Existential Punk

Adele Needs . . .

I ran across this over at pomomusings last night and had a good laugh at reading what Adam needs! Apparently Adam said it's going around the 'blog-world' right now. So you go to Google and type in your name and needs in quotations. For example "Adele needs" - and then you just give us the first 10 or so sentences that you run across. I found some pretty fun ones for me, so here they are below:

    1. Adele needs schooling.
    2. Adele needs to meet Frank in a public place accompanied by a trusted adult or group of friends.
    3. Adele needs him to play the two greatest golfers in the world at an exhibition match
        that can keep her from bankruptcy.
    4.Adele needs and wants in him, her only father figure.
    5.Adele needs to get her fifth graders' attention.
    6.Adele needs to kick-start her life again.
    7.Adele needs to grow up.
    8.Adele needs  to learn some new phrases other than "I'm such af***ing lady".
    9.Adele needs sex to remind her that she is alive, although destined,it seems,
       to choose the wrong men and believe always in what she is told.
   10.Adele needs protection, and trades information for it.

Think Different

A national icon for civil rights in the United States, Rosa Parks, died Monday  night of natural causes. The article states, "Rosa Parks, the woman known as the 'mother of the civil rights movement,' has died. Parks turned the course of American history by refusing in 1955 to give up her seat on a bus for a white man." What a brave, courageous, and fearless woman she was. We can learn much from this beautiful woman. Thank you, Rosa Parks! May you rest in peace and may your family and friends find comfort during this difficult time.

Dogmatism versus Faith

I have been reading Brian McLaren's book, "The Church on the Other Side"  for an ecclesiology class I am doing with Brian. In Strategy 12, Entering the Postmodern World and Understanding It, he quotes Dr. Richard Halverson, who later became the chaplain of the US Senate, saying,

 "Dogmatism and faith are not identical! Dogmatism is like stone. Faith is like soil.

    Dogmatism refuses to admit doubt. Faith often struggles with doubt.

    Dogmatism is brittle . . . cracks under pressure. Faith is resilient, malleable and teachable.               Dogmatism is defensive . . .  stereotyped . . . static. Faith rests . . . but it is never smug, pat or         complacent.

    Dogmatism is a closed system. Faith is open to reason.

    Dogmatism is a tunnel. Faith is a mountain peak.

    Dogmatism fills one with pride. Faith inspires awe and reverence.

    Dogmatism insists on propositions. Faith knows Christ.

    Dogmatism generates bigotry. Faith stimulates understanding."

To me, this revolutionary and something myself, and i think postmoderns are, in Brian's words, "dying for."  I believe this man has found the pulse of this generation. What do you think?

Holy War?

"The White House has dismissed as "absurd" allegations made in a BBC TV series that President Bush claimed God told him to invade Iraq."

'The comments were attributed to Mr Bush by the Palestinian negotiator Nabil Shaath in the upcoming TV series Elusive Peace: Israel and the Arabs.

Mr Shaath said that in a 2003 meeting with Mr Bush, the US president said he was "driven with a mission from God".'

' "President Bush said to all of us: 'I'm driven with a mission from God. God would tell me, George, go and fight those terrorists in Afghanistan. And I did, and then God would tell me, George, go and end the tyranny in Iraq... And I did.

"'And now, again, I feel God's words coming to me, Go get the Palestinians their state and get the Israelis their security, and get peace in the Middle East. And by God I'm gonna do it.'" '

All this stems from a report from a BBC  TV series, which the White House claims are false allegations.

What do you think?

 

There ya go, boy!

Science does it all! Now a castrated dog no longer has to walk around testicles-less, according to the report today of a man winning an award for creating fake dog testicles. According to the article, he has spent the past ten years experimenting on his Rottweiler. Gregg Miller, the inventor, has a thriving mail-order business selling the silicone implants in varying sizes, shapes, weights, and degrees of firmness. Degrees of firmness, hmmm?!?! Is this where women are going to turn in  the future for breast implants, mail order? Why, if a dog is castrated, would someone want to attach fake balls to their dog? I am sure the dog is not in secure in any way, or is in any way experiencing "ball" envy, so must it be the guy is insecure for his dog? Any thoughts from anyone? This whole idea cracks me up and has made my day!