Archive for January, 2009

The Transparency of Heathens and Pastors

January 29, 2009

I watched on Wednesday as former televangelist Ted Haggard sat across from Oprah Winfrey and came clean about his life, his sexuality, his marriage, and his upcoming documentary, The Trials of Ted Haggard, which airs tonight on HBO. 

I have to admit, I’ve only listened to a couple of Haggard’s sermons during his time as Senior [...]

How I Became a Spammer :(

January 27, 2009

I’ll begin with a shout-out: to everyone who got an invitation from me to join Friendster today, I apologize. Some people immediately placed me in their Spam folder. 

Did I send it out? Yes, but I didn’t mean to. 

See, I got a message similar to the one you got today. I didn’t know the person, but [...]

RIP, John Updike (1932-2009)

January 27, 2009

According to the Associated Press, Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist John Updike was found dead Tuesday at the age of 76. 

Updike was perhaps one of the most prolific literary writers of the twentieth century. His novels include Rabbit and Rabbit Redux. 

Here is a shout-out to you, Mr. Updike. Rest in peace, sir. 

To read the Associated Press story, [...]

Write Your Own Obama Inauguration Speech

January 17, 2009

Remember MadLibs? Remember sitting around laughing at your friends’ or your own ridiculous words in otherwise perfectly normal essays or stories? Well, thanks to the Inauguration Speech Generator from Atom.com, you can help write an inauguration speech for Obama. In the spirit of MadLibs fun, you can see the limitless possibilities of the English language.

Here’s mine:

Barack [...]

Test-Blogging from Ping.fm

January 8, 2009

Please excuse all these test-posts
today. Once they are all tested, I will have a great system in place.

Testing from Ping.fm

January 8, 2009

Testing from Ping.fm

Why Your Resolution Will Fail in 2009

January 2, 2009

Now that I have your attention…

I was originally going to title this, “2,009 Reasons Your Resolution Will Fail in 2009,” but decided on the current title for 2 reasons: (1.) It’s a major downer and would generate 0 reads, and (2.) I really didn’t want to try and think up 2,009 reasons your resolutions will [...]