Month: June 2008

No Tie July Alternative

No Tie July Alternative

Every summer, a lot of churches have what they call No Tie July. The basic idea is this: “It’s hot out there! Let’s dress a little more coolly.” Overall, I think it’s a fine thing to do (especially since I don’t often wear a tie in the other 11 months). I would like to propose, though, a companion event for the youth, who, as a group, don’t often wear ties. To help them feel plugged in to church life, then, I propose this:

No Thigh July

I have to be honest with you, I’m a bit tired of walking down the halls and seeing legs bared as if in preparation for a Nair commercial.  I’ve even seen some young…um… ladies wearing shorts so short that they could not modestly bend over. The Body doesn’t need to see so much of yours.

Leap

Leap

I love the Marines; I find their attitude of team work, sacrifice, and quiet (and well-deserved) self-confidence a nice contrast to what I see as the in-it-for-me angle the Army seems to have taken of late. The Navy (which does have the world’s best pilots) and Air Force are cool and all, but they do their thing from miles away, so it’s not quite the same. 🙂 At any rate, this is a great recruiting video for the Marines:

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So you think you can host a TV show?

So you think you can host a TV show?

My wife (and subseqentally I 😉 have gotten into So You Think You Can Dance. Over all, it’s been a pretty fun show. Obviously, it’s a lot like American Idol, complete with the three judge panel. And like, AI, there’s a judge issue. I don’t know who that woman is, and I didn’t think it was possible to have a more inane, obnoxious judge than Paula Abdul, but this woman has done it. Words fail, and, yes, buildings tumble, when she opens that gaping maw of spasticness…