Winter Doom 2010 – Frosty the Spiderman
We finally got enough snow in Conway to build a snowman today. My next door neighbor Calvin Hill and I, (along w/ his kids and a few other folks that decided to stop by and pitch in) build without a doubt the coolest snowman in Central Arkansas today! Meet Frosty the Spiderman…
The entire photo gallery from the day is already online at Picasa or you can view them here… You can tell by Frosty’s hair that he still has a warm place in his heart for 80’s hair bands…
Zebra + Donkey = Zonkey!
I was talking w/ my mom the other day and she was telling me that she had seen a Zonkey. This didn’t register at first w/ me so I had to ask her to clarify what exactly a donkey was. Apparently a Zonkey is a cross between a Zebra and a Donkey. Okay…
The first thing that popped in my head was the mythical creature from Napoleon Dynamite called a Liger, which was a cross between a Lion and a Tiger. I have actually heard rumors where that cross-breed had actually been done, haven’t actually seen one in person though.
Still not quite sure what this “Zonkey” creature would look like I had asked for some photo verification. Fortunately today my cousin emailed those over to me. I am not going to give out the exact geographical location as to where this animal is but will say that it is in Arkansas. Here are the photos if you are interested…
Meet Dwight David Honeycutt
This political spoof video of Dwight David Honeycutt, Conway, Arkansas school board candidate, has been circulating around for a little while now. It’s absolutely hilarious! I debated as to whether or not I should post it to my blog or not because it has some bad language, but I decided this morning to go ahead and archive it on The Cotton Club because it’s just that funny!
Be forewarned though, Dwight has a potty mouth on him and drops the “F” bomb a few times in this 5 minute video, so you might want to shut the door to your office before you watch it. You have been warned. Oh, in case you are wondering, yes, Dwight is on Facebook! Be sure to become a fan…
The Rejected Christmas Card Photo…
Am I the only one that sees the humor in this? For our Christmas card photo this year I came up with the idea of having my wife standing over me w/ a golf club in her hand. You know, Tiger Woods style. Well, I will say that there was a compromise made on the Christmas card photo, we were both happy. But, just for those of you who share my sick sense of humor, here is the photo we didn’t use…
Rupert Murdoch’s Latest Plan to Become Invisible
Okay, so I don’t usually bash people on here, unless of course their name is Rupert Murdoch. In the past I have bashed Murdoch for saying things like, The Internet is Going Away, and People Will Pay for News, but his latest plan might be just the thing Fox and all of his other News Corp entities need to become completely irrelevant.
Murdoch’s latest stroke of genius is to have all of his News Corp websites invisible to Google’s search engine. That’s right, you won’t be able to find Fox headlines in Google’s search engines anymore. That should do wonders for his web traffic (insert sarcasm here). I honestly can’t wait to see how this turns out for him…
It’s long been common knowledge, even to those who work alongside him in the industry that he has no clue as to how news is disseminated today, and has an even fuzzier grasp on the whole social media phenomenon that has taken root and forever changed the way we use the web today.
Here are just a few profound statements from Rupert recently that should make you wonder if this guy just woke up from being cryonically frozen alongside Ted Williams. When asked about removing his content from Search Engines, here was a few of his responses:
“I think we will. But that’s when we’ll start charging. We do it already with the Wall Street Journal. We have a wall, but it’s not right to the ceiling. You can get the first paragraph of any story but if you’re not a paying subscriber to WSJ.com, you get a paragraph and a subscription form.”
By the way Rupert, you are misinformed as to your own business model dude, The Wall Street Journal isn’t hidden from Google, you can easily find WSJ articles on Google, maybe not all of them, but a lot.
I think Mashable put it best when they said Mr. Murdoch is not ready to accept any of the changes brought forth by the Internet and the social media movement. Moreover, he doesn’t seem to understand how some parts of it work. He’s got the manpower to announce a war, but I’m afraid his army will be fighting windmills.
In case you haven’t seen the Interview that Murdoch did recently with Sky News, pop some popcorn, grab a beverage of your choosing, invite some friends over, and enjoy this comedy:
For some more perspective on this story, Mashable did a great piece on it: http://mashable.com/2009/11/09/rupert-murdoch-google/
Why You Should Watch Women’s Soccer!
Okay so I roll over this morning and start my Saturday like every other Saturday and flip on ESPN and try to find Gameday but this news story caught my eye. Apparently NCAA Women’s Soccer just got exciting, thanks to Elizabeth Lambert, wonder if she is related to Jack Lambert from the Pittsburgh Steelers?
