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Apparently, the Dixie Chicks have a fetish for inspiring hatred from their former country fans and country music peers.
While accepting the Entertainer of the Year award at the Country Music Awards, Natalie Maines wore a t-shirt with FUTK(i.e., FU Toby Keith) across the front.
They've almost dug their grave deep enough to hold their future musical careers plus all their albums that fans are throwing away. As grandmammy used to say, "She don't know enough to leave well-enough alone!"
For those of you who care about college baseball (I know you're out there!), this weekend is the beginning of post-season play and here are a few incoherent ramblings on the subject...
The tournament that I care about is the SEC tournament in Hoover, Alabama. LSU and South Carolina are the #1 and 2 seeds, respectively. The order at the end of the tournament will play a factor in the decision of who goes to the regionals.
An interesting College Baseball tidbit is that there are potentially three Mississippi schools that could make the regionals: Mississippi State, Ole Miss, and Delta State.
The SEC has three or four teams (perhaps even more) that could easily have a shot at winning the College World Series: LSU, Mississippi State, South Carolina, and Auburn, but despite their prowess and high rankings, the NCAA has a propensity to socialize the selection process of who gets to go to the World Series.
Anyway, enough talk. Play Ball!!
In the midst of a refreshing shower the other night, my wife prodded me to take the phone. My brother Benjamin was on the other line and it sounded urgent. I rushed out of the shower, hurriedly drying myself off and grabbed the phone.
(loud voices, cheers, and whistles)
Me: Hey, Ben, what's up?
Ben: Joseph, I'm at the Bob Dylan concert in Jackson... you gotta listen to this!
(I hear an electric guitar cranking out the opening riff to 'All Along the Watchtower')
Ben: What do you think?
Me: Sweet, bro. Sweet.
So, mad props to my brother for allowing me to enjoy (live via cellphone) one of the greatest opening riffs of all-time being performed by one of the greatest legends of rock.
I like this one.
From Meshereth:
Catholicity
We count as brothers all those that have been baptized with water in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Although we do not believe that all who are baptized will continue into the Final Resurrection, we believe baptism is God’s objective claim on us in history. Through baptism, God says, “You are mine; you must be faithful.” We are called not only to work with those of like mind, but work towards the unity of all of God’s people.
Giving this statement the benefit of the doubt, I would say that it means that the good folks at Meshereth publicly acknowledge those who have been baptized with water in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit (confessors and their children) as Christians. I would also reckon that they are not saying that unborn children of Confessors, death-bed converts, desert converts, and the like are not saved, but that baptism is a public witness of their salvation. Otherwise, I might have a problem with their statement.
Andrew Firestone (yes, that Firestone family) chose his bride last night on ABC's The Bachelor:
(drum roll please)
It's Jen!!
Apparently, The Bachelor is so popular that it has produced some spin-offs in various foreign countries:
Saudi Arabia: Harem Bachelor
* One episode long. The show is over after the rich Sultan prince meets all fifty candidates, has them blindfolded, kidnapped, and dispersed among his royal palaces.
Utah: Polygamist Bachelor
* Similar to Harem Bachelor except there are no kidnappings or royal palaces and there is one huge wedding at the Morman Tabernacle.
France: Le Célibataire et Sien Maîtresse (The Bachelor and His Mistress)
* Very similar to the original Bachelor except the three runners-up become the bachelor's mistresses after the wedding. Name is also changed to Le Célibataire. And everyone's drunk.
What's the deal with car commercials? Okay, that could be a great many things... More specifically, what's the deal with these X Year/X Mile warranties?
For instance, the 10 year/100,000 mile warranty, whichever comes first. I'd be lucky to stay under 100K miles in 3 years, but maybe that's just me.
It might as well be the 100 year/100,000 mile warranty. Now, that's an idea. You heard it here first, folks.
I think that there are way too many awkward silences on this blog.
With the coming and going of more Reformed bloggers, I have decided to write a list of why blogs fail. I think that there are many factors that contribute to the eventual demise of some blogs.
1. Spending too much time blogging. Time is being relegated from work, family, and others in order to blog at a continuous rate. When this happens, the blogger begins to feel guilty and realize that he has his priorities a little confused.
2. Blogging as a means of showing off. Come on, guys, you know this is true. How many of you talk about some things to let others know that you are on a certain theological level or that you have an intellectual grasp of some complex subject? Blogging becomes a way for you to show the world just how smart mama's boy is.
