Heresy can be relevant too

Right now I'm listening to a discussion of the new TNIV Bible on the Dobson show. I'm not a huge Dobson guy, but it's a pretty well-balanced and even-handed discussion on the subject of Biblical translation.

I may do a longer and more involved post on this later but for now I'll just say that I personally wouldn't want to be in the shoes of the people who came up with the TNIV. It's one thing to change the "Love your brothers" to "Love your brothers and sisters" (the NLT does that too). It's another thing entirely to start screwing up Isaiahs prophecies with your agenda driven, pseudo-heretical gobbledygook. Come afterlife, Zondervan is going to have a fun time explaining that one.

Not surprisingly, many a PoMo™ pastor/facilitator/Grand Wizard® is in love with the TNIV and this only serves to solidify my disillusionment with their movement.

Worst. World Series. Ever.

Seriously. We knew going it was going to be lame with two unpopular and lame teams in the fall classic but that was just sad. I'm beginning to see why people find baseball to be incredibly dull.

And what about that celebration (or lack thereof)? I've seen the Royals happier at the end of a wednesday afternoon game in mid-may. Where was the excitement and energy like the '91 or 01' series? The fans were equally lame. I don't even think half of Chicago was aware of the White Sox success this year until about September 25th.

Joe Crede and John Garland played well though. I look forward to seeing how they do for the AAA Charlotte Knights next season.

The real shock is how you can have a team from a market as huge as Chicago's not be in the World Series for 88 years. Give me the money that teams from New York, Chicago, L.A. and the like have and I can pull together a winning team for you.

In case you can't tell I hate the White Sox and find them to be overachieving poop-heads and drunken, womanizing thugs.

Great quote

"Have you ever read the Bible? It's awesome! It's so moral.
It's like 8 'Star Wars' episodes in a row".
-Steven from "Undeclared"
(which is the show referenced a couple of posts ago)

The IRS will figure out a way to tax this

My blog is worth $2,258.16.
How much is your blog worth?

A great show...

Rachel Lindquist: He doesn't need to go to a doctor, he's getting better.

Ron Garner: No, he's not. He looks terrible. He looks like death. I almost buried him this morning.

Rachel Lindquist: That's because his body is releasing all the toxins.

Ron Garner: He needs a doctor. And not a witch doctor covered in mud, a real doctor with pills and a tongue depressor.

Rachel Lindquist: Doctors don't know anything. My uncle's stomach hurt once, so doctors took out his kidney, and it turned out there was nothing wrong with it, and now he has to go through life with no kidney.

Ron Garner: No, because you're born with two kidneys, you moron.

Something that's actually funny from the Onion!

Go here for the full article.

My favorite part:

"In addition, we're aware that the president's control, although still respectable, isn't what it used to be, especially where his breaking ball is concerned," Basham added. "We want all the players on both teams to know that if they're hit by one of the First Pitches, they should just take their base. Anyone who charges the mound will be cut down by sharpshooters equipped with suppressed MP5 submachine guns. That goes double for you, Pierzynski."

Oh AJ, you're a solid enough player and I miss your competitive spirit but not your .257 batting average.

What I need

Okay, I realize that just about everyone is doing this on their blogs now but I want in on the fun.

"Chris needs" Top 10:

1. Chris needs your sex talk (actually, no I don't)
2. Chris needs no mic stand (well I agree with that one)
3. Chris needs to check that everything is going well (exactly 85 times a day as per my obsessive compulsive disorder)
4. Chris needs a structured but caring and consistent family environment (no, first I need a wife)
5. Chris needs to do more freestyles (I don't know about that, I've actually been told numerous times to stop it with the freestyling)
6. Chris needs to get more comfortable with the part (the less said about this, the better)
7. Chris needs local investigative help (to stop the Somali children from dumping their trash on my lawn)
8. Chris needs to find that lawyers address (for when the Somali children sue me for defamation of character)
9. Chris needs to to still be cleaned up by his parents (yes it's true, but I'm in therapy for it)
10. Chris needs each day and his muscles need to be large and full (but that's not going to happen)

To make your own "needs" list go to Google and enter "(Your Name) needs." You'll be glad you did but don't tell the kids it's good for them.

