New blog =)

I've been writing there for awhile now and absolutely love it, mainly because it fits quite comfortably into a specific niche of the blogosphere: books. I love books! Come visit if you like =)

Gin and Tonic

Fare thee well!

Hello everybody... (echo, echo, echo)

I have decided to officially retire this blog. Motivation has dissappeared and I find myself complaining a lot here...blogging about current events and such can do that to you. For example:

LIBERALS ARE PSYCHO. *twitch*twitch*

and

JOEL OSTEEN?!?!?!?! ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!?!?!

and

PUBLIC SCHOOLS NEED TO HAVE MORE CLASSICAL EDUCATION. *twitch*twitch*

and

STOP BEING AN ANTI-WAR HIPPIE! HAVE YOU LIKE, NOT READ TOM CLANCY EVER?

Man, this actually feels so good.

But you can't just blog stuff like that. You have to explain *why.* And I just don't have time to try writing it all out in a civilized manner anymore.

So farewell! Adieu, adieu...I will miss you all. Thank you for the support and comments you have given me over the two years I've had this around. God bless you everyone!

Israel and Palestinians commit to 2008 peace treaty

Anyone with a remote interest in eschatology is gonna be keeping an eye on this...

Israel and Palestinians commit to 2008 peace treaty

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland (Reuters) - With handshakes, leaders of the United States, Israel and the Palestinians agreed on Tuesday to launch immediate talks to secure a peace treaty by the end of 2008 that would create a Palestinian state. President George W. Bush announced the deal at the opening of a 44-nation Middle East peace conference, with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas standing at his side.
"We're off to a strong start," Bush told delegates to the day-long conference, which included 14 Arab states -- among them Syria and Saudi Arabia -- as well as major powers Russia, China, Britain, France and Germany.

On a side note: the Arabs have the whole bloody Middle East already. Why does the only chance of peace have to rest with giving them more control? A Palestinian state? Good lord.

Anyways, like I said, eschatological significance here. We'll see if something actually happens or if things get delayed again.

Huck Chuck Facts

If you haven't seen this already...then you're in for something.




Not gonna lie, Chuck Norris is one powerhouse of a celebrity endorsement. I still prefer Thompson over Huckabee...but Mike is still up there. Either way, I think this commercial is awesome - just because it's so campy, but at the same time gutsy... and you gotta love the folksy charm and the notion that Mike Huckabee and Chuck Norris are great pals who probably invite each others families over for dinner all the time.

I also think it's interesting how imao.us started the sensational Fred Thompson facts as kind of a parody on the Chuck Norris facts...but now Chuck Norris is actually in the picture with HIS "facts" endorsing Huckabee.

I've had this opinion for awhile, but this ad confirms what I've been thinking - Thompson and Huckabee should be running mates. Yes/no?

Anything to keep a Liberal out of office, really. And that includes keeping Rudy out too. =) Heck, I could really even go for Mitt if it came down to like...Mitt vs. Hillary or Mitt vs. Obama. But I'd prefer Thompson or Huckabee.

Not that anything I say matters -I'm Canadian! But my, my, American politics can be fun.

Retrospect

The solution, my friends.

What can make a better filler post than something Fonz-filled? I know..I'm like, 30 years behind the times...I just discovered this show in the past year. BEST. EVER.

Except Richie grew a mustache near the end...and that was really disconcerting for me. lol.

Oh, also, I bought a Bob Dylan cd and a Bruce Springsteen cd...both were sorta "greatest hits" compilations. I had never heard either artist before I bought their cds. Bob Dylan is pretty good...I don't mind the stuff I heard, but Springsteen makes me want to shoot myself. =)

Apparently Bob Dylan became a Christian of sorts at one point...and he had an album or song entitled "Gotta Serve Somebody," and John Lennon wrote a song in response called "Serve Yourself." I will have to check that out... Doesn't that define the hippy/new age movement to a T, though? Selfishness got us into the mess we're in, and we think selfishness is the way out. I never liked John Lennon. Or The Beatles for that matter. Just never could...

Good grief

Kinder, gentler Moses pictured in new Ten Commandments movie

HOLLYWOOD (RNS)—The image of Charlton Heston as Moses has been carved into the minds of generations. Few who have seen the Cecil B. DeMille blockbuster can forget Heston’s majestic, commanding presence as he comes down from Mount Sinai and thunders to a wayward people, “Those who will not live by the law shall die by the law.”
Now there is a new Moses for a new generation.
Christian Slater is the voice of Moses in a new animated film, The Ten Commandments. The new, animated version of The Ten Commandments features a more compassionate Moses with the voice of Christian Slater, urging people to be faithful because, “God loves you.”

Er...so what is the point of the Ten Commandments, exactly? A schoolmaster to bring us to Christ? A means of making us aware of our sin and that we have "fallen short of the glory of God?" Noo....just some helpful suggestions to make our lives better cause "God loves us," or something.

I am really biased here, but if you can't hack the Cecil B. DeMille version, there might be something wrong with you. Yes, made up love triangle and all, it's better than so many movies that have been made since. You don't need a special "nicer" kiddie version...I watched The Ten Commandments when I was like 5, and it was pretty much the best thing ever. Good grief.

