Marc’s Musings

Our new friend, Don Brewster, pointed us to videos of Jesus done by Vintage21.

They’re a funny look at how Jesus seems to come across when filtered through the Church.

Here’s one. Stick with it to the end. It’s a riot.

I heard this on NPR this afternoon. It pretty much says it all:

The problem Microsoft has with purchasing Yahoo is that to find out anything about the deal, most of us are going to do a search about it on Google.

Thanks to Mark Nakumara for pointing this out to me. This 4 minute video will hilariously show you how to give a man to man hug and avoid any uneasy moments.

VideoJug: How To Give A Great Man To Man Hug

Here’s a cheery thought from a somewhat scary article on WebMD:

The average desk area in an office has 400 timesmore bacteria on it than the average toilet seat, which means your workplace is a fine place for cold and flu germs to congregate. People sneeze, talk, eat and breathe all over their desks and their neighbor’s desk all day long, and cleaning at work is usually the last thing on someone’s mind. When Jim from the next cube over lets out a whopping sneeze, the flu has just flown the coop, making a nice nest on your computer keyboard. The good news, after two days of being sanitized with disinfectant wipes, most desks have about a 99.9% reduction in bacteria and virus levels, including those that cause the cold and flu. By practicing good cleaning habits in your work space you are less apt to come down with the cold or flu.

Go to Seth Godin’s blog to see this picture of ham on sale for…Hanukah.

Sheesh.

Just added a new link to the right hand of this blog:

Makes you almost long for the days of the cars Fred and Barney had!

[Update: It's dropped from $3.05 to $2.99 in the few minutes from writing this to pasting it! What a bargain price!]

Rarely does Starbucks tick me off. But they did today.

I got a flattering email inviting me to “apply” for their Passion Panel. Although it said “apply” most of the wording talked about what happen to me as a Passion Panel member so the survey step seemed a mere formality.

The survey was stupid.

I had to give them my address on the first page. With two phone numbers AND an email. (They sent me the invitation by email and I’d already registered with them. Why didn’t they just pre-populate those fields?!)

Then my “exact” birthdate. (It was MM/DD/YYYY so way say “exact”?)

The third screen REALLY irked me. “What is your exact age?” What a dumb question. Just have a programmer figure it out from the “exact” birthdate I just entered!!!

The fourth screen was what gender.

Next, race. I chose “white/caucasian.”

And then I got dropped like a hot potato. “Sorry, we’re looking for a different profile.”

Sort of a “sucks being you but thanks for all the personal data you gave us.”

I usually have great service with Starbucks but they REALLY dropped the ball on this one. *sigh*

Seth Godin has some interesting and quirky information on daylight savings time.

I’ve already read Salt: A World History and just finished re-reading Cod, so I guess it’s time to read the book he recommends, Seize the Daylight!

Here’s a fun “prayer” heard on a local radio station B98.5 this morning:

[Warning: Don't read further if you lack a sense of humor!]

Our Father, who art at Fenway…
Baseball be thy game.
Thy Kingdom come,
Playoffs need to be won,
On Earth, so jump on the band wagon.

Give us this day, a perfect Papi,
And forgive us our Gagne,
As we forgive those,
Like Bill Buckner.

And lead us not, into desperation,
But deliver us from elimination.

For yours is the Kingdom, the Power,
And the Glory,
To win the World Series,
Forever and ever….the Yankees suck

AMEN

In a bout of goofy fun while watching the Sox, I got Simpsonized:

You can try it too: http://www.simpsonizeme.com/

Thanks to WinnNotes Blog for the heads up.