There is an interesting article at the Catholic News Agency's website about the condition of religion in present-day China. Particularly, it presents notable evidence that China will soon have a larger Christian population than any other country.But in reading this, I am compelled to wonder if the Chinese might already have most of the world's Christians. Maybe more than all other countries put together.Could that be even possible?From the article...During...
Monday, December 03, 2012
The first poster for STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS
Sometime in the 23rd century, it's gonna be a very bad day to be in London...
(click to embiggen at warp speed)The figure looking across the blasted British landscape of the 23rd century is Benedict Cumberbatch's character. At this point I don't believe he's meant to be Gary Mitchell: the new ongoing Star Trek comic series overseen by J.J. Abrams' crew took care of the alternate...
Friday, November 30, 2012
Michael Jackson's THRILLER was released 30 years ago today
Ignoring the obvious - that soon thereafter he began his downward spiral into cosmetic catastrophe and overall instability - it will forever be acknowledged that once upon a time, Michael Jackson was a musical genius. As well as a masterful performer on stage and in his music videos. It was not without reason that he was dubbed the "King of Pop". How long he maintained...
Wednesday, November 28, 2012
U.S. Government spent $100,000 determining if Jesus died for the Klingons
Senator Tom Coburn from Oklahoma has been digging into the details of the federal budget. Among the things our government is spending our money upon: inventing roll-up beef jerky, the study of goldfish swimming patterns and an iPhone app for scheduling coffee breaks.And then there's this: $100,000 of taxpayer money to look into the question of whether Jesus Christ died for...
Georgia city hall has a moonshine still (and it's legal too!)
This honestly shouldn't have to be said again, 'cuz I've made enough fuss about it already. But even so...Folks, I really, really can not help anyone to build, buy or otherwise acquire a moonshine still.The hit TV series Moonshiners is in the midst of its second season and as last year, this blog is getting slammed with visits from good people looking for information about...
Monday, November 26, 2012
Worst. Timed. Commercial. Break. Ever.
Last night's The Walking Dead on AMC brought back the intensity after the past couple of weeks' relative calm (which was needed, after what happened to Lori). This series is consistently demonstrating why many consider it to be the finest show on television right now.But that's not the point of this post. Instead I have to remark that what you're about to see is either gross negligence or brilliant marketing.At the end of the next-to-last act of...
Saturday, November 24, 2012
Turkey Frying... IN COLOR!
Kristen's brother Scott Bradford was a witness to the turkey deep-frying on Thanksgiving two days ago. While maintaining a safe distance (and maybe more than that) he shot some terrific video of the action. Scott edited it together and now for your viewing pleasure y'all can watch the searing heat and tormentuous oil in all its glory!!Scott also posted the video on his own blog, and he testifies to the exquisite and juicy taste that in a turkey...
Larry Hagman, 1931-2012
In memory of Larry Hagman, who passed away yesterday at the age of 81, here is a classic scene from Dallas of his character J.R. Ewing - one of the most despised villains in television history- telling it like it is to on-again/off-again wife Sue Ellen:In his memory, we should go out today, find a drunken woman, and slap h...
Friday, November 23, 2012
2012 Thanksgiving: What I am thankful for
It's not Thanksgiving Day right now. It's the day after: often called "Black Friday". Which as some astute observers have noted, we spend one day being thankful for the things we have by spending the next day trampling all over and killing each other trying to get the things we don't have.Admittedly, there are some things which I do not have at the moment, that I have been in constant prayer about. But I must also acknowledge that I have been...
Deep-fried turkey, Thanksgiving 2012 Edition
Another Thanksgiving has come... and with it, once again, another round of Yours Truly doin' up some deep-fried turkey!This year's Thanksgiving was special, in a number of ways. For one, I'm spending it with Kristen and her family. For another, this marks my tenth anniversary of deep-frying turkey! So for those reasons and more, I wanted this one to be extra special.Here's...
Thursday, November 22, 2012
Kristen's Love-ly haircut
I'm spending Thanksgiving with Kristen at her house, along with her family. And as all two of this blog's regular readers well know I go crazy with deep-frying turkey every year for this holiday (and usually Christmas also). That means starting about a day and a half before time to fry, getting the bird all juiced-up with marinade.So yesterday afternoon, after the third...
Tuesday, November 20, 2012
Stop Christmas, I want to get off
Let's dispense with the floridity and get to the point:The holiday season has been damn near ruined by commercial madness.I'm hearing that some families are having their Thanksgiving gatherings destroyed by Wal-Mart and other retailers mandating their employees be working on Thursday morning. Yeah you read that right: a number of stores are opening at noon on Thanksgiving when everyone else will be gorging on turkey and watching football.I got a...
Friday, November 16, 2012
No more Twinkies: Labor union destroys Hostess
I hope the idiots in the photo on the right are happy. Those are some of the members of the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Union who went on strike against their employer: Hostess Brands, Inc.The union has about 5,000 people working at Hostess. As of this morning, their months-long strike has put themselves and thirteen thousand...
TWILIGHT: BREAKING DAWN PART 2 premiered 30 minutes ago in theaters across America
"Our long national nightmare is over." Until my dying day, I will deny that those are real vampires.Not afraid of sunlight? Not repelled by crucifixes or holy water or garlic? Casting shadows and appearing in mirrors? Not sleeping in coffins? Being "sparkly"? No fangs at all?!?"Vampires" my butt. Those are, at most, people with severe eating disorde...
Thursday, November 15, 2012
What does the Bible say? Homosexuality and marijuana use are legal!
And not just legal but apparently endorsed.Found this on Facebook and it was too good not to share...
Just more proof that if you study the Bible hard enough, if you want to find something, you can find sanctioning for just about ANYTHING in it!Okay, in all seriousness: I know and would dare say most everyone else knows that the Bible does not condone sexual immorality or...
Bob Buckley turns in a BEAUTIFUL story about tobacco barns
When it comes to North Carolina architecture, there is no more ubiquitous an example than the humble tobacco barn. You can barely drive half a mile in the rural farming areas without seeing at least one or two dotting the landscape. With some of them dating back a century and more, they once exemplified this state's agricultural acumen like nothing else could.And it is not without some sadness that in the modern era, most of them have fallen into...
Sunday, November 11, 2012
Just back from SKYFALL
Go see it. Now. Trust Chris. And trust Chris's girlfriend too.Let's just say this: I loved Casino Royale. I enjoyed Quantum of Solace. BUT...Skyfall is what those first two movies were building up to. Daniel Craig has been James Bond for the better part of a decade. And now with Skyfall his James Bond is at last, now and forever, 007.If you've seen it already then...
