I know none of you heard this because you were sleeping or at church or whatever, but for breakfast, I went down to the south (way south) side of town and appeared on Mike Haubrich's show on Atheist Talk Radio, where I was interviewed by artist and science aficionado Lynn Fellman. Lynn did an excellent job with the interview, which was about my research in human evolution and stuff.
After the radio show, I picked up Julia and we headed over to Columbia Park for the Minnesota Atheists and Huminists Free-thought picnic. That was pretty much what you'd expect .... we sacrificed two goats and some small children we picked up at a local church daycare. Wait, only kidding. These are the MINNESOTA atheists, so they are really very nice, almost too nice .. wouldn't' even disturb, say, the likes of Matt Nisbet.
We sat at the Pseudonymous Bloggers table, and I snapped a few pictures with my cell phone camera. I won't say who these bloggers are, but you can meet them yourself by visiting any one of several web sites.
Actually, it was kind of strange. I had the distinct impression of a deep undercurrent of suspicion between the atheists and the humanists....
OK, again, only kidding. The picnic was a laid-back affair with interesting conversation about a wide range of topics. The weather was great, there was an interesting band, and the food was good. Money and/or food was also gathered for the local food shelter.
But then, as we were sitting there at the Pseudonymous Bloggers table, someone noticed something strange. Among the many marks and nicks and scuffs on the old table's surface, suddenly visible (once you knew what to look for) was an unmistakable image. Something I had once seen before ... on a banana. There, staring at us from the table's surface was none other than...
JEBUS!!! Welcome to the picnic!
Comments
I saw God. He told me to order the tuna melt.
Lots of fun today at the picnic, and the atheist/human thing is about to explode in a ballet street fight.
Posted by: Mike Haubrich, FCD | August 17, 2008 9:25 PM
um...
Where are the naked pictures?
Posted by: JanieBelle | August 17, 2008 9:25 PM
The naked pictures will be in my next post.
Posted by: greg laden | August 17, 2008 9:27 PM
But Mike, will they sing?
Posted by: Stephanie Z | August 17, 2008 9:32 PM
Thank you Greg. You can hardly have an evilatheisthumanistmuslimcommieanarchistconspiratorial picnic without wanton naked debauchery. It's in the rule book.
Posted by: JanieBelle | August 17, 2008 9:33 PM
Oh, damn. I almost forgot the gay sex. There has to be gay sex, of course. You can't ruin American family values without gay sex.
Posted by: JanieBelle | August 17, 2008 9:35 PM
We may just snap our fingers a lot.
Posted by: Mike Haubrich, FCD | August 17, 2008 9:43 PM
Janie, that sounds like a challenge.
Posted by: Stephanie Z | August 17, 2008 9:48 PM
Um, while I am all for ruining American Family Values, I am only in favor of gay sex by other people. Call me a hypocrite, but I saw Jesus in a picnic table today so I have a right to my hypocrisy.
Posted by: Mike Haubrich, FCD | August 17, 2008 10:15 PM
That's not Jesus. That's an anteater.
Oh, btw, among the pilots of the Atheist Conspiracy Black Helicopters, there is discussion to the effect that you should be censured for photoing certain people. It's not enough that you used gimp to put sloppy black lines across their eyes.
Posted by: llewelly | August 17, 2008 11:11 PM
"censured"? Surely the Atheist Conspiracy Storm Troo--I mean, the Atheist Conspiracy Security Professionals wouldn't bother with anything so wimpy.
Posted by: HennepinCountyLawyer | August 18, 2008 4:26 AM
You collected money for the local food shelter? But, but...but you atheists have no morality! It's a trick, and I'm not buying it!
Posted by: James Hanley | August 18, 2008 9:56 AM
Posted by: Ben Zvan | August 18, 2008 10:29 AM
That's not Jeebus. It's either a small perching bird or a moose nose. Your choice.
Posted by: Monado | August 20, 2008 12:22 AM