The House of Hunt

And yes, I know. By posting that picture of an adorable little kitten on my tough, manly blog, I am calling into question my tough, manly identity.

But you know what? I don’t care. I’m so tired, I don’t care. So what if I like frolicking in sunlit meadows whilst the light spring breezes caress my fevered brows? So what if I pine for long moon-lit walks amongst the seaweed and kelp?

Who cares if I long for days of yore, spent listlessly dreaming of time when I would be free to cast my efforts to things that truly matter, like sandcastles, poetry, and sailing toy sailboats made out of origami?

Scoffers, you can all take a flying leap straight into Hades. Harumph!

Well, it’s probably only a matter of time until this site goes under, but for now, go check out AllSimps.com. It’s got every Simpsons episode from every season online in streaming video. So awesome!

This man is one of the main reasons I watch The Office.

And this un-official video mixtape does a great job of demonstrating why.

I believe I’m going start hurling Scripturally-based invectives at people on a daily basis. What with the advent of political correctness, the favored insults of the days of yore are no longer kosher. And far be it from me to want to ruffle the short hairs of my liberal counterparts. No more “n-word,” “i-word,” “c-word,” or “o-word” for this man. No sir.

From now on, when I want to verbally call in to question your genetic heritage because you just cut me off on the highway, I’ll simply refer to you as “one of those damned Hittite dogs.” And when you insist on taking forever in the McDonald’s drive-thru, ordered 15 meals for you and your crew, I shall hail down rage upon your “scurvy Macedonian head.” The next Chaldonian cur who refuses to help me on the phone when I’m trying to alter my cellular service will get an earful of baleful predictions concerning “you, your children, and your children’s children unto the fifth generation.”

You have been warned.

The Relevant Nation is finally here! Huzzah! Much celebrating ensued today within the House of Hunt. For you cretins not in the know, The Relevant Nation is a new book published by Relevant that I contributed to earlier this year. It’s in print and heading to stores even as I type…actually, it’s probably already in stores at this point.

At any rate, I got my copy in the mail yesterday and it’s really exciting to see the finished product. I profiled five individuals for the book:

Jay Bakker - Pastor of Revolution Church
Scott Derrickson - Film Director (The Exorcism of Emily Rose)
Kyle Lake - Former Pastor of UBC Waco
Mark Salomon - Lead Singer of Stavesacre
Karen Tsiakals - Social Worker, Artist, Musician (U.V. Protection)

It was a lot of work, but I really enjoyed all the conversations and emails that I had with all of those folks (in Kyle’s case, his brother-in-law Scott Gornto) and I want to thank them (in the event that they ever come across this lowly website) for their time and inspiration.

In closing, go get the book! It’s only 10 bucks at the Relevant Store, plus you get a 1/2 year subscription to Relevant Magazine free with the purchase. Such is a deal!

This video is…well, it pretty much speaks for itself. Now we need one for Asthma entitled “Assma.”

Ever get the sense that something profound and life-altering is just over the horizon? I suppose it’s the stirring of the Spirit in me, but something big is in the works. I can feel it. And I’m excited.

According to this story on MTV.com, Britney Spears’ new, in-progress album is taking it to the next level. Naturally, this brings several questions to mind:

1. What is “it” exactly?
2. How does one take it to the next level?
3. How many levels are there?
4. Does taking it to the next level include letting your husband ride your coattails of fame to his own level of taking to the next level?
5. Is it possible to de-level someone?

and finally…

6. Why the H does our society even care what Britney Spears does?

Oh the imponderables of life.

Kevin James and Jim Gaffigan. I love these guys. You should too.

Watch with me, won’t you?

Sweat the Small Stuff

Hot Pockets!

backwards.

Poor Segway. The monumental disaster known as an attempt at transforming personal transportation just can’t win for losing. According to this article from the Chicago Tribune, Segway launched a full-fledged recall on all its scooters due to the rare possibility that it could actually move in reverse and kick the operator off.

This isn’t the first time these puppies have been recalled. And I particularly enjoy this quote from Segways CEO, “We don’t see that it will have a negative impact on business at all.” Of course not. There’s no where else to go when sales are at zero.

Strangely, what’s most shocking about this news is that there are actually enough Segways on the market to warrant a recall.

It reminds me of what my Uncle Francisco always used to say: “If you’re going to fail, fail BIG. And then turn around and sell that failure for lots of money.”