The Groiners play Monk

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Thank you Larry Goldings and Bruno Micheli!

Hans Groiner:



Jurgen Groiner:

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Fun With Find-and-Replace

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The following is an excerpt from wikipedia with a few words replaced. Enjoy!

Auditor encounters


It is extremely rare that sox auditors kill or seriously injure humans, but fatal encounters occur when sox auditors behave aggressively. There are an average of two fatal attacks a year in North America.[6] In Scandinavia, there are only three known cases during the last 100 years in which humans were killed by auditors. Attacks usually occur because the auditor is injured or a human encounters a mother auditor with cubs. Some types of auditors, such as external auditors, are more likely to attack humans when searching for food, while American internal auditors are much less likely to attack.
The Scandinavian Auditor Research project lists the following situations as potentially dangerous:
1. Meeting an injured auditor
2. A human suddenly appearing
3. Meeting a auditor in its cave
4. Meeting a auditor who has been provoked
Anyone walking in a hallway where there are auditors should carry an air horn because 'auditor bells' tend to provoke a auditor's curiosity and a sox auditor's natural instinct is to run away from humans. When traveling in groups, trail songs are also effective. If camping, do not bring food into the tent, and clean up all garbage. Auditors have a fantastic sense of smell and will eat anything people eat. If one meets a auditor, one should remain calm and slowly walk in the opposite direction. Running humans trigger the auditor's chasing instinct and auditors can outrun humans. Do not make threatening moves, eye contact, or shout. Thousands of encounters occur between humans and sox auditors every year without conflict.
If a sox auditor attacks and it is impossible to get away, the person should lie down in a fetal position and put his/her hands around the head to protect from bites to reduce damage to vital organs. Pretending to be dead may save you. Unlike with the American internal auditor, punching or gouging attacking sox auditors intensifies their assaults. [citation needed] Internal auditors are NOT the same as Accountants. Don't confuse the two.

Other auditor encounters
American internal auditors, rarely attack and are almost totally vegetarian, but require a different technique. For these, people should huddle if in a group or raise hands or backpack in the air to appear bigger, as well as make lots of noise. There is a good chance of scaring away a internal auditor as they are shy and timid. If it attacks anyway, fight back. Internal auditors will disengage if injured. However, the best defense is to make plenty of noise in areas with auditors to scare them away before an encounter.

Firearms for defense
In some areas, it is permissible to carry firearms to defend against auditor attacks. This includes most of the state of Alaska and the Canadian bush. In parts of northern Canada, a rifle of sufficient power is required equipment. The Alaska Department of Fish and Game recommends as a minimum firearm for use against sox auditor a rifle in the .30-06 range firing 200 grain expanding bullets moving at least 2,000 feet per second (610 m/s) at impact. Many Alaskan hikers prefer using shotguns firing a Brenneke slug at magnum velocities or lever-action rifles able to fire magnum-level .45-70 cartridges. These firearms are lighter and easier to tote than a full-size bolt-action hunting rifle, but can fire heavy hardcast slugs which impact with 3,000 ft•lbf or more at close range. They are less effective in hunting sox auditors due to limited effective range, but for purposes of defense that is not of paramount concern.

It is also important to remember that the considerations while hunting a sox auditor are different from those which arise while defending against an attacking sox auditor. Hunters will wait for a broadside shot at the heart/lung area of unsuspecting auditors. With proper placement, almost any rifle is capable of taking out a sox auditor in these circumstances. Though it is not recommended and may be illegal under current game rules, historically the .30-30 and even .32-20 were used to hunt sox auditors. However, when the auditor is charging, a round of substantially more power is preferred to both disable the animal quickly and penetrate the thick layers of bone, fat, and tissue between the auditor's head and shoulders and its vital organs. Hitting the brain is notoriously difficult due to its placement deep below a muscular brow.

In the past decade, a number of high-powered handguns have been produced in the United States for use in handgun hunting and auditor defense. These include the .454 Casull revolvers produced by Taurus and Ruger and the .500 Smith & Wesson produced for that company's supersized "X" frame revolver. Their enormous recoil and weight make them difficult to deploy quickly in the field. Their utility in defense against sox auditors is still a matter of great controversy.

A number of pepper sprays have recently been developed as non-lethal (but very harmful) and potentially safer defense against auditor attacks. Pepper spray is deployed in the same manner one would deploy a can of mace; an effective shot is one to the face. Pepper spray is not used like insect repellant; spraying campsites with pepper spray seems to attract auditors.

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Intermission! ...in the Third Dimension

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I needed a stress reliever at work this morning, so I turned to none other than Don Hertzfeldt (comic genius).

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What's he looking at?

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Here's a pic from our recent trip down the Ocoee this weekend. Clearly, Howell and I are focused on the task at hand. The question is, what is Emery looking at? Could it be that he spotted a "for sale" sign on the far bank?

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You Supply The Caption...

