Come on people!  You know it makes you laugh!!!

Round is better

We are doing new computer mouse pads at work to give to customers with their new photo ID systems.  I had to laugh when Travis said:

Got the care package with the Mousepads. Digispec does nice work.

I think we should go with something funny shaped, like round.
...which reminds me of my favorite scene from Raising Arizona

Evelle: (shaking a pack of balloons)  "Do these blow up in funny shapes?"
Grocer: "Nope. Not unless round's funny."

:)

T

PS:  Bonus!  Round pads could work as giant coasters for really big drinks!  Folks hate those
Super Big Gulp stains on their work areas....

If you think it's butter, but it's......biofuel!

This news flash from our old home state of Pennsylvania:  The "Official Butter Sculpture" from the  Pennsylvania Farm Show will be  converted to biofuel after the show.  I understand that folks outside of PA do not understand that the annual farm show is as the "big thing" in PA in January and I did not even know how big a deal the butter sculpture has become to regular attendees.  This leads to several thoughts as  follows:

• If they have an "Official Butter Sculpture" does that mean there are also "Unofficial Butter Sculptures" in existence?
• How exactly does one choose the medium of sculpting in butter?  Was it lonely on the  farm that winter?
• Should the biofuel only be sold to popcorn farmers? 
• While I appreciate the effort to be kind to our environment and explore alternative energy sources, wouldn't it be more fun to run the Pillsbury Bake-Off at the same location right after the farm show?

Sigh....better get back to more useful thoughts...

Keep On Truckin'

Yellow jackets, stackers, and regular stops at Stuckey's keeps our interstate commerce thriving. Whats your 20, good buddy?

Just keepin' it real.  Thanks for the shirt Trav!!

Paul's World of Funky Stuff

I met Paul at church yesterday.  You should check out his sweet site.