Billy: Know what the most popular name to name your baby in Britain was last year?
Joe: William?
Jim: Nope, that was second.
Bob: First was Mohammad.
Billy: Looks like them Muslims're taking over.
Joe: Sure looks like.
Jim: So, what was the most popular in America last year.
Bob: Jacob.
Billy: And Edward.
Joe: Isabella for girls.
Jim: Look like we all name our kids after what we worship.
Bob: Sure looks like.
Saturday, May 28, 2011
Thursday, May 26, 2011
Overheard at Booth 2
Girl #1: Hey how come you haven't texted me back?
Girl #2: My dad took away my cell.
Girl #1: Dude, your dad is like, so mean.
Girl #2: No joke! It's like living in hell, like, you know, I can't DO anything. Like, he's always like making me study and telling me to pick up my dishes, and it's like, sucky.
Girl #1: Dude, your life is like, major fail.
Girl #2: Like, no joke!
Girl #1: So, have you like, finished your report on the Elie Weasel guy, like, that book "Night"?
Girl #2: Almost. I mean, like, I wrote something. Like, about how he got separated from his mom and his sister and his dad and he were like, in the concentration camps, and he like, got his foot fell off because of frostbite, and then his dad died.
Girl #1: Yeah. Sucks to be him!
Girl #2: My dad took away my cell.
Girl #1: Dude, your dad is like, so mean.
Girl #2: No joke! It's like living in hell, like, you know, I can't DO anything. Like, he's always like making me study and telling me to pick up my dishes, and it's like, sucky.
Girl #1: Dude, your life is like, major fail.
Girl #2: Like, no joke!
Girl #1: So, have you like, finished your report on the Elie Weasel guy, like, that book "Night"?
Girl #2: Almost. I mean, like, I wrote something. Like, about how he got separated from his mom and his sister and his dad and he were like, in the concentration camps, and he like, got his foot fell off because of frostbite, and then his dad died.
Girl #1: Yeah. Sucks to be him!
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Overheard at Table 1
Man #1: I now know why in the olden days they used to marry their daughters off at the age of 15.
Man #2: How's that?
Man #1: Because my daughter is 14.
Man #2: How's that?
Man #1: Because my daughter is 14.
Sunday, May 22, 2011
Overheard at Table 5
Some guy is pulling frantically through page after page of a thick black book, saying, "Where in here does it say that Christ told us it was OK to kill 'enemy combatants'? I can't find it!"
Another guy at Table 4 says, "Isn't there something in there where he tells his disciples to go out and spread the word and if they won't hear, then to 'shake the dust off your sandles' as you leave their house? I think that's tantamount to ridding yourself of them."
Yet another guy at Table 1 says, "But doesn't that mean more of ignoring them and moving on?"
And still another guy at Booth 2 says, "And that's even TELLING them the word of God FIRST. I don't see how we can deliver the message of Christ on the tip of a bullet."
Another guy at Table 4 says, "Isn't there something in there where he tells his disciples to go out and spread the word and if they won't hear, then to 'shake the dust off your sandles' as you leave their house? I think that's tantamount to ridding yourself of them."
Yet another guy at Table 1 says, "But doesn't that mean more of ignoring them and moving on?"
And still another guy at Booth 2 says, "And that's even TELLING them the word of God FIRST. I don't see how we can deliver the message of Christ on the tip of a bullet."
Overheard at the Counter
Niall Carter says to Verble, take a look at this link, tell me what you think?
http://un-accountable.com/
http://un-accountable.com/?cat=12
Verble says, interesting how there's no mention of the engorged military spending over endless war that got us upside down.
Niall says, ain't it funny how they can always come back and blame the sick and the old for the financial mess?
The Barista says, it's always the bully who picks on the weakest target.
http://un-accountable.com/
http://un-accountable.com/?cat=12
Verble says, interesting how there's no mention of the engorged military spending over endless war that got us upside down.
Niall says, ain't it funny how they can always come back and blame the sick and the old for the financial mess?
The Barista says, it's always the bully who picks on the weakest target.
Thursday, May 19, 2011
Overheard at Booth 5
Listen to this passage I'm reading in this book I found the other day, it goes - lemme see . . .
"and the paranoic truth that we as humans refuse to recognize is the infinite and intricate limitations of our own humanity, both in the infinite capacity for evil and the finite opportunities for good. We turn to religion to both debase ourselves at the same time we try to sanctify ourselves, and we are left with a schizophrenic narcissistic self-loathing.
"On the other hand, to ignore religion and its precepts that assist on keeping our focus truly on God, we eventually open our eyes to see nothing but ourselves. Beyond narcissism, this choice leads us directly into megalomania, wherein the world exists solely to satisfy every whim. Our thought becomes the mind of God, and every word that sprays from our lips is the breath that moves across oceans and creates worlds.
"So, where is the healthy balance? Where is the healthy balance? I think we can find it in the words of Jesus Christ, when He said, 'Love God with all your soul, heart, strength, and mind' because by doing this, we are so fully concentrating on that which is the dawnspring and the final closing of all creation, that we have no time for the selfishness that creeps into both the following of religion and the following of ourselves.
