I know how pale you’re legs are...you can use it as one of those sun tanning reflectors.

E-bay. 

E-Bay - and better yet make it one of those donating the proceeds to charity sales… win win situation for everyone - you get to get rid of it and look good for doing the charity thing…

I personally think you should hang it in Brody’s house after he leaves again Thursday, maybe it will give him something to aspire to, like being in a “celebrity choir.”

It would make a nice shield for your son if he has a medieval-type Halloween costume, or maybe a Grecian costume. He could run around the neighborhood kicking other kids and yelling, “This is SPARTAAAAAA!!!!”

Or not…

YOu should leave it in the attic, and turn your attic into a prayer closet. (You know everyone really needs one.) Then, as you go before your God, you can gaze upon this shinning testament to a time in your life when you were blessed enough to be part of such a choir, such an anointing, and such a time of worship. This should lead you back to a place of worship, where God can fashion you, break you, and lead you to a place that is even greater than where you were before. Let’s believe that you yourself can be photographed in a baby blue shirt, hands raised, and that you yourself can have a celebrity choir as you really worship our God once again.

All you need to do this, is that prayer closet. Email me, and I can give you the tools you need. God has revealed to me what it is going to take to get you blessed, get you anointed, and to get you platinum and photographed in a baby blue shirt. Just sow your seed of faith, my friend, and I will partner with you and send you this prayer closet starter kit. Don’t wait, let the anointing fall. Now is the time.

I know you said it’s frowned upon to sell it (though apparently some of the other commenters missed that) but is it possible to give it away?

Oooooh my… sooooo many choices…

- Mount it on the wall.  Place a speaker under it that plays “Don’t Worry, Be Happy” and “Take me to the River” at the touch of a button.  Next to it mount a Big Mouth Billy Bass.  Proceed to hack the Billy Bass so he sings “Agnus Dei.” Observe.

- Turn it into “Flat Smitty” and send it around to all your friends who have to photograph it in random and possibly inappropriate places.  Then they send it on to their friends and everyone emails you the pictures to post on Shlog.

- Set it in a local park as a piece of public art.  Equip it with a speaker and a motion sensor so that every time people pass by, it sings, “A-a-le-loo-ya, A-a-le-loo-oo-ya!”

You could donate it to your church to hang up in the foyer as a symbol that says “Attend, and you could be as this man.”

That being said...I vote for Aaron.

I’m part of a group that is currently opening a small music venue.  Something like that would look great on one of the walls...hint, hint.

Is there anyway of reproducing it?  If there is two words…

Velvet Smitty!

Bring it with you to Tulsa this week. My wife and I are selling some of the effects of our pack-rat lives soon and we’ll sell it for you. We’ll give the proceeds to a fine cause...!

I have a similar “plaque” from the band Creed for helping the sales of their first 30 million (and their last). For some reason, I can’t get rid of it so I think I know how you feel.

1) Use it as a door stop.

2) Use the record inside as a frisbee

3) Try and melt the metal to make a necklace for your wife or daughters.

4) Give it back and say I really can’t find any place to put this Mike. Trust me he’s MWS he’ll find a home for it.

5)Give it to Rocketown Records.

6)Sell it on the black market for like a bazillion dollars and save a country.

7)Get in touch with the guitar thief and see if you can swap out the record for your old guitar.

8)Give it to Brian, he was your road manager back then right? Let him deal with it.

9)Bite the bullet and find some place on your wall to hang it, like in your garage or something.

10) Send it back to your old high school with a signed autograph so the youngins that go there now will be like dude some dude who used to go here knows so and so. Garth Brooks did it you could too.

Like you’ve never done anything that’s frowned upon by the establishment.  lol

Ebay it, money going to Compassion International.

You could give it to me
I’m an unashamed Smitty FAN! He wrote to soundtrack to my life!
My youngest son’s middle name is Michael cuz Whitaker doesn’t flow with our last name.  For my 30th bday I recieved the worship cd you speak of and a life size cut out of smitty which moved with us twice and lives in my closet.
I know, I just proved my ‘beckyness’, as if you didn’t already know!

If it is reflective enough, you could use it as a starter for a home solar energy unit.

I vote for Mr. Jeff Miller’s idea for Halloween, but then you’ll need to hang it next to the billy bass.

Start your very own cult-de-sac Olympic games.  You could be the originator of the Discus Challenge with Smitty’s platinum.  You know, like back in the day with marbles.  The guy that owned the “steely” was boss!!!

....just stay away from the lawn darts.

i work with a guy that really likes MWS.  it would be great if you could give it to him.

Take off the picture of Smitty and put one of you on there and THEN hang it over Brant’s bed.

Ever heard of Flat Stanley?  Send the record thing on an adventure.  Find someone who’s going to Paris and get them to take a picture of it at the Eiffel Tower and post it on your blog.  Then have them send it to someone in Sydney and shoot it at the opera house. 

Post the pictures on your blog, increase traffic, google ads… profit!!!!!

You should send it to Micheal W. with your head superimposed onto his body in the picture. That or use it as a sled.

I don’t have any solutions. If I had something like that I’d just want to smash it. Because smashing things is FUN.

Why I came to comment though is because I was browsing through my newsreader and quickly looking at titles of posts. And when I ran over this one my brain didn’t read “award question”, it read “awkward question”. So of course, I scrolled back up to click on it and realized that while it could be considered an awkward question, it really was just a plain old award question. Who doesn’t have one of those??

Already been there, Patrick.  See above.  Still think it might be the best idea.

Aaron’s suggestion is by far the best.  I too believe in you Shaun.  Order today.

