Hip Tip of the Week: Penguins.

penguin
Originally uploaded by Greg Blosser.

This week it's all about the Penguins.

1. Film: March of the Penguins- Saw it tonight. Amazing. See it. Now. I'll wait....

2. Book: I'm reading the Penguin classics collection of John Donne's poetry. Very good. Slow reading, but that's because I'm dang near retarded when it comes to poetry. And I've recently been informed by a professional educator that "retarded" is no longer politically incorrect and is the preferred term to be used. Go read a book in the Penguin classics series.

3. Fashion- Penguin is a clothing line and they sell a fabulous brown plaid trench coat with orange buttons for, oh... about three benjamins. Doh!

4. Song- "Penguins" from Lyle Lovett's 1994 album entitled I Love Everybody. Apparantly penguins are very sensitive to Lyle's needs. That's more than Madonna can say for her equine friends.

5. Bird- Penguins strike me as the most professionally competent of all the birds. If you want flash and pizzaz, call an eagle or a toucan. Maybe a parrot. But if you want somebody who's going to show up on time and get the job done without all the drama and attitude, well then the Penguin is your bird.

Mission & Context

black Jesus
Originally uploaded by Greg Blosser.

If you are interested in topics of mission, context, culture, and the like then you'll want to read the dialogue between kdny and me in the comments section of the Johnny Cash post. Feel free to add your two cents... or pesos... or mites... or whatever is the appropriate monetary denomination in your culture.
(Look people, you'll have to do a little of the contextualization yourself here. FP can't do everything, you know).

I've included the picture of black Jesus just to complicate matters. Enjoy.