Baptist Refrigerators: For More Than Potluck Leftovers

Have you ever seen a Baptist's refrigerator? Under a clutter of magnets there's always a dozen of those glossy postcards with family photos and little maps on them that they pass out at missions conferences. You might be a Baptist if you've got more pictures of other people's families on your fridge than you do your own. Seriously, I think some people collect and trade them.

Phyllis: I'll swap you two Send Internationals for your New Tribes.
Carol: Only if you throw in that AWANA.
Phyllis: But they're not even foreign. They hardly count!
Carol: Doesn't matter. The kids still look kinda weird.

Or maybe the postcards serve as some sort of dietary aid? You're up at 2am. That last slice of apple pie is calling your name. But first you have to get past the smiling faces of people sharing the love of Jesus with starving refugees. Of course, if you're like me, you then remember that you can't send any or all of them your pie, and it'd be a shame for it to go to waste. So you just eat the pie and go back to bed.

Just do a Google Image search for "Missionary Family." The entire results page is my grandparents' refrigerator.

Team Peaks

Last December sci-fi and pop-culture blog i09 did an interesting article on "The Smartest Man in the Room." Essentially, the author argues she's tired of the super-genius who gets away with being a jerk because he's a super-genius. Remember what happened on TV right after House became a huge hit? We got a TV show about an abrasive lawyer (Shark), an abrasive magician (The Mentalist), and an abrasive pathologist (Bones). And it's a trend that continues today, with Rainn Wilson's new show, Backstrom (premiering tonight to terrible reviews), hopefully being the apex.

Your new lovable anti-hero, America!