Does this mean Campus Crusade has to change their new name?

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Words With Friends needs to catch up with the times.

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A TED Talk + Improv Everywhere + Computer Crashes = Perfect Recipe for Unexpected Humor

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Awkward Relationships (video)

As part of our teaching series "Love At Last Sight," my friends Miguel and Lucas shot a video of them lip-syncing the song "Jenny" by Flight of the Conchords.  The song fit perfectly with the topic for the day: "The Art of Risking Awkwardness."

Is there a relationship that is broken or hurting in your life?  Perhaps you need to risk a little bit of awkwardness to begin reestablishing the relationship.  Hopefully your conversation won't be as awkward as the one in the video.  But that awkward conversation might just lead to the best relationship you've ever had.

Enjoy the video and the laugh!

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Is this a theological statement by my local library?

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Why Moms Get a Day

Here is a funny short film by The Skit Guys, explaining why Moms deserve a day to be celebrated, honored, and remembered.

 

 

 

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Music Nerd Joke

Okay, so I was a music major in college, and thus find this joke absolutely hilarious.  If you don't understand it, that's okay, but for the 2 or 3 people out there who appreciate humor like this, here you go! (Thanks to Chad and Tye for sharing it!)

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C, E-flat and G go into a bar. The bartender says, "sorry, but we don't serve minors." So E-flat leaves, and C and G have an open fifth between them. After a few drinks, the fifth is diminished and G is out flat. F comes in and tries to augment the situation, but is not sharp enough.

D comes in and heads for the bathroom saying, "Excuse me.I'll just be a second." Then A comes in, but the bartender is not convinced that this relative of C is not a minor.

Then the bartender notices B-flat hiding at the end of the bar and says, "Get out! You're the seventh minor I've found in this bar tonight."

E-Flat comes back the next night in a three-piece suit with nicely shined shoes. The bartender says, "you're looking sharp tonight. Come on in, this could be a major development." Sure enough, E-flat soon takes off his suit and everything else, and is au natural.

Eventually C sobers up and realizes in horror that he's under a rest. C is brought to trial, found guilty of contributing to the diminution of a minor, and is sentenced to 10 years of D.S. without Coda at an upscale correctional facility.

Purpose

From Garfield Minus Garfield

Laughter to Warm Up a Chilly December Day

Here are some humorous things I've either seen or heard in the last few days that I thought I'd share:

1)  At our Christmas Open House a week and a half ago, I was having a conversation with Caleb, the son of my friend Laurie.  Caleb would ask me to guess an animal based upon his impersonation of that animals' call.  Well, because I love to tease and play around with kids, when Caleb would say "Ribbit" I'd guess "Cat".  He'd repeat it, and I'd guess "Cow".  After several of my lame attempts at guessing the correct animal, Caleb would announce the correct animal (in case you didn't know, "Ribbit" is what a frog says).  Caleb when then begin the game again with a different animal noise, and once again I'd guess incorrectly, sometimes with completely random guesses (I could have sworn Ear Wax said "Meow"!).

After a couple of rounds, Caleb asked me to guess another animal.  But instead of making a noise, Caleb got down on his hands and knees.  Then he very slowly dipped his head down, and then slowly brought it back up.  As he continued to repeat this motion, I looked at Laurie because I had no idea what Caleb was doing.  Based upon the look on Laurie's face, she didn't know either, so she finally asked him, "Caleb what animal is that?"

Caleb's response?  "I'm an ornamental reindeer!"

2)  At lunch on Sunday, my 5-year-old son announced to the whole family, "Jesus is in our whole house!  He's in the whole world!  And we step on Him!"

3)  I just saw one of Apple's Christmas commercial's for this year.  Of the two I saw, this one made me laugh.

God wins in Nebraska Court

I really hope for this guy's sake that God doesn't countersue...

Another Windows Jab from Apple...

A fellow Mac-user popped his head in my office earlier today and showed me an inside joke Apple has built into their OS.  With Apple's current operating system (10.5 aka Leopard), there is this really cool feature called "QuickLook".  While browsing in a Finder window, if you highlight a document or picture, you can hit the space bar which brings up the document or the picture so you can see it without opening the program that actually created the file - in other words, you can take a quick look at what is in the file.

By accident, my friend hit the space bar while highlighting one of the Windows computers on our church's network.  And what he saw made him laugh, and he had to share it with me.

What did he see?  A CRT monitor with the infamous Windows blue screen of death. :o)

And the Darwin Award goes to...

If I ever get 15 minutes of fame, I don't plan to waste it like this...

This stinks!

