{"id":4826,"date":"2015-01-30T14:47:46","date_gmt":"2015-01-30T19:47:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/barefootandpregnant\/?p=4826"},"modified":"2015-01-31T09:48:03","modified_gmt":"2015-01-31T14:48:03","slug":"7-quick-takes-friday-57","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/barefootandpregnant\/2015\/01\/7-quick-takes-friday-57.html","title":{"rendered":"7 Quick Takes Friday!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

\"New<\/a><\/p>\n

7<\/strong><\/p>\n

It has been a kajillion years since I\u2019ve done quick takes, so long that I had to get the new picture from Kelly since quick takes are now at This Ain\u2019t The Lyceum.<\/p>\n

You read Kelly, don\u2019t you? I mean, of course you do. But she\u2019s hysterical and I love her.<\/p>\n

6<\/strong><\/p>\n

One of the reasons I remembered to do quick takes today is because Jen is on my mind. She\u2019s in Naples speaking at the Legatus conference<\/a>, but I shanghaied her into slumming it with the locals for bit.<\/p>\n

5<\/strong><\/p>\n

By \u201cslumming it\u201d, I mean hanging out at the Ritz and having a few drinks with the Ogre and I. I\u2019m betting she\u2019s anticipating elegant cocktails and erudite conversation, but I\u2019m going to surprise her by bringing a beer bong and my portable karaoke machine.<\/p>\n

4<\/strong><\/p>\n

Not really. I don\u2019t have a portable karaoke machine, but I\u2019m realizing right this second what an oversight that is. At least now I know what to ask Santa for next year.<\/p>\n

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I was going to tell y\u2019all a funny story about the time my roommates and I tried to make a beer bong in college, but then I remembered my mom reads my blog. Hi, Mama! I have never seen a beer bong in my life. And everything I know about beer I learned from reading Shakespeare, so blame that guy.<\/p>\n

He really is a destructive influence.<\/p>\n

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You know who is not a destructive influence? The unparalleled Kathryn W.<\/a>, who has started a new blog project at Patheos! I let out the most undignified squee when she told me, and then like ten more when I read her introductory post at Love Amongst the Ruins<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

One year ago today, I published a post on my own blog (Through a Glass Brightly<\/em><\/a>) which was titled \u201cGood Clean Fun\u201d: The Theology of the Body in Groundhog Day<\/em><\/strong>. It went as viral as my posts do, mostly thanks to Kevin Knight over at New Advent and Elizabeth Scalia here at Patheos. Several months later, I learned that a professor of the Theology of the Body at Hillsdale\u00a0College in Michigan\u00a0had assigned to his students a final project which cited my Groundhog Day<\/em> post as the example they were to follow. The prompt read,<\/p>\n

The Theology of the Body<\/em>, at its deepest point, is intended to provide a fundamental framework for thinking about and interpreting all of reality. The task of your paper is to bring the insights of the Theology of the Body to bear upon some aspect of culture (contemporary culture, pop culture, or \u201chigh\u201d culture). You may choose a work of fiction or drama, film, music, or some other form. Your interpretation, at its best, should help to illuminate your subject through the Theology of the Body, as well as the Theology of the Body through that subject.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Happily, I was invited to attend the oral presentations of these papers. I was floored by the quality of many of them, and I kept thinking, \u201cThese need to be published. Where? How?\u201d Then the professor turned to me and said, \u201cWow! We need to take this show on the road!\u201d Then I realized that\u00a0I should be the one to do it, and that\u00a0Patheos would be the perfect platform for spreading this good news.<\/p>\n

(Read the rest here<\/a>)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Seriously, go check it out. She\u2019s completely brilliant, and I am ridiculously excited about this.<\/p>\n

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I should probably put on something other than yoga pants, though, before I go. Speaking of yoga pants, this guy is giving his up. For the immortal souls of women everywhere.<\/p>\n

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Women can\u2019t resist my legs. But, really, we all know women can\u2019t resist any part of the male body that shows its form or reveals any skin. They\u2019re created by God way, so it\u2019s hard to blame them. They see an attractive man with athletic legs and they can\u2019t help but stare. Their eyes were made for staring just as my legs were made for walking. It all just really comes down to the varying purposes in creation.<\/p>\n

Still, as a man, I\u2019ve never really understood this attraction women have. I mean, to me they\u2019re just legs. I\u2019ve got two of them, they\u2019re symmetrical, functional, and tend to be rather pragmatically beneficial for lifting children\u2026and sofas.<\/p>\n

But since my youth group days, I\u2019ve heard that women have this insatiable desire that they can\u2019t deny. And my pragmatically perfect legs arouse and encourage evil thoughts and behaviors in the ladies. Therefore,\u00a0I must do my part to make sure they don\u2019t stumble. These supple legs may be just too much for young, unsuspecting heroins.<\/p>\n

(Read the rest here \u2013 it\u2019s hysterical<\/a>)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Happy weekend, everyone! I\u2019ll be back later with selfies, unless they\u2019re unflattering, in which case I\u2019ll tell you I forgot. It\u2019s not really lying that way, see.<\/p>\n

Check out the rest of the quick takes at This Ain\u2019t the Lyceum!<\/a><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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