I’m of the firm belief that you can never have too much Pacman stuff (though I personally own none). So were I to start a collection I’d definitely copy this guy and paint my own Pacman coffee table.
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.
Office muggers
You know what sucks. Colleagues who steal your mug. There’s nothing more comforting than your own faithful mug when work is a drag. And ferreting through the mug cupboard for some half decent/not embarrassing mug to use if yours is missing is demoralising.
You’ll never have that problem again with this eternally dirty mug.
You will have “eternally helpful” colleagues who when faced with the obstinate stains might chuck it out – so it’s probably best to buy two.
Photography Tips: For extreme beginners
The Interwebs are full of photography tutorials. Most of them are pretty awesome and slightly advanced. Which sucks if you need some sort of remedial tips. Luckily Latvian Ivars Gravlejs is here to help with a series of very simple photography tips for the very simple.
BBB sandwich
This is what you should get if you order a BLT with no L, no T and extra B.
It hasn’t made it to “This is why you’re fat” yet – but it will.
Roadkilling me softly
I love it when disparate topical threads get brought together into a thrilling conclusion. That’s why I like movies like Lock Stock so much – here’s a combination of two of my favourite things – macabre toys and roadkill.
Roadkill Plush Toys. That’s right. Cheer up your kiddy (or your inner kiddy) with the thought that things could be much worse.
“Grind (Rabbit) Plush Toy
* He measures a healthy 12 inches from the tip of his twitching nose to his outstretched back paws, and 5 inches across the widest part of his body. His fluffy bunny ears add another 5 inches to his length. One is half-cocked vertically upwards, the other lies flat on the ground. In the middle he squishes out to 3 inches high with the blood and guts stuffed in, and 2 inches high with them out. He weighs a piffling 1.6 kilos. He won’t be the first to admit it, but as his modest dimensions show he was the runt of the litter. A litter which stretched to 211 brothers and sisters.
Splodge (Hedgehog) Plush Toy
* He measures a statuesque 23 cms from nose to tail, and 21 cms from outstretched paw to paw. And in the middle he flattens out to 13 cms high with the blood and guts stuffed in, and 11 cms high with them out. At 300 grams he’s slightly overweight for a hedgehog. This is due to his unhealthy obsession with bread and milk.
Twitch (Raccoon) Plush Toy
* He measures a healthy 15 inches from nose to tail, and 10 inches from outstretched paw to paw. And in the middle he flattens out to 2 inches high with the blood and guts stuffed in, and 1 inch high with them out. He weighs a piffling 350 grams. He won’t be the first to admit it, but as his modest dimensions show he was the runt of the litter.”
On foolishness
I’m working on my next sermon. For the night services at Willows on the 28th of June. Here’s the passage I’m preaching on – it’s in the context of a series on evangelism in the mornings… an imaginary Freddo Frog to the person who first guesses what direction I’m going in with this passage…
1 Corinthians 1
“17For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel—not with words of human wisdom, lest the cross of Christ be emptied of its power.Christ the Wisdom and Power of God
18 For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. 19 For it is written:
“I will destroy the wisdom of the wise;
the intelligence of the intelligent I will frustrate.”[c]
20 Where is the wise man? Where is the scholar? Where is the philosopher of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? 21 For since in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom did not know him, God was pleased through the foolishness of what was preached to save those who believe. 22 Jews demand miraculous signs and Greeks look for wisdom, 23 but we preach Christ crucified: a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles, 24 but to those whom God has called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. 25 For the foolishness of God is wiser than man’s wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than man’s strength.
26 Brothers, think of what you were when you were called. Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were influential; not many were of noble birth. 27 But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong. 28 He chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things—and the things that are not—to nullify the things that are, 29 so that no one may boast before him. 30 It is because of him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God—that is, our righteousness, holiness and redemption. 31 Therefore, as it is written: “Let him who boasts boast in the Lord.”[d]1 Corinthians 2
1 When I came to you, brothers, I did not come with eloquence or superior wisdom as I proclaimed to you the testimony about God.[e] 2 For I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ and him crucified. 3 I came to you in weakness and fear, and with much trembling. 4 My message and my preaching were not with wise and persuasive words, but with a demonstration of the Spirit’s power, 5 so that your faith might not rest on men’s wisdom, but on God’s power.”
Disagreeable spam
My awesome comment spam filter protects me (and you dear reader) from all sorts of online nastiness. Ads for drugs, the opportunity to lose weight quickly, and naked celebrities (sadly that phrase will probably produce a boost in hits – if you’re one of the people who arrived here googling “Naked Celebrities” then please visit your local church – or read this Mark Driscoll eBook). A lot of spam is encouraging and supportive. The spammer tells me they’ll be back regularly – and they often are. But some spam is just down right mean. Like this guy, Anthony Dip, who disagrees with me…
“In my opinion you are not right. Let’s discuss it. Write to me in PM, we will communicate.”
Strangely his disagreement was with the hard copy Wikipedia post, which was factual and almost completely sans editorial.
A bunch of links – June 17, 2009
- Sharks mess a ‘one-off’: Gallop
- 50 Films You Can Wait to See After You’re Dead
- Reader Poll – Into the future
- Health Reasons to Drink Coffee – Part 3
- Question: Is Evangelism Child Abuse?
- The Big Worship Goof
Interestingly – in my candidacy interview I was asked to define worship – and when I made a comment along the lines of this post (having already defined it Biblically and as per the Westminster Confession) the panel didn’t seem convinced that people think the leader of the singing is seriously the “worship” leader. But that it’s a convenient name. Or something.
Political segway
When Dick Cheney wasn’t busy being awesome shooting his friends on hunting trips he was being awesome riding a segway.
Iconic Coffee
Every website or desktop needs a collection of coffee icons. You can find a nice little collection here.
Swiss Army Utensils
If you want your kitchen running as efficiently as a Swatch watch – and as secure as a Swiss Bank – then perhaps you need one of these utensil holders.
Ninjafy your wall
Shurikens make for awesome home decorating. They’re cooler if you throw them at the wall and they stick in – but these “coat hooks” are pretty cool.
“The Ninja Coat Hooks look will transform your hallway into the scene of a Shanghai back street stand-off. Each metal Ninja Coat Hook has one corner cleverly engineered into a screw, which allows you to fix securely to your wall or door, whilst making it look like it has been hurled from the hands of a deadly Ninjitsu assassin.”
Ninjafy your car
After you’ve got things in the kitchen to a dangerously ninjafied status it’s time to turn your car into a lean, mean, killing machine (figuratively not literally).
Ninjafy your dinner
All meals are better ninja flavoured. So these ninja salt and pepper shakers are just the ticket.
NES-SB
These are awesome. There are a number of Mario Characters available… the base and the drive are sold separately. You can get them here.