I walked in to my office today and was greeting by a horrible smell. I can't tell whether it is dirty diapers, a dead mouse in the wall, or extreme mustiness from last night's rain. Just to make sure my nose was working correctly, I asked someone else to step into my office and confirm the stench. Yep, my office stinks.

After grabbing an ionizer to try and freshen the scent in my office, I unpacked my laptop and ran through the couple of sites I tend to check each day. One of those sites is MacZot.com, a site that sells one Mac software program each day at an extreme discount. I have yet to buy a program - I primarily visit the site to enter their "NextZot" competition. One lucky person receives the next day's "zot" for free. I'll probably never win, but I can dream.

Today's "zot" is just too ironic. With a stinky office surrounding me, I learn that today's deal is for a program called...

Decompose.

If you are feeling rather "punny" today, comments are open. I'm sure the other two members of the Three Readers Club would enjoy your humorous thoughts.

Job Interview No-No's

Since many of the young adults I know go through job interviews every now and then, I thought the following tips might be helpful. Make sure to avoid these when having a job interview so as to increase your chances of getting hired.

THINGS NOT TO DO OR SAY AT YOUR JOB INTERVIEW

~ See photo of interviewer's family on desk, point, and start laughing uncontrollably.

~ Ask if there is only one emergency exit, grin and say, "I bet this floor would be in trouble if someone barricaded that."

~ Inquire on office policy of friends staying over.

~ Over-emphasize your ability to use a copier.

~ Ask if it's OK for you to sit on the floor.

~ Admit having little impact on the overhead budget because you swiped all the supplies from your previous employer.

~ Although parking was free, insist they validate something or you're not leaving.

~ Mention your resume would have been stronger, but you didn't feel like making up anything else.

~ Walk into interviewer's office with a tape measure, measure office from a few angles, put away and declare: "NOW we can begin."

~ As you walk into the office for first time, ask receptionist to hold all your calls.

credited to You Make Me Laugh in the Preaching Now email newsletter

"I prefer my videos without chocolate..."

On Sunday, I preached in all 4 services at New Covenant. To open my message, I shared a story about my son, S, and how his distaste of chocolate made him dislike his hero, LarryBoy, who had to fight the temptation of chocolate in the video "LarryBoy and the Bad Apple."

Well, when I got home from preaching the morning services, I sat down for lunch with my family. LeAnn turns to our 4-year-old and says, "hey, tell Daddy what video you got to watch in your class."

"LarryBoy!" (They watched one of the cartoon videos called "The Good, The Bad, and the Eggly")

"And did you like the LarryBoy video?" LeAnn asked.

"Yes, because it didn't have any chocolate in it!"

Ok, so apparently some HAVE seen so much wisdom and creativity in one place...

10 Ways to Hide Your Church

Personal News
It's been two weeks since I've blogged. The natural excuse is that I have been busy - which is quite true. But also, I felt like I needed to spend more of my time on the projects and people I need to than on reading and writing blogs during my day, so I've tried to discipine myself and use my time more wisely while in the office. I thought I'd be able to do some blogging in the evenings, but that hasn't happened (until tonight - which I probably shouldn't be doing even now since my in-laws are here to enjoy my girls' Spring Break). But it's not like I'm disappointing the masses by not blogging...

Personal Thoughts
I admit - I'm a church nerd. And if you are too (or have ever looked for a church to attend), then you'll like this blog post. I found it pretty funny (and inspiring).

Hiring for Ministry

As I posted a while back, I am currently leading our Campus Staff Search Committee looking for 2-4 staff who will raise their own funds to help us reach the main campus of Kirkwood. As we are currently in the middle of looking at resume's and conducting interviews (it's not too late to apply if you are interested!), this cartoon stood out to me. Too many ministries are looking for a warm body to fill their slots. While I hope the cartoon brings a smile to your face today, it has helped me remember that we aren't looking for just anyone, we are looking for the right ones. And I trust God to bring the right team to us!

It's Wedding Time

I am doing pre-marital counseling with one couple right now and am getting ready to start this next month with 4 other couples. I have 6 weddings scheduled for this year (one in April, 3 in June, 1 in July, and the last in December). Another couple is asking about October, but that is still tentative - but even if it happened, it would still fall short of my personal record of 8 in one year.

With this in mind, I thought one or two of you might like this cartoon:

Happy Grizzly Valentines Day!

My daughter is creating her own Valentine's Cards this year. And to make it truly original, she has written her own poem for the card. I just saw it for the first time on our home computer, and thought I would share it here to warm all of your hearts...

Happy Valentine's Day

Howdy Hello.
Both mean the same stuff
Hello equals normal
But howdy more tough

This will be weird,
but I really don't care
A perfect Valentine present
is a Grizzly Bear