{"id":25506,"date":"2014-12-02T08:05:51","date_gmt":"2014-12-02T13:05:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/slacktivist\/?p=25506"},"modified":"2014-12-01T10:12:11","modified_gmt":"2014-12-01T15:12:11","slug":"last-night-there-were-skinheads-on-my-lawn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/slacktivist\/2014\/12\/02\/last-night-there-were-skinheads-on-my-lawn\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Last night there were skinheads on my lawn’"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

<\/iframe>\n<\/p>\u201cIt is the <a href=\"http:\/\/consumerist.com\/2014\/11\/05\/acme-foundry-would-like-to-thank-whoever-finally-added-wile-e-coyote-road-runner-to-the-building\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">best graffiti that anyone has ever done<\/a> to our building.\u201d<\/p>\n\u201cOh, of course, yeah, sure. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.openculture.com\/2014\/11\/ricky-gervais-creates-outlandish-comedy-with-david-bowie.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">I\u2019ll knock off a quick \u2018Life on Mars,\u2019 shall I?<\/a>\u201d<\/p>\n\u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/the-toast.net\/2014\/11\/19\/chris-hemsworth-sexiest-man-alive\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Why do we have to kill the old one?<\/a>\u201d<\/p>\n\u201cThere\u2019s very little doubt as to how Paul was using this word here. And it\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/thislamp.com\/posts\/2012\/6\/15\/lifeway-stores-remove-the-blind-side-from-shelves-over-profa.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">interesting to see commentators attempt to explain this without using strong language<\/a> themselves.\u201d<\/p>\n\u201cThere\u2019s two components \u2014 running and eating. You can do one or the other, <a href=\"http:\/\/consumerist.com\/2014\/11\/14\/two-time-krispy-kreme-challenge-winner-can-somehow-run-4-miles-eat-12-doughnuts-without-barfing\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">but the skill is to do both<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n\u201cFor it is only in the past 500 years that he\u00a0could have said that to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.internetmonk.com\/archive\/51637\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">people who were actually holding a\u00a0Book<\/a> in their hands.\u201d<\/p>\n\u201cBecause <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nybooks.com\/articles\/archives\/2014\/dec\/04\/ode-harlem-globetrotters\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">where else do Generals meet defeat without blood<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rawstory.com\/rs\/2014\/11\/researchers-say-greeks-first-analog-computer-could-date-back-as-far-as-205-b-c\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-25657\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/52\/2014\/11\/Antikythera.jpg\" alt=\"Antikythera\" width=\"500\" height=\"269\"><\/a><\/p>\n\u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.faithstreet.com\/onfaith\/2014\/11\/03\/james-martin-10-things-i-wish-everyone-knew-about-jesus\/34866\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">If a Gospel narrative introduces a marginalized person<\/a>, it is a sure bet that Jesus will reach out to him or her.\u201d<\/p>\n\u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/experimentaltheology.blogspot.com\/2014\/11\/giving-friend-lift.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Are you giving people rides?<\/a>\u201d<\/p>\n\u201cGoosebumps crawled up my arms and <a href=\"http:\/\/indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com\/2014\/11\/21\/greg-grey-cloud-native-who-sang-honor-song-senate-and-got-arrested-it-157958\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">I thought to myself, SING! Sing you fool!<\/a>\u201d<\/p>\n\u201cAs deputy head of the Louvre, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rawstory.com\/rs\/2014\/11\/documentary-depicts-how-louvre-employees-saved-the-mona-lisa-from-the-nazis\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Jacques Jaujard hid the Mona Lisa, all the Louvre\u2019s contents and France\u2019s entire public art collection<\/a> just 10 days before the second world war broke out, in a masterful, highly secret operation.\u201d<\/p>\n\u201c[Little House on the Prairie<\/em>] was also, particularly as it got older, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vox.com\/2014\/9\/14\/6142105\/little-house-on-the-prairie-weird\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">completely bugnuts<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n\u201cAfter a lengthy legal battle, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mcsweeneys.net\/articles\/pardoned-turkeys-where-are-they-now\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Big Tom\u2019s pardon was ultimately revoked<\/a> by the U.S. Supreme Court.\u201d<\/p>\n\u201cStripper poles, a lingerie shop and a room called \u2018The Dungeon\u2019 weren\u2019t enough to keep a church in Athens, Ga. from <a href=\"http:\/\/talkingpointsmemo.com\/livewire\/athens-link-fellowship-church-strip-club\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">buying a new piece of real estate<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n\u201cThe only way it would cause offense is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/friendlyatheist\/2014\/11\/21\/how-dare-you-honor-traditions-other-than-mine\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">if anyone actually wore it<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n\u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/davidkanigan.com\/2014\/11\/16\/gate-a-4\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">This can still happen anywhere<\/a>. Not everything is lost.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Telephone Free Landslide Linkery, including: Wile E. Coyote, David Bowie, the Sexiest Man Alive, biathletes, foul-mouthed apostles, the Harlem Globetrotters, the French Resistance, pardoned turkeys, ugly holiday sweaters, and the latest Antikythera Mechanism news.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":141,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25506","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n<title>'Last night there were skinheads on my lawn'<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Telephone Free Landslide Linkery, including: Wile E. 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