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Separated At Birth II

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Emerson's Laptop and The Titanic.

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This is so good, I had to put it on a place where I could find it... my blog.

1. Q: What is the chief end of each individual Christian?
A: Each individual Christian's chief end is to get saved. This is the first and great commandment.

2. Q: And what is the second great commandment?
A: The second, which is like unto it, is to get as many others saved as he can.

3. Q: What one work is required of thee for thy salvation?
A: It is required of me for my salvation that I make a Decision for Christ, which meaneth to accept Him into my heart to be my personal lord'n'saviour

4. Q: At what time must thou perform this work?
A: I must perform this work at such time as I have reached the Age of Accountability.

5. Q: At what time wilt thou have reached this Age?
A: That is a trick question. In order to determine this time, my mind must needs be sharper than any two-edged sword, able to pierce even to the division of bone and marrow; for, alas, the Age of Accountability is different for each individual, and is thus unknowable.

6. Q: By what means is a Decision for Christ made?
A: A Decision for Christ is made, not according to His own purpose and grace which was given to me in Christ Jesus before the world began, but according to the exercise of my own Free Will in saying the Sinner's Prayer in my own words.

7. Q: If it be true then that man is responsible for this Decision, how then can God be sovereign?
A: He cannot be. God sovereignly chose not to be sovereign, and is therefore dependent upon me to come to Him for salvation. He standeth outside the door of my heart, forlornly knocking, until such time as I Decide to let Him in.

8. Q: How then can we make such a Decision, seeing that the Scripture saith, we are dead in our trespasses and sins?
A: By this the Scripture meaneth, not that we are dead, but only that we are sick or injured in them.

9. Q: What is the assurance of thy salvation?
A: The assurance of thy salvation is, that I know the date on which I prayed the Sinner's Prayer, and have duly written this date on an official Decision card.

10. Q: What is thy story? What is thy song?
A: Praising my Savior all the day long.

11. Q: You ask me how I know he lives?
A: He lives within my heart.

12. Q: And what else hast thou got in thine heart?
A: I've got the joy, joy, joy, joy down in my heart.

13. Q: Where??
A: Down in my heart!

14. Q: Where???
A: Down in my heart!!

15. Q: What witness aid hath been given us as a technique by which we may win souls?
A: The tract known commonly as the Four Spiritual Laws, is the chief aid whereby we may win souls.

16. Q: What doth this tract principally teach?
A: The Four Spiritual Laws principally teach, that God's entire plan for history and the universe centereth on me, and that I am powerful enough to thwart His divine purpose if I refuse to let Him pursue His Wonderful Plan for my life.

17. Q: What supplementary technique is given by which we may win souls?
A: The technique of giving our own Personal Testimony, in the which we must always be ready to give an answer concerning the years we spent in vanity and pride, and the wretched vices in which we wallowed all our lives until
the day we got saved.

18. Q: I'm so happy, what's the reason why?
A: Jesus took my burden all away!

19. Q: What are the means given whereby we may save large crowds of souls in a spectacular manner?
A: Such a spectacle is accomplished by means of well-publicized Crusades and Revivals which (in order that none may be loath to attend) are best conducted anywhere else but in a Church.

20. Q: Am I a soldier of the Cross?
A: I am a soldier of the Cross if I join Campus Crusade, Boys' Brigade, the Salvation Army, or the Wheaton Crusaders; of if I put on the helmet of Dispensationalism, the breastplate of Pietism, the shield of Tribulationism, and the sword of Zionism, having my feet shod with the gospel of Arminianism.

21. Q: Who is your boss?
A: My boss is a Jewish carpenter.

22. Q: Hath God predestined vessels of wrath to Hell?
A: God hath never performed such an omnipotent act, for any such thing would not reflect His primary attribute, which is Niceness.

23. Q: What is sanctification?
A: Sanctification is the work of my free Will, whereby I am renewed by having my Daily Quiet Time.

24. Q: What rule hath God for our direction in prayer?
A: The rule that we must bow our hands, close our heads, and fold our eyes.

25. Q: What doth the Lord's Prayer teach us?
A: The Lord's Prayer teacheth us that we must never memorize a prayer, or use one that hath been written down.

26. Q: What's the book for thee?
A: The B-I-B-L-E.

27. Q: Which are among the first books which a Christian should read to his soul's health?
A: Among the first books which a Christian should read are the books of Daniel and Revelation, and The Late Great Planet Earth.

28. Q: Who is on the Lord's side?
A: He who doth support whatsoever is done by the nation of Israel, and who doth renounce the world, the flesh, and the Catholic Church.

29. Q: What are the seven deadly sins?
A: The seven deadly sins are smoking, drinking, dancing, card-playing, movie-going, baptizing babies, and having any creed but Christ.

30. Q: What is a sacrament?
A: A sacrament is an insidious invention devised by the Catholic Church whereby men are drawn into idolatry.

