Month: December 2004

the “potato cannon” has been glued together and the starter has been installed. tomorrow i will duct tape the joints for added safety and then fulfill the dreams of some russets. it’s a little known fact that the russet potato is the most aerodynamic of all the spud universe. the russet literally longs to fly. tomorrow i will fulfill the dreams of some of these tubers.

SIDE NOTE – albert’s famous salsa is by far the greatest grocery store salsa i have ever encountered. i’m not sure how “famous” it actually is since the only people around here who seem to know about it are those that pam and i have introduced to it BUT i can say that it deserves to be famous because it is great.

there are some amazing pictures of the tsunami damage on flickr.

you can view them by going here.

and here is a different set.

here are pictures of the people who were effected by the tsunami. these are the people who are missing.

here are a few links on the asian tsunami. some of interest and some for purposes of helping.

• an animation of the tsunami’s imjpact – quite scary.
• flash tsunami presentation – includes pictures of the aftermath, details on how it happened, etc.
• international mission board part of your offering at parkview goes to the imb automatically. if you would like to give more specifically to the imb’s effort in helping during the asian tsunami recovery you can do so here.
• virtual prayer room for those effected by the tsunami.
• the salvation army – a great agency for any catastrophe.
• world vision – the same organization that does the 30 hour famine is already helping in asia. you can donate directly to the tsunami relief here.
• the baton rouge chapter of the association for india’s development – a local direct link to india.

consider helping in any way you can.

i just read an article about gentry tate speaking in tongues by using basketball player names – here it is.

the whole thing is a farce from the the holy observer but i think it is funny none the less.

the evangelical outpost listed predictions for 2005. here are a few of my favorites:

• tim lahaye will receive a vision from GOD warning him that he will be “left behind” if he writes any more novels about the apocalypse.
• in preparation for the 2006 elections the g.o.p. reveals that its strategic plan consists of nothing more than relying on the democrats to implode.
• when discovered alive and well and living in a beach house in nice, france, yasser arafat will confess that he faked his death because “living in palestine sucks.”

you can find the entire list here.

here are photos from the set-up of the view, december 29, 2004. this was our samson service. the back of the room was set up as a place to confess our failures to GOD (each corner of the room was a station that had cards and pens. the back center of the room was set up with two columns and a paper shredder. the columns were there to remind us of GOD using samson in the end inspite of his past failures. the paper shredder was a contemporary way of “erasing” the past. the sounds of the shredder were intermingled with our singing. each grind bore testimony to someone who had gotten rid of their guilt.