This was my original cover art for this weeks Church program. It ended up leading people in the opposite direction of what Pastor Dana wanted them to be thinking about so we axed it. I had way too much fun putting it together so I thought I’d share it here. Enjoy.

High Schooler Gets Detention for Using Firefox? [Ha]: ”

Now this is a sad story…if it’s true. According to this alleged school report, one student received a detention for using Firefox—as opposed to IE or Safari, we assume. And while there could be plenty of explanations for why the school would want to control student browsers, we loved the teacher’s write-up of the event:

Today in class [name] had a program launched called Foxfire.exe. I had told [name] to close the program and to resume work but he told me that is was just a different browser and that he was doing his work. I had given him two warnings but he insisted that it was just a ‘better’ browser and he wasn’t doing anything wrong. I had then issued his detention.

Either this is the funniest detention we’ve ever seen or the best viral marketing in history. But the school, phone number and names on the report seem to be legit.

It’s OK, faceless teenager. High school is tougher for the smart kids, if only because it’s the last chance the world has to kick you in the balls before you take it over. [image via digg]

(Via Gizmodo.)

I’m currently reading a book entitled “The Deity Formerly Known as God” by Jarrett Stevens. So far it is an good book not great but good. He is discussing the many flawed and different ideas of God or ways people view God. On one of which is the idea that God is a “Cop around the corner”. People view God as someone waiting to catch us doing something wrong. This is not what God is about. But I can see where people get this idea. You always seem to hear a list of do’s and don’ts when refering to what the Church holds as important. Stevens lists his Ten Commandments as the rules that were emphasised to him as he was groing up. Here are my personal Ten Commandments.

1. Don’t Cuss/Swear
2. Don’t Drink
3. Don’t Smoke
4. Don’t go with the guys/girls that do 1-3.
5. Be Nice to the Ladies
6. Don’t Have Sex.
7. Don’t throw Rocks.
8. Don’t Think About Sex.
9. Don’t question Authority.
10. Don’t Have Sex.

What were the most important rules emphasised to you as a youngster? Put them in the comments.