"And then, His second great commandment, in which he cuts right through to the heart of our own Love of Self, where He commands us to 'Love your neighbor just like you love yourself.' That's probably more difficult than loving God, because to us God is a concept, so far beyond ourselves that we can cut Him some slack. But with this, we're left thinking, 'Love other people the way I love myself? Really? Even that stinky sick homeless guy who puked all over the street right in front of me? Even that nasty woman at work who always makes the whole department yell at each other because she's so stupid and miserable?'
"Yes, we think this way. Our selves are, in the end, the only thing standing in the way of our true happiness, which is found only in getting ourselves out of the way, ripping ourselves out of our hearts and replacing it with thoughts of God and love for the rest of humanity."
What do you think?
"and the paranoic truth that we as humans refuse to recognize is the infinite and intricate limitations of our own humanity, both in the infinite capacity for evil and the finite opportunities for good. We turn to religion to both debase ourselves at the same time we try to sanctify ourselves, and we are left with a schizophrenic narcissistic self-loathing.
"On the other hand, to ignore religion and its precepts that assist on keeping our focus truly on God, we eventually open our eyes to see nothing but ourselves. Beyond narcissism, this choice leads us directly into megalomania, wherein the world exists solely to satisfy every whim. Our thought becomes the mind of God, and every word that sprays from our lips is the breath that moves across oceans and creates worlds.
"So, where is the healthy balance? Where is the healthy balance? I think we can find it in the words of Jesus Christ, when He said, 'Love God with all your soul, heart, strength, and mind' because by doing this, we are so fully concentrating on that which is the dawnspring and the final closing of all creation, that we have no time for the selfishness that creeps into both the following of religion and the following of ourselves.
"And then, His second great commandment, in which he cuts right through to the heart of our own Love of Self, where He commands us to 'Love your neighbor just like you love yourself.' That's probably more difficult than loving God, because to us God is a concept, so far beyond ourselves that we can cut Him some slack. But with this, we're left thinking, 'Love other people the way I love myself? Really? Even that stinky sick homeless guy who puked all over the street right in front of me? Even that nasty woman at work who always makes the whole department yell at each other because she's so stupid and miserable?'
"Yes, we think this way. Our selves are, in the end, the only thing standing in the way of our true happiness, which is found only in getting ourselves out of the way, ripping ourselves out of our hearts and replacing it with thoughts of God and love for the rest of humanity."
What do you think?
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Overheard at Booth 1
Saw a bumper sticker yesterday, it read
God Bless Our Troops,
Especially Our Snipers
I was sick to my stomach. As a Christian, I can no longer stand silent against the coldness of the invective to call down the name of the Most High God to celebrate the death of another human being, no matter how repugnant our country has told us they are.
Jesus said we are to love our enemies, because to hate our enemies makes us just like everybody else. If we have this attitude of "God's on our side when we kill our enemies," then we are worshipping the same unholy diety that everybody else invokes from time immemorial - some strange god who thirsts for blood and death and destruction.
Our Jesus is a loving God. He commanded us not to kill. He commanded us to love our enemies. You can't love your enemy with a rocket launcher, a rifle shot, or a drone attack. You love your enemy by walking into his land with a Bible in your hand and telling him that even though he might put a bayonet through your heart, you are there to help him build a well for clean water for the children of the village.
The true warriors for Christ? The true soldiers for Jesus?
Our missionaries. Those who go out into dangerous lands with nothing but their wives, their kids, their love for Jesus and their desire to follow Him.
Metal armor, Humvees, air cover, missles - that is simply man's armor. That's not God's armor.
We need to bring our troops back home. Right now. Bring them back to their families and their loved ones and heal their wounds - both mental and physical - and pray God to make them whole again.
And we need to read our Bibles one more time, really good this time, and once we do, maybe we'll realize it's time to tear off those bumper stickers that extol the demonic lie that is the supposed virtue of "righteous murder."
God Bless Our Troops,
Especially Our Snipers
I was sick to my stomach. As a Christian, I can no longer stand silent against the coldness of the invective to call down the name of the Most High God to celebrate the death of another human being, no matter how repugnant our country has told us they are.
Jesus said we are to love our enemies, because to hate our enemies makes us just like everybody else. If we have this attitude of "God's on our side when we kill our enemies," then we are worshipping the same unholy diety that everybody else invokes from time immemorial - some strange god who thirsts for blood and death and destruction.
Our Jesus is a loving God. He commanded us not to kill. He commanded us to love our enemies. You can't love your enemy with a rocket launcher, a rifle shot, or a drone attack. You love your enemy by walking into his land with a Bible in your hand and telling him that even though he might put a bayonet through your heart, you are there to help him build a well for clean water for the children of the village.
The true warriors for Christ? The true soldiers for Jesus?
Our missionaries. Those who go out into dangerous lands with nothing but their wives, their kids, their love for Jesus and their desire to follow Him.
Metal armor, Humvees, air cover, missles - that is simply man's armor. That's not God's armor.
We need to bring our troops back home. Right now. Bring them back to their families and their loved ones and heal their wounds - both mental and physical - and pray God to make them whole again.
And we need to read our Bibles one more time, really good this time, and once we do, maybe we'll realize it's time to tear off those bumper stickers that extol the demonic lie that is the supposed virtue of "righteous murder."
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