This reminds me a bit of the LifeHacks guy (if that’s the right label for him) who was offered a book contract and spend the whole time designing the cover.
Category Archives: Goofing
Joe Carter Facts
Our friend Rachel Motte has been documenting several facts about Evangelical Outpost founder Joe Carter. Others have joined in. Here are some:
- @DustinSteeve: John Calvin died just before he was to write his magnum opus: The Institutes of Joe Carter.
- @RachelMotte: If @joecarter888 were President, Israel and Palestine would be united by their efforts to get into his good graces.
- @RachelMotte: When Anselm proposed that-than-which-nothing-greater-can-be-thought, he was referring to Joe Carter.
- @RachelMotte:When Paris fled, trembling in #Iliad 2.36, he was overwhelmed by the impact of Joe Carter’s brain waves. Also his fists.
- @RachelMotte:If @joecarter888 were President, the Presidential teleprompter would read HIM
- @RachelMotte:If @joecarter888 were President, he would fix the economy. With common household items.
- @joecarter888 once caught his own stare in the mirror. Space-time has yet to recover.
- @RachelMotte:#joecarterfacts are not copies of #chucknorrisfacts. They are the Platonic Form Chuck Norris only wishes he could partake in.
- @RachelMotte:Twitter was over capacity because Joe Carter forgot to turn the internet on this morning.
- California has not fallen into the Pacific because Joe Carter knit the San Andreas Fault together with his own hair.
Thanks, Joe. Happy Birthday.
Everyone's Talking Minotaurs!
A publishing executive trying to get ahead of the next big wave says minotaurs are the new vampires, according to this Onion News report. I’m thinking librarians are about ready for their due.
Read West Oversea or Else
Ransom Note: Read “West Oversea” or we will break up glaciers and send polar bears to every U.S. Port!
We rnt kidding! Viking zombies will storm Boston if U dont buy West Oversea!
Buy West Oversea and other Lars Walker books or all kittys will be taken off Interweb!
You have been warned! [All of the media content in the original post has dropped from the Interwebs, making this post much less fun. Saddness.]
PowerPatton
This is brilliant. Floyd, over at Threedonia, has turned Gen. George Patton’s famous speech to the Third Army into a PowerPoint.
Pastoral letter from the future
A PASTORAL LETTER
From Bishop Judith Hardanger-Hansen
Dearly beloved,
There has been considerable dissension in our fellowship recently, and a number of hard words have been spoken, causing much pain. I feel it my obligation to address the matter directly, exercising openmindedness and charity, both to the enlightened, Christ-like people who agree with me, and the knuckle-dragging Nazis on the other side.
From its inception, the Merry Pride movement has been like the wind of the Holy Spirit, breathing new life and new ideas into the church. Sadly, however, some people do not welcome change, and run from the challenges of a new day.
In case anyone reading this is unaware of recent history (home-schooled people, perhaps), the term “Merry” was adopted by the oppressed group formerly known as “adulterers,” employing a pun on the word “marry,” to give their lifestyle a more positive public face. They felt it intolerable to be forced to live any longer with a name that bore the weight of centuries of misunderstanding, prejudice, and oppression. Continue reading Pastoral letter from the future
Book illustration pratfalls
Well, that’s serendipity. Phil links to a source of good book illustration, and I just found a source of bad science fiction book covers. Of which there is apparently an inexhaustible supply. Thanks to Loren Eaton of I Saw Lightning Fall for the tip.
I haven’t gone through the entire inventory, so I don’t know if they’ve included a particular cover that even its publisher admitted, in the cold light of the morning after, was probably a mistake: Continue reading Book illustration pratfalls
Of conflicts and critics
As you’ll note from the comments on my last post, Dr. Hunter Baker (fiend in human shape that he is) heartlessly refuses to engage in a public exchange of insults with me, appealing, apparently, to some principle of non-retaliation or something. Thus am I stymied in my ploy to try to raise interest in my books through a blog feud.
I need to find somebody to fight with. Somebody who’s actually a published author, but not so venerable (like Dr. Gene Edward Veith) that my insulting him would seem impertinent. As my mama always told me, “Keep your hair combed, wear clean underwear, and always be pertinent.” Continue reading Of conflicts and critics
The Faux BBC 100
You’ve seen the lists before saying the BBC believes most people will have read only 6 of the 100 books listed. Here’s the list you haven’t seen.
1 Conceit and Chauvinism – Jane Austoon
2 The Dane of the Drinks – PBJ Tokien
3 Jan Eyrie – Charlot Blont
4 Harry, the Boy Who Grows Up to Become a Wizard and Whip an Evil Sorcerer’s Butt series – JK Rowlin
5 To Catch a Mockingbird – Larper Hee
6 The Bible: The Book That Changed the World – Many anonymous authors
7 Withering Snipes – Emily Blont
8 Nineteen Ninety Nine – The Artist Formerly Known as Georgey O.
9 His Dark Materials – Canni Getalight
10 Profound Potential – Charlie B. Dickens
11 Wee Women – Louisa McAlcott
12 Tess: A Sad Novel You Won’t Want to Read – Thomas Hardy
13 Catch 33: Prequel to Hyperbole- Joseph Heller
14 Complete Works of Francis Bacon (The Brain Behind Shakespeare)
15 Daphne Du Maurier – Rebecca Continue reading The Faux BBC 100
The Winner: Best Heretical Blog!
In the spirit of this award, I proudly claim the honor of Best Blog by a Heretic as voted on my the reader of The Crescat blog. That’s “heretic” as defined by Roman Catholics (some of them anyway). Get the run down here. As Luther might have said on an occasion like this, “This fear or horror is sufficient in itself [when reading this blog] to constitute the pain of purgatory, since it approaches very closely to the horror of despair.”
Do we aim to please? We sure do. Thank you to everyone for your wonderful outpouring of support for the unsung heroes write this blog. At the end of the day, it’s all about you.