Shelby Craig

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What is Pink Lemonade

April 24 2006

What is pink lemonade?  Does it come from pink lemons?  If so, where are they?


It's not regular lemonade with food coloring because it taste different.  It's not strawberry, because there is strawberry lemonade.  It's not raspberry, because it doesn't taste like raspberries.  


Then what the heck is Pink Lemonade? 


If you can give some insight on this, please feel free.  I just love the stuff, but I don't know what I'm drinking.

A Survey to better MTSU

April 05 2006

This is a survey for my ORCO class.  We are trying to create a weekend music festival on the campus of MTSU.  Please take the survey.  For you time, you will be entered to win a $10 gift card to iTunes. Thanks in advance for you cooperation.




Welcome To Hollywood

March 09 2006

That is a familiar phrase that you hear on American Idol.  And Man, I didn't know that life in Hollywood could be that great.  Jennifer and I deceided top take a California Tour over Spring Break and OUr stop today was Hollywood.  It was a blast.  It's not like y ou would think it would be, but it is still great. 


We had an opportunity to go see American Idol, but then it was full, so they gave us tickets to The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson.  We gladly accepted them and was a part of the the audience.  We heard two awesoe performances by Train and Fiona Apple.  They didn't have anybody extremly famous on, but still was a fun show.  I wish that we had got home earlier so I could have told you to watch for us.


We also saw some people's homes here in Hollywood.  Like, Ozzy's, 50 Cent, Julia Roberts, Marilyn Monroe, Sean Connery, Usher, and my favorite of all.........THe house from Fresh Princeof Belle Aire!!  Holla!!  I will have pictures to come, but too late and too much time to try and format for phusebox. 


Hope all is having a good Spring Break,(for those in college) and if you arein High School, you will soon enjoy. 


Shelby, Out

New hair....or No hair ?

March 02 2006

Just wanted to show you the consequences of a bet to my youth group.  I challenged them to bring 15 new people on sunday morning.  This is a huge feat since I can barely get 5 pf regular's there.  30 on wednesday nights, 5 on sunday morning.  SO, they were up for the challenge, the prize, well, look up, that's it!

Although they said that it's not any fun if i look half-way decent.  All I have to say is, well, should have thought about that!

HOLLA!!!

Kayne West

February 28 2006

Colossians 3:5-9 (NIV)



5Put to death,therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality,impurity, lust, evil desires and greed, which is idolatry. 6Because of these, the wrath of God is coming. 7You used to walk in these ways, in the life you once lived. 8But now you must rid yourselves of all such things as these: anger, rage, malice, slander, and filthy language from your lips. 9Do not lie to each other, since you have taken off your old self with its practices

Does it bother you that Kayne West swears, talks crudely about sex and demeans women while saying he's a Christian? Why or why not?


Okay Lat post today, but this is too funny

February 25 2006
So Jennifer, my wife, just called and said that she just went to McDonald's with our dog chester.  He was in the passenger seat and she drove up to the window.  The girl working looked familar and she started engaging in conversation.  Here's the dialog:
[McD's Girl] "How are you doing?"
[Jen] "Fine, thanks!"
[McD's Girl] "What are you doing?"
[Jen] "Nothing"
[McD's Girl] "What are you doing?"
[Jen] "Nothing"
[McD's Girl] "You are just too cute!"
[Jen] " Ummm...Thanks?!?"
[McD's Girl] "Have a good day mam, please drive up."

The whole time the girl was talking to our dog, not to jen, and she made the biggest goob as possible out of her self.  Gotta love stories like that, and you gotta love my wife.

I love you dearly Jennifer Michelle Craig

Wacky Street Names

February 25 2006
By Associated Press-
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LOS ANGELES - Farfrompoopen Road, the only road to Constipation
Ridge, lost to Divorce Court and Psycho Path, which placed No. 1 in an
online poll of the nation's wildest, weirdest and wackiest street names.


Mitsubishi Motors sponsored the poll on the Web site http://www.TheCarConnection.com and more than 2,500 voters cast their ballots during a week of voting that ended this month. Winners were announced Friday.


