Sometimes you just don't want to know...

I worked in restaurants for years during high school and college. I've seen a LOT of bad behaviour and strange things.

This one is right up there. Kind of reminds me of Kramer on Seinfeld. "I prepared this entire meal while I bathed." Nice.

John Edwards

I've heard quite a bit of coverage the last couple of days on three things. Number one is the Olympics, which I probably won't watch much of because of time. Number two is the Russian invasion of one of our friends and allies, and the least consequential thing is the fact that John Edwards had an affair and possibly fathered a child with a woman while his wife is suffering from most probably fatal cancer.

I'm not linking to any of the articles about Edwards. I think what was a pathetic political career is now over and he needs to realize what his actions have done, accept responsibility and he himself needs to just shut up about the whole thing. Go into a hole and just focus on helping his poor wife. It is for her sake that I am not going to mention it any more and personally I am going to turn the radio or T.V. station if I see any coverage on it. I encourage everyone to do the same. There is no reason to drag this whole thing out and the only person who really suffers is Elizabeth Edwards. While you are at it, say a prayer for her that she can be strong through this whole ordeal and that God will get her through an unbelievably difficult physical and now emotional situation.

EXPLODING!!! But in a good way :)

1044 people baptized at Elevation in the last TWO WEEKS!!! Is that just crazy or what?

The spirit is blazing and people are being moved. Things are happening.

At SSCC this weekend we kicked off the Jesus for President series and talked about the Empire of God moving forward and taking over the world, one heart and mind at a time. Powerful stuff. It was a highly touted deal and delivered. Attendance was up about 20% (400). I can't wait to hear the rest of the series. It has caused a lot of personal thought and consideration. Very good things. Check it out. We also kicked off the season of Kidstuf with my good friend Thomas blasting out some soulful vocals and I got to have my debut at storytelling for the Word. Not my first time being up there, but definitely the biggest crowd I've seen. From my perspective it looked around 350.

In the windy city, a good portion of my family got together to watch my brother and his wife baptize their oldest son (and third child), Seth. I haven't seen the video yet, but I am eagerly anticipating it and will link when it's available. Last count I heard from Pastor Scott's blog was 138 people.

Powerful.

Feeling the burn?

The presidential candidate formerly known as Obama, now named...

Well, okay, this is not coming out of him or his campaign. It is actually coming from an LA advertising agency.

Personally it sounds like the agency needs to go into a different business.

I think the symbol fits though. A BIG ZERO! As in nothing. As in, what your pay check will look like after Obama’s new economic plan kicks in (what’s left is the ‘change’ you can believe in ;)

Nice. I like it.

Don’t people do sanity checks on things like this?

THIS IS OUTRAGEOUS!!!!!

If you never call your elected representatives about anything, call them about this one.

Yesterday a good man went to jail for fulfilling a contract to clear drainage bed that protects a neighborhood from flooding for two months out of the year.

The judge in the case expressly forbid the jury to consider the more than 20 years of evidence when considering the case. This whole thing just boggles the mind. He was actually found guilty of releasing pollutants into waters of the United States. The 'releasing' was actually just the fact that he would pull dead trees, built up sand and rocks out of the dry riverbed (only flooded 2 months out of the year) and they 'suppose' that some of that debris may trickle back into the stream bed. Huh? That's right. He was also found guilty of polluting a spawning ground for trout. Of course, there are no fish in THIS DRY RIVER accept for two months out of the year and only for seasonal flooding.

This is the craziest thing EVER! The man's name is Lynn Moses. Read the story and please, call your elected officials and ask them to look into this.

His wife died of a heart attack over a year ago(stress from this case no doubt contributed). His daughter is 17. He has been sentenced to 18 months in prison.

Worst Mayor in the US Got Put in the Slammer... Finally!

Up on no less than 8 felony charges, the mayor of Detroit FINALLY got put in jail after he violated a court order not to leave the state.

How has this guy NOT been impeached/recalled/removed from office yet? Is this just some kind of weird and twisted social experiment to see what exactly an elected official can blatantly get away with?

I'm glad that the judge finally put his foot down.

Check out this previous post for more info on America's WORST Mayor.


Here is a nice one of Obama endorsing the worst mayor in America.

Elevation still blazing

I haven't mentioned Elevation Church in a while. If you get a chance check them out, there is some great stuff going on there. Careful though, the Holy Spirit has set that place ON FIRE!

Check this out, they had some baptisms last weekend... LIKE 600 OF THEM!! That's just crazy awesome, and all from a group of a few families who quit their jobs and moved to Charlotte, NC to start a church. They are only a couple years old! God moving on the hearts of his people.

Wow!

Alexander Solzhenitsyn

If you have graduated high school, then hopefully at some point you have read at least one of his books. Alexander Solzhenitsyn passed away at the age of 89. A bold writer, Solzhenitsyn spoke out against the brutal and destructive communist regime under Stalin. A prisoner in the Gulag, his story is one of determination and perseverance.

If his books aren't required reading any more, they should be.

I love this quote: "He was not just a writer, he was more," said Valery Tarasov, a villager who lives near the house. "He was the conscience of Russia."

Obama on your shoulder :)

Sorry this was just kind of funny. :)

HT: Powerlineblog

Swollen head has a nice place to rest

There was an cbs piece on O-Force One. Nice gig. I like the line about him possibly feeling claustrophobic on Air Force One, should he get the privilege to ride in it.

The classic part to me though was the monogram on the chair.

Presumptuous... nah.

In case it is hard to read it has "Obama '08" with "President" underneath.

I wonder if they have the option to enlarge it as needed? Maybe an additional spot for "of the world"

Classic.