I must be getting old and losing touch. It seems like so much happening – especially on TV, but in the real world too – the operative word is “extreme.” And the extreme whatever often leads to what I can only describe as “weird.” I believe Las Vegas is the epicenter of this phenomenon.
“Extreme Kidnapping Adventure Service Relocates to Las Vegas” – the headline reads. Not something Brad and I will be looking into for our next adventure to be sure. Of course we really are looking for more recliner activities these days so perhaps it’s understandable that it’s just not a good fit for us. http://www.send2press.com/newswire/Extreme-Kidnapping-Adventure-Service-Relocates-to-Las-Vegas_2013-09-0918-003.shtml
Then I run across the United Church of Bacon. Huh…..! I check out their Web site – of course all extreme and weird things have Web sites. http://unitedchurchofbacon.com/ Here is what I find:
Goals of Baconism
The United Church of Bacon founders have set forth a general mission.
- First and foremost, Praise Bacon! (Even if you don’t like bacon – gasp – all you have to do is enjoy the scent.)
- Openly fight religious discrimination against non-religious people and demand equal rights for everyone
- Provide wedding services to the secular people of the world
- To encourage people to report violations of the law by church members or officials who believe they deserve special privileges while at church (or other places of worship), such as immunity from safety or parking offences
Peace, love and equality sum up our mission goal.
On Sundays, Penn Jillette (of Penn and Teller), who seems to be a leading member of this “church,” hosts a podcast show entitled “Penn’s Sunday School” where he discusses various atheism-related topics with great guests every week. I understand atheism – it’s been around forever. But what is it with bacon these days. I just heard there is bacon-scented deodorant.
Then there is the vampire thing. I never could get into that but I could live with the idea that some fairly normal people among my friends and even in my family were vampire TV shows fanatics. But when that lead to a love of all things dead – or I guess undead is the more accurate term for zombies, they lost me at that point. I just can’t relate. But of course Las Vegas is always on the cutting edge so here we are offered a zombie burlesque show. Mike Weatherford’s entertainment column in the R-J gave me more information on this than probably I really needed. http://www.reviewjournal.com/columns-blogs/mike-weatherford/zombie-burlesque-takes-whats-popular-now-and-runs-it “Sexy vampires are one thing. Sexy zombies are a bit more of a challenge — even if, in researching the show, Saxe [the producer] discovered there is a whole Internet cult for zombie pinup girls.”
Who knew?
Now I like a little extreme sometimes, especially if it is not so much weird, but quirky. An example is Frank Scoblete’s new book, Confessions of a Wayward Catholic. I’ve always liked Frank’s writing style and this book doesn’t disappoint. I love the comment his wife made: “I love my husband but there is stuff in this book that is disgraceful and should never have been written!” http://www.amazon.com/Confessions-Wayward-Catholic-Frank-Scoblete/dp/1491824263/ref=sr_1_24?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1385999212&sr=1-24&keywords=scoblete
And the last kinda weird thing I would like to draw your attention to is a product I want to recommend. Full disclosure – they asked me if I wanted a free sample. They didn’t say I must review it in order to get it but it looked interesting so I said “Yes, send me one.” Well, when I got it I found it wasn’t really suitable for my life style – I have to have a purse big enough to function as my office-on-the-go: strategy charts, scouting notes, coupons, slot club cards, etc. etc. (When you see a picture of it on their Web site, you might giggle a bit trying to imagine me wearing it. http://girlygogarter.com/ )
But I thought my 19-year-old granddaughter might use it for her occasional party-going so I put it in her Christmas stocking last month. She thought it was really neat. You gals can check out the Web site to see if it might solve your problem when you sometimes don’t want to carry a purse. The guys can check it out too – it might be a good Valentine gift idea.