"Our
readers really stepped up with some insane street names," said Web site
publisher Paul Eisenstein. "Our panel had a difficult time narrowing
several hundred down to the 10 our readers voted on.


"But we
learned a lot about the byways of this country, not to mention the
collective sense of humor of city planners everywhere."


In first
place was Psycho Path in Traverse City, Mich., followed by Heather
Highlands, Pa.'s, Divorce Court in second and Tennessee's Farfrompoopen
Road in third. Eisenstein said all the roads were verified, although
some are private and hard to find.


The complete top 10 list included:


10. Tater Peeler Road in Lebanon, Texas


9. The intersection of Count and Basie in Richmond, Va.


8. Shades of Death Road in Warren County, N.J.


7. Unexpected Road in Buena, N.J.


6. Bucket of Blood Street in Holbrook, Ariz.


5. The intersection of Clinton and Fidelity in Houston


4. The intersection of Lonesome and Hardup in Albany, Ga.


3. Farfrompoopen Road in Tennessee (the only road up to Constipation Ridge)


2. Divorce Court in Heather Highlands, Pa.


1. Psycho Path in Traverse City, Mich.

Man killed over toliet paper!

February 25 2006

Fla. Man Kills Roommate Over Toilet Paper




By Associated Press




MOSS BLUFF, Fla. - A man accused of fatally beating his roommate
with a sledgehammer and a claw hammer because there was no toilet paper
in their home has been arrested.


Franklin Paul Crow, 56, was
charged Monday with homicide in the death of Kenneth Matthews, 58,
according to the Marion County Sheriff's Office.


Capt. Thomas Bibb said Crow initially denied his involvement, but confessed during questioning.


Crow
told investigators that the men were fighting about the toilet paper
over the weekend when Matthews pulled out a rifle. Crow said he then
began beating Matthews with the sledgehammer and claw hammer, according
to an affidavit.


Matthews was beaten so badly he had to be identified through his fingerprints, detectives said.


Crow was being held at the Marion County jail without bond. It was not immediately known whether he had an attorney.

I did it!

February 25 2006
Since phusebox started, I have tried and tried to get the most remarked photo in the pst 24 hours.  And I finally did it.  But I didn't think that I would do it with only 4 remarks.  i guess that is just the way things work.

I just want to say, for all of you that are at One Weekend right now, I miss you guys, this is the first year in a while that I haven't been a leader.  You guys should rag Madi for that one!

Visine get the red out!

February 24 2006

Boy does it ever!  MTSU was the visine last night.  They came over to defeat who ESPN favored by 30 points last night.  Neck to Neck the whole game and tied going into the last minutes, MTSU pulled together for an 80-74 upset over the WKU Toppers!  more details to come


Devotion from Napoleon- My lips hurt real Bad

February 21 2006

Napoleon just wants to go home early. He's had a rough
day at school already, dealing with Don's mockery and Randy's outright
bullying. He just had his head banged against a locker, and he wants out.



So he calls Kip and starts trying to talk Kip into
getting him out of there. Kip is obviously very busy right that second with,
and this is an educated guess, making the biggest plate of nachos ever. We all
know Kip refuses to come pick him up, so Napoleon makes a desperate last-ditch
attempt to get Kip to the school, presumably to talk him into taking him home.



He has chapped lips. And they hurt real bad.



Napoleon is grasping at straws, hoping his complaining
will be enough to get Kip out there.



Kip is having none of it, though, and leaves Napoleon
hanging out to dry, forcing him to finish his school day.



How do you think Napoleon feels about himself here? He's
been openly mocked, bullied in front everybody and rejected by his own brother.
We're guessing the self-esteem meter isn't really maxed out at the moment.



Let's pretend we have a working time machine and that we
can travel way back to about 1400 b.c. This was around the time the children of
Israel
had just escaped from their Egyptian enslavement. For 400 years, they'd been
living under a severely oppressive regime in Egypt—forced into very difficult
labor and seen as second-class citizens. Then, Moses came along as God's
representative and miraculously led them out of Egypt and into the wilderness, where
they were on their way to the Promised Land.



