Just another reason i like College Sports

See the story above about why it's not a big deal that Johnny Damon jumped ship for the money, and see the paragraph below why it still really makes me sore even though i only just like the red sox and have no real allegiance, geographic or otherwise to their team.

Because it's always about the money, and the fact that we just sit back, accept and expect it makes me sad. Loyalty does not exist in professional sports, and that is why i will always be a college sports booster.

I went to Michigan State University, home of the spartans, the red cedar river, drunken riots and way way too many people over a multiple-square mile campus. It was a great place to go to school, screw up my life, find my life again, and make friends. (oh, and graduate and get a degree. that happened too.) This simple fact makes me a spartan forever, and the folks involved with our sport teams have players that play for the pride of the team in green - not for the dollars. It's (well, getting less and less, but work with me) pure. And i will always be more excited for a michigan state basketball game, hockey game, or football game than i will ever ever ever be for a pistons, red wings or lions game.

But the tigers, though, that's gotta run deep. i mean, come on. it's the tigers.

If you laugh at this, it probably means you're a nerd

(stolen from Dylan.)

My Christmas card to all of you

Follow the pic for the punchline. Sac-ra-licious!

So, here is my dilemma. I have two more days of work. And apparently, Thursday is an early release day. So, counting hours of actual work, excluding lunches and pee breaks, i think i have 7 or 8 more hours of actual, real, time to work,

and i have no real desire to do anything with the time that stands between me and roughly two weeks of bliss with my miss elizabeth.

"It's not that I'm lazy, Bob. It's just that i don't care."

Ahh blogging, how you rescue me from the perilous grips of productiveness.

I NEED A MORE INTERESTING JOB, PEOPLE!

Your Blogging Type is Confident and Insightful

You've got a ton of brain power, and you leverage it into brilliant blog. Both creative and logical, you come up with amazing ideas and insights. A total perfectionist, you find yourself revising and rewriting posts a lot of the time. You blog for yourself - and you don't care how popular (or unpopular) your blog is!

What's Your Blogging Personality?

SANTA IS WATCHING

So, i volunteer as a mentor/tutor at the local next-to-base elementary school here in Cheyenne, and i go in a few times a week over my lunch to talk to my new buds, Nolan and Mikey about school, ecumenics, politics, and penmanship. (or course.)

But, on my way in this afternoon, i noticed this bulletin board in one of the classrooms next door - and i had to grab a picture. What you are seeing though the lens of a fuzzy camera phone at 50' of distance is a yellow backgrounded board with santa in the upper left-hand corner, with the only words adorning it in full uppercase font stating:

SANTA IS WATCHING

does this creep anyone else out? Would you want that in your 1st graders classroom? Gave me the heebiejeebies... didn't know santa was so voyeuristic...

"Of COURSE Jesus was white. Duh." - Saved

At a church service this weekend, i sat through a video describing the traits of Jesus, his life, his ministry, and his death. The video itself used clips from the Jesus movie circa 1970's, which i have never sat entirely through myself. But, they kept montaging to these really intense shots of Christ's face as he looked at different people and things, and i will have to say this much: they got the intensity down, to a T. But, for the life of me i couldn't take it as seriously as i think the rest of the congregation, because Jesus had these amazingly bright and glorious blue eyes.

Now, i understand it is a film. It is a movie. But, at the time of year when you see unrealistic manger scenes with wisemen of the orient in the manger on the evening of Christs birth, celebrating a holiday that itself was moved by the Roman empire to stamp out pagan rituals, i just couldn't take it. It reminded me of Rob Bell's description of this contemporary Jesus:

And you know, the Jesus that we see on television is the guy in the white glowing bathrobe, with the light blue beauty sash and long flowing locks, and he's swedish...

That description is just bunk. Sorry. And speaking of, i found an interesting article here (well, many of them popped up, just google it) that i liked mostly because they consult a prof from UC Santa Cruz - but they have a slightly off description of 'liberal' christians at the bottom. Please don't read this as an endorsement.

oh, right, i'm at work. oops.

Rawk of Ages

Very interesting story on Santa Cruz's Good Times this week, all about one of my favorite things to hate: the christian music industry. Click the pic for a link. My favorite excerpts:

"At this point, Collin Brown, a 26-year-old Christian rock musician and Coastlands worship leader, chimes in, “There’s bands out there labeling themselves as Christians ’cause it’s easier to get into the market, so I’d rather listen to a secular band who is at least honest and true with themselves than a Christian band that’s not. Just ’cause there’s a label ‘Christian’ doesn’t mean a whole lot. You’ve got to look at the words, I think—what are those saying?”

"Nigh explains Thrush’s reluctance to be identified as a “Christian” band by pointing to a general perception of Christians as people who have worked harder to voice their disapproval of the rest of the world than to convince others that God truly loves them.

“In that context, it’s just bad PR to fly the flag of a group known for hating homosexuals and abortion doctors, especially since we don’t hate either,” he states. “We would rather be a part of trying to make right what has been made wrong by too many divisive and hateful Christians.”

Quote of the Day

For a list of all the ways technology has failed to improve the quality of life, please press three.
- Alice Kahn

Happy Christchaunakwanza!

Christians have too many answers.

Jesus only asks of you simple questions.

And i just can't seem to stand it, but, the whole "Christ in Christmas" vs. Happy Holidays thing has really got to stop. seriously. I love the things that popular christian culutre has decided to really get upset about, because there really isn't much else to get angry with.

Oh what? Sorry, the entire continent of Africa is on line 1, I will just have to postpone my holiday tree picket for their call. Quite inconvenient of them, i must say.

Here is quite the funny/slightly disturbing/funny again ad that i have seen in a while for the xbox 360. It's quite violent.. technically.

though, i still find THIS guy much more disturbing.

Good Lord, help us all

I began this adventure of 'blogging' about a year and a half ago, found here,and i cannot really believe that i am about to begin a two-pronged blog existence predicated completely upon the fact that i like the blogger website more than my first.

Even Trekkies can pick on me now.

That being said, i shall bear my cross with pride, continue to clog up bandwith that could be used for something useful, and hope that i can manage to detach my ego from the number of comments and friends this venture generates.

good luck, right?