We’ve all seen and some may own a religious tie. These ties below, they rizzock.

“What Would Jesus Do” Tie
Retail Price $36.00 / Sale Price! $9.95
Comments: Nice colors used. Comes in 5 clip on sizes. You get “WWJD’s” on this tie, at least on the front.

“Cross Words” Tie
Retail Price $19.99 / Sale Price! $9.95
Comments: Unique idea here. 5 clip-on lengths again. On the crossword, words like “Amen” and “Angels” and “Thou”. The major problem with this tie is that it’s the worse crossword I’ve ever seen. If you examine the closeup here, you’ll notice that they just put words on there regardless of whether or not it makes for a crossword. They say doing crosswords will help you fight off Alzheimer’s, but I feel this tie would have an adverse effect.

The best WWJD Tie!

Retail Price $29.99 / Our Price $14.95
Comments: The description reads: “A perfect tie for Christians of all denominations! This SILK necktie will remind you and your co-workers that the Big Man upstairs is always watching. Vibrant colors and tasteful designs are combined to create this unique tie.” Vibrant, yes. Tasteful, it’s a no. I love the the Big Man upstairs is watching. I want to wear a tie that is not only tight on my neckmeat but also is a leash for sinful ways.

Another nice tie: Burning Bush, 14″ Boys clipon, $5.99

Loads of Christian themed ties and Jewish ties.

Not exactly something you see everyday in Birmingham: A street vendor pausing to pray towards Mecca. I won’t comment on the booming purse business that he has, but his purses and occasional NBA jerseys are situated in a high traffic location - the Bessemer superhighway which is located in Birmingham (West End aka Five Points West).

Click the image below to see the close up. Shoes off, standing on a rug.

His business is located directly across the street from the now closed Fla-vas restaurant which was featured on Festville a while back.

A 2 minute commercial for the Montgomery Flea Market (Furniture Mini Mall). No doubt related to Jesse Jackson.

From the Roanoke Times…

It’s easy in the United States to meet other Christians.

Connecting with martial artists? Depends on the state, but most every strip mall has a karate classroom.

Finding other Christian martial artists for fellowship, however, can be significantly more challenging, according to Michael Rhodes, founder of Blue Ridge Karate Club.

Rhodes, who has studied karate for 26 years, offered just that opportunity Saturday with a homecoming for members of Karate for Christ in the gym of Victory Baptist Church in Buena Vista.

A couple of dozen Christians from all over the state and North Carolina spent the day studying things such as Samurai Sword, street defense and the Bible.

Considering that martial arts originated in East Asia and that the Bible tells of Jesus turning the other cheek, karate and Christianity may strike some as an odd couple.

That’s what Rhodes, 44, initially thought when he became a Christian. He almost gave up karate for good, until, six years ago, he found Karate for Christ on the Internet.

“They can work together,” Rhodes said. “We try to show [that] Christians don’t have to be a humble doormat for people.”

Eight-year-old Tristan “Termite” Taylor delighted Saturday in using a cardboard paper-towel roll he found in the bathroom to practice sword moves.

“I’ve been looking forward to making new friends,” he said.

Get the full story here…

Karate for Christ website…

Nick Zitzman, the Software Engineer with a great vocal range! The best 7 minutes!

The Bush Baby! Kenneth Briggs…

It’s a little disappointing that there are no good pictures of her house. At least good enough so that you can read what she has written…

“SAN MATEO, Calif. A San Mateo woman may face thousands of dollars in fines for what she calls “messages from God” that she has painted all over the outside of her home.

Estrella Benevides’ house on Cottage Grove Avenue has become a traffic-stopping sideshow in San Mateo.

Benevides has painted a series of long, rambling messages on her roof, garage door, on signs and banners in front of her house, and even her car.

“I started writing on my house about four years ago,” she said. “It was a message coming to me from God.”

She has painted so many words, she’s just about run out of space.

Benevides said she gets divine inspirations to paint after reading the bible, and it doesn’t matter when.

“She goes up there in the middle of the night,” said neighbor Robert Owlett. “At two, three o’clock in the morning, she’ll be up there painting with work lights.”

Neighbors like Owlett said the house has now become a neighborhood nuisance.

Benevides admitted that she has been held on two recent psychiatric evaluations. She also said she lost custody of her 4-year-old son in 2005 and that some of her messages reflect anger over that.

Story and Video

From Anderson Cooper 360…
“Of the many horrors Shawn Hornbeck’s parents and loved ones faced during the four years their son was missing, some news they received early on — just four months into the ordeal — perhaps was the cruelest … perhaps.

They had looked everywhere for Shawn. There were no fresh leads, no rumors, no trails to follow. His parents were beyond desperate when they went on Montel Williams’ syndicated television program, where they were brought together with renowned psychic Sylvia Browne. The following is the transcript of the exchange between Craig Akers (Shawn’s stepfather) and Pam Akers (Shawn’s mother) and the psychic Sylvia Browne:

CRAIG AKERS: Can you tell how far from the area he was taken?

SYLVIA BROWNE: Maybe about 20 miles.

CRAIG: And he’s still within a 20-mile radius even now?

BROWNE: He’s still within a 20-mile radius of — let’s say, here’s where you are, 20-mile radius, but it’s really southwest of where you are.

CRAIG: Southwest.

BROWNE: So whatever is southwest, because it looks like this is — here we go again with the wooded, with the — you know, the wooded areas. So southwest of you.

PAM AKERS: Is there any landmarks around?

BROWNE: Yeah. Strange enough, there are two jagged boulders, which look really misplaced. Because everything is trees, and then all of a sudden, you’ve got these stupid boulders sitting there.

MONTEL WILLIAMS: And he could be found near there?

BROWNE: He’s near the boulders.

PAM: Is he still with us?

BROWNE: No.

CRAIG: Do you see the bicycle anywhere?

BROWNE: I think the — see, here’s what’s strange. I think the–the–the bicycle is in another state in a dump.

In other words, Sylvia Browne was telling his parents the worst possible news — that Shawn was dead, and that his body was in a rocky, forested area within 20 miles of their home. For the next three weeks, the search reportedly focused on finding Shawn’s body in that prescribed area.

Of course, they failed to find the body because last week — four years after he went missing — Shawn Hornbeck turned up very much alive.

Silvia gets it wrong on Montel…

Silvia gets it wrong again on Montel

From Business Week: “Britney Spears no longer wants him as her husband and audiences have been cool to his attempt at a rap music career, but Kevin Federline has Nationwide on his side.

Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co., known for its “On Your Side” slogan, plans to run a national ad during the Super Bowl, and K-Fed has been tapped to star, the Columbus-based company announced Wednesday.

The 30-second spot airing during the third quarter of the Feb. 4 game will be the latest installment in Nationwide’s “Life Comes at You Fast” ad campaign. Previous celebrity ads in the series have featured male model Fabio and rapper M.C. Hammer.

In the new commercial, Federline, 28, goes from starring in a rap video surrounded by beauties and bling to working at a fast-food joint.

His debut rap album, “Playing With Fire,” sold a dismal 6,500 copies in its first week of release last fall.”

Seriously, KFed has a lot of kids to feed. Even though this commercial mocks KFed to the maximum, he’s still doing it. Why? Because he a winner. He might be thinking, “Hey a lot of people will see me in the commercial and it could pump up my weakhouse CD sales.” Unfortunately for KFed, no one will buy your CD after seeing you working fast food.

The New York Daily News reported yesterday that Britney Spears was turned down by the NFL Network when she approached them about appearing in a Super Bowl ad.

It makes your voice lower: Sulphur Hexafluoride is 6 times heavier than air.