Turns out that people who constantly wish they were someplace else become unhappy.
No kidding? Who paid for that study -- I want to conduct a study to find out if people who blog actually write more than people who do not blog. It'll cost about $1.7 million to find out. I'm available to do the research.
Showing posts with label Fluffernutter. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Fluffernutter. Show all posts
Friday, November 12, 2010
Friday, July 23, 2010
Facts about Lightning
Before I get to the reason I'm posting today (meager as it is), let me confess that my blogging output is in the stink-bucket. Sorry about that to all the fans and peeps. The only way to resolve that is to win the PowerBall, so if you folks want to buy me lottery tickets, I promises here in public and in writing to split the winning ticket with the person who bought it for me 60-40, where you get 60 and I get 40.
Not that I'm encouraging gambling or violating any of my deeply-held principles about the stupidity tax: I'm just saying that the only way to improve my blogging output is to become independently wealthy -- becuase I have a great job which really consumes all my mental and creative energy.
OK -- Thanks for that.
Did you know that more people are killed annually by lightning strikes than by tornadoes and hurricanes? That's what's reported here (Thanks Google Documents!), along with other fun facts about how not to be one of those people.
Tom Ascol: take note.
Not that I'm encouraging gambling or violating any of my deeply-held principles about the stupidity tax: I'm just saying that the only way to improve my blogging output is to become independently wealthy -- becuase I have a great job which really consumes all my mental and creative energy.
OK -- Thanks for that.
Did you know that more people are killed annually by lightning strikes than by tornadoes and hurricanes? That's what's reported here (Thanks Google Documents!), along with other fun facts about how not to be one of those people.
Tom Ascol: take note.
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Calvinist Gadfly dot com
OK, so I have this idea to make calvinistgadfly.com a weekly cartton strip, and becasue of a conversaion I had with my wife this weekend I have a sidekick for the Gadfly -- Carbon Bigfoot.
Am I the only one getting stoked about this?
Am I the only one getting stoked about this?
Friday, January 29, 2010
How to maintain your fix
The few of you who are still hard-core fans of this blog are, of course, waiting for me to post something here pithy, edifying, and funny.
Truth be told: I have a great job. Finally, after 20 years, I have a job which challenges me and really does take all day for me to finish up. And that bites into my blogging.
So here's the deal:
1. I promise to blog something here at least once a week to keep it fresh. Expect it on either Mondays or Fridays; I'll blog both if I can fit it in. I am also working on a template upgrade and how to make ECHO a non-embarassment.
2. Wednesday is still my day at TeamPyro, and you can pop in there to catch my antics as we light up the post-evangelical frontier. On Wednesdays. Dan and Phil and Charles Spurgeon are responsible for the other 6 days aweek.
3. About twice a week I'll be posting at FirstThings.com's Evangel blog. If you want to follow just my blogging there, you can bookmark my author's page at Evangel and enjoy.
4. I almost forgot that you can follow me on Twitter; the last few tweets are in the sidebar here. Twitter can almost be as fun as the comments here used to be -- except that there is no clowning. What is the blogosphere if there is no clowning?
Truth be told: I have a great job. Finally, after 20 years, I have a job which challenges me and really does take all day for me to finish up. And that bites into my blogging.
So here's the deal:
1. I promise to blog something here at least once a week to keep it fresh. Expect it on either Mondays or Fridays; I'll blog both if I can fit it in. I am also working on a template upgrade and how to make ECHO a non-embarassment.
2. Wednesday is still my day at TeamPyro, and you can pop in there to catch my antics as we light up the post-evangelical frontier. On Wednesdays. Dan and Phil and Charles Spurgeon are responsible for the other 6 days aweek.
3. About twice a week I'll be posting at FirstThings.com's Evangel blog. If you want to follow just my blogging there, you can bookmark my author's page at Evangel and enjoy.
4. I almost forgot that you can follow me on Twitter; the last few tweets are in the sidebar here. Twitter can almost be as fun as the comments here used to be -- except that there is no clowning. What is the blogosphere if there is no clowning?
Sunday, January 24, 2010
Tuesday, December 29, 2009
Friday, November 13, 2009
Thursday, November 12, 2009
Why you read this blog
Wherever you are, sit down and raise your right foot up and start drawing clockwise circles with it. Just little circles so you don't look like a crazy person, for about 15 seconds until you get into a rhythm.
Now raise your right hand, keep your foot circling, and draw the number "6" in the air just like they taught you in kindergarten.
Yeah: I don't believe it either.
Now raise your right hand, keep your foot circling, and draw the number "6" in the air just like they taught you in kindergarten.
Yeah: I don't believe it either.
