Hello?

In case you haven't noticed, I have moved my blog to a different place. You should go there and follow me through Google so it looks like people care about my blog. Please.


http://thisisthetjblog.blogspot.com

Moving

It would appear, after annoying changes already, that another change is going to happen.

Don't tell me that you don't like change. Obama wouldn't have one, affairs wouldn't happen and we'd still be watching re-runs of Leave it to Beaver instead of the impeccable Dexter if you didn't like change.

I am moving this blog (same blog, just a different URL) to a new address:

thisisthetjblog.blogspot.com

You may not like it. You may hate me for it. If you do, then there is probably something else going on that would necessitate such disdain. You can always unsubscribe. I hope you don't.

Well, all 32 of you Blogger subscribers (in addition to the unknown number of feed reader subscribers) I hope will follow me over there. Please do!

"Make no mistake, moving is living"
--Ryan Bingham in Up in the Air.

Fulfillment In Jesus Is A Myth

That's right, I said it. You will never be fulfilled by Jesus here on earth. If want to hear the explanation to this seemingly heretical statement, you are going to have to watch this video:



From what I understand, this is a major gist of Donald Miller's new book A Million Miles In A Thousand Years. I want to read it, bad. And I agree.

Jesus is the climax of my life, but not while I am here on earth. Not until glory. If he is the climax in this life, then what's with all this troublesome and ridiculous and difficult crap I have to deal with!?! That is no falling action. That's a crappy denouement. And God doesn't do crappy.

Stapled To My Face

With a good friend undertaking No Shave '09, and my recent visit to Boone, NC--a town I can never visit without appreciating the prevalence and quality of facial hair, I found this particular comic from the webcomic Strangegods especially hilarious:



And it's true: while I must agree with Mark Driscoll that there are a number of "men" in our society that are really just "boys who can shave," I must also concede to Mr. W. Shakespeare when he said "He that hath no beard is less than a man, and he that hath a beard is more than a boy."

Little Boy Blue--Creepy Edition

In honor of the resumption of Lost for it's final season (thank you J.J. for sticking to a set storyline) I thought it would be a good idea to share this video. Michael Emerson (Ben on Lost) demonstrates the power of voice rather than words in changing the mood of a scene. This is so creepy.

Everything's Amazing and Nobody's Happy

While the controversy is over, and Conan is leaving, and we'll have to wait 8 months to see him again (it's a stipulation in the departure contract), you can at least enjoy this little bit with comedian Louis CK:



I must say I wholeheartedly agree. Even though I get caught up in things like this sometimes, I think it would be awesome if we could shock ourselves out of this type of attitude.