tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post116532753311838473..comments2024-03-10T10:40:32.319-07:00Comments on Pyromaniacs: Very disparate cool thingsPhil Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00649092052031518426noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-1165648794747304872006-12-08T23:19:00.000-08:002006-12-08T23:19:00.000-08:00I have a friend who is a pastor and the son of a p...I have a friend who is a pastor and the son of a pastor who was a colleague of A.W. Tozer. He remembers Tozer in his home for dinner in the 60s. I've heard many good stories of Tozer's wit from him. Here's my favorite. <BR/><BR/>Decades ahead of his time, Tozer said this that is amazingly relevant to the seeker movement...<BR/><BR/>"If they come for the potato salad, you better make a lotta potato salad!"isaiah543https://www.blogger.com/profile/07677722035176971126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-1165464677217851482006-12-06T20:11:00.000-08:002006-12-06T20:11:00.000-08:00I'll see if I can post this now (for some reason i...I'll see if I can post this now (for some reason it wouldn't let me earlier today).<BR/><BR/>You-all want to get the psalm mp3s from the Kiltearn Church site. Trust me, you do.<BR/><BR/>http://www.kiltearnfreechurch.co.uk/Psalms.htmllee n. fieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01652025469454858807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-1165419085943487092006-12-06T07:31:00.000-08:002006-12-06T07:31:00.000-08:00Dan,I see now that the Prince of this Computer Wor...Dan,<BR/><BR/>I see now that the Prince of this Computer World (B. Gates) has deceived you with his minions of digital principalities. <BR/><BR/>Repent brother! <BR/><BR/>Don't you know the enemy disguises himself as an angel of light, giving lots of money to philanthropic causes (and to marketing) to make you THINK his computer platform is worth a flip? <BR/><BR/>I used Windows too, until I realized there was a Mac-shaped hole inside that Microsoft could never fill. I hope you'll come to know this truth for yourself some day.Chris Rosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08832290458905110111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-1165413605336565602006-12-06T06:00:00.000-08:002006-12-06T06:00:00.000-08:00Having the Alistair Begg podcast downloaded to my ...Having the Alistair Begg podcast downloaded to my iPod gives me a daily dose of Scottish accent.JackWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16384160992033491748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-1165374294499098162006-12-05T19:04:00.000-08:002006-12-05T19:04:00.000-08:00"My only gripe is that it's all in little-bitty fi..."My only gripe is that it's all in little-bitty files, so you can't easily do a CD of it"<BR/><BR/>Dan - Dude - You really need an MP3 player!Joe Fleenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03651757903341534136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-1165373480615264792006-12-05T18:51:00.000-08:002006-12-05T18:51:00.000-08:00Californians may not have 'accents' but they do ha...Californians may not have 'accents' but they do have their own language. :o) <BR/><BR/>While in Boston, I was told by a pompus pimply faced clerk at the Gas-n-Go that 'oil' had 2 syllables. I never knew.Lindonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12655601618953971431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-1165368984981134192006-12-05T17:36:00.000-08:002006-12-05T17:36:00.000-08:00ThirstyDavid -- you're very welcome. It's an O-C's...<B>ThirstyDavid</B> -- you're very welcome. It's an O-C's dream come true.<BR/><BR/>Most obnoxious? French, of course.<BR/><BR/>Duh!<BR/><BR/>(c;DJPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16471042180904855578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-1165358868593306872006-12-05T14:47:00.000-08:002006-12-05T14:47:00.000-08:00Dan, TaskArrange is about the coolest thing I've s...Dan, TaskArrange is about the coolest thing I've seen in a long time. Thank you <I>so</I> much.<BR/><BR/>By the way, what accent would you call the most obnoxious?Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10658215452617342095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-1165355949727894592006-12-05T13:59:00.000-08:002006-12-05T13:59:00.000-08:00My experiences with accents.Texas: TaycsusMe: So w...My experiences with accents.<BR/><BR/>Texas: Taycsus<BR/><BR/>Me: So what do you do for a living?<BR/>Texan: My daddy's in the awl bidnez.<BR/><BR/>Boston: bawston<BR/><BR/>Me: Do you have a restroom?<BR/>Bostonian: Obadeh.<BR/>Me: What?<BR/>Bonstonian: ObaDEH!<BR/>Me: Excuse me?<BR/>Bostonian: OBADEH! OBADEH!<BR/><BR/>True stories.candyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06088593538648596769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-1165348412282722022006-12-05T11:53:00.000-08:002006-12-05T11:53:00.000-08:00Say, there's my 500-comment topic!Macintosh: Satan...Say, there's my 500-comment topic!<BR/><BR/><B>Macintosh: Satan's pc</B>DJPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16471042180904855578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-1165347704053247232006-12-05T11:41:00.000-08:002006-12-05T11:41:00.000-08:00Dan,There's actually a really handy device folks c...Dan,<BR/><BR/>There's actually a really handy device folks can purchase that will keep them from needing the PC-cleaning software you mention. It's called a Mac. <BR/><BR/>P.S. - Hi Nicki! Tell yer hubby 'howdy' fae me.Chris Rosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08832290458905110111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-1165346627822589942006-12-05T11:23:00.000-08:002006-12-05T11:23:00.000-08:00Just to clear a couple of things up....gonnae no s...Just to clear a couple of things up....