Celebrity Look-A-Like

This Week's Challenge: Celebrity Look-A-Likes

Submit a pic of yourself or someone else as they resemble a celebrity:

Gerr-man

Prokopipants:

Dana:

Ellisa:

Bradley:

Ellisa's procrastination that was the inspiration for This Week's Challenge:

Benji:

Local Art

A great piece done by an anonymous local artist:

Jesus is my homeboy

My friend wrote me an email with some questionable content and at the end of it she inserted: "I am going straight to Hell". I thought about our cavalier use of this phrase; however, collectively (I dare say), we believe that religious higher powers are as legitimate as the Ab Tronic 5000.

I wonder why it is that upon a morally questionable action or thought we always revert back to the old standby of damnation for eternity. Does this occur because from early on we are conditioned to equate this life’s no-nos with worse consequences in the supposed spiritual world? Reflecting further, does that mean that we are tenaciously clinging to a belief in hell because we so desperately want to believe that there is something more after our hearts stop pumping? And, because on some unconscious level we want some form of heaven to exist, if so facto we must believe in Hell? Or, is it just a moral pulse check, where we pause and evaluate our behaviour and deem it to be unsatisfactory against the go-to scale that Jesus, or God, or whoever, created; doing so without buying in to the superstitious mumbo jumbo?

Now that I have written a paragraph about religion every ounce of me is screaming to highlight and delete before some line is crossed. Although, I don’t really care about slighting someone’s beliefs; but rather, I feel ill informed on the subject as: A. I have never read the Bible and B. I stopped going to church as soon as it was no longer appropriate for me to make Jesus crafts in Sunday school.

Anyways, no matter if you believe or don’t, you really have to hand it to some of these quips for their staying power. It is certainly not uncommon in a moment of fury for the phrase, "What the Hell?" to escape my lips. This just a more imposing way of inquiring: "Why is this occurring?" Why does Hell carry such risqué innuendo?

Hell in a handbasket, does anyone know the origin to this phrase? I just looked it up – and actually: No, nobody knows. Where does one purchase this alleged handbasket? And, how does one travel to hell in it... it must be an awfully large basket, maybe it is one of those magical carpet bags like Mary Poppins totes -only made of asbestos so that it doesn’t burn up on contact in the fiery depths.

Why are we still using these phrases? Do they carry extra weight because they have a religious allusion and are therefore naughty? Or, have we become so flippant with these ideas that they have become devoid of meaning, such as the words gay and retard?

Religion has lodged itself in our everyday vernacular but is this symptomatic of the power it wields or the lack thereof?

I was thinking about Jesus the other day- how even if he did exist, how ridiculous it is to believe that he is some sort of deity, he is probably just some guy who was trying to get everyone to be nicer to each other. Actually, Erik Davis relates in the book, Techgnosis, that there were lots of guys spouting Jesus like material at that time... maybe he was just the one who hit it big. That's a pretty phenomenal idea, imagine if he was just some regular dude who wanted his voice heard and the message came out horribly warped like some perverse game of telephone.

You know the question: If you could have a conversation with one person living or dead, who would it be? Jesus would definately make my top 5.

The Way I See It

The Way I See It: No. 23

Chances are you are scared of fictions.

Chances are you are only fleetingly happy.

Chances are you know much less than you think you do.

Chances are you feel a little guilty.

Chances are you want people to lie to you.

Perhaps the answer lies on the side of a coffee cup.

You are lost.

— David Cross, Comedian

~

Bradley's Way of Seeing It:

We are consumed by choices

Some easy, some evil

As the world crumbles, we ask ourselves;

Selfishness or Selflessness

Charity or Indulgence

Vice or Virtue

Paper or Plastic

In the end who cares?

Live the day for you…

And Laugh.

~

Dana's Way of Seeing It:

The Eskimos have many words for snow.

Acquire, purchase, buy, pick up, sales receipt, grab, charge, come by, haggle, get a hold of, tab, realize, redeem, secure, lay away, take, bill, gain, procure, credit card, retrieve, obtain, bargain, sale, closeout, proof of purchase, cheque, attain,

SHOP.

I can see where North American's priorities lie.

~

This Week's Challenge: FONTS!

In one minute, without cheating, write down as many different Fonts as you can think of.

Gerry = 8
Ben = 10
Tam = 4
Ellisa = 17
Dana = 14

This Week's Challenge: Slogans for Gold Bond

Existing Slogans applied to:
Gold Bond Medicated Powder

Ben’s List:

1. Gets odours out. (Oust air spray)

2. Just do it. (Nike)

3. Is it in you? (Gatorade)

4. For all you do, this buds for you. (Budweiser)

5. Tastes awful. But it works. (I’m sure Gold Bond would taste bad-Buckley's)

Dana’s List

5. Made from the best stuff on earth (Snapple)
4. Don’t leave home without it (American Express)
3. The best part of waking up (Foldgers)
2. Kills Bugs Dead (Raid)
1. Think outside the bun--ions (Taco Bell)

Gerry’s List

1. When the itch's a bitch... use Gold Bond Medicated Powder.
2. Gold Bond... not recommended for people under 65.
3. Gold Bond... you don't know what’s in it... and neither do we!
4. If you’re feeling wet and cold... keep out the mould... use Gold Bond Medicated Powder! - (I'm making the assumption here that the product in question is actually used for overly moist areas... all I know is that a lot of old people generally have crevices that require Gold Bond treatment... working in a hospital unfortunately teaches you these things)
5. Gold Bond.... it feels good on your balls.

Tamara’s List

5. It's so easy to use no wonder it's number one (AOL) 4. Because I'm worth it (L'Oreal) 3. Touching is good. (Nintendo DS) 2. Let your fingers do the walking (Yellow Pages) 1. The freshmaker! (Mentos)

Tracey’s List

1) Maybe she's born with it. Maybe it's Gold Bond.
2) Shouldn't your baby be a Gold Bond baby?
3) Gold Bond: Over 3 Billion Served.
4) Gold Bond: That was Easy!
5) Silly Rabbit, Gold Bond is for kids!

Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish.

"Sometimes life hits you in the head with a brick. Don't lose faith. I'm convinced that the only thing that kept me going was that I loved what I did. You've got to find what you love. And that is as true for your work as it is for your lovers. Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle. As with all matters of the heart, you'll know when you find it. And, like any great relationship, it just gets better and better as the years roll on. So keep looking until you find it. Don't settle."


This is the text of the Commencement address by Steve Jobs, delivered at Stanford University. Here is the link to the entire speach. Enjoy.