In a completely non-churchy, frivolous post, I had to share this with you. My head is reeling with the story, and I'm amused that a piece of "creative" fiction I wrote doesn't seem as far-fetched as I once thought.
First, the news item, via the BBC.
Last Thursday, a pack of hungry, killer squirrels (yes, that's right — squirrels) descended from from on high to terminate with extreme prejudice a stray dog. The stray was, admittedly, annoying the hungry squirrels: loitering around their tree, barking at them with short-lived temerity. When the black squirrels finally had enough, they swarmed down the tree like ninja rodents, attacked the dog and literally eviscerated him.
When some human-folk came to investigate, they scampered off ... some of them still clamping dog-meat in their jowls. Read about it here:
Okay, just out of curiosity, why is my picture associated with a farcical, offensive, "God is dead, Obituary?"
God, comedian, religious and actor, born December 1 1940; died December 10 2005.
Sometimes the Internet and the weird connections it facilitates boggles the mind.
[tags]BlogRodent, weird[/tags]
There's a rash of fishy news stories on Google lately about a minor skirmish between a 300-member Assembly of God church and People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA—not to be confused with “People for the Eating of Tasty Animals”).
The score: PETA 1, People 0, Comet Goldfish -12.
Look, it’s common knowledge that youth pastors have crazy ideas and are compelled to pull stunts. Even when it’s accidental, it’s still a big hit (see my post about young Blake Bergstrom, the “tent pitching” youth pastor—that post more than doubled the traffic to this lonely blog!). The crazier the idea and the more outrageous the stunt, the more hopped-up the kids get. And it’s a fundamental truth that hopped-up chirren is exactly what Jesus needs more of.
So, young, unsuspecting, youth pastor, Anthony Martin, over at the First Assembly
When you’re four years old you can’t walk away from the chocolatey goodness that is an Oreo cookie. And there’s nothing better than a crisp Oreo dunked in cold glass of pristine milk--especially when you’re only four and a half years old. Well, perhaps reading while dunking Oreos might improve the experience. And you definitely should be relaxed, perhaps even seated.
So what happens when one is simultaneously relaxing his posterior, reading a good book in the best-lit room in the house, and dunking cream-filled discs of manna? Odds are, something will fall into the porcelain catch-all which supporting that tired derierre.
Hear why AJ was found brushing his teeth after experiencing an Oreo baptism I only shudder to imagine.
[audio:http://tatumweb.com/blog/wp-content/mp3/ajs-oreo-08-28-05.mp3]
(Or download the file, here.)
[tags]BlogRodent, podcast, kids, children, oreos, weird[/tags]
In a completely non-churchy, frivolous post, I had to share this with you. My head is reeling with the story, and I'm amused that a piece of "creative" fiction I wrote doesn't seem as far-fetched as I once thought.
