As some of you may have noticed, the tagline beneath the title on this blog rotates everytime you load a page. I like you people fine, and your ideas and what not are spiffy, but I’ll be honest; that’s my favorite thing about the blog.
But now, the pressure is overwhelming. I can’t keep coming up with these things at the same pace, and with the same high standards of witt, sarcasm, obscure reference, and tightly worded syntax.
So I am throwing out a plea for help. Leave your suggestions for Addison Road taglines in the comment section below.
michael lee 3:11 pm on 21 October 2005 Permalink
I should mention that some of the current favorites already came from Bobby Reinsch, including “I came to kick ass and be emergent, and I’m all out of candles” and “don’t get your fundies in a wad.”
Morphea 3:47 pm on 21 October 2005 Permalink
I’m not clever enough to think of anything new, but I’m glad you wrote this, because I’d like to take this opportunity to say that they make me laugh every time. Clever man, you are.
aly hawkins 4:14 pm on 21 October 2005 Permalink
Running around in ever-widening circles.
aly hawkins 7:16 am on 22 October 2005 Permalink
His mercies are new every morning…too bad I sleep til noon.
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This is the day that the Lord has made…I will hit snooze for 20 minutes.
aly hawkins 9:52 am on 22 October 2005 Permalink
I’m not sure I’m down with submitting ideas this way. (Now that I’ve submitted a couple.) I keep having this recurring fantasy that all six people who read this blog will come and read the comments section and laugh to themselves. “Poor Aly…thinks she’s funny in almost the same way as Michael. Boy is she delusional.”
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Man, I woke up insecure.
Morphea 11:00 am on 22 October 2005 Permalink
“Don’t just stand there, try and brace it with something!!”
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Aly, you are as intelligent as you are beautiful and kind. Which is a lot. Um, does that help?
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I really like your taglines. At least you’re not cravenly borrowing from Star Wars…
aly hawkins 11:52 am on 22 October 2005 Permalink
Now that I’ve started, I can’t stop.
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The Four Designated Drivers of The Apocalypse
Morphea 2:00 pm on 22 October 2005 Permalink
[this is Morphea laughing her ass off]
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By the way, what’s with the ink-free bodies tagline? Huh? Huh? I have a tattoo and I know at least one other writer on this blog who does, too. I can’t believe I wasn’t hammered enough to start showing everybody at the 30th birthday bash. I was drunk enough to physically re-enact Otto Titsling…
Chad 2:04 pm on 22 October 2005 Permalink
Where would Jesus Blog?
aly hawkins 5:48 pm on 22 October 2005 Permalink
Remove your sandals. You’re in holy cyberspace.
Obsessing over the speck in your eye.
Seared Spurgeon, anyone?
aly hawkins 5:48 pm on 22 October 2005 Permalink
Wow, that last was angrier than I intended. Oops.
Bobby 7:37 pm on 22 October 2005 Permalink
Antidisestablishmentarianism: It’s not just a word, it’s a really big word.
michael lee 7:58 pm on 22 October 2005 Permalink
Morphea – Aly brought up issue with the “ink-free” tag. One of the ways people dismiss the emerging church is by insisting that it’s only interested in being the church for hip 20 something pomo people, and doesn’t have anything to say for people who are mainstream, middle-aged, salt-of-the-earth, bakersfield kind of people. The tag line is meant to underscore the fact that these ideas aren’t tied to any sort of person, and the emerging thingy moves through both inked up and ink-free people.
aly hawkins 9:40 pm on 22 October 2005 Permalink
IN A WORLD of bone-chilling evil and bland blog tripe…ONE MAN, er THREE MEN AND A GIRL will type 80 wpm and beat back the darkness.
Morphea 6:30 pm on 23 October 2005 Permalink
Thanks, Michael, though I wasn’t offended. I only have one humble tattoo and it’s 7 years old and needs retouching, so it’s not like you have a Suicide Girl faction on your blog or anything.
