Blog Stuff - Julie Clawson

Randomness

Posted on May 18, 2007July 8, 2025

Too crazy at the moment to actually think… so I’m resorting to random blog stuff –

First the meme from Mike. Here’s how it works –

1. Grab the nearest book.
2. Open it to page 161.
3. Find the fifth full sentence.
4. Post the text of the sentence along with these instructions.
5. Don’t search around and look for the coolest book you can find. Do what’s actually next to you.

My answer after realizing that the first 6 books I grabbed either didn’t have 161 pages or didn’t have 5 sentences on page 161. This is from the third book down my to read stack –

Even in these biblical accounts, which were obviously written to demean and debase her actions, the description revealed that she took part in the sexual customs of her own free will and that she viewed them not as an obligatory or compulsory duty but as pleasant occasion, rather like festive parties.

Hmm. Interesting. Thats from a discussion of Hosea and Gomer from When God was a Woman by Merlin Stone.

Then I found this from Brother Maynard

Which Star Wars character am I?

You scored as Leia Organa. A princess who uses her political powers to help the rebel alliance. You are calm and cool no matter the situation and always willing to fight for your beliefs. Now if only you could get those cinnamon buns off your head.

Leia Organa

88%

Yoda

75%

Obi-Wan Kenobi

63%

Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader

63%

Luke Skywalker

56%

Darth Maul

50%

Padme Amidala

50%

Palpatine

50%

Boba Fett

25%

Han Solo

19%

Which Star Wars character would you be? (pics)
created with QuizFarm.

Fitting I think. (but of course Mara Jade wasn’t on this list…)

And on the topic of Princess Leia – let me introduce you to the Miss Entertainment Pagaent In their words – This “is the beauty pageant for the twenty-first century. No more sleazy judges. No more crusty old men serenading the winner. No more Donald Trump. Only you can crown Miss Entertainment!

In our pageant’s first round, you will vote for the hottest woman in the worlds of television, movies, video games, and comics. In our second and final round, you’ll choose Miss Entertainment from amongst the four category winners from round one. Round one is underway and twenty lovely contestants are vying for your vote.”

But how do I choose between Princess Leia and Eowyn???? At ant rate the promo videos for each contestant were fun to watch…

Enjoy the random fun.

Thinking Blogger

Posted on April 16, 2007July 8, 2025

Gaston: “Lefou, I’ve been thinking”.
Lefou: “A dangerous pastime.”
Gaston: “I know.”
– Beauty and the Beast

So in our house whenever we start a sentence with “I’ve been thinking,” it usually gets the response of singing those Beauty and the Beast lines. (and yes, that started in the pre-toddler days). So apparently Jamie gave me a Thinking Blogger Award. I’ve seen this around on some of my favorite blogs already and am honored to have my emerging/mommy/rant blog listed. It has been fun to trace the whole thing to it’s source (rare for memes). Anyway – thanks for the award and now I get to pass it on to five blogs that make me think.

Emerging Pensees (so what if its my husband’s blog, he says some good stuff every now and then 🙂 )
A Church for Starving Artists
Dylan’s Lectionary Blog
Rose Madrid-Swetman
Faithfully Liberal (yes I know its a group blog…)

Your mission (if you are one of the tagged), should you choose to accept it, is to pay it forward as well … the rules are simple and they are three:

1. If, and only if, you get tagged, write a post with links to 5 blogs that make you think
2. Link to this post so that people can easily find the exact origin of the meme.
3. Optional: Proudly display the ‘Thinking Blogger Award’ (here is the gold version and the silver to better meet your needs for blog design).

And enjoy the blogs……

Emerging Church Blogroll

Posted on March 30, 2007July 7, 2025

A spiffy cool new resource/bloglist thing is in the works over at Subversive Influence. The point is to increase the traffic and awareness on Emerging Church blogs. Sounds great to me – keeping up with the conversation is fun. Some on the list I already know and love, others I look forward to exploring.

Here’s what to do. Think of between 3 and 5 blogs which you think are under-rated, under-appreciated, or under-valued. More people should be reading them, in other words. They need to be blogging largely on EMC themes and topics, and they should not be on the list of leading blogs on these areas, say 150ish+ links on Technorati.

To participate, copy this list into a new post on your own blog, and add the names you have to the bottom of the list, and encourage others to do the same. The list could get fairly long, but that’s part of the point — each link will help boost the undervalued blog’s profile… and you might even get some link love from it too! Include these instructions (this and the preceding paragraph). When you’ve done that, leave a trackback or comment below, or link to this post so we can keep track of who ends up participating. Okay, here we go, in no particular order: