Oh goody! There's a conference of Christian youth coming up. 6,000 of them will descend on the downtown hotels and the mall in February. (It's amusing that, according to multiple store owners who have been here for years, the shoplifting is THE worst when Christian youth conferences are happening ( Read more... )

We got a "Convention Alert" memo from mall management. In about a week, we can expect 3000+ members of the "Christian and Missionary Alliance" to descend upon the mall (via the attached Convention Center and multiple attached hotels). And I quote: "The Christian and Missionary Alliance is an evangelical denomination with a major emphasis on ( Read more... )

OMG! The funniest thing. Some anti-abortion conservative whacko admitted (on Alan Colmes' radio show) to having sex with animals as a young fella, and suggested this was normal behavior for those growing up on a farm in Georgia. He actually said, "When you grow up on a farm in Georgia, your first girlfriend is a mule." (transcript of the ( Read more... )

I've been wondering about this Christian teenager's shirt I saw today, reading "Satan is a nerd."

What exactly is the intended theological implication? I mean, what? -- Satan is really good with computers? Has poor social skills? Occasionally dresses as a hobbit on the weekends? Lives in his mother's basement? (Oooh, BASEMENT, get it? H-E- ( Read more... )

OMG the mall is full of Christian teenagers. Someone save me. They're here for some Christian convention thing this weekend and they're wandering in noisy packs ( Read more... )

I had to share a great quote from my friend L (the one who is also my neighbor-at-the-mall). She is SO FUNNY. (Just ask her. "Oh my God, I'm HILARIOUS.") Seriously though, she is ( Read more... )