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                          - December 2000 - Friday 
                          12\29\00 - 8:08 AM GMT White House tour
 Smith was treated this evening to a candlelight tour of the White House 
                          where he received a hero's welcome from longtime friend 
                          and associate Chelsea Clinton. "I was so, so worried 
                          about you!" exclaimed the usually stolid Clinton, 
                          throwing her arms around him. "This is a big, nice 
                          house," said Smith, commenting on his surroundings. 
                          Despite three weeks stranded in space, Smith appears 
                          in good health. "I sure hope not all his 
                          muscles are atrophied," winked Clinton.
 Wednesday 
                          12\27\00 - 12:51 PM GMT Smith splashes down
 NASA experts this morning guided Rev. Smith on a perilous journey back 
                          to the Earth after 21 days stranded in space. Detaching 
                          himself from the International Space Station, Smith 
                          desperately flung himself toward home, allowing gravity 
                          to pull him down. It was only by wrapping himself in 
                          over 200 layers of bubble wrap that he narrowly avoided 
                          being burnt up in the atmosphere. After a grueling 4 
                          hour "free fall", Smith opened his makeshift 
                          paper mache parachute, eventually landing safely in 
                          the reflecting pool of the National Mall in Washington, 
                          DC, just moments ago.
 Monday 
                          12\25\00 - 8:08 AM GMT Christmas in Space
 The Rev. Brendan Powell Smith is spending this Christmas out in space, 
                          orbiting the Earth at a speed of 17, 500 mph. At this 
                          speed, like Santa Claus, he is able to travel around 
                          the world several times in just one night. Smith will 
                          celebrate today by consuming two packets of freeze-dried 
                          goose-substitute, and drinking eggnog through a tube. 
                          "I think I'd like to come down now," said 
                          Smith cheerily. "Please?"
 Thursday 
                          12\21\00 - 5:46 PM GMT Controversial album artwork
 The official release of The Human 
                          Heads debut album here come the heads had 
                          been hamstrung by the legal department of mp3.com who 
                          are refusing to approve the album's cover art, raising 
                          doubts over the legality of using the photo taken by 
                          Rev. Smith. Five songs from the album can currently 
                          be heard on the band's mp3.com 
                          website.
 Monday 
                          12\18\00 - 9:22 PM GMT World's tallest snowman
 A group of professors and undergraduates at Stockholm University have 
                          successfully erected the world's tallest snowman. The 
                          enormous snow structure is so large that Rev. Smith 
                          reported he could see it from space with his naked eye. 
                          The bottom sphere of the snowman is 7,000 times larger 
                          than the Earth itself, and the top of the snowman is 
                          only a few scant inches from the sun's surface.
 Friday 
                          12\15\00 - 9:22 PM GMT Visit from the 3 Wise Men
 Rev. Smith was paid an unexpected visit today by the 3 Wise Men, Gaspar, 
                          Melchior, and Balthasar, who are best known for their 
                          yuletide visit to see the newborn Christ child. Smith 
                          reported that their meeting was brief but very pleasant, 
                          with the Wise Men offering their characteristic gifts 
                          of gold, and frankincense, and myrrh. "I was nearly 
                          out of frankincense," admitted Smith, "so this 
                          visit comes at just the right time."
 Tuesday 
                          12\12\00 - 7:50 AM GMT Cat / dog violence continues
 Clashes between dogs and cats continued yesterday leaving one dead and 
                          dozens injured, heightening tensions, and raising fears 
                          of an all-out war. The new violence comes on the heels 
                          of Rev. Smith's attempt to negotiate a peace settlement 
                          between the leaders of the two factions, Spot and Mr. 
                          Floofy. Anti-peace dogs, responding angrily to Smith's 
                          efforts, called for a "Day of Loud Barking".
 Saturday 
                          12\09\00 - 12:03 PM GMTVENDETTA is back!
 After a phenomenal debut on the web last Christmas season, one the web's 
                          most popular films ever, Vendetta: 
                          A Christmas Story is back again for the holidays. 
                          Written by and starring none other than our own Rev. 
                          Brendan Powell Smith, Vendetta is an instant 
                          holiday classic to share with the entire family. View 
                          it today!
 Wednesday 
                          12\06\00 - 10:41 PM GMT Smith deployed onto space station
 In what NASA officials are calling an "unfortunate mix-up", 
                          The Rev. Brendan Powell Smith was deployed this morning 
                          onto the International Space Station. "We were 
                          supposed to be deploying a solar wing," said astronaut 
                          Joe Tanner, "but with those big-ass space suits 
                          on, it gets kind of hard to see what exactly you're 
                          deploying." Smith is expected to be stranded in 
                          orbit until the next scheduled space shuttle mission 
                          in January.
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