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Matthew 3:7-10

But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to where he was baptizing, he said to them: "You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?

Produce fruit in keeping with repentance.

And do not think you can say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham as our father.' I tell you that out of these stones God can raise up children for Abraham.

The ax is already at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.


Stupid Fact of the Week
There was only one civilian casualty during the three-day Battle of Gettysburg

25 February, 2007
The 79th Annual Academy Awards
OFFICIAL RESULTS:

Custer, the younger - 14.1

Ryan's Daddy - 12.1
John "the" Cathey - 11.1
The Rockel - 10.3
"Lind-" Mendenhall - 9.2
Ryan "Michelle" Lee - 6.1

-- ellen is on stage. all picks are in. all bets are off.
-- al gore joke, check. gospel choir, check. jack nicholson's hair........
-- Mendenhall and Custer ride Labyrinth to an early lead.
-- will ferrel, jack black, john c riley... excellent
-- two awards, two awards for Labyrinth... Custer's the man to beat.
-- THE DANISH POET!!! HA! Thank you, voters.
-- West Bank... great short... good speech. (Mom mention number 1)
-- Iwo Jima gives us a "Thanks Dad"... Mom: 1, Dad: 1
-- SOCIAL! a point for everybody as a musical picks up the oscar for sound mixing... Mom: 2
-- ALAN!!! woohoo! Way to go Arkin! No points for anybody.
-- New Leader! Lind takes out Custer with an upset.
-- and just like that, custer back out in front. is there any catching him?
-- JC's dark horse pays off as he claims Costume... Mom: 3... and a KUBRICK mention.
-- was that Tucker Carlson?
-- "Make sure we're both in it, Steven."
-- LABYRINTH, baby. The Academy loves it...
-- I want to be Guillermo del Toro... his people all love him.
-- side note... these commercials: way better than the super bowl ads... what's up with that?
-- GERMANY. represent. big upset. no points for anyone.
-- Mom: 4....
-- Jeniffer Hudson - 1... Scorsese, Kubrick, O'Toole, Bening, Finney, Altman, Weir, Hitchcock, Burton, O'Toole - 0
-- Rockel goes a perfect 3-0 on the tiebreakers... should've made those worth more.
-- "Truth" wins documentary... Ryan hides face as Obvious tag laughs in it.
-- with 8 awards still to be presented, Ryan "Michelle" Lee, "Lind-" Mendenhall, and Ryan's Daddy find themselves too far behind the Custer, with too few moving categories remaining. There will be no bragging rights for them. But remember, you're all winners just for being nominated.
-- The Custer looks solid... The Cathey can catch him, The Rockel can surpass him... will either happen? Magic 8 ball says: Try again later.
-- Custer coasts to victory with Original Score...
-- Cathey makes his way past The Rockel with "Sunshine".... not good.
-- Dreamgirls, despite having a majority in the category, can't clinch a best song award.
-- Film edit goes to Departed... no points for anyone.
-- Ryan's Daddy clinches at least a tie for second
-- SOCIAL!!! oscar for helen, points for everyone.
-- Michelle drops another point, clinches last place, as my boy Forest gets all emotional. Mom: 5
-- Ford Coppola, Lucas, Spielberg... that's some firepower on stage.
-- SOCIAL!!!! points for everyone as Scorsese finally makes it onto the stage... needless to say, STANDING O
-- And it all comes down to picture: Babel puts Daddy solely in second, with Rockel securing third, beating out Cathey in the head-to-head... Sunshine puts Cathey in a tie for 2nd with Daddy... Iwo Jima gives Michelle one final burst of glory... and the winner is.......
-- The Departed!!! no points for anyone.
posted by Rockel @ 4:58 PM  
5 Comments:
  • At 25/2/07 5:52 PM, Blogger Bethany said…

    Rockel, this is beautiful! It's like we're having an Oscar party with our old college friends only we've taken out all the elements except the TV and the competition. I love it!

     
  • At 25/2/07 8:04 PM, Blogger Bethany said…

    I'm going to bed with two last words:

    HAPPY

    FEET

    Congratulations to the rest of you.

     
  • At 26/2/07 3:21 AM, Blogger The Cobra said…

    Just, for the record, I let you win.

     
  • At 26/2/07 6:05 AM, Blogger wanderingshadow said…

    I'm going to dark horse if I can. Luke can vouch for me filling a scoresheet out before they started.

    ACTOR-LEADING: Forest Whitaker
    ACTOR-SUPPORTING: Djimon Hounsou
    ACTRESS-LEADING: Helen Mirren
    ACTRESS-SUPPORTING: Jennifer Hudson
    ANIMATED FEATURE: Cars
    ART DIRECTION: Pan's Labyrinth
    CINEMATOGRAPHY: Pan's Labyrinth
    COSTUME DESIGN: Curse of the Golden Flower
    DIRECTING: The Departed (Scorcese)
    DOCUMENTARY FEATURE: An Inconvenient Truth
    FILM EDITING: Blood Diamond
    FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM: Pan's Labyrinth
    MAKEUP: Pan's Labyrinth
    ORIGINAL SCORE: Pan's Labyrinth
    ORIGINAL SONG: "Listen"-Dreamgirls
    BEST PICTURE: Babel
    SCREENPLAY-ADAPTED: The Departed
    SCREENPLAY ORIGINAL: Little Miss Sunshine
    SOUND EDITING: Letters From Iwo Jima
    SOUND MIXING: Dreamgirls
    VISUAL EFFECTS: Superman Returns
    DOCUMENTARY SHORT: The Blood of the Yingzhou District
    SHORT FILM-ANIMATED: The Little Matchgirl
    SHORT FILM-LIVE ACTION: West Bank Story

     
  • At 26/2/07 7:06 AM, Blogger Luke Custer said…

    who is Ryan's Daddy?

     
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ON THE NICKEL
by Tom Waits

("I'd like to do a new song here. This is eh, it's about downtown Los Angeles on 5th Street. And eh all the winos affectionately refer to it as The Nickel. So this is kind of a hobo's lullaby.")

sticks and stones will break my bones,
but i always will be true, and when
your mama is dead and gone,
i'll sing this lullabye just for you,
and what becomes of all the little boys,
who never comb their hair,
well they're lined up all around the block,
on the nickel over there.

so you better bring a bucket,
there is a hole in the pail,
and if you don't get my letter,
then you'll know that i'm in jail,
and what becomes of all the little boys,
who never say their prayers,
well they're sleepin' like a baby,
on the nickel over there.

and if you chew tobacco, and wish upon a star,
well you'll find out where the scarecrows sit,
just like punchlines between the cars,
and i know a place where a royal flush,
can never beat a pair, and even thomas jefferson,
is on the nickel over there.

so ring around the rosie, you're sleepin' in the rain,
and you're always late for supper,
and man you let me down again,
i thought i heard a mockingbird, roosevelt knows where,
you can skip the light, with grady tuck,
on the nickel over there.

so what becomes of all the little boys,
who run away from home,
well the world just keeps gettin' bigger,
once you get out on your own,
so here's to all the little boys,
the sandman takes you where,
you'll be sleepin' with a pillowman,
on the nickel over there.

so let's climb up through that button hole,
and we'll fall right up the stairs,
and i'll show you where the short dogs grow,
on the nickel over there.

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