Just sayin'...

Walk the Line is a really, really good movie, and it inspired me to buy Johnny Cash's albums, At Folsom Prison and At San Quentin. I didn't expect I would, but I really enjoy his music! And I'm rather impressed with Jaoquin Pheonix's impression of Cash's voice too. The guy at the cd store said that before Cash passed away he actually got to shake the man's hand in Nashville. I thought that was pretty neat. Anyways...that's rather about it.

Oh, and I deplore writing essays. Deplore.

Quote of the Day

"You may think all men so good that they deserve a share in the government of the commonwealth, and so wise that the commonwealth needs their advice. That is, in my opinion, the false, romantic doctrine of democracy. On the other hand, you may believe fallen men to be so wicked that not one of them can be trusted with any irresponsible power over his fellows."

-C.S Lewis

New Josh Groban cd!!!!!!

Josh Groban has released a Christmas album! Like...8 days ago! How did I miss it? I think I might buy it tomorrow. It shall be an early Christmas. Check it out here.

Sup Dennis Miller?

So...I've been lax on posting lately cause I've been doing a lot of school. However, I have to write a book report on Black by Ted Dekker, so maybe I'll post that up if it doesn't suck too much.

Oh, and my two best friends, Aria and Steph, are in Israel right now for three months. I'm very happy for them, but sad for me because I will miss them terribly. If you want to know what it's like to adventure in Israel, then check out the synopsis (that I didn't finish because I was lazy...gah, still need to do that) of my trip in April/May , or visit Goodbyes are for Goofs, updated by my friend Aria. They intend to travel around for a bit, then join a kibbutz somewhere( a kibbutz is like a communal farm where you work in exchange for food, residence, and a small allowance).

Anyways, I'm gonna go write that book report...I will leave you with some Dennis Miller quotes...cause he's awesome.

“The world is so ass-backwards it almost makes you wish you were dyslexic.”

“It’s time to start kicking ass and taking hyphenated names.”

“That’s not profiling…that’s minimally observant.”

“I don’t know if this would work, but so far nothing else has. I say we give the Palestinians the casinos…seems to have cooled the Indians out. They’re already pre-named – The Sands, The Dunes…”

“Kim Jong Il is the one we gotta worry about…he’s a bad guy. You don’t usually get to lead a country when you look that freaky. He looks like a chia dictator."

"If only we could get Sean Penn on board, huh? If only Saddam Hussein was a paparazzi!”

“The ACLU...I see their latest agenda is to do away with public nativity scenes. Yeah that’s what’s wrong with America now: plastic depictions of the birth of Christ.”

How Spiderman 3 Should Have Ended

Yeah, I'd say so!

"Fly away pretty bird. No sand mutation for you tonight!" lol

These guys have a whole bunch of other videos like this, including Superman and Lord of the Rings. If you're in need of a laugh or are bored, defs go check them out.

Exit question: is the guy at the very end Kurt Russel...as Snake Plissken? Wait, Snake Plissken had an eye patch, didn't he... I dunno.

How NOT to build a campaign website

This guy wants to be mayor of my city, Calgary.

http://bertram4mayor.com/


My friend Collin weighs in:

"So let me get this straight... you didn't proofread the website for your mayoral campaign, and you expect me to vote for you (and imply that I believe you're capable of running a city)?

I like how there's an ad for godaddy.com at the bottom. Classy. And also how there's not a single full sentence on the page (... either that or none of his sentences have a subject... depends on your point of view...)."

There is the possibility that this guy is a very nice, honest person - but your website does say something about your image, and it will definitely be some people's first impression of you - like me.

Sorry, Dave. I could forgive your horribly crafted website if there was some useful content on it...but there is none to be found. What do you plan to do about the c-train? Homelessness? Road construction? Housing? Secondary suites? Come on!

Quote of the Day

"Tolerance becomes a crime when applied to evil."

-Thomas Mann

Zeus or Adonai?

Some people feel God is out to get them. I say they couldn't be more right - only they don't realize that this fact is one of the better things about life.

The thing we should worry about isn't that God is out to get us, but rather, what exactly is this God like who is out to get us? If he is a tempermental Greek god who controls lightning, we have reason to be concerned. But is that what He is?

I say that God is out to get us, but for far more benevolent reasons than we would expect. He is the shepherd who has come to find his lost sheep, to save us from the snares of the world, flesh and the devil. The luxeries of life are fleeting; we may not know this, but he does, and he wishes us to have something that lasts - an eternal relationship with Him. He loves us and it pains him to see us screwing our lives up or in the hands of someone who will. He is out to reveal Himself to us, hoping that we will open our eyes and see.

God is out to get us - and that is a good thing.

Angels ain't wearing this Halo

Yes/no? Using Halo as Christian teen outreach.

Uh, personally I don't care much for the game. I actually played Halo 2 once, and of course, sucked immensely at it, but it didn't seem more horrible than some other games I could think of. Still, that said, I don't think it's something that belongs in church - just like worship services with U2 songs and sermons based on the TV series Lost.

But that's just me, really.

hat tip: Hot Air