<BR/><BR/>gonnae no sae that aboot the weegies! whits wrang wae speekin' like those fae the west etrangere?<BR/><BR/>Michaela - at least we don't have a US-Scots drone like yours! (LOL)<BR/><BR/>And finally! Kim, it's NOT Scotch! (common mistake). It's Scots!! Scotch is a "wee dram" or "nip" most Scots either love or hate to drink.<BR/><BR/>Fae a very cool Scotswoman ;)Nickihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08889600278400272626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-1165344711717136122006-12-05T10:51:00.000-08:002006-12-05T10:51:00.000-08:00Dan you've probably got a California accent that i...Dan you've probably got a California accent that is virtually undetectable unless you live in the south.<BR/><BR/>I think the word you're looking for <I>Disparensational</I> which is a description of a theological construct that deals with things revealed on the Internet. Go on, try to look it up.<BR/><BR/>Josh<BR/>"...the word of God is not <A HREF="http://unbound.wordpress.com/" REL="nofollow">bound</A>."<BR/>--2 Timothy 2:9C.T. Lillieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13019381008552747812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-1165344330975883472006-12-05T10:45:00.000-08:002006-12-05T10:45:00.000-08:00Oh, you are so right about the Scottish accent...I...Oh, you are so right about the Scottish accent...I could happily listen to someone read the phone book with a Scottish accent. But I would have to say that an Irish accent comes very, very close.Cindy Swansonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14090693362997103412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-1165344034194891052006-12-05T10:40:00.000-08:002006-12-05T10:40:00.000-08:00Those old recording rock - thanks for posting them...Those old recording rock - thanks for posting them. It's nice to hear them in this present dispensation (for étrangère). <BR/><BR/>And, yes, that Scottish accent...wonderful. But then again, anything other than the (ahem) fine Southern (Georgia) dialect I have to endure is like the twinkling of crystal to my ears. :)Curtis Forresterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07743918911076130670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-1165336652973143322006-12-05T08:37:00.000-08:002006-12-05T08:37:00.000-08:00Ach! So it's a challenge, is it?Ach! So it's a <I>challenge</I>, is it?DJPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16471042180904855578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-1165336173861395482006-12-05T08:29:00.000-08:002006-12-05T08:29:00.000-08:00You didn't hear Glaswegian then?I loved your intro...You didn't hear Glaswegian then?<BR/><BR/>I loved your intro :D I challenge you to get the word dispensational or its variations into every post you do, without reference to the system of theology. Hehe.étrangèrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02802871565840479439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-1165333947668967572006-12-05T07:52:00.000-08:002006-12-05T07:52:00.000-08:00Well Michaela, maybe familiarity would breed such ...Well <B>Michaela</B>, maybe familiarity would breed such a view. But in the couple of delightful weeks my wife and I spent in Scotland, we (A) learned that there are a vareity of Scot accents, ranging from well-nigh indistinguishable from English to very throaty deep, but (B) never heard one we thought "ugly."DJPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16471042180904855578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-1165333851454098582006-12-05T07:50:00.000-08:002006-12-05T07:50:00.000-08:00DanTwo things: Scot accents cool and you suck. b/c...Dan<BR/>Two things: Scot accents cool and you suck. b/c<BR/><BR/>wilhelm will now ruin me for life...Seth McBeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08765679934165890595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-1165332828922899852006-12-05T07:33:00.000-08:002006-12-05T07:33:00.000-08:00That sounds sweet, Josh. Thanks, I'll have to chec...That sounds sweet, Josh. Thanks, I'll have to check it out.DJPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16471042180904855578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-1165332616985952212006-12-05T07:30:00.000-08:002006-12-05T07:30:00.000-08:00Hi Dan,Something to help you with that guy reading...Hi Dan,<BR/><BR/>Something to help you with that guy reading the Westminster Confession in all the small .mp3 files. Get the DownThemAll! extension for Firefox. You can download pretty much all of mp3's at the same time, at an incredible speed, with resume (if for some reason it stops downloading).<BR/><BR/>Then download the Audacity program (free), and you can join some of the mp3's so that you can burn them on a CD.Joshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00444317433083023629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-1165329665690955292006-12-05T06:41:00.000-08:002006-12-05T06:41:00.000-08:00Thanks for not asking me what I think the most obn...Thanks for not asking me what I think the most <I>obnoxious</I> accent is.DJPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16471042180904855578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-1165329423267014222006-12-05T06:37:00.000-08:002006-12-05T06:37:00.000-08:00I would have to concur with you, DJP, that Scot ac...I would have to concur with you, DJP, that Scot accents are the coolest. My family's roots are in Scotland, although they ended up in Belgium eventually, so my grandfather's accent was anything but Scotch despite the very Scotch last name of Hardy.<BR/><BR/>The only other accent that comes close to touching it is Limerick area Irish accent.Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02288648996304246570noreply@blogger.com