Thursday: offensive poetry, chess tactics, potpourri and nonsense
Thursday’s Sermon
Just kidding! I found this kinky little item a few days back and I could not resist the temptation to include it in one of my blog entries. Ira North (1922-1984) was a Southern preacher and TV evangelist for the Churches of Christ and who , among other things, appeared frequently on ‘Amazing Grace Bible Class’ where he made a reputation for himself preaching colourful lessons such as ‘If I were a woman’…
“It’s one big clueless (and hopelessly dated) misogynistic rant in the guise of a folksy sermon (like on just about every Southern religious sermon record, where if it wasn’t white, Protestant, straight and male, it was to be subjugated.) Ira North sure thinks he’s a sweet funny preacher. And perhaps he was considered that in the Deep South of the late 1950s and early ’60s before the Civil Rights Act, Women’s Liberation and Stonewall. But his screed back then sounds vomit-inducing amongst the more evolved amongst us today.”
When Ira North died at age 61, it was rightly predicted that his church would never be the same…(LINK) Sing Hallelujah!
And now for some serious chess!
(Photo by Armands Grundmanis)
“Nothing ever becomes real till it is experienced.” – John Keats (1795-1821)
Winning 5-second tactics (Part I &II)
You can download the PGN of the following tactics HERE.
American Christian Jihadist wanna be from the 1950’s
Happiness is…
Today’s recommended reading list:
