SBC Nicknames & the Calm Before the Storm
I’ll be on the road most of the day as my son and I head back home after spending an enjoyable few days in Dallas. Stephen’s doctor’s appointment went well — no surgery anytime soon — and we even...
View Article“It’s Go Time!” Mendelbaum, Mendelbaum, Mendelbaum
Mr. Mendelbaum (played wonderfully by the late Lloyd Bridges), would, in some memorable episodes, challenge Jerry Seinfeld to feats of strength by goading him with the catchphrase, “It’s go time!” I’m...
View ArticleSBC Nickname: Adventures in Baby Splitting? Not!
I’m in a Seinfeld state of mind. First Mr. Mendelbaum and now Newman. Even Postal Employee Newman — Kramer’s friend and Jerry’s nemesis in the popular 1990s sitcom — was wise enough to know that you...
View ArticleGCB: ABC’s Campy Parody of Cultural Christians
Campy: (Performing Arts / Theatre) consciously artificial, exaggerated, vulgar, or mannered; self-parodying, esp when in dubious taste. (The Free Dictionary) After watching the first episode of ABC’s...
View ArticleSBC, GCB & the De Facto Name Change Charade
As Yogi Berra would say, “This is like deja vu all over again.” Or, as Ronald Reagan quipped to the second-worst President of the modern-era, Jimmy Carter, “There you go again.” At least that’s what...
View ArticleNOLA 2012: The Thing That Matters Most
When the 2012 Southern Baptist Convention, meeting in the historic city of New Orleans, gavels to a close on Wednesday, June 20, what will be the thing that matters most? We will all have different...
View Article