3. Your blog fills an emotional need for attention. Here's another hard one, folks, and I am just as culpable as the rest. We crave the attention that we get when someone visits our blog on a regular basis. It becomes a source of pride to see the number of daily hits on our blog.
4. High frequency blogging. You know who you are. These are the bloggers who are the most susceptible to burn out. This blogger feels like he must not only do multiple entries but that he must keep this pace up on a daily level.
5. Pressure to be funny, smart, etc. Again, the blogger feels obligated to keep a certain standard of humor, intellectualism, ranting, etc. flowing on a daily basis. This can become a huge burden on the blogger.
6. The blogging caste system. This is sort of related to the others in that there is a social ladder that you can climb in blogdom. You know, getting on the blogrolls of your fellow bloggers is a big deal. Better yet, get referred by another blogger in their daily blog entry. To climb this ladder (or to stay on your rung), you must be funny, intellectual, distinctive, or interesting on a consistent and/or daily level.
My advice to bloggers, young and old, is this:
* Blog in your free time or set a designated time for blogging. Don't let it interfere with work, family time, devotionals, etc. This may mean that you blog (gasp!) only once a week.
* Think about your reasons for blogging and make sure that you're doing it for the right ones. I blog as an outlet for my overactive creativity and political bladder. When its full, it has to come out somewhere, and the blog allows me the freedom to do so in such a way that I still keep my friends.
* Just remember that blogging is simply a glorified chat room. You don't have to do it. Really.
In light of recent events involving violent hazing events, my squirrel friend Chester wanted me to inform you of this.
You see it every spring...squirrels racing in front of cars, squirrels taunting cats, squirrels chasing dogs, and squirrels stuffing their faces until their cheeks are on the verge of exploding. Pretty normal squirrel behavior, right?
It was once thought that humans were the only animals to engage in ritualized hazing. As it turns out, squirrels have been engaging in the practice since the birth of their species. From cheek stuffing to car racing...anything goes for these wantonly self-destructive creatures.
Haven't you ever wondered what it would be like if a bunch of us bloggers got together to have a pool party? Well, ponder no more, that's what I'm here for... To think about these things.
Scott is laying out on the side, a book on his left (Chicken Soup for Former Theological Jerks) and a laptop on his right (for blogging, of course).
Duane is swimming around with a dorsal fin on his back and biting swimmers legs.
Barlow is checking with pool owners to make sure that the swimmers have a right to be there and that no license fees or royalties have to be paid.
Jason and Dawn have set up a wine-tasting table and are having a little too much fun...
I am at the gate, collecting five dollars a pop, registering folks to vote Republican, and forgetting to mention that we got the pool for free. Oh well...
What about the rest of y'all?
As many of you probably already know, I am a part-time MBA student at Ole Miss and am finishing up my second year in a three year program.
Last night I took my last final for the spring semester, bought some Skyy Blue at Wal-Mart, picked up an Awesome Blossom from Chili's, and went home to celebrate.
I am pooped, relieved, and thankful to be free for a few weeks until the summer term begins.
Pinching a bit of pipe tobacco, I stuff it into the worn pipe that belonged to Grandaddy, with the bite impressions on the stem and unevenly scraped insides.
Flicker, crash. The lightening dominates the light in my hand making its point quite loudly. Who dares argue anyway?
Rushing wind. Sweet smoke lingers and dissipates slowly as I muse upon the static storm and blurry leaves.
Be still and know that I am God. No lights, no tv, no studies. Sometimes one is blessedly not given the choice in these matters.
Happy Cinco de Mayo, mi amigos!!
Have a Corona today. And salud!
Which Mexican beer will you (or would you) celebrate with today?
The Old Man of the Mountain has finally fallen.
  (AP Photos)
(From the Boston Herald article)
Daniel Webster, a 19th century New Hampshire statesman, once wrote, referring to the Old Man, ``In the mountains of New Hampshire, God Almighty has hung out a sign to show that there He makes men.''
Okay, everyone! I'm taking your predictions! Who do you think will end up having the largest opening weekend of all time?
Will it be Spiderman? The current leader with $114 MM in its opening weekend.
Will X-Men2 take it this weekend?
Or will Matrix Reloaded take the prize next weekend?
The hoguester predicts...
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