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Though that would be cool…
Chad 10:38 pm on 23 October 2005 Permalink
Slice of Galatia.
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This one is non-negotiable.
Morphea 9:29 am on 24 October 2005 Permalink
Oooh, when I figure out what that means I’m going to laugh SO HARD.
Chad 11:28 am on 24 October 2005 Permalink
I can’t believe I am not getting any props for Slice of Galatia. What the hell’s wrong with you people?
michael lee 11:30 am on 24 October 2005 Permalink
dude, it got added. what else do you want?
Chad 11:36 am on 24 October 2005 Permalink
Ingrid calls her blog, “Slice of Laodicea,” referring to Revelation 3:16, where the revalator says, “So, because you are lukewarm – neither hot nor cold – I am about to spit you out of my mouth.” The title of the blog is an indictment against the Purpose Driven, Chruch Growth, and Emerging Churches for being representatives of the Church at Laodicea in the modern world.
I suggest we tag our site “Slice of Galatia,” as Galations is, largely, a letter from Paul hassling the locals for adding specific cultural rules and regulations to the gospel. It’s a biblically sound, and yet mean spirited, slap at that blog.
I would also settle for:
“FOOLISH Galatians!!!”
Chad 11:37 am on 24 October 2005 Permalink
Sweet!!!!
Chad 11:38 am on 24 October 2005 Permalink
I happen to really like the one about “Don’t blame us, we voted for…” also. That’s high comedy.
Morphea 11:43 am on 24 October 2005 Permalink
Clever, Chad. Thanks for the explanation.
michael lee 11:43 am on 24 October 2005 Permalink
Francis Arinze is my favorite obscure reference.
Chad 11:55 am on 24 October 2005 Permalink
Argh. I can’t figure out how to go back and fix a spelling error. Now I’ll never be a teen model.
Morphea 12:06 pm on 24 October 2005 Permalink
I know. Drives me bonkers.
aly hawkins 12:18 pm on 24 October 2005 Permalink
Mad props for Slice of Galatia. I’m still pissed that Mike wouldn’t go for “The Bunyan on the Body of Christ.” Bloody brilliant.
Morphea 9:08 am on 26 October 2005 Permalink
Can we check the spelling on the “Can I get that slice of Laodicea (or whatever) a la mode” tagline? People seem to be differing on how to spell Laodicea. And I think I’m wrong, too.
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That one’s really, really funny, by the way.
michael lee 10:25 am on 26 October 2005 Permalink
looked it up. you got it right. i edited it.
Morphea 10:40 am on 26 October 2005 Permalink
Ohmygod, I got that random bible name right? Somebody call my mother.
Bobby 1:32 pm on 26 October 2005 Permalink
Chad – very late props on the slice of Galatia… I was about to ask who came up with it. I guess I should have looked here first but I googled it instead and figured it out. Does that count as a quiet time?
aly hawkins 2:08 pm on 26 October 2005 Permalink
“Does this count as my quiet time?” should definitely be a tagline addition.
Morphea 4:06 pm on 26 October 2005 Permalink
[laughing her ass off]
michael lee 12:56 pm on 10 December 2005 Permalink
Congrats, you’re all famous. See if you can find your tagline …
aly hawkins 3:21 pm on 10 December 2005 Permalink
Pithy? Pithy?? That’s like saying she has a good personality.
michael lee 10:10 pm on 10 December 2005 Permalink
i meant it as a compliment – savory, memorable, succinct … what’s not to like about pithy?
aly hawkins 9:08 am on 11 December 2005 Permalink
Helen Steiner Rice is pithy. Bill Gaither is pithy. The audience for pithy loves Thomas Kincade. To a budding gen-x writer, pithy is the kiss of death.
michael lee 10:48 am on 11 December 2005 Permalink
how about “grippy”? or “sizzle!” – help me out here.
Gretchen 12:53 pm on 11 December 2005 Permalink
Apparently I’m just a figment of Michael’s imagination.