These Words of Shaun's

I know lots of you that read my blog also read Shaun's blog, but this link is for those that don't.

Read it ... you won't be sorry.

I know he's known for his music, but he also obviously has the gift of writing.

Oooo it's growin' now!

Here's your morning laugh. Happy Friday!

Remember that hilarious little kid from that Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial ... "He was injuhed, injuhed bad."

Well here he is again.

Hey you! Yeah, you.

So apparently I missed the Official De-Lurking Day by about a month. [Who makes the laws of blog-world anyway?]

"Official, schmofficial" I say! I still would love to know if there are any of you out there who regularly check out this blog but, for some mysterious reason, have yet to leave your mark.

Don't worry ... I'm not expecting that there will be many of you lurkers out there, as most people I know wouldn't hesitate to speak up, but if you are there, why not take the plunge and finally comment? Then we can be "official" friends in Blogsville.

Leave it to Hong Kong

Remember my brilliant idea a few posts back?

Well, turns out it's not such a crazy idea after all. Or a new one.

Converting elbow grease into electricity has a long, odd history. The first telephones, in the 1800s, had hand cranks that generated an electrical signal to alert the operator when one wanted to make a call. Hand-crank flashlights have long been available. So have hand-crank portable radios.

And apparently it's not very efficient.

If all the exercise machines were in use 10 hours a day for a year, the gym could generate roughly $183 worth of electricity. At that rate, it would take about 82 years to pay off [a] $15,000 investment.

Read the article here.

But I say, if we're doing it anyway, we might as well use what we can, right? Who's with me?

Frozen

I saw this video on another blog I read. And I just had to share it with you all.

It's a group called Improv Everywhere. Their tagline is "We cause scenes."

SO COOL.

Comfortable

My pastor said something that really struck a chord with me today:

"Satan has changed his tactics. He used to persecute the Church. Now he just makes the Church too comfortable."

I totally agree.

Whispers

This was a recent post on one of the photography blogs that I love.

What a heartwrenching, beautiful ministry.
I wish I still lived in Grand Rapids.

Here's the blog post.
Here's the Whispers web site.