Coolest thing this week
I know this sounds very strange, but the new phone system at work provides me great enjoyment. One of the phones in our area sounds like the CTU phones from 24. When I answer that one, I want to say: “Chloe O’Brian: CTU.” I keep looking for “moles” in our office. I’m almost sure everyone else is a terrorist plant.
Another sounds like the phones on The Office, when I pick up that one I’m so tempted to say: “Dunder Mifflin. This is Pam.” Unfortunately, I am able to point out several of the fictional characters from The Office in my own office. I think they changed the place of business to a paper company in PA to protect to innocent here at my work.
Anyway, the new phones are great, even if I can’t figure out how to do anything with the 15,000 new buttons on them.
’24′ fix coming sooner than expected
I had been heart broken over the fact that ’24′ didn’t start this year due to the writers’ strike. I was even more heart broken to discover that Jack Bauer would not be returning with his new season until 2009. But FOX has decided to not keep us waiting that long – a two-hour prequel to the upcoming seventh season will air this fall.
My Two Cents #113 – Year-End Blowout
I have several stories in my blog feed that I didn’t get a chance to talk about, but I found interesting. I’m not sure how much more blogging I will be doing between now and 2008, so here are some stories to tide you over until then. Religion, politics, pop culture and the odd all rolled into one.
Obligatory Halloween post
Eh, I’m not big into Halloween – one way or the other. I don’t think kids who go trick-or-treating are participating in Devil worship, but you won’t find decorations at my house or a costume on me.
But I’m a man of the people, so if you want to read some Halloween junk today – here you go:
Helping Iraq one kid at a time
Here’s a chance to make a difference in the life of a little 5-year-old Iraqi boy, who was set on fire by Jihadist for no reason. A US charity is working to fly Youssif and his family over here and perform the surgery.
Having a 5-year-old myself, this really hit home to me. If you would like to donate to his fund at the Children’s Burn Foundation, go here and select “Youssif’s Fund” from the drop down bar under “Honor/Memorial Gift Information.”
Real pirates share their links
The title for my latest link non-dump, is an homage* to my favorite guilty (and cancelled) TV pleasure: Veronica Mars. Man, I loved that show, but alas on to the links.
So many articles, so little time
I have run across a lot of interesting news articles in recent weeks and I have had the opportunity to comment or link to very few of them.
So while I hate to describe this as a link dump (because the articles are intriguing and do not belong in anything called a “dump”), that’s pretty much what this is. However, I promise it will be a very interesting dump like those from Junkyard Wars, where you can find all kind of cool things and make a jet plane out of a bed frame and an ’82 Pinto or something like that.
One of the top 100 Godblogs
You are reading one of the top 100 Christian blogs, well kinda. Joe Carter of Evangelical Outpost, one of the top Godblogs, listed Two or Three (and Wardrobe Door) among his EO 100.
We’d have to create an American jihad
That is if aliens attack and by aliens I don’t mean the illegal kind. I mean the ET kind.
Who is Steven Furtick?
That has been one of the most asked questions on blogs according to Technorati. Who is Steven Furtick? Most people have no idea how to answer that question, but I have the joy of being able to answer it…somewhat.
Our own “Wizard of Buzz”
Regular commentor Cineaste was recently featured in a Wall Street Journal article entitled The Wizards of Buzz. It talked about the people on the internet who contribute to what is popular. Cineaste was recognized for his work with StumbleUpon. He also shares his thoughts on classic films at his blog Movie Masterworks.
Link dump explosion
There are a ton of stories that piled up while I was away from blogging that deserve some type of mention, so here they are – have at ‘em.
What no hidden Holy Grail messages!
It appears the only thing the Mona Lisa was hiding was a pregnant belly.
Besides discovering that Lisa Gherandini, the subject of Mona Lisa, was either pregnant or had just given birth, researchers unveiled another huge fact after years of analysis and study – Leonardo was a “genius.”
As much as I hate to…
I really have been enjoying the lively debates over the last week. I hate I have gotten to participate more, but I have been swamped at work and one of the reasons is I will be out of town and away from a computer all next week.
MacGyver fixes
With the recent MasterCard commercial, a whole new audience is learning of the wonderfulness that is MacGyver, who would have been classified as a demi-God by the ancient Greeks had they known of his powers.
Thanks to Wikipedia, we have a list of problems solved by MacGyver.
Enjoy.
HT: Garfield Ridge
Hero worship
What religion is your favorite comic book character? Here is an interesting list the explores the faith of superheroes, supervillians and other well-known comic characters.
As a Southern Baptist, I have only Rogue to look up to, and she’s lapsed at that.
The most common religious affiliations of the heroes should be obvious: Catholic and Jewish. Many of the most well-known are simply generic Protestants (Spiderman, Captain America, Cyclops). Atheist are the most common villian, followed by Catholic and Jewish again.
HT: Ace.
Marvel unmasks creativity
“I’m proud of who I am, and I’m here right now to prove it,” the legendary webslinger tells a press conference called in New York’s Times Square, before pulling off his mask and standing before the massed ranks of reporters as newspaper photographer Peter Parker.
“Any questions?” Parker asks in the final panel of the issue, amid a barrage of camera flashes.
So goes the story in Marvel’s seven-issue Civil War series.
It’s time for VeggieTales
VeggieTales is set to rebound after a tumultuous couple of years with a new theatrical release in early 2008: “The Pirates Who Don’t Do Anything – A VeggieTales Movie.”
Together for the Gospel Blog
C. J. Mahaney, Ligon Duncan, Albert Mohler, and Mark Dever who are the four men behind the upcoming Together for the Gospel conference in Louisville, now have their own blog. This is a blog that you will definitely want to check frequently as these guys represent some of the brightest minds in evangelical Christianity.
New Christian Blog Portal
Mark Swanson has just started a new blog entitled Best of the GodBlogs. His intent is to create a portal where readers can go to find the best posts in the ever-growing Christian section of the blogosphere. This is a blog worth checking out regularly.
Hat tip: Evangelical Outpost
