I Was Gonna Post Something Serious...

But it just wasn't coming to me. However, I've made up for it by providing your entertainment for the week in the link below. There is a reason why Rush is one of the greatest bands ever. Aside from their music being great, they are just plain funny. Just watch this video and tell me you don't want to be Geddy Lee's best friend!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIeZBeUTOSY&search=Geddy

"Small children, and those worried about their brain..."



And a woman needs a man
Like a fish needs a bicycle
When you're trying to throw your arms around the world
- Bono

70 Years Ago Yesterday...

The Orthodox Presbyterian Church was born. No, you are not the only perfect church, but you have been faithful to the word for seven decades. Happy Birthday OPC!!!

http://www.opc.org/today.html


The OPC's Founding Father, J. Gresham Machen. Swell Guy!!


















How sweet and awful is the place
With Christ within the doors,
While everlasting love displays
The choicest of her stores.

While all our hearts and all our songs
Join to admire the feast,
Each of us cry, with thankful tongues,
"Lord, why was I a guest?

"Why was I made to hear thy voice,
And enter while there's room,
When thousands make a wretched choice,
And rather starve than come?"

'Twas the same love that spread the feast
That sweetly drew us in;
Else we had still refused to taste,
And perished in our sin.

Pity the nations, O our God,
Constrain the earth to come;
Send thy victorious Word abroad,
And bring the strangers home.

We long to see thy churches full,
That all the chosen race
May, with one voice and heart and soul,
Sing thy redeeming grace.

It Started Out as Innocent Fun...




And Ended Up in Bloodshed...




OK, you can't really tell from the picture, but that my friends, is a lacerated chin. It resulted in an unspecified number of stitches, three hours in the ER, and a substantial medical bill. By the time it's all said and done, I will have the $1,000 chin to go with my $1,000,000 good looks.

The greatest tragedy here folks, is that I was definitely safe at home. I slid in right under that tag. Both catcher and runner tumbled to the ground. The ump was in no position to make the call. As it turned out, we lost by one measily run. Watch out Rhythm and Brewes, we will have our revenge...

So I've decided that this gives new meaning to the legend that is Brad's Beard. The immortal question of whether or not I will ever be able to grow a beard apart from some miracle of medical science seems to have been answered last night. In the words of Dr. Karl Hatten, Jr., "You used to grow hair here. You won't anymore." Little did he know, I never grew hair there. Ha!!!! Jokes on you Hatten!!

For a long time I felt
Without style or grace
Wearing shoes with no socks
In cold weather

- Talking Heads

Hmmm.... what is this formatting stuff? Script? Obviously this is not blogging for dummies over here.

Well, this is the sequal to www.xanga.com/theaveragebrad. Don't know which one I'll end up using. It is actually the third in a series of blogs which I have had entitled "The Average Brad," but the original The Average Brad was more of a prequal than a first version. A prototype if you will. Oh, it still exists, but you will never know where...

There is exciting news about my chin, and I'd like to share it with all of you, but I'm waiting for the pictures. Thursday, June 8, 2006 was an historic day in the life of Brad's Beard. It may never be the same...

I was safe I tell you.


Cause I'm the one who knows what scares you
I'm the one who loves you best
I'm the thirteenth at the table
I'm the uninvited guest
I'm the Banquo at your banquet
I'm the cuckoo in your nest
I'm your fifteen-stone first-footer
I'm the uninvited guest

- Marillion

"That blast came from the Death Star. That thing's operational."

Is this thing working?