February 13, 2007
Nobody Expects The Episcopal Inquisition!
"Have you got all the stuffing up one end?"
I post this just because Steve-o's great art work should not go unappreciated, not because I warrent canonization for any Robbo martyrdom.
Yes, I got called out in this evening's vestry meeting. No, my limbs are still the same length as before and no major kinks have been introduced into my spinal column. In fact, to violently shift allusions, there was no biting and very little barking. (Bonus points if you I.D. the reference.) Nonetheless, it was fairly embarrassing, especially for somebody like yours truly who tends to shun attention in real life out of self-consciousness.
Still, though, it was probably a good thing overall: air cleared, everybody fully informed and perhaps even a bit of a boost in traffic here (although there was enough of a sense of, "Wait, what's a blog?" in the air that I'm not overly confident of this last point). I suspect there are some folk at my church who will never willingly speak to me again, but hey - omelettes and eggs. Or sumpin'.
As for the future? Well, I think I said that I was sorry my previous post had caused so much trouble and misunderstanding, but that I was going to continue bloviating about what I thought of things. And I think that everybody appreciated that. If I start hearing agitated whispers of "par-devant" as I come round corners, I'll know this to be the case.
Posted by Robert at February 13, 2007 12:00 AM | TrackBackIs that Llama smoking a cigar while being flogged?? Wearing sunglasses too, nice.
Posted by: Stillers at February 13, 2007 04:57 AMGlad to hear you escaped with limbs in tact.
Although, you could have yelled, ala Mel Gibson: "FREEEEEEEDOM!!!"
Posted by: GroovyVic at February 13, 2007 08:09 AMI was thinking, like St. Francis before the Sultan, you would offer to undergo a trial by fire, all the while clutching a copy of the 1928 Book of Common Prayer in one camelid hoof.
Glad you came through it OK.
Glad to hear they didn't use the hoof screws on you. But when do you report to the reeducation camp?
Posted by: rbj at February 13, 2007 10:46 AMOh, that was just the shot across the bow. They know where you stand and it's not with the bish. Once all of these legal concerns with the errant parishes are resolved and the whackos have been properly flattened like, there have to be new whackos to go after.
Chances are better than 50/50 your name will be at the top of the new list...
Posted by: Mrs. Peperium at February 13, 2007 11:13 AMThat was supposed to read : properly flattened like bugs on the windshield called Life...
Posted by: Mrs. Peperium at February 13, 2007 11:15 AMI suppose I could post about all of the intrigue in the Missouri Synod Lutheran Church I am a member of... except that there isn't any.
Posted by: Hucbald at February 13, 2007 01:58 PM"Is there any other point to which you would wish to draw my attention?"
"To the curious incident of the dog in the night-time."
"The dog did nothing in the night-time."
"That was the curious incident," remarked Sherlock Holmes. - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (The Adventure of Silver Blaze)
Do I get any bonus points?
Posted by: jd watson at February 13, 2007 02:42 PM