And then they started complaining. Complain, complain,
complain. "We have no food." God provided food. "This food is
boring; we want meat." God provided meat. Wah, wah, wah. On and on.



But my lips hurt real bad.



The Israelites spent much of their time in the wilderness
grumbling and complaining, and God would have none of it. Because of their bad
attitudes and lack of trust, he kept them in the wilderness for 40 years before
leading their descendants into the Promised Land.



Turns out it was the best thing God could have done for
them. Because when it came time for them to go into the Promised Land, they
discovered it was already populated, so they were forced to fight for it. By
spending 40 years in the wilderness, they had a desire for the land that helped
them put aside their pettiness and get to the business of taking their land.
They wouldn't have any room for complaining about this and that—they needed to
band together and fight. Plus, they'd just spent that whole time learning to
trust God to provide food and water for them, so God-trust was now second
nature to them; good thing, because they would need it.



Kip wouldn't listen to Napoleon's complaining. Unlike
God, Kip couldn't see the whole picture and had no idea what his refusal would
do to Napoleon.



Turns out it was the best thing Kip could have done for
him.



Napoleon hangs up the phone and immediately stumbles on
Principal Svadean trying to direct Pedro to his locker. Napoleon strikes up a
conversation, shows Pedro where his locker is located and soon finds himself at
Pedro's house taking the Sledgehammer on some sweet jumps.



Imagine the self-esteem boost Napoleon got when he
extended a hand of friendship to Pedro and saw that hand welcomed. Imagine the
faith boost the Israelites got when they finally entered their land and started
winning battles.



Action, not complaint, is what changed their lives.



So maybe this reminder from the Israelites can help the
next time you face a frustrating situation. It's tempting to complain, and
there's nothing wrong with a little venting. But those complaints will do
nothing to change the situation; action will. Ask God what action you should
take, if any, and then trust that he—not your tongue or bad attitude—will turn
the situation around for you.



 

Really Encouraged

February 14 2006

This past sunday night I was listening to 107.5 The River.  Now I am not a huge fan of this station, but was surfing with my friend, "scan button", and it stopped there.  But the sound that I heard broadcasting from the airways was not, 50 Cent, Beyonce, or Fall Out Boy, but was a prayer.

A prayer.  What, they don't do that!  DawsonMcAllister was on the airways praying for a teenage girl that was wantingto commit suicide.  She had drawed the last straw, and was willing to takeher own life.  But for some odd reason called this man. 

To bring you up-to-date on who Dawson McAllister is. For more that 28 years, Dawson McAllister has been speaking to and for the American teenager. A Peoria, Illinois, native, he graduated from Bethel College in Minnesota and then studied at Talbot Theological Seminary. While in seminary, McAllister worked as a youth pastor and began a coffee house ministry in the late 1960's to runaways who had come to Southern California. Recognizing the need to help students nationwide, McAllister founded Shepherd Productions in 1973.

In January 1991, McAllister began broadcasting a live two-hour call-in program for teenagers on 13 radio stations. Dawson McAllister Live! is now one of the fastest growing Christian radio programs. It is now heard in over 425 radio markets and in almost every state in United States. It was also recognized by the National Religious Broadcasters association in January 1994 as the Talk Show of the Year.

When he is not hosting his radio program or speaking at a conference, McAllister is at home with his wife and two adopted sons. They live
on a farm--McAllister's an avid horseman--just south of Nashville, Tennessee.


McAllister has written 18 manuals from which he teaches at student conferences. His two most recent manuals are Making Peace at Home and Finding Hope For Your Home. His books include: Please Don't Tell My Parents and How to Know If You're Really in Love.


So for one brief two hours, there was hope and encouragement across a secular radio station for the world to hear.  The world that we are suppose to be ministering to and sharing the love of Christ to.  The same world that we live in everyday. 

I just want to say mad props to Dawson.  Oh yeah, in case you were wondering, that girl accepted Christ that night, over the radio, for the whole world to hear.....I'M FREE!!



 

Here is another one...

February 04 2006
    Number 403:  HOW TO DRIVE LIKE A MORON!


