Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and Apple Mac
What laptop does Steve Ballmer use for his presentations? Right…, originally uploaded by Paint.It.Black.
Gotta love this one. Thanks to Travis for sending it to me ….
Fred
Redneck Worship Leader - Gone Fishin’
Hey Gang,
I’ll be spending the bulk of this week in Chicago at Willow Creek’s Arise Arts Conference. For those who missed some posts over the weekend, checkout yesterday’s Worship Confessional and this weekend’s “Free DVD” challenge for CareNet.
So I thought I’d start this week off with a little bit of personal humor. While I was doing a concert at Ft. Belvoir in Virginia a couple of weekends ago, I had three people … count’em … THREE PEOPLE make comments about my “accent” … only, it was about my “lack of accent”. I was pretty disappointed that I’ve lived on a resort island with a melting pot of north/south/east/west folks so long that I’ve lost my redneck flare.
The truth is ….
“I live on an upscale, beautiful resort island in Southeast Georgia, but I’m really still a hunting, fishing, 4-wheelin’ redneck. I can skin a buck, I can run a trot line.”
Further inspired by my buddy Brent Hodge’s pics of some fish he caught (if you call that a fish) with his son, I went on a quest to locate real video footage from my glory days as a South Georgia Redneck.
I present to you, circa Summer 1994? (freshman in college), “Redneck Worship Leader Goes Fishin”.
Background: I love bass fishing. This was an early morning trip to a great farm pond in Telfair County with one of my best friends ever, Tommy Joines. We took along the camcorder (you remember, those huge black, plastic VHS ones?) and were making our own “fishing show” like you see on those outdoor channels. “Hank Parker Outdoors” was my favorite of all-time (hence, my whistling the theme show). I never would’ve guessed that during this morning I would have the honor of landing a monster 10-pound largemouth bass … and catching most of it on video. (we would’ve captured more of the fight, but we were hung up in stumps, and Tommy had to drive the boat before getting the camera).
Things to look for:
1. way-cool “I’ve gone to college now” blend of college student meets redneck attire.
2. the hook literally falls out of the fishes mouth when I grab it.
3. this was the day of 0% body fat. No need for Carlos’ challenge back then. (oh how times have changed)
3. enunciation is the key:
Pounds = Pow-wends.
Myself = My Se - yelf.
The Wall - da wa-wahl.
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Evolution of Dance in FamJam
Hey Ya’ll,
In my previous post, I talked about how we’re moving FamJam to only 1-week per month (1st Sundays). A couple of weeks ago, we had one of the funniest moments in FamJam I’ve ever seen. Two of our cast members, “Vinny” (a “thinks he’s cool” dude with a Bronx accent who is the tough guy, and super-funny) and his best friend, “Gordo” (a super-nerdo guy with high waters and broken, nerdy glasses) are entering the big dance contest. They later discover that although they were awesome, they didn’t win the dance contest, and had to demonstrate the month’s “virtue”, which is “joy”.
So, “Vinny” and “Gordo” choose to do a spoof on the “Evolution of Dance” for their entry into the FamJam Dance Contest.
(note, the audio is pretty low, but still enough to laugh hysterically). Special thanks to the faithful, never-stop-giving volunteers that make FamJam and KidJam happen at SSCC, including our own John Ruggles (Vinny) and Brian Keene (Gordo).
I’m posting this as part of the “Creative Chaos” element over at RagamuffinSoul.Com
Enjoy!
So, whatcha think?
Fred
LimeWire Made me Laugh!
Hey Ya’ll,
OK, so I don’t usually keep P2P (peer-to-peer) programs on my computer. For the most part, they are nothing more than a way to trade files .. many filled with hacks and viruses, trojan horses, and junk. Most of all - there is gross copyright violations going on.
So, this morning I downloaded LimeWire because I need to find some Don Potter music that I already do own, and just can’t find it … so I get to the download page and see this self-policed option that just made me laugh.
Hahahahah - I clicked “I might use LimeWire for copyright infringement” and it loaded a new page saying “sorry, we can’t let you download this”. Oh man, too bad. So, I clicked the “back arrow” and clicked “I will not use LimeWire for copyright infringement” and downloaded it.
Now, I just hope I can find a few Don Potter songs … no copyright violation for me here - I own them, paid for them … just can’t find them, so I’m not feeling so guilty getting them from somewhere else, and knowing Don … he wouldn’t mind!
That’s what I call some serious accountability there, wouldn’t you say!
Fred
Corporations Taking over Church Music
Hey Ya’ll,
Thanks to Kevin Eades for posting this on TheWorshipCommunity.Com. This guy (Tim Hawkins) is a riot. Enjoy.
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