Monthly Archive for June, 2007Page 3 of 13

Phreaky Phriday: Knotty, Knotty

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michael lee
on 22 June 2007
in The Intra-Web-O-Sphere! and phreaky phriday
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Not matter what you’re looking for, it’s online. Including the most comprehensive website on tying shoelaces that I’ve ever seen. Click pic for link.

ian knot

Guess who came to my town?

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Sharolyn
on 21 June 2007
in asides
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Guess who came to my town?

Theriffic Thursdays

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Zack
on 21 June 2007
in laugh! and phreaky phriday
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Yeah, I know. Phreaky Phriday is only one day away. But I can’t wait. I just can’t…

From recent discussions, most of us agree that Saturday Night Live is getting better. Like, way better. I Tivo’ed last weeks episode (with host Molly Shannon), and finally sat down to watch it yesterday. Best Episode In A Long Time…

But the bit that absolutely killed me was “MacGruber” - the 3-part MacGyver-esque short. Ohmygod, so good….

Podcast Readings

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michael lee
on 21 June 2007
in The Intra-Web-O-Sphere!, church, emerging church and technology
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I’m taking off for about 3 weeks on Sunday, and I’m down to just a few days of readings in reserve for The Bible Podcast. Anybody have an extra 15 minutes sometime today or tomorrow to help me out by reading a chapter? I’d love to get back up to 20 chapter readings in the buffer, and I think we can do that over the next two days if some of you can help me out.

Here’s what you need to have:

  1. A decent microphone. It doesn’t need to be a $5,000 vintage tube mic, in fact even a borrowed SM58 works fine if you stay a few inches away from it. I’m just trying to avoid people using their internal laptop mic.
  2. A relatively quiet spot to record. Your living room or bedroom is probably fine, unless they’re ripping up the concrete on your front sidewalk.
  3. A reasonably pleasant speaking voice. Non-American accents are a huge plus!
  4. An internet connection. Well, duh. You’re reading this somehow, right?

If you can help out, please drop me an email, put “bible podcast” in the subject line, and let me know. I’ll reply with a chapter for you to read, and a link to the text of the New English Translation online for you to read from. Read the chapter, bounce it to mp3, and email it back.

Easy as pie!

da-ddy! da-ddy!

Published
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michael lee
on 20 June 2007
in laugh! and life
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Gretchen, Sophia and I went to watch the Angels play tonight. It was a fantastic game.

In the bottom of the 7th inning, the Angels are down by 2 runs, and the pitcher for the Astros loads 1st and 2nd base on walks. They pull him from the game, and put in a relief pitcher. The relief pitcher walks another one, and the crowd goes nut.

Reggie Willits, the kid we called up from the minor leagues this year, is everybody’s new favorite player. He bats lead-off, and he just forces pitchers to walk him. So, of course, everybody in the stadium is on their feet, cheering for, not a hit, but for Reggie to shoulder his bat and let the pitcher throws 4 balls at him. Everybody in the stadium is yelling, “Reggie, Reggie” and sure enough, Reggie puts the bat on his shoulder, and takes a walk.

Then Chone Figgins comes up right behind him, and takes another walk. The score is now tied on walks. Orlando Cabrera pops a sacrifice fly ball into right field, and Evans, who turned in a 2-run home run on his first major league hit tonight, scores from 3rd base. Angels lead by one.

And up to the plate steps Vladimir Guerrero, the most dangerous hitter in baseball. The entire place is on their feet, going nuts. Sure enough, Vlad unloads on the baseball, sends it over the wall into center field, and clears the plates. Everybody in the whole stadium is screaming at the top of their lungs, “Vla-ddy! Vla-ddy!” Everybody except for my daughter, who was jumping up and down and screaming out, “Daddy! Daddy!”

She thought the 40,000 people packed into Angel’s stadium tonight were all cheering for her daddy.