Bad joke at the classifieds

ME: Journal Star Classifieds, this is Gray

Man: Whadya say your name is?

ME: Gray...its like the color

Man: Man thats weird!! But its unique, huh?

ME: yep

Man: Say, do you know how to catch a "unique" rabbit?

ME: no

Man: U--"NeeK" up on it...hahahah

Me: Oh (fake laughter)

Man: Thats a good clean joke you can tell your kids.

I told my superviser the joke and she said she knew it from grade school. Can you think of a worse joke...especially to tell your kids. No, my kids will know real humor.

What if you were caught at "just the right time"

Take a look at these pictures. Some of you may have seen these, but I couldn't stop laughing!

Pictures taken at just the right time!


HT: Byrnesys Blabberings

3 Common objections to getting google reader and why they're wrong!

1. "...But I don't really know what google reader is or how to set it up."

This is a common objection and, lucky for you, there is an easy answer. Abraham Piper has a very helpful post on how to set up a google reader that will tell you everything you need to know (Thanks Jake!)

2. "...But I like going to blogs, I don't want to read everything on a small screen" (sorry Jacob, I got this one from you)

Well quit your whining and get a google reader anyway. It doesn't mean you can't go to blogs anymore. Reader is well worth it even if you only use it as a reference tool. I'm willing to bet that everyone who reads blogs likes reading one or two that only update once or twice a month. Reader will let you know when it has been updated and then you can feel free to go to the site to actually read it.

3. "...But I don't want something else to distract me from the really important things in my life, and spend my time soaking up useless information from the World Wide Web from websites which, before I stumbled accross them, I didn't even know or care that they existed..."

Ok, well you have a point there. Just remember spiderman: "with great power comes great responsibility." I don't want anyone to neglect their studies, their wives, or their work for a little extra NPR news! But, seriously, everyone should get it.

Have you walked the Roman Road...

Today marks the second time that I have come across a "Roman Road" pamphlet in the bathrooms on Campus.  The first time was in the CBA building, the second time was in a bathroom in Nebraska Hall which is all the way across campus.  Who is putting these evangelistic pamphlets in the bathrooms everywhere???

This kind of evangelism reminds me of those types who are always pushing for conversion and a subsequent testimony.  My thought: These people are shooting themselves in the foot.  I mean, who wants a testimony that involves a toilet.

I propose a new kind of pamphlet that should be used specifically for bathrooms everywhere. We could call it "The Call of Nature and the Call of Christ." 

A real cure for the hiccups

I had an almost violent attack of hiccups this evening.  After about 20 minutes, I decided to take action.  So I googled "how to get rid of hiccups" and clicked on the first link.  It was a short video on 5 things that you can do  to get rid of your hiccups.  

The very first suggestion on the list worked for me.  All you have to do is swallow a teaspoon of dry sugar (don't drink anything).  A study showed that this technique worked for 19 out of 20 people.  I have always been skeptical of this treatment so I made sure that I still had the hiccups before I took the sugar.  After a very large hiccup, I downed the sugar and my hiccups went away. Amazing!

I now have a slight stomach ache from the spoonful of sugar, but no hiccups.

eye of the storm

In comparison to today's stormy, windy, and utterly terrible weather, yesterday's 50 degrees seems like paradise.  Yesterday was like the eye of the storm, a moment of peace that is both enjoyable in its own right, but also terrible in that it sets up the contrast of what's to come.

Remembering that all will be made right one day is an eye of the storm.  This world is broken. We can see its effects everywhere.  One day we will be in heaven and there will be no brokenness, and all of the effects of the fall will be reversed, including the cold weather.  Because the new earth is, of course, completely a temperate zone.