I think I'm a Chuck Taylor whore

For anyone that has known me for any amount of time knows that I covet the weirdest things. Some big , some small.

Men as a general rule do not care about fashion. There are two rules to that make an exception to my previous statement: Gay men, and men with enough money to have a good personal tailor.

I am neither. Although there are some women out there that have just enough of a shrewish attitude that even a man-whore like me would even be willing to take a shot in the mouth. Fortunately I have never met those women.

I have some sense of fashion. I wear clothes that do go well together, but may not necessarily be standout fashion.

I love Converse. They are my weakness. My clothing kryptonite. I can't recall precisely when I received my first pair, but I instantly loved them. They fit my personality in a way that no other article of clothing could previously or since.

I seem to building quite a collection.

I have a healthy appreciation for skulls. As a person with an interest in the macbre and a love of Halloween and a punk rocker since birth, these are my favourites.

These are the only low rider Chucks that I own.These are technically Jack Purcell's since they are the low riders. Again, it's the whole Halloween, skulls things. These were available only through the Disney Store about 3 years ago. They even came in a box shaped like a toe-coffin.

These are my failsafe Chucks. My everyday wear. Basic black goes with everything from jeans, shorts, slacks and my kilt.

These are my newest find. My wonderful Paisley found this pair for me at one of the local thrift stores. I had to have them! These Chucks have been out of circulation for a few years!! You can't even get them from Chucks website.

I figure it's a pretty harmless obsession. It's not cheap though. Have you seen the price of a pair of Chucks lately? They are obscene but worth it.

Go get a pair of Chucks today.

Jesus was kicked out of his father's home

There are two things I make it rule to generally not discuss: religion and politics. They are no win conversations that turn into hurt feelings, arguments and sometimes they develop into fights.

HOWEVER.......................this one I just can't resist.

It's seems that on October 31st, the St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Des Peres, MO asked a man to leave that was dressed like Jesus.

I want to know the real reason why. I've read their local news stations report and I've been to the church's website. They tell two very different stories. At least from what I can see. Maybe the media left something out. Maybe the church withheld information as to why from the media. Maybe this man was working in conjunction with the church to get attendance up.

Did anyone forget that it just happened to be Halloween?

According to a posting on the church's website, they asked this man dressed as Jesus to leave for security reasons. Apparently wearing robes that can hide weapons and carrying a staff is cause for alarm to religious types in the state of Missouri.

What do they do to the women that enter the church wearing a dress or the men that carry an umbrella? Are those two items cause for alarm if the church is going to claim this man was asked to leave for his choice of clothing and having a walking staff? You can just as easily hide a gun in a garter as well as under the robe of Christ. You can easily assault someone with an umbrella just as easily as with a staff.

Maybe I watch too many movies that involve martial arts with umbrellas and scantily clad women packing assault weapons in their lacy undergarments.

Probably not.

Maybe our Jesus dressing worshiper is not in his right mind? Who knows. According the news report, this gentleman has been doing this for 22 years and this is only the 2nd time he's been asked to leave a church.

So with that little information available, then why didn't the ushers ask him to open his robes for inspection and ask him to leave his staff out front? It was just that simple!! No, instead they turned him away at lobby.

An individual on the news story comment board calling themselves ArchAngel says that he (or she) is an usher at the church and was there when the Jesus clad man arrived and paints a very different picture. What follows are ArchAngel's comments :

ArchAngel at 2:12 PM November 02, 2010



I was ushering when this guy walked into the church. I'm surprised that Fox2News and Teresa Woodard would run a slanderous story like this . This man comes into our church during our Reformation Sunday service. He is informs the lead usher he is there to share his "message" with our congregation. He came uninvited. To our elder and our usher team, because of his dress, erratic behavior and persistance, he presented like a person who was mentally unbalanced. He was also carrying a potentially lethal weapon. When we would not let him disrupt the service, he became agitated, loud and disruptive and he was asked to leave. He refused and tried to push his way around our elder who was speaking to him. We called the police. Your peers have taken great pains and to sensationally report other violent, unbalanced people attacking or shooting congregation members, and we don't know what he had strapped to his body under that robe. We did not trust his presence in our midst. It was the proper thing to do. I'd have them do it again. And, I'd like to point out, Teresa.. If you would have been sitting in our church with your kids and he would have sat next to you.. you would have MOVED. You hypocrite. Fox2News Owes our church an apology for this sensationalist and misleading story.

Note to self: do not become involved in organised religion and attend this church.

Honestly folks, I'm a man of science, not religion. I don't believe this man is Jesus or trying to be Jesus or anything else since I have my own doubts that there is a Jesus to begin with. ArchAngel seems a bit over the top here and too quick to defend the actions of his church and criticise the media for their coverage. Something very fishy here.

ArchAngel even admits in his statement that this man came uninvited. Of course he was uninvited!!! Not like anyone said to this man "Hey dress like the Big J and come to our worship on Halloween, it'll be a hoot!!".

I have in the past gone to churches and not been invited. I was also welcomed regardless of how I was dressed.

What a bunch of fucking hypocrites!!

And then ArchAngel post another comment just moments later:
 
ArchAngel at 2:16 PM November 02, 2010



He wasn't there to hear the word, he's done that before.. Usually in more traditional attire. Mr. Thompson said "I have a message that those people[the congregation] need to hear!"
I wear a suit and tie to church out of respect for my Lord and Savior. I think if Jesus were to show up at the church he wouldn't be wearing robes and sandals (as he isn't in 1st century Judea).. he'd probably be wearing either a nice suit and conservative tie, or L.L. Bean. I also believe that Jesus would have been much more polite than Mr. Thompson was.


Again with ArchAngel's antagonists attitude. This guy is on a witch hunt (or Jesus hunt as it were) and just can't stop putting his foot in his mouth!!! Who is he to say what Jesus would wear to church!!!??

Like he would know since he apparently believes that JC would wear what he apparently wears. How presumptuous.
We may never know as readers and outsiders what really happened. I can tell you that as long as there are people like ArchAngel involved in religion, that is reason enough for me to keep my science loving ass out of a church.