Blokus: The Fun Continues

Everyone who was at New Year's Eve at Crystal's:
BLOKUS is online! You can play in a semi-Scrabulous (may it rest in peace) fashion, either in training mode or in competition. Even Paul would probably have to play in training mode...these guys are tough!

Happy playing, fellow nerds!
See you Sunday.
-ct

Top 14 Biblical Ways to Get Married (Mostly for Men)

Is the "dating scene" not working out as well as you had hoped? Take heart: the Bible is not silent on how to find a spouse! Here are fourteen Biblical alternatives to "dating":

1. Find an attractive prisoner of war, bring her home, shave her head, trim her nails, and give her new clothes, then she's yours. (Deut. 21:11-13)


2. Find a prostitute and marry her. (Hosea 1:1-3)


3. Find a man with seven daughters and impress him by watering his flocks. (Moses, Exodus 2:16-20)


4. (For the ladies) Find a man who is sleeping, lay down at his feet, then when he wakes up, ask him to marry you. (Ruth 3:3-9)


5. Go to a party and hide. When the women come out to dance, grab one and carry her off to be your wife. (Bejaminites, Judges 21:19-25)


6. Have God create you a wife while you sleep.¹ (Adam, Genesis 2:19-24)


7. Agree to work seven years in exchange for a woman's hand in marriage from her father. Get tricked into marrying the wrong woman, then work another seven years for the woman you wanted to marry in the first place. That's right, fourteen years to get your wife. (Jacob, Genesis 29:15-30)


8. Cut off two hundred foreskins of your future father-in-law's enemies, and you get his daughter for a wife. (David, 1 Samuel 18:27)


9. Even if no one is out there, just wander around a bit, and you'll definitely find someone. (Cain, Genesis 4:16-17)


10. Become the emperor of a huge nation and hold a beauty contest. (King Ahasuerus, Esther 2:3-4)


11. When you see someone you like, go home and tell your parents, "I have seen a woman. Now get her for me." If your parents question you, simply say, "Get her for me. She's the one for me." (Samson, Judges 14:1-3)


12. Kill any husband and take his wife.² (David, 2 Samuel 11)


13. Wait for a close relative to die, then take his widow. (Boaz, Ruth 3:3-9, see also 4)


14. Don't be so picky, just make up for quality with quantity. (Solomon, 1 Kings 11:1-3)

(From Rick Holland's message to the Crossroads College Ministry, 11/7/1999) [download]

¹ This may cost you a rib.
² You must be prepared to lose four sons as a result.