31. Q: What is the Lord's Supper?
A: The Lord's Supper is a dispensing of saltines and grape juice, in the which we remember Christ's command to pretend that they are His body and blood.

32. Q: What is baptism?
A: Baptism is the act whereby, by the performance of something that seems quite silly in front of everyone, I prove that I really, really mean it.

33. Q: What is the Church?
A: The Church is the tiny minority of individuals living at this time who have Jesus in their hearts, and who come together once a week for a sermon, fellowship and donuts.

34. Q: What is the office of the keys?
A: The office of the keys is that office held by the custodian.

35. Q: What meaneth "The Priesthood Of All Believers"?
A: The Priesthood Of All Believers meaneth that there exists no authority in the Church, as that falsely thought to be held by elders, presbyters, deacons, and bishops, but that each individual Christian acts as his own authority in all matters pertaining to the faith.

36. Q: Who is the Holy Spirit?
A: The Holy Spirit is a gentleman Who would never barge in.

37. Q: How long hath the Holy Spirit been at work?
A: The Holy Spirit hath been at work for more than a century: expressly, since the nineteenth-century Revitalization brought about by traveling Evangelists carrying tents across America.

38. Q: When will be the "Last Days" of which the Bible speaketh?
A: The "Last Days" are these days in which we are now living, in which the Antichrist, the Beast, and the Thief in the Night shall most certainly appear.

39. Q: What is the name of the event by which Christians will escape these dreadful entities?
A: The event commonly known as the Rapture, in the which it is our Blessed Hope that all cars driven by Christians will suddenly have no drivers.

40. Q: When is Jesus coming again?
A: Maybe morning, maybe noon, maybe evening, and maybe soon.

41. Q: When the roll, roll, roll, is called up yonder, where will you be?
A: There.

42. Q: Hallelu, hallelu, hallelu, hallelujah!
A: Praise ye the Lord!

43. Q: Praise ye the Lord!
A: Hallelujah!

44. Q: Where will we meet again?
A: Here, there, or in the air.

45. Q: Can I hear an Ay-men?
A: Ay-men.

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Racer the "cat that doesn't climb too high"

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Lately, I have been catsitting for my friend Sam (who is on his way to go evangelize some Norwegian chicks J/K). Sam was very insistent that his cat Racer, doesn't jump on too many things. Well, for the benefit of Sam and all, I decided to post some pictures to the contrary. Of course, Racer doesn't get on top of cabinets, so you have to understand that this was all done with mirrors, photoshop and photographic perspective. Pretty cool huh? Enjoy. (right: I photoshoped Racer in to make it look like she had gotten all the way up to the top of my cabinets, nearly 8ft off the ground. In fact, I think I did such a good job that you can't tell that its not real.)




That's not a real cat Sam, its a very realistic wax model that I made by hand (that looks exactly like your cat). I am pretty talented, aren't I?



Don't worry Sam, even though that looks a lot like the top of my fridge, it's really just the floor. This was done with six mirrors and me standing on my head. I also trained her to stare at that piece of paper for over an hour.

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Separated At Birth

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Sam "the Eagle" and Chris Windham:


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Redecorating Redeeming Ems House

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From Emerson's Blog. Much has been suggested for Emerson's Chattanooga based living room, but up to this posting very little if any real action has been taken. Below are the virtual rooms of many of the suggestions made so far. Enjoy!

On the left we have the "The Great Outdoors" with a handsome Emerson throw rug and on the right the design, "I wanna be in a boy band", with pink and purple polka dots (a great idea) and a handsome poster of "emerging emerson" above the fire:



Below left is "Dry Martini", Olive walls and walnut floor (I left the polkas in to look live olives on olive) and the right my personal preference, "Pimp'T":


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What Ever Happened to Good Christian Music?

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You know, I think ,Purgatorio is one of the funniest places on earth. Check out the section called Divine Vinyl.

Can you believe there is a whole community of Christians in the world that buy this stuff? Apparently Christians (although they often openly persecute gay people) secretly spend more money on gay stuff than anyone.

Well, in the whole spirit of "enterprising evangelism", I thought I would help the gang out at Red Mountain Church with an album cover design of my own that I think might just kick sales up a notch. You can view my design here.

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My Neighborhood or The Man-trose

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I thought I would post some pics I took of the local neighborhood (Montrose). Eventually this blog will look cooler than it does now. I hope to get some good night shots of downtown Houston. This is how downtown used to look like from my 3rd floor office (closet) at home. Now its just the broad side of a 3 story townhouse. That is God's Shekinah cloud in the background reigning judgement down on Enron.


This house is 2 blocks from me. I think this is where they treat drug rehab. Here is a picture of some of the patients.





This is my place. As you can see, I have a lot of crap in the garage.





Here's a couple more. Life is good without homeowners associations! My neighborhood is pretty cool. They say that YUPies like me are driving up the property value and forcing the "starving artists" out. But, that's whats been going on in "the village" for decades. Yet, the artists still flock there.

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