Toughest Man To Ever Live

My only guess is that just beyond this rusted bus is something so totally awesome that he's willing to die protecting it. Like a life-size Marilyn Monroe jello mold. Or a whole mess of roman candles.

JavaBot

Slow Down, Quentin

(note: there are a few choice words in this videos, so...don't say I didn't warn you)



i stumbled upon this guy on susan's blog.

Expialidocious

Ole Miss Jackson

Last night I took my trusty dog to the woods and we built a fire. Moments like this are why I got Miss Jackson back in 2002. For whatever reason, having a unflappably loyal companion who lives to be invited was and is something I love quite a bit. Isaac and I shot a video last night and as I drove home I started thinking about ma' dog. We were in a pretty good sized woods, right beside a big pond. Miss Jackson loves to sniff, explore, swim and she's even been known to roll around in poo. We were in her paradise last night. The funny thing is though, she stayed within a five foot radius of me the entire time. If I left the fire to go check out the pond she was right in tow. Same thing when I went back to the fire or to the car to get something. And it's not like she's scared. At one point during the shoot she charged off after a wolf-esque dog on a walk. After a few snaps and whistles she came back and laid down by Isaac's bag.

I don't write all this to brag about how good my screwball dog is. It was just interesting to me that she had free reign in a doggie dreamland, a place where I honestly wanted her to run off and discover the world for awhile, and yet, she was certain that wherever I was going was her best option. Sure those woods may have loads of exotic poo to eat and marinate herself in, but she was more interested in sticking close. That made me feel good (in a healthy way I think). It also made me think about God.

I wonder if God feels "good" when I choose to stick close to him. I wonder what it does for him when my actions prove that I'm certain wherever he's going is my best option. Will he take me to better places as a result of my trust? Will he invite me and include me more often? Will he have confidence to take risks with me that he didn't years ago? I'm not really sure. I'm also not really sure I have that level of trust. Do I really believe that where he's going is better? Do I live to be invited? Did my rubberlegged dog teach me something last night? Indeed she did. She's a good lil' dog.

People Scare Me

I have a hard time believing stuff like this happens in real life. People are wacky.

A Jewish Teaching Story

Truth, naked and cold, had been turned away from every door in the village. Her nakedness frightened the people. When Parable found her she was huddled in a corner, shivering and hungry. Taking pity on her, Parable gathered her up and took her home. There, she dressed Truth in story, warmed her and sent her out again. Clothed in story, Truth knocked again at villagers' doors and was readily welcomed into people's houses. They invited her to eat at their table and warm herself by their fire.

A Jewish Teaching Story
retold in The Story Factor by Annete Simmons

The Future Is Here

Global philanthropists and freethinkers, wiseday boogie productions, have just dropped their newest public service announcement- 3008: Global Burning. When a piece like this is given to the world, there are a few assumptions that'll occur among the masses. I will try an address those here.

ASSUMPTIONS:

1. This must've taken a few thousand hours of work to storyboard this masterpiece.
FALSE.
FACT: We let the story unfold spontaneously. This will shock you, but there was little to no time spent crafting the story.

2. This video is a prophetic piece of journalism.
WE HOPE NOT.
FACT: We have no idea what 3008 will be like. We're not meteorologists.

3. It must've cost a lot of money to get Hellboy to play the part of Regional Manager of Doom.
TRUE.
FACT: We spent our money where it counted.

4. You must love the planet to create a piece like this.
TRUE.
FACT: We so do. We love her like crazy.

5. I thought styrofoam was safe.
FALSE.
FACT: You're insane.

Dumbfounded

I've seen some irresponsible things in my life. Like, Ohio parents not hugging their children enough and forcing their sweet, innocent offspring to seek attention in unhealthy, pathetic ways like wearing a Michigan jersey to school on the Friday before the big November game. But this painting is the SINGLE MOST IRRESPONSIBLE thing I've ever seen. Why not have paintings that celebrate poisonous snakes as friendly bellydancers. Or how about a nice oil rendering of cherubic babies playing paddycake on I-75. Bears doing the dosey doe in your living room? This is what you walk past every day? What's next, warnings from Larry Handley and Derrick Beasley that tornadoes are coming over from Kansas for hugs and tea? We might as well teach our kids how to smoke crack. That makes as much sense as teaching them that freaking bears lounge around on Sunday afternoons doing nothing except for an occasional hoe down. I'm at a loss for words.

Coming Soon...

I don't want to stir our extremely-large and ferociously-loyal fan base into a frenzy, but from the guys who brought you TubaWolf, now in association with j.boogie entertainment, comes an expository piece on global burning...the future of global warming. We can only hope that this hard-hitting, super-dramatic look into the future is not a prophetic vision of what's to come. Al Gore save us all.