Wondering why the new Orthodox Study Bible costs so much, blame the next smoker you see. Apparently the thin papers used to print bible pages is used to produce cigarettes and high demand for cigarettes in China is cause a shortage of paper driving up costs involved in printing bibles.
Category: Observations in Life
Real Thing seen in actual Church Nativity Displays that Do Not Belong
- Ferris Wheel
- Missing baby Jesus
- Dinosaurs (and other non-farm yard animals) among the animals
- Eiffel Tower
- A Train set
- Santa Claus
- A cupid as the angel
- Adult Jesus
Glimpses of Childhood
A fun little article about Action Park. Remember Action Park?
Those of you who were not blessed with living in NJ or have never gone Action Park, the article is not an exaggeration, if anything a little bit on the understated side. All those who ever been there would agree.
(link courtesy of d.h.)
Yet Even More Coptic Pick Up Lines
- I would fast a whole year straight for you.
- I was on my way to the monastery till I saw you.
- You hear that, its my heart playing * when I’m with you.
- Hi I’m a doctor (works wonders on the mothers.)
- So whose your favorite pope?
- How about we meet up for Complines?
* Not as romantic if their favorite hymn is Golgotha, Aripamevi or other Good Friday Hymn
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The Force
“Duct tape is like the force. It has a light side, and a dark side, and it holds the universe together.”
– Carl Zwanzig
Its Made From People
Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to be free
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore
This country always needs more Soylent Green
– from The Apocrypha Discordia
Ides of March
According to the contemporary Latin accounts of Julius Caesar’s murder, he did not say the famous “Et tu, Brute.” but rather the Greek phrase “Kai su teknon” (i.e. and you, my son)
A way to take of problems while keeping your hands clean:
http://hitman.us/main.html
Diplomacy
“A diplomat is a person who can tell you to go to hell in such a way that you actually look forward to the trip.”
– unknown
Do you have what it takes to be the Falafel King (have no clue what possesses a person to create a a game based on falafel)
Travel Tips From Not So Spiritual Words
- Learn several curses in the language of the country you’re visiting. Pepper your convertsation with them to make yourself seem like a local.
- Find out the name of the local crime lord and drop his name when dealing with people you don’t quite trust, this way they’ll think your under his protection. (Don’t abuse this though because you become a victim of the crime lord’s hospitality)
- When bribing local law enforcement. Start at the top. Bribe as high as the chain of command that you can, this way way you bribe fewer people.
- Customs officials rarely have a sense of humor.
- That cute puppy you find on the street and want to take home with you is a giant rat.
- Travel to countries that are suffering from civil unrest, airfare and accommodations would be cheaper, besides you’d have interesting tales to tell upon your return.
- If you want what happens in Vegas (or whereever you go) to stay in Vegas (or whereever) don’t take hundreds of pictures of it and/or videotape it.
Politicians
“The only I will lose this election is they find either a dead women or a live boy in bed with me.”
– Eddie Edwards