Saved! Stories Anticipating Easter Sunday

First, I would like to inform my loyal readers that I would like to thank them for being, well, loyal readers, which is why I have the confidence to use the plural form when referring to my readership without a wry self-deprecating remark on its number. Secondly, as I will be busy observing Lent, and preparing for my upcoming trip to Hongkong, I will not be blogging to close to a week. Please feel free to check up on my good friends on the blogroll to the right for your daily dose of intelligent commentary on practically anything.

At any rate, the photo above comes with this story:

My wife’s uncle works in a military hospital and told me about this. Its pretty amazing. Kevin Garrad (3rd Infantry Division) was on a street patrol in Iraq (Tikrit I believe) and as he rounded the corner of a building an armed (AK-47) insurgent came from the other side.

The two of them were within just a few feet of each other when they opened fire. The insurgent was killed and Kevin was hit in the left chest where his IPod was in his jacket pocket. It slowed the bullet down enough that it did not completely penetrate his body armor. Fortunately, Kevin suffered no wound.

It seems that the more progressive elements of society were on to something when they enthused "Rock on!" (Originally quoted in the Flickr thread entitled IPod Saves Soldier's Life by anarav1a.)

In related news, this comes from America's Finest News Source:

In The Ten Commandments, I Performed All My Own Miracles

The article goes on to "quote" Heston as saying:

There was nothing in that movie that I didn't make happen with my own two hands. I realize some of these so-called actors today rely on camera tricks and computers to do their jobs for them, but I'm not one to allow some punk editor to cut and paste me into the middle of a Red Sea I didn't part myself. I rode a chariot in Ben-Hur for Pete's sake, and you can be darn sure I'll channel God's power to move a little water about when I need to.

There was no soundstage. No on-site tank. Just good old-fashioned elbow grease. That's the only way I know how to part a major body of water. I just stretched out my arm, delivered my line, and saved over a million Israelites from their certain death. Difficult? For some, maybe. But I got it in one take and took the crew out for lunch.

Just thought I'd put it in here to round out the day's solemnities with the understanding that Easter Sunday is a celebrating of our greatest joy. Enjoy!

Picture comes courtesy of tikigod.