1984

Here are some neat old-Apple videos.
(It may be of interest to some of you. Okay just Ben, Jake and Dan.)

From the January 1984 unveiling of the Macintosh if I'm not mistaken. It's great to see a young, bow-tie wearing Steve Jobs sarcastically rip into then-enemy IBM. It really was an interesting era in the Computing world. A lot of people forget that Apple ruled the home computing market in the late 70's and early 80's (much more than they do now) and essentially invented the concept of the "Personal Computer". That's ironic since IBM later hijaked the term and "PC" became a dirty word for us Macphiles.

Of course, in reality IBM was much less of an enemy than Bill Gates and his team of Microsoft hacks in Seattle. Now they rule the world...

Or do they? In a lot of ways Windows XP still can't touch even the first MacOS and I'd rather use a Mac Plus than a Compaq.

Son of Adam, tempted by the apple...

This is extraordinarily tempting.

The new video iPods do nothing for me (note to Apple, maybe if you'd spend less time working on new iPods to release every 3 months PowerPC development wouldn't have stagnated so bad).

The new iMacs though, are most impressive. Most impressive, due mainly to what all Apple has packed in these babies for such a low-end machine. G5's, SuperDrives, new 128 meg X600 ATI cards, Tiger, and built in iSight accross the line. The $1299 seems to be the best option with a .2 megahertz speed increase meaning essentially nothing (the higher-end model does have a bigger hard drive though).

I'm torn here. I just bought a Powerbook G4 8 months ago and I'm extremely happy with it.
It seems kind of gratuitous to be thinking of buying two Macs in one year (albeit a laptop and a desktop).

On the other hand it would be nice to have a dedicated faster machine to do GarageBand, iMovie, graphical type stuff on and a laptop for the portability factor. If I can find a way to sync them up short of an overpriced .Mac account I'd be all set.

So yeah, I could dip into savings yet again and fork over another $1500 (gotta factor in AppleCare) for a new machine. Hey, I figure I've saved enough money not having a girlfriend over the last few years to buy about 4 of these things. Plus iMacs won't pretend to like you and then shut down after you've given them attention.

I'm so funny!

Ooooh, take that liberals!

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Tarquin Gotch returns

We are back and we wrote another lame song.

Go here for the official Tarquin Gotch website and download our latest masterpiece "Brother-in-Law to Kaps". Ryan is getting married in two days and this is a tribute to him (and to a lesser extent his soon-to-be brother-in-law).

You'll have to sign-in to get the song but trust me—it's incredibly worth it, or not, but either way I'm going to fix myself a bowl of "Cookie Crisp."

P.S. Listen to it with the "Lo-Fi" option. Then pretend you are listening to the grand old opry on your Grandpa's Philco.

My favorite "Muppet" quote

From "The Great Muppet Caper", truly the best of the Muppet films:

Kermit: We were wondering if you could recommend a nice hotel. Actually a cheap hotel.

British Gentleman: How cheap?

Fozzie: Free.

British Gentleman: Well that narrows the field a bit. "Places where you can park your carcasses." Bus terminals, river banks, the "Happiness Hotel."

Kermit: The "Happiness Hotel"? That sounds great!

Gonzo: What's wrong with bus terminals?

I love Gonzo.

What's your favorite Muppet quote?

White Sox win pennant, no one gives a crap

CHICAGO(AP)- After a 5 year post-season drought the Chicago White Sox have done the near impossible—won the American League Central Division. Paul "everyday" Konerko and the rest of the White Sox will host the AL Wild Card champion Boston Red Sox on tuesday night.

The enthusiasm of people all over the Chicagoland area could not be contained as exemplified by one local baseball fan: "Do the Cubbies open the season at home next year? I hope they do. I can't wait to see if Derrek Lee can match his breakout season!" said Dan Mitkowski an area marketing director.

When asked whether he thought White Sox pitching would be enough to counter the potent offense of Boston, Mark Borchardt, an area graphic designer and Chicago baseball historian had this to say: "It was great to see Nomar running the bases towards end of the season. He really seems to be back in top form and hopefully will be 100% for the Cubs next year."

"After so many years,I really wanted to see a World Series title return to Chicago" said Sears buyer and Chicago baseball fan Dave Kirkowski, "Oh well, there's always next year. Go Cubs!"