Great links as always. In respect to the Mega Woosh video (which has been deleted from the site you are linking from. Check YouTube.) you might find this interesting:
http://newteevee.com/2009/08/11/the-megawoosh-waterslide-viral-how-it-was-really-done/

Jamie, thanks for this. I saw this morning that the video was no longer available. I never for a moment thought it was real, but it’s funny anyway.
BTW: The video can be viewed at the link Jamie provides.

And the poet as minor pastor.
Thanks for leading me to the book; I am eating it up. Barnes is a poet at heart; I can see why his congregations have loved him.

Scot-
Nice article for Axis.
McLaren’s post is interesting and has some wisdom in it. I appreciate the fact that he is open about where he stands, and does not try to push his views; rather he encourages and reminds us to use the filters and discernment that we, as Christians, should use.
He does mention the rush that was put on the bill(s), and I do wonder if the loud disagreement was partially due to the felt need to shout out from frustration, and in hopes of at least slowing down the process.
In regards to Tiger, I appreciated the fact that he spoke up for Harrington and how that rush probably hurt his play, and thus possibly the outcome.

For some reason, everytime I clicked on Mouse Opulence, I kept getting the story about the prisoner hiding a gun in his flab. Anyone else have that problem–with the link, I mean?

I have the same problem – the link isn’t correct (unless Scot meant to link the flab story twice). Perhaps he meant to send us here?

I think it’s fixed: here’s the link …
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090808/ap_on_fe_st/us_odd_rodent_robber;_ylt=Atw6IpYwdSsFnA6RHm1daoh0fNdF

“Why Exercise Won’t Make You Thin” is a very bad article with lots of misinfomation. For instance-
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Not so. You probably ran 2 miles or more which equates to at least 100 calories per mile. If you ran hard enough so that your pulse is still somewhat elevated an hour later, you are still burning calories at a higher rate than if you were sedentary. Drinking a 20-oz bottle of Gatorade after a run is a bad idea. You should be drinking mainly water and no more than 4 oz of Gatorade per mile run. Anyway, even if you do drink the 20-oz bottle, you have taken in 130 calories and probably expended 230 or more. That 100 calories loss results in about a pound loss per month or 12 pounds per year. Articles like this are not helpful.
Coach Doug X-C, X-C ski, track and fiels coach and runner of 48 marathons

Thanks, Scot; appreciate it.

Too bad that many of the people who most need to hear the call for integrity and civility in the health care debate probably won’t listen to Brian McLaren, having dismissed him as a heretic (if not for doctrine, for supporting Obama in the election). We need a similar call for civility from people with more standing with conservative Christians, like Rick Warren or John Piper or Charles Colson.

“Ed Hird’s fascinating factoids about a well-known children’s song.”
Thanks, Scott, for mentioning my ‘Jesus Loves Me’ article in your blog.
http://edhird.wordpress.com/2009/08/13/jesus-loves-me-this-i-know/
Sincerely, Ed Hird+