Okay, we will!

So, Orin and Erin went to St. Henry's in Belleville, IL for their lenten fish-fry yesterday. Oddwalk played a concert there earlier this year, and Erin was planning the evening as a social night for Belleville Young Adult Ministry.

Anyway, here's a picture of the menu-board:

Why? Well, what caught Orin's eye was the catch-phrase near the bottom, "Try our fish." Seemed a bit odd, at a fish-fry and all. Orin asked a worker there, someone he knows from ministry at the Shrine, who replied, "I guess it's good PR." Perhaps. The fish was good, after all.

Usually in humor is a hint of truth

I might preface this joke two ways: 1) Aquinas Institute is a Domincan school, and 2) It's possibly only Orin finds this funny.

Saints Dominic, Francis and Ignatius of Loyola are transported back in time and place to the Birth of Our Lord.

St. Dominic, seeing the Incarnation of the Word, is sent into ecstasy.

St. Francis, seeing God become a helpless child, is overcome with humility.

St. Ignatius of Loyola takes St. Joseph and Our Lady aside and asks "Have you given any thought to His education?"

"Tricked-out Toilet" is more alliterative

Seriously.

This toilet-sweepstakes is indicative (symptomatic?) of the American lifestyle, and says a lot about how a lot of non-Americans view us and how we live. Can you name a few?

We like this concept

Found on one of the groups Oddwalk belongs to over at facebook:


Another facebook group we belong to: The keytar to my heart.

A facebook group we've created: Behold, the Oddwalk Keytar.

The end.

A little Jeff City Keytar Mystique

Some participants help with the big keytar solo

Striking the final pose

Pope Mangooooooooo!

I'm pretty sure this animation has no end. It does, however, have a pope made out of a delicious fruit.

Mangooooooooooo!

Once, Always

There are some, ahem, inaccuracies in the joke, but it's still funny!

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John Smith was the only Protestant to move into a large Catholic neighborhood. On the first Friday of Lent, John was outside grilling a big juicy steak on his grill.

Meanwhile, all of his neighbors were eating cold tuna fish for supper.

This went on each Friday of Lent. On the last Friday of Lent, the neighborhood men got together and decided that something had to be done about John, he was tempting them to eat meat each Friday of Lent, and they couldn't take it anymore.

They decided to try and convert John to be a Catholic. They went over and talked to him and were so happy that he decided to join all of his neighbors and become a Catholic. They took him to church, and the Priest sprinkled some water over him and said, "You were born a Baptist, you were raised a Baptist, and now you are a Catholic."

The men were so relieved, now their biggest Lenten temptation was resolved.

The next year's Lenten season rolled around. The first Friday of Lent came, and just at supper time, when the neighborhood was sitting down to their tuna fish dinner, came the wafting smell of steak cooking on a grill.

The neighborhood men could not believe their noses! WHAT WAS GOING ON?

They called each other up and decided to meet over in John's yard to see if he had forgotten it was the first Friday of Lent?

The group arrived just in time to see John standing over his grill with a small pitcher of water. He was sprinkling some water over his steak on the grill, saying, "You were born a cow, you were raised a cow, and now you are a fish."

A funny exchange

in a combox of another blog Orin occasionally checks out:

Noah + Sombrero + Digital Camera = FUNNY!

pOddcast - "Just Because" Demo

The night it was written, October 23, 2004, Oddwalk recorded a verse of "Just Becuase You Can" on Orin's Treo so they'd remember how it went the next day. The next day was Oddwalk's first official public appearance as Oddwalk, at the Diocese of New Ulm, MN, Junior High Youth Rally - it was also the first performance of "Just Because." Enjoy this archival material on the pOddcast - check the gcast window to listen or subscribe!

PS - If you listen closely, Shannon's groan at the end is in response to more Red Sox offense during the 2004 World Series, played against the St. Louis Cardinals... We were keeping an eye on the game on the TV in the hotel room.

indexed

At indexed, Jessica has little charts and graphs that help explain the world. Like this timely one:

One of These Things is Not Like the Other...

Some of you might have noticed that Orin has been writing a lot of the blog posts in recent weeks. I've been on the go quite a bit lately with family obligations, my work at St. Peters, my ministry with Oddwalk, and lots of other things I just can't bring myself to say no to. I sometimes justify the busyness by telling myself that these things are for Christ and His Church. I know better, though. What's more? It's Lent. Lent is supposed to (in part) be a time for us to slow down and focus on our relationship with God. I, however, seem to have quickened my pace and crammed more into my schedule than I normally do.

The picture above was taken in a back hallway at the Cathedral of St. Joseph in Jefferson City on Sunday. Normally it wouldn't have caught my eye, but it does such a great job encapsulating the way I feel about my own spirital life lately.

For those of us who work for the Church (volunteer or otherwise), much of our time is spent trying desperately to help other people build their relationship with God and the Church. Sometimes, in our dedication, it's easy to forget our own spiritual needs and the importance of setting our faith in God above everything else in our lives.

If this could be your story too, don't worry. Jesus actually talked about people like us in the Gospel of Luke. If you wish, take some time to read through this passage and meditate on who you are in this story and pray about where Christ is calling you to be:

As they continued their journey he entered a village where a woman whose name was Martha welcomed him. She had a sister named Mary who sat beside the Lord at his feet listening to him speak. Martha, burdened with much serving, came to him and said, "Lord, do you not care that my sister has left me by myself to do the serving? Tell her to help me." The Lord said to her in reply, "Martha, Martha, you are anxious and worried about many things. There is need of only one thing. Mary has chosen the better part and it will not be taken from her."
-Luke 11:38-42

I know who I am
-Shannon

biblemap.org

A nice blending of the bible with google maps! Get an idea just where some of those biblical events actually happened, especially in relation to one another.

www.biblemap.org

The iRack

Orin is not a fan of MadTV in general, but this sketch is pretty funny. Thanks to Katie Press for the tip!

The Oddwalk Limerick Song

At the Belleville, IL DYC this past saturday, Oddwalk unveiled a new song in honor of St. Patrick's day, "The Oddwalk Limerick Song." Between the sing-a-long refrains there were some general and some specific-to-the-occasion verses that read a little like this:

A macho young swimmer named Dwyer
He really liked playing with fire.
One night in the dark
He swam with a shark,
And his voice is now two octaves higher.

An elderly man named Keith
Mislaid his set of false teeth.
They'd been laid on a chair,
He forgot they were there,
Sat down, and was bitten beneath.

There was a young man from Japan
Whose limericks never would scan.
When they asked why,
He said, with a sigh,
"It's because I always try to get as many words into the last line as I possible can."

SHANNON:
Orin thinks he's so cool.
His keytar makes everyone drool.
But I know it's folly,
He still sleeps with his dolly,
And wears floaties when he's in the pool.

ORIN:
Sometimes Shannon's voice makes me ill
And grates like a dentist's old drill.
But the people all long
For the gorilla song,
SHANNON:
Hey, whatever pays the bills.

ORIN:
Brad and Gene sure like to juggle.
But gravity's always a struggle.
Their act is a hoot,
And they're both really cute,
So ----
SHANNON:
Orin, don't end this last line with "snuggle!"

Cubefield

A simple, potentially-addicting flash game on the web.

Clicky here to play!