What Would Jesus blog?

Christian Crumlish

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So I'm on the road, trying to find something decent on the radio, and I stumble across this guy, Judge Andrew Napolitano. He is sitting in on a talk show, and has become very worked up by recent sociological events. Well, what ho, that‰s understandable enough. I listen closer. What can be upsetting the good judge so? Oh. Okay. It‰s an advertising campaign, one that asks ÑWhat would Jesus drive?É

The core message is that Jesus would most certainly not drive a gas-guzzling SUV, and the Judge is having none of it, explaining somewhat impatiently that Jesus usually walked but what occasionally drive a donkey. There is controversy on the issue, for sure, one caller suggesting that Jesus would drive a SUV so that he could haul around all of the Apostles (a line suspiciously close to one quoted in the article I just REFD). Whatever. They would not get down to specific makes and models, meaning it was not one of the more fascinating topics I‰ve heard lately, so I quickly spun the dial. (I mean, assuming that he didn‰t drive an SUV, would Jesus drive a Pontiac Firebird, and if so, what year? And furthermore, I would have liked it much better if they had gotten into more speculative issues. For example, would Jesus drive a Stealth bomber? What if Superman and Aquaman got into a fight (under water) û who would win?).

But it did get me thinking. If He were to stumble upon Salon Blogs, What would Jesus read?

I know some of the things that Jesus is interested, but I can‰t claim to know them all. Certainly He would stop by FGAQ for a moment or two, but where else might he go?

I‰m pretty sure that Jesus would stop by and see Raven, because Raven is just blathering on, and Jesus likes that sort of thing. (Jesus told me not to bother linking, as he already knows where everything is). He would probably want to check out Rayne and Hugh and Kriselda, and û I don‰t know, probably just about everyone at the Virtual Occoquan site.

But then, I would have to tell Jesus that it‰s a pretty slow blogging night. Action slows down around the weekends and holiday. Jesus would have wept.

I probably would recommend Gentleman George Mahood for the tantalizing takes on holiday cooking. I know He likes cakes and cookies, because I saw his favorite desert here. He might also like to see Eating My Own Food, if only because they didn‰t have TurDukens in his prime.

Perhaps he would like to go to FarrFeed, because John writes about Navajo punk band Blackfire. The fact that they do a song with the late great Joey Ramone was enough to catch my interest, and surely His as well. (Joey will be playing this Saturday, in case you get the call.)

Reflections is hanging out with Beatniks, so it seems, and Jesus would surely like to post a comment or two on where this sort of behavior can lead.

About now, I suppose that I would tell Jesus that I really wanted to see the Tim McGraw special (I know that Jesus wouldn‰t stay), even though I planned to head down the hill to the pub as soon as I heard his car pull out of the driveway.

goodnight