barnson.org Half-baked opinions, served lukewarm.

So, I rarely post anything I heard at Church, but this is worth quoting.

True story:
A pastor went to a conference in the bible belt and when it was his turn to speak, he said: "40,000 people died of starvation today and you people don't give a shit". The conference drew in its collective breath and sat there slackjawed. He said: "I'll say it again, 40,000 people died of starvation today and you people don't give a shit.". There was rumbling in the crowd, and he looked at them, and pointed out what I think is the difference between happy, pretty, right-wing, Fox-News watching "Christianity" and the kind of Christianity I want to believe in.

He said, (and I paraphrase): "Which part of that sentence really bothered you?"

Haven't blogged in awhile, but I thought that mentioning this on Facebook was too public.

What the hell happened to common courtesy? Twice today I am chagrined by the lack of courtesy shown to me by folks.

Wow. Wow. Wow. Wow.
Wow. Wow. Wow. Wow.
Wow. Wow.

http://www.apple.com/trailers/paramount/startrek/startrek_trailer3_large...

Its not a new dirty internet video, its a question.

My bro needs his windows system to run Unix from time to time. Seemed like this was the place to ask.

(Please state your answer in the form of a "dummy who isn't way smart like you guys")

Sometimes its untrue that no publicity is bad publicity, I think.

The animated STAR WARS: THE CLONE WARS movie is a horrendous, unfunny, non-exciting, borefest that has very little redeeming value, except introducing us to spunky "Ashoka", Anakin's apprentice. And even then, you kind of hate her.

But this isn't about that.

Here it is.. "I like this ship! Exciting!!"

CLICK HERE FOR A REAL PEEK INTO THE FINAL FRONTIER

I wrote this over on Facebook, thought I'd share it here, too.

You have it sir

You should know we're scared. Many of us who voted for you, most of us who voted against you. We're scared.

Can't believe Tim or Matt haven't posted these up.. but check em out..

THE FIRST PICS OF THE NEW, IMPROVED, STAR TREK

Hey all..

So, we're doing an "Official Bootleg Screening" on Halloween night, and I'd love if any of you guys could come out and make it.

I know Halloween can be crazy, but we have 2 shows 9 and midnight, in Leesburg, VA. Go to www.nvzmovie.com to buy tix online.

More fun stuff to come.

OK.. so maybe you legitimately don't like 'em.. but more often than not I am hearing "oh, I never watched that because.." and this is my top 10 list.

In No particular Order:

1) STAR WARS EPISODE 3: What started me off, someone said, I saw the first 2 and never saw the third. His loss, since it is the best since Empire and really captures that old spirit, despite some real missteps.