Weird Website

February 04 2006


An Aluminum Foil Deflector Beanie (AFDB) is a type of headwear that
can shield your brain from most electromagnetic psychotronic mind
control carriers. AFDBs are inexpensive (even free if you don't mind
scrounging for thrown-out aluminium foil) and can be constructed by
anyone with at least the dexterity of a chimp (maybe bonobo). This
cheap and unobtrusive form of mind control protection offers real
security to the masses. Not only do they protect against incoming
signals, but they also block most forms of brain scanning and mind
reading, keeping the secrets in your head truly secret. AFDBs are safe
and operate automatically. All you do is make it and wear it and you're
good to go! Plus, AFDBs are stylish and comfortable.



What are you waiting for? Make one today!




WHAT THE?!?


Ok, please oh please oh please don't tell me there are people in the world today that really do think like this.  This is abosolutly insane.  This website was number 12 out of 501 stupidest websites on the internet.



Ewok vs. Chester?!!?

January 29 2006



So my dog is for sure an Ewok.  Look at the similarities!  Maybe we should named him, Wicket?  What do you think?

Last Day to vote

January 23 2006
Please head on over to and vote for my dog.  Today is the last day and the polls will close at midnight.  Please vote 5 bones so we can win!!

thanks,
shelby

P.S. if you can't vote, clear your cookies in your browser and then vote.  In fact, if you want to do that all night, you can!!

Still Need Your Help

January 04 2006
Read the blog below and you know what is going down.  I just found out that you can vote everyday if you want.  Chester has dropped to 4 bone which will not win.  PLEASE HELP ME OUT!!



Thanks,
Shelby

Please help me out!!!

January 01 2006
I am trying to get my dog in the Purina Dog Show in New York City and it all starts with a little online voting.  I need you to click on over and show my dog some love!!  If he is the highest rated in his class, HE WINS!!! 

If you don't know me, just act like you do for a brief minute and hook my dog up with 5 bones!!



Thanks,
Shelby

Narnia on your iPod

December 10 2005
Check this website out.  You can get free Narnia on your iPod video. 


Somebody answer this

November 29 2005
If I subscribe to Napster and download all the music I want for $15 a month, could I not just burn that to a cd and upload that to iTunes and transfer to my iPod??  That would be a whole lot cheaper than $.99 a song.

We have a new addition to the family....!!!!

November 19 2005
Ok, so all of you probably thought that we had a baby.  Well, we didn't, sorry :(  BUT, we did go and adopt a new dog today.  His name is Chester.  Say Hi!!  He is a one year old 
Lhasa Apso.  He was abused and then taken to a shelter and now is part of our family!!!!  I am sure there will be some more pictures coming but I hope you enjoy this nice little matrix of pics.  Have a Good day!!


photo from scfutebol77

Note to Self

November 17 2005


So, anytime that it is 25 degrees outside, you shouldn't ride your bike with no gloves!!!

Aloisson -- the ultimate cell phone

November 16 2005

LONDON, England (CNN) -- In the strange days of the 1980s, when cubes were Rubik and shoulders were padded, cell phones were the apex of executive luxury, despite weighing more than two pounds and boasting a battery life that wouldn't last until lunch (which was for wimps anyway)



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Known affectionately as "the Brick" -- largely because it was the size of one -- the Motorola DynaTAC 8000X was introduced in 1983 to a public who would, for the most part, still have to spend another two decades queuing up to use slightly soiled phone boxes.


With a launch price of almost U.S.$ 4,000, Bricks were the preserve of the rich and powerful, who were often seen touting them as brash symbols of wealth in an era when stock markets soared almost as high as hairstyles.


But as prices plummeted and networks fanned out across the globe, cell
phones have become ubiquitous, their ring tones chirping everywhere from the boutiques of Beverly Hills to the arid plains of Afghanistan.

Sincethe advent of these cheap, mass-produced handsets -- manufactured byMotorola and rivals such as Nokia, Siemens, Sony Ericsson and Samsung-- the nattering classes who once saw their phones as status symbolshave been forced to swap gossip using same models as the rest of us.

Now, however, a new breed of device, perhaps more bling tone than ring tone, has begun to emerge, catering to customers who care little for
miniature movie cameras or built-in MP 3 players, but for whom talk is
never cheap.