Update: There are already several Elizabeth Lambert fan clubs starting to pop up on Facebook. This might just be the shot in the arm that Women’s Soccer has needed. I have been saying for years that they should turn it into more of a catfight and a lot less of the running up and down the field. If you haven’t seen this video yet, you have got to see this:
Hilarious Facebook Song
I have to thank my good friend Brant Collins (@brantc) for sharing this one this morning on Twitter. If you are on Facebook you will immediately identify with this guy:
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Funny Bear Attack / Use Your Karate…
This video has been around forever, but it’s still one of my favorites. The British do comedy so well. Here’s an example of how a handful of British comedians are able to take a Bear attack on some poor helpless woman on television seem funny and they leave us wanting more…
Also, I am a little curious as to why the guy was wearing a Karate outfit and he never actually used any on the bear. I would have loved to have seen how the Bear reacted to a spinning heel kick…
Contrasting Churches in Tyler, Texas
Okay, my wife and I have some very dear friends who are planting a church in Tyler, Texas. Their daughter was born on our wedding day so we have always had a natural connection to them, not to mention that Garth and I are very close and Melisa and Donna have been friends for years. With that being said, when we heard that they were going to be leaving us (they were both on staff at The Church Alive) we were pretty upset.
I guess the Holy Spirit had already prepared my heart for the news before hand because I had mentioned to Donna a few days prior to receiving the news that something like this could eventually happen. Well, once they met with us and shared their heart it only confirmed to me that this was God’s call for them to go and do this, but of course I still didn’t like it.
One thing I have learned from watching Garth and Melisa’s journey is that planting a church has it’s ups and downs, these two have been through a whole lot getting this church off the ground and still have a long road ahead of them. Spending time w/ them this weekend I witnessed firsthand their determination and it inspired me, of course I would never tell them that. I still keep some alarming statistics about Texas handy to blurt out at any given time just in hopes they will move back but I have accepted the fact that it’s all in vain. I have devoted some research to this too, everything from Texas’ high ranking in repeat teen pregnancy, human trafficking, and methamphetamine production, they can’t be budged. So, I am officially throwing in the towel…
Donna and I have already sewn into their ministry in the past by every means possible, prayer, finances, infrastructure, website and hosting, and even our talents (Donna sang this past week, I played Cowbell) and we will continue to do so as we are able. It takes a special heart and endurance to do this whole church planting thing, and I can’t think of two more people better equipped to answer God’s call than Garth and Melisa.
If you live in the Tyler, Texas area, or know someone who does, please send them to the Summit Church website, and encourage them to connect with Garth and Melisa. They also have a presence on Facebook and Twitter so be sure to connect with them there too, but most of all, please keep my friends in your prayers!
A Funny Story from the Weekend…
The next part of this story is yet even further proof that I can’t stay in your home for a few days without a funny a memorable story happening. And what makes this story so funny is how straight-laced and ministry focused our friends are, this sort of thing doesn’t phase me, but the look of shock and surprise on their faces was priceless, and it came at a good time when we could all have used a good laugh…
This past weekend while we were visiting them in Tyler, Garth got an iPhone. He and I were sitting around installing apps for managing his Facebook and Twitter, etc., and I was showing him one cool feature on Twitterfon that allows you to search recent tweets for those that are nearby (2.5 miles, 5 miles, etc.).
Well, in doing so I ran across a couple of tweets by folks who were professed Nudists. Now, don’t get me wrong, I am not knocking the lifestyle, to each their own. But obviously we are no nudists, nor do we know any (I guess we don’t, lol). Jokingly I told Garth that he should open up his vision for the Summit Church a little bit and try to include the large nudist population in the Tyler area. Of course he just shrugged this off just like he has my countless “alarming statistics about Texas”.
While we were having lunch after their service Sunday morning I got on Twitter to show some of our friends the Tweets by local nudists to some of our friends down there. Well, long story short, some of these tweets were about a nudist church located in Tyler… Someone had beat us to the punch… haha.
I did a little investigating on Google and sure enough, there was a nudist church website out there for a Calvary Nudist Baptist Church! (see the screenshot to the right, I am obviously not going to link to this website, although it didn’t have any offensive images other than their pastor being shirtless on the home page).
We got a huge laugh out of this the entire weekend, and I snickered for miles on our way home as I called some of our friends in Conway to let them know about this nudist church, there’s just something funny about naked people in a church, I am sorry, that’s just funny.
I also posted this twitpic of the website on Twitter and quite a few of my tweeps got a kick out of it as well. Well, along about Hot Springs on our way back home I switched w/ my wife and let her drive. I took advantage of the 3g service area and did a little research on this nudist church and found that it’s more than likely not a real church. I have to admit that I was a little dissapointed but not shocked, the whole idea is a littel far-fetched.
The local media there in Tyler had numerous phone calls about this church and this is a recap of their report:
Oh well. You have to give whoever set this website up a thumbs up on giving us all a good laugh. The website is hosted on a subdomain of a company called “Nearly Free Speech” if that also gives some sort of a clue as to the websites origin…
Frog Found in Diet Pepsi Can
This is pretty gross, but funny at the same time. Can you imagine popping open an ice cold Pepsi cola and finding body parts of a frog in your first sip? These folks already have an attorney, I smell lawsuit…
