the dude abides

Broken treaty BBQ beans.

I was raised Missouri Synod Lutheran...or as I call it, Roman Catholic lite. 

 

I stopped believing in my mid teens, but there was a great book I came across in college called Reading the Bible Again for the First Time that really made me think about the Bible as literature. I hadn't thought about it in years, but I recommend it.  I'm agnostic, and find the militancy of other agnostics and atheists to be inelegant, abusive, and downright ugly. This book would be considered evil by a lot of fundamentalists, but I thought it was a good non-literal look at the Bible, which is a beautiful work of literature, IMO. 

 

Not sure if I'm interested in Zealot. 

Sounds a bit like Brian McLaren and similar "heretical" authors I read a few years back.  Good reads if you view the Bible or other religious texts either allegorically or as literature.

Along similar lines, a fascinating read is "The Gnostic Gospels" by Elaine Pagels.

I'm in the non-literalist camp.

Tim Foli?

Rob Wilfong?

Yeah, f*ck that.

My 12 year old daughter didn't really start speaking English until age 6 and she wanted to read The Fault In Our Stars so I'm reading it with her. Quite depressing. I'm also trying to read Zealot which is also quite depressing.

What did you think of Zealot?

I cannot stand Reza Aslan, but I've been curious about this book.

Finished "Going Clear" a few weeks ago. I didn't like the documentary at all, but the book was excellent. Pretty scathing stuff.

I'm about 100 pages into "Quiet". As an introvert, I can relate to pretty much every page so far.

Doubtful that Texans give a shit what the hipsters in Cali think about the way they handle things.

Texans are f*cking idiots.

Definitely in.

http://deadspin.com/mitch-williams-ejected-from-childs-baseball-game-for-ar-1574736005

http://deadspin.com/witnesses-mitch-williams-called-child-a-pussy-order-1577451834

What exactly happened?

 

Not that I'm saddened by his departure from the airwaves, I'm just curious.

He was fired for acting like an asshole at his kids baseball game. (calling opposing 10 year-old players "pussies" and having his pitcher throw at opposing kids, etc.)

Not sure which of these degenerates I dislike more.

Edit: NSFW language

http://www.sportingnews.com/mlb/story/2015-05-06/former-phillies-teammates-lenny-dykstra-mitch-williams-heated-exchange

I saw the story of the hikers trending the other day.  I was expecting to see that they had tagged their names in spray paint on a boulder, or took a dump in some pristine waterway.  But no, they were apparently etching their names in the black hand rail there in the picture.

I don't quite get the "outrage" here.  Yeah, it's a douche thing to do, but does that really warrant the publicity it's received?  People are acting like they killed and then raped the corpse of a bald eagle. 

Am I missing something?

If he's benched tomorrow I riot.

You know it's going to happen.

Hopefully this will be the spark that'll get Ianetta back on track.

Ladies and gentlemen... The esteemed Louie Gohmert:

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/louie-gohmert-jade-helm-15

My idiot governor thinks Obama is preparing to invade Texas. Sadly, two GOP candidates (Cruz and Paul) believe it as well.

Congrats GOP on continuing to find bigger sharks to jump!

http://gawker.com/governor-vows-to-defend-texas-against-insane-imaginary-1702015620

Time to bring this m-fer back to life.

Fun fact: Did you know that Rice Stadium hosted SB VIII between Miami and Minnesota?

Kudos for the first use of the word "obsequious" that I have ever seen on a baseball board.

A few years ago MT threw out "milquetoast" on the old board.

It classes the place up a bit when these words are thrown into the discussion.

Hamilton will hit at least 20 HRs this year, book it

Watch him put up Napoli-esque numbers against the Halos. 

Hell hath no fury... something something something.

It became to wildly popular and was overshadowing all of the other content on the site.  

 

Truly a victim of its own success.

I never got to say goodbye.

Inquiring Burmesians want to know.

Do you like waffles? Yes we like waffles!

Do you like pancakes? Yes we like pancakes!

Do you like French toast? Yes we like French toast!

Do do do do do do do do do do WAFFLES!

Agree with the brothers' Quinlan.

Caveat emptor.

Hopefully this won't deter Arte from signing a major FA next offseason.