I'm Watching you dad

Just how big is Santa's sleigh

If you are not on Twitter... this just in from NoradSanta... on Twitter

noradsanta Santa's sleigh is 75 cc long, 40 cc wide. 1 cc = 1 Candy Cane

Well is that the large or small Candy Canes.....
I am glad to see that NORAD Santa is upgrading its stuff, Annie used to love to check out the page with me each hour.

All your computers belong to us...

Your Computer is Under Investigation - F-Secure Weblog : News from the Lab

Interesting little program. Have not seen prank viruses (assume it does nothing else) like this one in a long time.

Out of Town goes out

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — They survived when Barnes & Noble took over the Harvard Coop, and even when the Tasty, a 16-stool diner with a fanatical following, gave way to an Abercrombie & Fitch.

CJ Gunther for The New York Times

The newsstand’s fate is big news on Harvard Square. The Cambridge city manager is seeking another news vendor for the 431-square-foot kiosk.

But when word spread this week that Out of Town News, the landmark newsstand just outside Harvard’s gates, might close, the legions who love Harvard Square went numb.

 

Every now and then I hear news from back home in Massachusetts.  This was not good news to me. The New York Times reports that Out of Town News is going out of business.

I will have the Harvard Square of my teens and 20's to remember.  I spent many a few buck at the Out of Town.  In my comic reading days they always seemed to have the new stuff out first, and I had to have it.  Back then I liked getting an out of Massachusetts taste for news.  Since the Internet as we know it did not exist this was the only way possible.  It was the only place that you could get some off the wall, obscure publication also. If it was in print, the Out of Town had it.  And what a location.  In the middle of Harvard Square.  No. not on a corner, in the middle.

Out of Town, have not seen you in years, knowing that you will close makes me sad, but it is evolution.  Like they say in the article:

“Many people who are lamenting the loss of the kiosk,” Ms. Jillson said, “are certainly people who get up in the morning, turn on their laptop and get their news on the Internet.”

Nothing says Merry Christmas like..... superheros???

First a little Batman

 

Then a little X-Men thrown in for good measure:

 

And then a little more Batman to round out the festivities

 

..this time with a Christmas Carol

 

Matthew 1:20-21“But after he had considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, "Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because what is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins.” Brought to you by BibleGateway.com. Copyright (C) NIV. All Rights Reserved.

What do wally-world and hell have in common

From the blog entry of the pastor of Destiny church: The Great Tribulation spoken of in scripture and Wal-Mart this time of year have something in common; they will bring out the best or worst in someone. The half hour in the supercenter parking lot made me thankful that I was a believer as surely Hell must be something akin to this. There's a reason people like me "DO" most of their shopping online and "DON'T" have Christian bumper stickers… :-)

 

We had crazy weather here in Oklahoma Sunday and Monday (and Tuesday too they say) and I can tell you, he is right.  But for every bad person I met many good.  Being a pallet mule (our name for the receiving people who unload the truck and haul the stuff out to the floor), I can tell you I have seen my share of people stop in front of me and think nothing of it.  Not something you want to do in front of a guy hauling two tons of dog food behind you. 

But I have also seen my share of people that step out of the way quickly and smile as I move by, as if to say thanks for bringing the stuff out here.  And the total strangers that when a small box drops will go out of there way to pick it up for me.

Pastor Mike, you have spoken at Grace and few times since I joined and was my sons youth pastor.  I love you, but maybe you need to look at the good sometimes.  That being said, yes, you nailed it on the parking lot!

 

Luke 1:46-47, 49“[Mary's Song] And Mary said: "My soul glorifies the Lord and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior, for the Mighty One has done great things for me— holy is his name.” Brought to you by BibleGateway.com. Copyright (C) NIV. All Rights Reserved.

Pizza can save your life!

A Florida pizza delivery man who was challenged by armed robbers in the city of Miramar got in first with his own weapon - a large pepperoni pizza.
Eric Lopez Devictoria, 40, flung the piping hot pizza at the gunman, then turned on his heels and ran.
He made a safe getaway, according to the Florida Sun-Sentinel, despite one shot being fired as he fled.
Police later arrested three teenage suspects, who have been charged with armed robbery

BBC NEWS | Americas | US man uses pizza in self-defence
You know, if they had put this in a movie, no one would have believed it (unless it was a Chuck Norris movie).  Hats off to a brave man. 

The real reason for the season

Luke 1:30-33“But the angel said to her, "Do not be afraid, Mary, you have found favor with God. You will be with child and give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus. He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David, and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever; his kingdom will never end.” Brought to you by BibleGateway.com. Copyright (C) NIV. All Rights Reserved.