Thank god Barry Jive isn't a 911 operator in Pittsburgh.

A German girl left me her phone number at work last night. Good stuff. Not sure if it was the pretty one, though. Should I call?

Ja

Houshphandzadeh wrote:I figured JH as a boxers guy. Just make it quick.

No, he sits around in briefs, and a ratty wifebeater. Makes it awkward.

so my brother got into UD, which is awesome. unfortunately, as they did with me back in the day, they think he is a foreign exchange student since we're not citizens yet. the GC is in process, so there is no question about it, but still.

when it happened to me back in '06, though, we didn't even have SSNs (lol) so we've got that going for us. it's probably just a non-issue, but my dad gets so stressed out about it that the whole house is just uncomfortably tense.

also, i don't venture much into the politics/economics thread much, but people really hate werthless, huh?

Lil' 'Di

td11 wrote:so my brother got into UD, which is awesome. unfortunately, as they did with me back in the day, they think he is a foreign exchange student since we're not citizens yet. the GC is in process, so there is no question about it, but still.

wanna go to vermont?

Houshphandzadeh wrote:Lil' 'Di

kid goes by sid, all 6'4'' 200 lbs of him.

(thank god he misses the steagles cut off by 90 lbs or so)

steagles wrote:

td11 wrote:so my brother got into UD, which is awesome. unfortunately, as they did with me back in the day, they think he is a foreign exchange student since we're not citizens yet. the GC is in process, so there is no question about it, but still.

wanna go to vermont?

too many honkies

td11 wrote:also, i don't venture much into the politics/economics thread much, but people really hate werthless, huh?

Everybody needs someone to dance with; otherwise the tango is utterly boring.

td11 wrote:

Houshphandzadeh wrote:Lil' 'Di

kid goes by sid, all 6'4'' 200 lbs of him.

(thank god he misses the steagles cut off by 90 lbs or so)

tell him to call me after he puts on the freshman 15.

Werthless wrote:

td11 wrote:also, i don't venture much into the politics/economics thread much, but people really hate werthless, huh?

Everybody needs someone to dance with; otherwise the tango is utterly boring.

i think a comma would suffice there.

i can't tango, but i think it's impossible to do without a perpetual boner.

neil young is pretty good

I have a strange addiction to constantly go back and edit my posts, especially with regard to punctuation. It sucks when I hit send on an email, and then realize I can't go back and edit later.

just finished week 1, day 2 of the 100 pushups plan. i'll probably have to repeat the week, as i barely made it to the recommended max at the end.

So Michelle likes Michael W. Smith and Steven Curtis Chapman, two Contemporary Christian singer/songwriters. IMO, the latter is far more talented than the former. MWS is a terrible hack. They're both playing at a concert together in Wilkes-Barre (Which I have always pronounced "Wilkes Berry"

So I decide to be all nice and get her tickets to the concert this past Saturday, I figure hey, she's willing to let me go to Opening Day and come with me despite the fact that it's at the beginning of the most busy work week for people who work in the church, I'm going to do something nice for her. I surprise her with tickets really close to the stage at the Kirby Center. She is really happy.

We go to the concert. It was what I expected, some pedantic sophomoric theology and some so-so music (Steven Curtis Chapman was pretty good, though). But after the SECOND SONG, these kids (and they're obviously younger than me, either late high school or early college, so I'll call them kids) stand up in front of us and do that stupid arm waving "I'm reaching up to Jesus" stuff that is the rage among Evangelicals these days. I'm pissed. They don't care because they're having a "religious experience." Michelle's short, just over 5 feet, so even when we stand, we can't see because Gorilla Boyfriend is waving his arms back and forth.

There's this really cool guy sitting next to us who grabs Gorilla Douche Boyfriend by the neck and says, "I paid money for these seats, too." The Ultra Praise Teens spend the rest of the night looking back at Cool Guy and my wife and I, shooting us dirty looks.
Up a few rows, there are these three soccer mom types who spend the entire time standing with their arms reached out in "praise gestures". They also don't care that they're completely blocking the view of the senior citizens sitting behind them.