The first part of Aarons suggestion is good, but I’m not to sure about the second.  We shouldn’t look for ways to “get a platinum and photographed in a baby blue shirt.” We should look for ways to glorify God in all we day and say and in our work.  It’s all about him whether we get a platinum or not.  Sometimes our rewards won’t be evident until we get to heaven.

And I’m not to sure Jesus spoke with a lot of sarcasm.  He just spoke truth!!!  As I read your blogs, I’m having a hard time seeing Christ being exalted and lifted up which is all our aim should be in life.

It takes a trained eye.

Was that coming from a heart of sarcasm or a heart of sincerity?

It takes a trained eye to see that Jesus used and still uses (since He still speaks to us today) sarcasm, or that Christ isn’t being exalted much in this blog.  If it’s the former, please direct me to Scripture.  If it’s the latter, I do apologize b/c I haven’t been reading your blog for very long.  Maybe it’s just the last few blogs I’ve read.  I’m sure you are a very Godly, Christ exalting man.

I’ve been saved for 25 years and spend time in daily Bible study.  I was called to full time ministry many years ago.  Now, I’m not perfect and of course I don’t know much, but I do believe I have somewhat of a “trained eye” if that’s what you were suggesting.

Did Jesus use sarcasm?  I suppose it would depend on how you look at it.

Sarcasm is defined as a form of wit that is marked by the use of sarcastic language and is intended to make its victim the butt of contempt or ridicule.

When he called religious people ‘vipers’, was that not somewhat sarcastic?

When he told them that God could raise up children of Abraham from stones, what was that?

Those are not the only examples, just the first I could think of.

Besides, I didn’t realize that sarcasm was a sin.

Passing judgment, though, that is pretty clear.

What I am suggesting, pl, is that none of us “see” God everywhere God is.

My grandparents, if they were alive, would have a hard time seeing God in my music because it is wrapped in a style they didn’t easily associate with spiritual or even beneficial things.

I have a relative who couldn’t see God in a toast made at wedding reception because she couldn’t see around the wine that was in the glass.

Some may not see God here because they’re accustomed to looking at Him through questions and not answers.

You are saying, I think, that you don’t see God here because we’re sarcastic - which is nothing more than a style of humor, not inherently good or evil.

What I am suggesting is that we see God here and His existence does not depend upon our/your eyesight.  We all see through smoky glass right now anyway right?

pl, here’s my last suggestion.  Stick around and read for a while, understanding that this is a gathering of people from around the world, of all ages and denominations, some Christians and some not, a diverse bunch.  Understand as well that I don’t censor much that’s said around here and that only the posts I write and my comments on the posts can be attributed to me.  If you have a concern about anything that I write you can always e-mail me and we can talk in private: .  If you have a concern over someone else’s words you can click their name and get in touch with them.  Hopefully they’ll be equally accommodating and talk with you as well.

And please chime in with your thoughts on the topics we discuss here too.  We need more older Christians and their years of wisdom around here.  Your welcomed and respected.  Take your time, get to know us and let us get to know you.  Then, if you still don’t see Jesus...well, I bet you will.  He’s all over the place. 

Keep your eyes open.

John,

I’m not passing judgement.  I said I’m sure Shaun is a very Godly, Christ exalting man.  I have no idea!!  I don’t know his heart, only God does.

When God said he could raise up children of Abraham from stones, that was Truth.  He can.  I don’t believe He was being sarcastic.

And same thing with calling religious people “vipers!” Again, He was speaking Truth, not sarcasm.  He was showing them where their heart was.

I’m sorry if it seemed I was passing judgement on anyone.  That was not my intention.  I’m just not sure Jesus speaks with sarcasm the way we use it today.  I see your points and maybe you are right.  It’s something I may search scripture for.  If Jesus did in fact speak with a lot of sarcasm, then I will have no right to get angry with my spouse and children for all the sarcastic words they speak to me on a daily basis.  I’ll just have to realize that he’s being like Jesus.  Or better yet, I may just call him a “viper.”

I guess if we can win the world for Christ by using sarcasm (a form of wit that is marked by the use of sarcastic language and is intended to make its VICTIM THE BUTT OF CONTEMPT OR RIDICULE) then hey, let’s raise up a generation of sarcastic believers.

Thanks Shaun for your comment.  I appreciate you taking the time to write what you wrote.  You are very very right in all you said.  We all do see God in very different ways.  I’m sorry for suggesting otherwise.  And when sarcasm is used for a style of humor (which is often the way my husband TRIES to use it) I agree it’s neither good nor evil.  I’ll keep that in mind as I read your posts.

I do really enjoy your music by the way.

What’s the greek word/definition for sarcasm?

pl - I appreciate your response. 

I’ve read Shaun’s blog for quite a while now, though very seldom comment.  They way I read it, Shaun’s commentary may appear to be sarcastic, but I would consider most of it to be self-effacing.  That’s saying if he is ridiculing anyone, he is ridiculing himself.

I find that sarcasm, sardonicism, and parody to be a very effective means of communicating an idea when used in written form and used intelligently.  There are many fine examples of this to be found in classical literature.

I would agree that the crude and unintelligent sarcasm that lurks about in daily conversation is highly unfruitful for the most part.

The context, intent and audience of the words are critical to proper use of such literary tactics.  So there is a right way and wrong way to use it.

I’ll admit I took the tone of your previous posts to be somewhat judgmental in tone.  If that was not your intent, I fully accept that.  I thought you should know however, that some people may have taken it that way.

Keep the award for your children.  They will really appreciate it. It would be really neat for them to show them to your grandchildren.  Especially if you have any girls.  I wouldn’t sell any of them.

FOL.  (his fan club)

As much as members flip out over getting ahold of cardboard smittys from bookstores… could you imagine?

So… whatever happened with this?  Am I going to get a shot to take Flat Smitty to Crickets or not?