In January 2002 Vertu, a newly-created independentsubsidiary of Nokia, unveiled a sleek collection of phones that wouldappear more at home in the window of an exclusive jewelry shop andcarried price tags -- roughly U.S.$5,000 -- to match.

'Best that money can buy'


Cased in precious metals such as platinum and gold and boasting features such as a sapphire crystal screen and jeweled bearings under each key, Vertu phones, the company says, are handmade to "set the standard for exquisitely crafted, high quality, luxury mobile communication."









To prove a point, the company recently launched a limited edition jewel-encrusted handset retailing for almost U.S.$84,000, stamping its
mark on a luxury phone scene that it already dominates. "Our phones are
the ultimate," Vertu spokeswoman Kathryn Robinson told CNN.



"They are designed to withstand being run over by a sports car. They have integrity of materials and design that other mobile phones do not."



Robinson says Vertu's phones appeal to "people who have achieved success in life and now want to have the best that money can buy" -- a client list that includes celebrities such as Madonna, Gwyneth Paltrow and Victoria Beckham.

But despite its obvious glamour, Vertu has done littleto impress phone experts. "They are basically nothing more than a bitof bling," Dan Maudsley, a journalist for Britain's What Mobilemagazine told CNN.

For Maudsley the current ultimate phone is the Sony Ericsson W800, a handset that combines communication device with a music player capable of storing several hours of music and, with a basic retail price of less than U.S.$ 500, far more practical.



"Nowadays anyone can have a designer label, but almost no one can afford a Vertu," he added.

"You've got to be made of money to have one, but as a phone they're pretty average," he said.

Combining both the luxury of the Vertu and the state-of-the-art technology of modern mobiles is a tiny European operation run by Austrian marketing manager-turned master craftsman, Peter Aloisson.



Rather than create his own handset, Aloisson has for the past few years been taking existing phones and customizing them with jewels and precious metals into Midas-touched replicas of their former selves.

Million dollar phone

"I knew that mobile phones would become part of daily life, and as with
all things that are part of daily life, such as watches or tie pins, there should be luxury versions of them," he told CNN.


Aloisson
currently produces about three phones per year, depending on orders
from his celebrity and wealthy clients, mostly retailing for in excess
of U.S.$30,000.

The Vienna-based craftsman says he is now workingon a cell phone that could claim the "ultimate" crown for good -- a special order for a German manufacturer that will cost in excess of U.S.$1 million.

"It will feature solid gold parts with an exterior covered with 2,590 natural blue diamonds, some of the rarest jewels on Earth," he said.



Although the phone is being constructed for marketing purposes, it will eventually be sold off, no doubt creating the world's ultimate phone bill.


Gotta Love Conviction

November 10 2005
So a few weeks ago, ok a 5 weeks ago, my bike was stolen from the Baptist Collegiate Ministries bike rack.  This really flipped my lid that someone had the guts to steal a bike at a God blessed establishment.(wow, i think I used some word that are big)  Any ways, I have totally been bummed out about it because this is my third, I repeat 3rd, bike stolen in my five years here at MTSU(Yes, i said five).

Just last night some friends and I were talking about our bikes because that is what we love to do.  And I said jokingly and in a high-pitched-funny-voice, "Loooooord, please cast conviction on whoever stole my bike. Bless the children in Anarticia, Amen."  ok so like total being a goof-ball.

Well this morning I receive a phone call from my wife ( i like using that word) and she says that my bike is sitting against the bike rack and she is going to put it inside the BCM.  I thought she was pulling out one of her sick jokes, but she was serious!!

So let me just say, I LOVE CONVICTION OF SIN!!!  I am so greatful that I got my bike back.  Now I have no reason to be late to class!!

Out like pump high-tops,
Shelby

The World Is Coming To An End

November 08 2005
So I saw today where "Cry Out To Jesus" by Third Day hit the number one most download song on iTunes in the genre of inspirational over, hold on, grab your pants, this may blind-sid eyou..."I Can Only Imagine".  What?  Is this song finally climbing down the ladder of, "The most overplayed song in the world and people still download it" list?