After the show, Gorilla Boyfriend Jerkface is talking with friends and says, "well, hey, we don't have to go to church tomorrow since we came here. Let's go get plastered." While I'm far from a teatotaler, the fact that he was Ultra Praise Boy just a few seconds ago pisses me off. I had this guy pegged as a douche after the first song.

I'm a pastor. But sometimes I cannot stand those who call themselves Christian.

Beezer, I would totally go to your church, if it wasn't 700 miles away. But I would show up hung over.

Rev_Beezer wrote:So Michelle likes Michael W. Smith and Steven Curtis Chapman, two Contemporary Christian singer/songwriters. IMO, the latter is far more talented than the former. MWS is a terrible hack. They're both playing at a concert together in Wilkes-Barre (Which I have always pronounced "Wilkes Berry"

So I decide to be all nice and get her tickets to the concert this past Saturday, I figure hey, she's willing to let me go to Opening Day and come with me despite the fact that it's at the beginning of the most busy work week for people who work in the church, I'm going to do something nice for her. I surprise her with tickets really close to the stage at the Kirby Center. She is really happy.

We go to the concert. It was what I expected, some pedantic sophomoric theology and some so-so music (Steven Curtis Chapman was pretty good, though). But after the SECOND SONG, these kids (and they're obviously younger than me, either late high school or early college, so I'll call them kids) stand up in front of us and do that stupid arm waving "I'm reaching up to Jesus" stuff that is the rage among Evangelicals these days. I'm pissed. They don't care because they're having a "religious experience." Michelle's short, just over 5 feet, so even when we stand, we can't see because Gorilla Boyfriend is waving his arms back and forth.

There's this really cool guy sitting next to us who grabs Gorilla Douche Boyfriend by the neck and says, "I paid money for these seats, too." The Ultra Praise Teens spend the rest of the night looking back at Cool Guy and my wife and I, shooting us dirty looks.
Up a few rows, there are these three soccer mom types who spend the entire time standing with their arms reached out in "praise gestures". They also don't care that they're completely blocking the view of the senior citizens sitting behind them.

After the show, Gorilla Boyfriend Jerkface is talking with friends and says, "well, hey, we don't have to go to church tomorrow since we came here. Let's go get plastered." While I'm far from a teatotaler, the fact that he was Ultra Praise Boy just a few seconds ago pisses me off. I had this guy pegged as a douche after the first song.

I'm a pastor. But sometimes I cannot stand those who call themselves Christian.

A friend of mine who is a youth minister says stuff like this is because so much of modern Christianity is "me" centered rather than Christ centered. When I listen to a lot of contemporary music, the use of first person pronouns is quite startling. Though I did grow up singing "Jesus loves me, this I know" so maybe it's not so different.

But a lot of evangelical young people seem to be antinomian. "Once saved always saved" seems to mean they can go out and do whatever they want and it doesn't matter.

Rev_Beezer wrote:But after the SECOND SONG, these kids (and they're obviously younger than me, either late high school or early college, so I'll call them kids) stand up in front of us and do that stupid arm waving "I'm reaching up to Jesus" stuff that is the rage among Evangelicals these days. I'm pissed. They don't care because they're having a "religious experience." Michelle's short, just over 5 feet, so even when we stand, we can't see because Gorilla Boyfriend is waving his arms back and forth.
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I'm a pastor. But sometimes I cannot stand those who call themselves Christian.

I'm glad to hear this from a person such as yourself. I often have very similar feelings, and I figured that I just don't "get it."

TenuredVulture wrote:But a lot of evangelical young people seem to be antinomian. "Once saved always saved" seems to mean they can go out and do whatever they want and it doesn't matter.

John Calvin and his (not so) damned elect have much to answer for. But it does make for a good novel.