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Congrats to DJP
Just wanted to tell my buddy DJP congratulations on his announcement, unveiling his What? you wanted me to unveil his announcement when he wouldn't? What kind of friend do you think I am over here?
I am sure Val and the kids are madly proud of you, as am I, and as I am sure Phil would be if he could be bothered to blog rather than Twitter.
Back to work, slackers.
I am sure Val and the kids are madly proud of you, as am I, and as I am sure Phil would be if he could be bothered to blog rather than Twitter.
Back to work, slackers.
Monday, May 18, 2009
20,000+ comments
The only thing I have to say today is that this blog has more than 20,000 comments in Haloscan, but only about 1750 posts.
You people are pretty impressive.
You people are pretty impressive.
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Not good enough for Dan's Blog ...
... but we take risks here.
OK: Be warned that this video lulls you into a pleasing little zone of coffee house mellowness, and then you get Rick Rolled, and then there's a sudden outburst of Chris Crocker set to mellow jazz guitar, and then it ends with the Power Ranger's theme.
If you can not be offended, and you like this sort of thing, and you want to show Dan Phillips that you are the better blog readers by toughing it out through the Crocker outburst, I present this to you:
If you are spoiling for a fight or whatever, just go away. This was clever, but it has nothing to do with the Gospel -- and I'm not preaching the Gospel here. I'm blogging in a very casual way. Hold it against me if that's how you are.
OK: Be warned that this video lulls you into a pleasing little zone of coffee house mellowness, and then you get Rick Rolled, and then there's a sudden outburst of Chris Crocker set to mellow jazz guitar, and then it ends with the Power Ranger's theme.
If you can not be offended, and you like this sort of thing, and you want to show Dan Phillips that you are the better blog readers by toughing it out through the Crocker outburst, I present this to you:
oh, pickle. OK. Nevermind.
If you are spoiling for a fight or whatever, just go away. This was clever, but it has nothing to do with the Gospel -- and I'm not preaching the Gospel here. I'm blogging in a very casual way. Hold it against me if that's how you are.
Monday, January 05, 2009
Before we get to this week's parable ...
... stop by and visit a new fan of the blog. Phil Perkins has a real winner on his hands, and he blogs not just at one blog for all his cogent and rational thoughts, but actually three to express his theological depth and diversity.
Stop by to Phil's blog and ask him who his pastor is and whether his pastor reads his blog. He'll enjoy the attention.
Friday, November 07, 2008
If you're happy and you know it ...
#10 is the only one I can really endorse, but in terms of making you more happy, the rest of this list is pretty good for a laugh. And the puppy picture -- while I am not a puppies and bunnies kind of guy -- is also a pick-me-up. You should look that happy and care-free as you run to church.
Monday, October 27, 2008
Flavor of the day
Wow. I'm taking a stats beating these days. Two years ago I was frequently on the verge of having 200 inbound links; I went on Hiatus last year (I think) and dropped below 100 inbound, and this weekend I went from 85 to 79.
I guess I'm just a has-been. It was a wild ride.
And my internet comes on-line tomorrow at my new digs. At least the handful of you who really care still care ...
I guess I'm just a has-been. It was a wild ride.
And my internet comes on-line tomorrow at my new digs. At least the handful of you who really care still care ...
Saturday, September 13, 2008
your comments counted
The meta is again fixed so as to count your characters, and the Scripturizer that links to the ESV on the front page is also driving the meta now as well.
I am sure you are all greatly relieved.
I am sure you are all greatly relieved.
Thursday, July 31, 2008
1503
I know you were all dying to know this, but I am now a public figure at facebook, and you can just click here to become my fan.
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Thursday, December 20, 2007
haloscan magic
See: you pay $12 and you gain complete control over your haloscan comment template. And not only does it enable all you crazy people a 10K character limit, I have put a length counter for the input box so now you don't have to wonder whether you're about to get scalped or not.
No -- don't thank me. Link to me.
Oh wait -- the Scripturizer also works if you format your references right, but it doesn't pop up.
No -- don't thank me. Link to me.
Oh wait -- the Scripturizer also works if you format your references right, but it doesn't pop up.
Thursday, August 30, 2007
Annoying details
Pheh. So now I have the Blogrolling scripts back in the sidebar, and the League of Reformed Bloggers script is so slow that it actually interferes with the Flash headlines loading in the main body.
Anyone understand and able to explain how the PHP version of Blogrolling works, and how I can install it on this page?
Anyone understand and able to explain how the PHP version of Blogrolling works, and how I can install it on this page?
As you undoubtedly noticed, I like comics. I wouldn't call myself a "fan boy" because I don't give a flying FOOM what they are worth. That said, almost all the images on my blog are scanned from comics I own -- so they are scanned from comics I own and are used under what I assume is 
