Nothing New: Random Bits

Introduction

Welcome to “Nothing New.” The goal of my blog in the past has been to stimulate discussion about all things related to CBC, the Christian life, and the world at large. But it has recently been hijacked by my cancer and treatment. This means I have to eat some crow (which I hate) because early on I boldly claimed I would not allow my condition to take center stage in my life.

But it is taking center stage on my blog – for a while. I am rather torn about this development. I am uncomfortable making this all about me – because it’s not. It is strangely therapeutic for me to blog about this, however, and I cannot express even a fraction of my appreciation for everyone who reads and leaves their funny, weird, and /or encouraging words in comments and emails.

So please join with me in dialogue. I always look forward to reading your comments. (If you'd like to follow my cancer journey from day 1, please go to my post on 6/25/08 - Life Takes Guts - in the archives and follow the posts upwards from there.)

Thursday, August 16, 2007

Random Bits

Michael Vick stole two pit bulls from Jonathan Lee Riches.
He sold these pit bulls on Ebay.
Then he used the proceeds from the Ebay auction to buy missles…
…from Iran…
…because he has pledged allegiance to Al Qaeda.
If you don’t believe it, read this lawsuit filed by Jonathan Lee Riches. He is asking for “63,000,000,000.00 billion dollars.” Not only that, he wants Vick to stop “physically hurting my feelings and dashing my hopes.” I don’t even know how to do that.

Strep throat is awful. Z pack antibiotics are amazing.

I’m proud of my Southern Baptist heritage. But political controversy always seems to be brewing in the convention. I keep up with some of these controversies on websites like SBCOutpost and others. As an outside observer, I am inclined to believe Ernest Benn when he wrote of politics in general; “Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it whether it exists or not, diagnosing it incorrectly, and applying the wrong remedy.” At any given point, I think parties on both sides of a controversy could be guilty of this.

Some of you may remember that my 5 year old son Parker can bench 220. He has now declared that he wants to be a Ninja Warrior when he grows up. He has found a new favorite show. These clips will give you an idea of what it is all about. I especially enjoy the subtitled commentary. I wish I had some trousers that symbolized my superior strength.