A smart-aleck grammar wonk seizes a "teachable moment"

Wife: “Say, I got the report from my doctor today."

Husband: “Oh? How was it?"

W: “It was concerning."

H: “Concerning?"

W: “Yes. Concerning. To me."

H: “Of course it was concerning you; it was your report, right?"

W: “No, I mean it concerned me."

H: “Right. Should your report have been about someone else?"

W: “You know what I mean!"

H: “You mean it was ‘disconcerting’?"

W: “I mean you’re a jerk."

 

Friends, don’t let this happen in YOUR marriage. Learn the difference between “concerning” and “disconcerting."

Most important election. (Evar!)

Video: Wrong Worship

While we're doing videos…

This one is also very funny, and very pointed in its message.

Video: Sunday Morning (on liturgy)

Here is the video I mentioned in my opening illustration yesterday. It's been around for a while, but I'm still surprised at both how well-done and funny it is, as well as how many people HAVEN'T seen it!

Grad school? Maybe too close to home...

Here's an unvarnished look at why many, I suppose, opt for grad school (HT: Paul):

A great mystery solved...

Here's a great piece from Crave (a CNet blog): Over or under? The science of toilet paper orientation. Definitely worth a look.

I appreciate how thorough they've been, including the "resting sideways on the tip of a garden gnome's hat" option.

(HT: Cameron)

St. Patrick's Day videos

More videos, this time in honor of St. Patrick's Day.

Let's start with some Muppets doing "Danny Boy":

Those "Leprechaun Brothers" remind me of this leprechaun in Alabama:


Which reminds me of this scene from Wayne's World:


That brings us to the (pretty awful) string of Leprechaun movies-- NOT one of Jennifer Aniston's career highlights:


And we'll finish up with John Mayer -- oddly enough, also not one of Jennifer Aniston's career highlights-- singing "St. Patrick's Day":



Happy St. Patrick's Day, everyone!

(Facebook folks, watch these videos on my blog: pastorblog.hickorywithepc.org.)

Satirical videos about pastors

These videos (brought to you by "TheLutheranSatire" channel on YouTube) are hilarious, making use of a website/technology that let's you input dialogue and choose a scenario, then it auto-generates a cartoon video.

Check them out for a really good laugh!

Ash Wednesday: How Do We Celebrate?

Things your Lutheran Pastor Totally Loves, #1: Quick Questions


Things your Lutheran Pastor Totally Loves, #2: Talking with Biblicists



(Facebook folks, see them on the blog: http://pastorblog.hickorywithepc.org)

Pastor's Desk

Another winner from Dave Walker and the CartoonChurch.com website. Of course, my desk isn't like this at all... not ever.

"Good" pop translates well into bluegrass

Here are some examples of how "good" pop music will translate well into bluegrass. Some of these are hilarious (The Cleverlys, The Pigs); some of them are surprising-- even if you don't care for Green Day, you may find Honeywagon's cover of "When I Come Around" simply beautiful. And some of them are just good fun; if you only listen to one or two, make sure one of them is either the cover of Journey's "Don't Stop Believin'" or of Michael Jackson's "Billy Jean."

(Facebook peeps: you'll have to go to the blog to see these: pastorblog.hickorywithepc.org

Punctuality

Another priceless cartoon from Dave Walker and the Cartoon Blog:

Not much to say...

(thanks to Dave Walker)

Worship 7: Is this how worship is at your church?

North Point Community Church is the congregation where Andy Stanley (the son of well-known radio preacher Charles Stanley) is the pastor. From everything I've read and heard, they are a solid church with a lot of good ministry going on.

They have a media division that has recently looked at the liturgy for many of the contemporary/relevant/emerging/whatever congregations that have shown up today (yes, there IS a liturgy to those congregations-- watch the video to see how it works):

"Sunday's Coming" Movie Trailer from North Point Media on Vimeo.

Funny, but also a little bit sad.

Yo-Yos

Video tidbits, February 2010

Over-the-top weather forecast (HT: Matt):

Toronto Raptor eats cheerleader (HT: Jeff):

Kludges

If you're unfamiliar with the idea of a "kludge" it's a repair, so to speak, that employs a certain level of mis-placed creativity. Here are some first-class examples, from the website There, I Fixed It:

Billy Tries to Cleverly Deflect the Blame


Screw-Tool Safety


Laptop Budget on a Sliding Scale


Lesser-Known Cousin of the Spork Is the Duct-Foon


You Took Apart My Epic LEGO Tower for This?


A Small Step for Man, a Giant Step for Obesity


The Boss'll Never Notice


Bed-Ta Carotene


Adult Advent Calendar

Lucky Charms

Decisions

(Thanks to Dave Walker)

Seriously, laugh-out-loud funny

From PassiveAgressiveNotes.com (HT: Glen)

Honesty in advertising

My friend Ben linked to this brutally honest commercial on his Facebook-- it's hilarious. Why can't more ads be this straight-up?

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