Tragedy Struck

Last night on the Late Show with David Letterman a terrible tragedy was revealed. It involve one of the things I hold most dearly to my heart. PEZ dispensers.

You see, the guys from American Choppers were on the show, they were promoting their new line of production bikes, that's cool and all, motorcycles, whatever. But then it happened. Dave pulls out from underneath his desk a collectible set of three PEZ dispensers... AND IT'S THE GUYS FROM AMERICAN CHOPPERS! Now you might be thinking to yourself. "Who cares Scott, there are tons of PEZs with tons of famous characters on them." Well, no, there isn't actually. Up until this point there has never been a real human that is still alive made into PEZ form. So what, right? Well let me tell you what. This is a two fold crime against PEZmanity.

First and for most: if any person should have been the first, it should have been Jerry Seinfeld. Jerry single handedly brought PEZ collecting back to the lime light in the mid-nineties by highlighting them on his show. They considered it, PEZ collectors demanded it, but they refused, saying that it goes against there strict "no one alive" policy.

Second: It's a pretty bad slippery slope. Once you make a celebrity that's still alive, where do you end. Now that that ice has been broken, whose next, and why? There's no reason now not to make a Cher PEZ, or a Justin Timberlake. All I'm saying, as a collector, I don't want to have a shelf full of lame washed up celebrities that a bunch of jerks in Connecticut thought were PEZ worthy!

I guess everything changes, some change is for the best, some for the worse and other just for profit.


Thank you for reading!
Scott.

HIS CAMP IS EXCEEDINGLY GREAT.

July 24, 2006

HIS CAMP IS EXCEEDINGLY GREAT.
Joel 2:11

Consider, my soul, the mightiness of the Lord who is your glory and defense. He is a man of war; Jehovah is His name. All the forces of heaven are at His command; legions wait at His door; cherubim and seraphim, watchers and holy ones, principalities and powers are all attentive to His will. If our eyes were not blinded by the dust of sin, we should see horses of fire and chariots of fire round about the Lord's servants. The powers of nature are all subject to the absolute control of the Creator: Stormy wind and tempest, lightning and rain, snow and hail, and the soft dews and cheering sunshine come and go at His decree. The bands of Orion He looses, and He binds the sweet influences of the Pleiades.1 Earth, sea, and air and the places under the earth are the barracks for Jehovah's great armies; space is His camping ground, light is His banner, and flame is His sword. When He goes forth to war, famine ravages the land, pestilence smites the nations, hurricane sweeps the sea, tornado shakes the mountains, and earthquake makes the solid world to tremble. As for animate creatures, they all own His dominion, and from the great fish that swallowed the prophet down to "all manner of flies," which plagued the field of Zoan,2 all are His servants, and even the caterpillars and the worms are squadrons of His great army, for His camp is very great. My soul, see to it that you are at peace with this mighty King. Be sure to enlist under His banner, for to war against Him is madness, and to serve Him is glory. Jesus, Immanuel, God with us, is ready to receive recruits for the army of the Lord: If I am not already enlisted, let me go to Him before I sleep and beg to be accepted through His merits; and if I be already, as I hope I am, a soldier of the cross, let me be of good courage, for the enemy is powerless compared with my Lord, whose camp is very great.
¹ Job 38:31 ² Psalm 78:43-45


--Devotional material is taken from “Morning and Evening,” written by C.H. Spurgeon, revised and updated by Alistair Begg. Copyright (c) 2003, Good News Publishers and used by Truth for Life with written permission. Scripture quotations are taken from Holy Bible: English Standard Version, copyright (c) 2001, Good News Publishers.

Again, used by Scott without permission, sorry. It was just too good not to share.
I especially like the "to war against Him would be madness," how excellent. To subscibe to get this devotional everyday go to Truth For Life Daily.

Thank you for reading!
Scott.