Catholic Schools Week Madness

This week, Oddwalk is lucky enough to be booked into a bunch of schools and one parish for Catholic Schools Week. Our travels take us first to Mid-Missouri and then to Southern Illinois.

This year's CSW theme is "Catholic Schools: The Good News in Education". Here's our crazy week:


-Monday, January 29 - St. Peter School, Jefferson City, MO
-Monday, January 29 - St. Andrew School, Tipton, MO
-Wednesday, January 31 - Queen of Peace School, Belleville, IL
-Thursday, February 1 - Immaculate Conception School, Columbia, IL
-Thursday, February 1 - Immaculate Conception Parish, Columbia, IL
-Friday, February 2 - St. Andrew School, Murphysboro, IL
-Friday, February 2 - St. Mary School, Belleville, IL

Please join us in praying for these students and parishioners this week.

National Kazoo Day

Our friends at Popple are gearing up for a very important day, NATIONAL KAZOO DAY! This world-changing event will be celebrated on Sunday, January 28, 2007. According to the website for National Kazoo Day:

In 1983, while browsing through Readers Digest, Chaplain Rahn saw a note
on National Tuba Day. If tubas, why not kazoos?
Chaplain Rahn and the Joyful Noise Kazoo Band decided
to DO something and establish National Kazoo Day.
Unfortunately the oldest kazoo band in the world (average age 88.6666)
initially had some difficulty making their voices heard.
They were wisely referred by "How To Kazoo" author Barbara Stewart
to the Associated Press , which had no hearing problem whatsoever
-- and the rest is kazoo history.

Oddwalk intends to celebrate in the usual way.

Speaking of haircuts...

Over at pitterpatters, there's an opinion gathering as to whose hair Fu Rao's here most resembles: Elvis, Bart Simpson, and the North Korean dictator guy are among the candidates. Check it out!

So, Erin got a haircut

Orin's wife Erin, that is, and she may or may not be so happy about how it turned out:




She's not exactly sure how it happened, actually. Orin thinks it involves aliens. Or penguins. Maybe the CIA?

Neil Diamond is our friend

Are you?

Today!

Um... Er... Um... Well... Really??

We know you want to order this... so (but be forwarned, read the reviews first), click here for Amazon's page.

Introducing Maia Lauren Puckett

Yesterday morning, Becca Puckett (sister of Erin Cerneka) gave birth to a beautiful baby girl, Maia Lauren. Becca and baby are doing well. You can read about it at the Cerneka Family Adventures blog. Oddwalk would like to extend congratulations to Becca, her husband Andy, and their new daughter, Maia.

A Rockin' Birthday

Oddwalk would like to wish our friend Ricky a very happy birthday this coming Sunday. Shannon, Erin, and family traveled to Columbia, MO tonight to have dinner and hang out with Ricky's family and friends. It was quite the bash. It featured:

miniature guitar heros:



and bobbing for Noah's toys:



Happy Birthday Ricky!

Greg Hits Hollywood - Literally

Thanks again to Popple!

Toaster Amps?

I guess if Orin got a new keytar, Shannon could get one of these:

http://www.hottieamps.com/

Thanks to Cribbly for the link!

Rubot II

Orin knows how to solve a Rubik's Cube too, but not with such style and flair:

Best Laugh Ever

Make sure you get at least a couple minutes in:

Go Fightin' ...um...Verns?

This Saturday, Oddwalk was scheduled to do a presentation for 6-8th graders at St. Mary Catholic Church in Mt. Vernon, IL. The plans were going along just fine until the girls basketball team of St. Mary's Grade School turned into the Harlem Globetrotters. Their winning ways have placed them in the State Championship...on Saturday. Their appearance in this game marks the first time the girls basketball team has ever made it to the State Championship game.

After a lot of back and forth, trying to adjust start time of our show that evening, the decision was ultimately made to postpone the event. While Oddwalk is disappointed that we'll have to wait to bring our two-man circus to Mt. Vernon, we couldn't be happier for the girls. Congratulations!

Good Luck in the game on Saturday. We'll be praying for you!

An Ode to DCYC 2007

Diocese of Austin, TX DCYC, that is, as composed by the DCYC committee:

"Another day, and yet another year has past,
Oh, how I wish DCYC would forever last!
The musty smells of the crowded dance floor, the soggy sandwiches of a Saturday lunch,
Shannon & Orin from Oddwalk Ministries sure were a crazy bunch!
As we sang along to their songs and danced to the Matilda Gorilla,
I think it’s safe to say, nothing about this year could be called vanilla!"

Read the rest here!

The Simpsons, Anime-style

Originally here, found at Gene's blog:

Another Keytar in a Commercial!

This one for a new Mountain Doo drink, MDX. When you get to the MDX site, click the 2nd little square; advertising hilarity ensues.