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Door-to-Door Atheists Scare Mormons

I've been on a religion kick lately... but this is totally amusing:

Australian filmmaker John Safran is so fed up with mormons ringing his doorbell early in the morning that he flies to Salt Lake City Utah and tries to convert Mormons to atheism. Needless to say, the locals were not pleased.

http://my.break.com/media/view.aspx?ContentID=185806

Soccer and Porn

I was getting my oil changed the other day and watching tv in the waiting room. The TV was on ESPN and even though I can't think of a station that could be less interesting to me, I didn't want to be an ass and change the channel. But I was amused when the sportscaster, Jim Rome, went off on a rant about soccer players and their addiction to porn. An excerpt is below:

We all know soccer has an embarrassment of riches when it comes to its problems. They have no goals, fake injuries, violent fans, the mullets, flares, blood and urine bombs, head butts, warm Capri Sun and zero fan interest, just to name about a dozen.

Well, apparently, you can add net-perv addiction to that list. Officials at the sporting chance clinic, which assists athletes with addictive behavior, says internet porn is, in fact, a growing concern among premier players. And that it really becomes a problem when the player is accessing pleasure 14, 15, 16 times and then when he stops, he is playing a football game and he is thinking, ‘I can’t wait to get back to that site.” That’s a quote. Awesome!

Funny. For the rest of us, the soccer players ARE the porn... [Source]

And if you ever find yourself stuck watching ESPN, check out "Around the Horn". The host, Tony Reali, is hot. I'd just put it on mute and...

Has Hell Frozen Over...or Is Religion is Starting to Love the Gays

I posted a piece last summer from the Denver Post from the Interim President of the Iliff School of Theology. You can read it here.

On a related note, USA Today published a great opinion piece by a Babtist minister warning that if religions hold one section of the Levitical code to be so sacred, they should follow the rest of the code with equal faith:

"As a former 'the Bible says it, I believe it, that settles it' kind of guy, I am sympathetic with any Christian who accepts the Bible at face value. But here's the catch. Leviticus is filled with laws imposing the death penalty for everything from eating catfish to sassing your parents. If you accept one as the absolute, unequivocal word of God, you must accept them all.

For many of gay America's loudest critics, the results are unthinkable. First, no more football. At least not without gloves. Handling a pig skin is an abomination. Second, no more Saturday games even if you can get a new ball. Violating the Sabbath is a capital offense according to Leviticus. For the over-40 crowd, approaching the altar of God with a defect in your sight is taboo, but you'll have plenty of company because those menstruating or with disabilities are also barred."

Read the Whole Piece Here

So I ask you... Has hell frozen over? Is religion starting to ask questions about why they are so hateful towards gays and lesbians? Is this a sign of fracturing within religions of the traditionalists and those willing to take a more contemporary approach to religion? Could religion actually become relevant again?

And just yesterday Scott Adams pondered that Atheists might be the new trendy minority, passing up the gays.

Ask a deeply religious Christian if he’d rather live next to a bearded Muslim that may or may not be plotting a terror attack, or an atheist that may or may not show him how to set up a wireless network in his house. On the scale of prejudice, atheists don’t seem so bad lately.

News: Munich, Light Rail

First in a Series I'm Calling 'Smooth Criminals'

I've discovered that I have an occasional morbid attraction to criminals. So I've decided to start a series of guys I wouldn't mind sharing a jail cell with. I call it 'Smooth Criminals'.

The first entry is twenty-five year old Timothy John Boham. He's wanted for first degree murder in Denver. I should point out that my lust is based on his mug shot, not his crime or bad-boy attitude.

[UPDATE Nov. 17] Wow. I can really pick 'em. http://www.towleroad.com/2006/11/cops_nab_porn_s.html

More Pics after the Jump. Not Safe For Work (NSFW), and definitely not safe for mom.

OOOOO... I want one. Not.

Microsoft's Zune debuts today. Will anyone rush out and buy one? I'd think twice before you do! Some of the features that compare to the iPod:

• iPod ownes 70% of the MP3 Player Market
• Has a radio in it. No, not internet streaming, Sirius or XM, but old fashioned radio.
• Wifi: Can you download songs directly? No. Can you check email? No.
• With the wifi you can send a song to a friend in the same room. But you can only play it three times before you are forced to buy it. And that assumes you can find another loser with a Zune.
• It's significantly heavier, thicker and clunkier than the iPod
• Can't use your existing music library, you have to start from scratch with their format and music service (typical Microsoft!)
• And the number one reason not to buy a Zune? The pricing structure is based on complex math, buying bulk points, and still paying $.99 / song. [More]

Uhm, yeah. Santa, I'd rather have coal than a new Zune.

When a product promo goes wrong: Zune on CNN

Frat Sues Over "Borat"

It's not surprising that someone would sue over their portrayal in "Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan." And it's not surprising that the drunken frat boys would be the ones to sue. The best part of the article is a description of what happened behind the scenes. Clearly this was a staged aspect of the movie (not that it is any less amusing).

They were both selected to appear in the movie and, according to the suit, taken "to a drinking establishment 'to loosen up' and provided alcoholic beverages." They claim they signed the movie releases after "heavy drinking."

http://www.tmz.com/2006/11/09/borat-lawsuit-high-five