Author: Nathan Campbell

Nathan runs St Eutychus. He loves Jesus. His wife. His daughter. His son. His other daughter. His dog. Coffee. And the Internet. He is the pastor of City South Presbyterian Church, a church in Brisbane, a graduate of Queensland Theological College (M. Div) and the Queensland University of Technology (B. Journ). He spent a significant portion of his pre-ministry-as-a-full-time-job life working in Public Relations, and now loves promoting Jesus in Brisbane and online. He can't believe how great it is that people pay him to talk and think about Jesus. If you'd like to support his writing financially you can do that by giving to his church.

Secretarial Fail


This may be too complex for Fail Blog to sum up – but it’s a pretty funny story.

A secretary working for Pepsi inadvertently almost cost them $1.6 Billion (depending on the outcome of an appeal). She received a legal notice from two guys who are suing Pepsi for stealing their idea to sell bottled water in 1981. It all seems a bit Alex Lloyd and the serviette to me… but at this stage they’re in the box seat.

This secretary was so busy that she forgot to give it to them. And they didn’t show up to the hearing. So the guys were awarded a default judgment.

It pays to check your mail properly.

November 1, 2009

The Axe Axe

This guitar was featured on the Monty Monty Art website – but there’s a much bigger collection of musical sculptures here – including this strumpet (also from Monty Monty). That’s what I’m calling it anyway…

November 1, 2009

Where there’s smokes

This cigarette shaped lighter is both cheap and fancy. If I smoked I’d definitely buy one…

November 1, 2009

What lurks beneath

Every toilet should have one of these vinyl stickers just to remind unwary guests of the dangers of careless toileting.

November 1, 2009

How zit

This is from possibly the most disturbing website I’ve ever come across. It’s a site dedicated to the art of popping zits. Because it is an art.

It’s quite disturbing.

What’s more disturbing is that there’s a confectionery product designed for people who pop their zits, and want to eat them too…

You can pick up some boogers too…

November 1, 2009

Literal music videos

If only the words of songs were better tied to what was going on in the film clips.

I’m sure you’ve often thought that too… well there are plenty of these on YouTube to satisfy your literal desires.

October 31, 2009

Worst disguise ever

Coming soon to a Fail Blog near you… two guys thought this disguise would help them get away with robbery.

From CNN.

“Police received a call Friday night that two men with hooded sweatshirts and painted faces had tried to break into a man’s home in Carroll, Iowa.

When police stopped a vehicle matching the caller’s description blocks away, they were stunned by the men’s disguises.

There were no ski masks or stockings pulled over their heads; instead, Matthew Allan McNelly, 23, and Joey Lee Miller, 20, streaked their faces with permanent black marker.”

October 31, 2009

The black parade

Ninjas are sneaky…

October 31, 2009

The problem with Dawkins

An atheist scientist takes up the case from Eagleton, criticising Dawkins for his approach to the discussion with Christians.

The trouble with Richard Dawkins from CPX on Vimeo.

October 30, 2009

Beatles Flow Chart

This will help you get your betters and let hers right…

October 30, 2009

Tips for the iPhone photographer

BoingBoing has a series of tips from a Japanese pro photographer who takes amazing iPhone pictures in his spare time.

“Always be on the lookout for change, whether that’s lighting, or the movement of people, or just a slight difference in something ordinary.”

“Walk a lot. The iPhone camera has a fixed focal length. Whether you enliven or kill this feature is up to your footwork. If you need a close up, get real close. If you need distance, you exaggerate that distance. You use your feet to find angles. It’s also important to venture far away from your comfort zone to find good subjects to shoot.”

October 30, 2009

Killer milestone

This is a new experience for me… I’m still young enough to consider the prospect of playing cricket for Australia (and only cricket because you can be a late bloomer), but I’m now old enough that murderers whose high profile cases that I remember can be released having served their prison sentences.

It is weird.

The guy who killed Dr Victor Chang is being released on parole. I remember driving past the police tape in Sydney the day he was killed.

October 30, 2009

Binge fruit eating

I’m not a big fruit eater. There are many days where my recommended daily healthy food intake is all vegetable no fruit. There are many days where it’s neither.

When I do eat fruit I go on fruit binges. A month or so ago it was bananas. I ate about six in one day. I didn’t feel very well.

This week it’s watermelon. We had just watermelon for dinner one night. And I’ve had watermelon (and only watermelon) for lunch four days this week.

I’m worried I’ll end up looking like this previously featured watermelon head.

Are there serious health concerns that come from eating too much watermelon?

October 30, 2009

You do the mash

Comic book mashups are fun. These, by Ryan Dunlavey, are great… and there are more at that link.

October 30, 2009

Inviting debate

This post was dumb. I’ve decided to delete it all and replace it with two  lists.

Five things not to do if you don’t get invited to something

  1. Feel sorry for yourself.
  2. Act like a jackass.
  3. Use the particular function as a dipping stick to assess the rest of your friendships and relationships.
  4. Assume that you should have been invited to begin with.
  5. Assume that everyone else has the same approach to things that you do.

What you should do instead

  1. If they’re your friend you should be happy for them even if you’re not going to be at their event, if they’re not then why do you care?
  2. Send a card.
  3. Invite them to your next thing.
  4. Invest more time and effort into the relationships you value.
  5. Don’t act like a jackass.

October 30, 2009