Wednesday, September 23, 2009

A Gullible Stephen McGee

The NFL Network had a microphone on Tony Romo during their opening game against Tampa Bay. It is interesting to hear his interaction with the other players and coaches through the game. Unfortunately it also reveals that Aggie Stephen McGee is a little gullible. I enjoyed the entire video, but if you only want to hear Romo put one over on McGee skip over to the 4:40 mark.

http://www.nfl.com/videos/nfl-films-sound-efx/09000d5d812ac38e/Sound-FX-Romo-mic-d-up

Thanks To Keith at BagOfNothing

See Your Town From Way Up High


Fantastic Planet used the power of Google Earth to create an aerial montage of many cities set to some instrumental music. My hometown of Pasadena, TX is available as are many cities you would not expect. Watch the Pasadena video below, or click on the image above to see your city is available.


Thanks To Keith at BagOfNothing

Tuesday, September 22, 2009

For My Wife And All The Other Baylor Bears In My Life

Apparently they played a better version of this song on the scoreboard before the Baylor game. The lyrics are below the video.

I wanted to come to a good university
Then this bright idea came directly to me
As if from God, now hear MY humble plea
Best decision Ive made in this whole century
I narrowed my options ver-RY easily
Now sit back, relax, listen and just agree..

(Chorus)
Im a Baylor Bear, man
Im a Baylor Bear, man
Were in the Big 12, man
The best school in the land, man
Tons of majors here, man
Im a Baylor Bear

Majorin in Architecture, Great Texts, English, Classics
Philosophy, and Theatre, Accounting, and French
Real Estate, Biology, Chemistry, and Finance
BioChem and Physics, Marketing, Forensics
Language and Linguistics, Information Systems
I'm a Baylor Bear

(Chorus)
Im a Baylor Bear, man
Im a Baylor Bear, man
LocAted in Waco, man
Dont you want to come, man
Youll get an educati-man
Im a Baylor Bear

Weve got Forestry, Pedagogy, Church stuff, Teacher stuff
Mathematics, Informatics, Geophysics, Neuroscience
Humanities, History, German, Greek, Latin, Spanish
Economics, Management, Entrepreneurship
Journalism, Pre-Law, Pre-Med, Pre-Nurse
I'm a Baylor Bear

(Chorus)
Im a Baylor Bear, man
Im a Baylor Bear, man
Tier 1 from the new grass, man (Hope you understand, man)
So what about tuiti-man(a good degree plan, man)
Close youve got to lis-man(best school in the land, man)
Im a Baylor Bear

(Last round!)
FDM, Administration, Technology, S3
Selling, Fashion, Art, Russian, Religion, Psychology
Statistics, Risk, U-Schol, BIC, and Business Fellows
Composition, Theory, Listen can you hear me?
Communication Specialist and all of the rest
Im a Baylor Bear

(Chorus)
Im a Baylor Bear, man
Im a Baylor Bear, man
Hope you understand, man
a good degree plan, man
best school in the land, man

Monday, September 21, 2009

The Stuff Christians Like Book: Now Available For Pre-Order

If you are a regular reader of this blog you already know that I follow the blog Stuff Christians Like. It is a humorous take on the weird things some (read most) Christians do. Individually we do not do them all, but it seems that each one of them is done by someone I know...or at least know about.

Well, there is now a Stuff Christians Like book coming to a bookstore near you. You can pre-order it now, or you can wait to buy it in April.

And now from the author, 7 reasons to pre-order the book Stuff Christians Like
  1. There are more than 120 posts inside, including more than 80 never before seen, brand new, never on the site ideas.
  2. A really talented artist named Mark Sheeres illustrated it and the work he did is hilarious.
  3. It’s only $10.39.
  4. It only weighs 235 grams. (Not sure why Amazon lists the grams but if you prefer books in low the 200 gram range, you will love this one.)
  5. I was afraid a publisher might make me water down the message, but Zondervan didn’t make me pull punches. Instead, the editor I worked with really amplified the humor and honesty of the whole thing.
  6. It comes out in April. By then you will have forgotten you ordered it. One day, on a bright spring afternoon, you’ll walk to the mailbox and say, “Oh, what’s this?” And then you’ll do the robot.
  7. If lots of people pre-order it, Zondervan will let me publish another book and get me a hybrid tour bus that runs on skittles and make us a collectible Stuff Christians Like belt buckle line.
OK, I made up that last one, but the list felt really incomplete with only 6 items.
Click the image below to pre-order the book.

Saturday, September 19, 2009

Bohemian Rhapsody - The Lego Version

For those of us that grew up playing with Lego Building Blocks and listening to Queen (albeit at different times in our lives).


Thanks To Vince Antonucci, author of I Became a Christian and All I Got Was This Lousy T-Shirt.

Big Picture: China Prepares For Its 60th Anniversary

Chinese citizens and government workers have been preparing for months for their upcoming celebration of the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China on October 1st. Parts of Beijing have been shut down several times, allowing for rehearsals of a once-in-a-decade military parade, multiple artistic performances and shows, fireworks and more. Security concerns are high as well, bringing out large details of security personnel and equipment. Collected here are images from the past several weeks of people around China preparing to celebrate their National Day. (37 photos total)
Click the image to see the full collection.

Friday, September 18, 2009

A Reaction Every Dad Enjoys

I bet every dad loves it when his kids run to give him a hug. Click the image above to see more pictures.

Thanks To Keith at BagOfNothing

Don't You Miss The Older, Safer Cars?

Picture this, a 1959 Chevrolet Bel Air and a 2009 Chevrolet Malibu are involved in a head-on crash. Which of the cars would you rather be driving? Would it be the old car made of steel or the new car made of plastic? Well, click on the image above to read the blog where I found the article, or just watch the video below.
Safety engineers studying the incident, and crash dummies, say the driver of the Bel Air would have died instantly, but that the driver of the Malibu would have only sustained a minor knee injury.