- July 2002 -

Wednesday 7\31\02 - 7:07 AM GMT
7 injured in Brick Testament protest
A mostly peaceful protest outside Rev. Smith's suburban home suddenly turned violent yesterday when a local paperboy accidentally crashed his bike into a group of approximately thirty protesters, causing a panic in which seven people were injured, including two sprained ankles. A spokesperson for the protesters, who identified themselves as Unilateral Christians, later denounced the paperboy's "attack" as "possibly not an accident at all."

Saturday 7\28\02 - 11:08 AM GMT
No one is the wiser
The Rev. Brendan Powell Smith met in secret last night with the gnarly old sage of Kentucky, and engaged him from dusk till dawn in a contest of wisdom. The all-night competition, held high atop Mt. Ferriwip with no others there to witness, ended in a complete stalemate. And no one was the wiser.

Wednesday 7\25\02 - 2:31 AM GMT
BRAD: the game will be right back after this
Rev. Smith's beloved web-based choose-your-own-adventure epic BRAD: the game is very temporarily off-line due to legal and technical difficulty involving two giraffes, a busted toaster oven, and a yak. The Greek Navy has been hired at great expense to sort out the problems, and an expedient resolution is expected by nearly everyone. Look for the game to be back online and available once again to its thousands and thousands of adoring fans in early August 2002.

Sunday 7\22\02 - 6:58 PM GMT
Smith added to endangered list
After an alarming study released today by the Environmental Protection Agency found only one sample of him left outside of captivity, the US government acted quickly adding The Rev. Brendan Powell Smith to the country's endangered animals list. In addition to special new protection from hunters and poachers, the government will soon embark on a program to encourage Smith to reproduce by surrounding him with eligible females of his own species.

Friday 7\19\02 - 7:45 PM GMT
The Epic of Joseph
The Brick Testament website updates today with seven new stories comprising the Epic of Joseph. With these stories The Reverend completes his illustrated version of the Book of Genesis to with a total of thirty-seven stories and five hundred and sixty-eight individual illustrations. Truly an effort of biblical proportions.

Thursday 7\14\02 - 1:53 PM GMT
Pigeonholed!
The Rev. Brendan Powell Smith was pigeonholed yesterday by a mob of unruly teenagers. The incident began after a pubescent male spotted Smith eating a cheeseburger in public. Giving him a quizzical look, he proceeded to point Smith out to nearby friends. Hoping to avoid confrontation, Smith put the cheeseburger in front of his face and slowly backed his way toward the exit, but before he could escape, the unruly teens had struck up a conversation, making Smith admit he was the one behind that LEGO Bible thing on the internet. Attempts to convince the teens that there was "more to [him] that just that" were unsuccessful.

Wednesday 7\10\02 - 2:11 PM GMT
Customer service
Noting continued sluggish performance during routine tasks and occasional freeze-ups, The Rev. Brendan Powell Smith's concerned girlfriend decided it was time to call Customer Service. After a two hour wait to even speak to someone, several inane suggestions were made that did not improve the situation, occasionally making it worse. Finally the exasperated representative gave up and handed the phone over to God himself who recommended that Smith be rebooted and his OS reinstalled. This workaround, he explained, will have to suffice until the new patch becomes available this Fall.

Sunday 7\7\02 - 9:45 AM GMT
Smith on Public Radio International
Rev. Smith is a guest on PRI's weekly Studio 360 program which airs today; see this listing for exact times and stations. The ten-minute interview segment, in which Smith talks with Jonathan Mitchell about his Brick Testament website, is part of a larger show devoted to the topic of toys. This segment as well as the rest of the show is archived on Studio 360's website and can be listened to over the web with software from RealAudio.

Tuesday 7\2\02 - 6:10 PM GMT
The Human Heads back online
Thanks to a multi-million dollar lawsuit involving sixteen high-priced lawyers and several minor celebrities, the debut album from Rev. Smith's band The Human Heads is once again available on the web, now at MusicBuilder.com. "It feels good to finally have these songs available to the public again," said a visibly relieved Smith as he pushed his way past a gaggle of paparazzi, down the courthouse steps, and into a waiting Geo Metro. Said one moved onlooker, "justice has been served a harsh blow to the ribs today."