(Or Phriday foto 09-17-07)
Marty Duren, high profile SBC personality and all around force of nature, has officially endorsed 12 Witnesses.
Seen here browsing 12 Witnesses on his brand new iPhone, Duren was highly complimentary.

“Art Rogers is clearly one of the brightest minds in the SBC, that live on his street in Tulsa,” said Duren. “His inability to evaluate Mac as superior to PC is clearly is gravest shortcoming, but he compensates well by championing that poor Treo of his.”
When asked about the recent endorsements and their reactions in relation to the blog he passed on to the management of others, SBC Outpost, Duren was resolute. “Clearly, the picture of me with 12 Witnesses on my iPhone is an endorsement, not only of every word ever written by Art Rogers, but every word and, indeed, every thought that shall cross his mind, past present and future.”
Asked if he were apt to vacillate on the endorsement, Duren quipped, “I don’t care which Seminary President calls me or which one called him. I’m staying with Art at least through lunchtime tomorrow.”

cb scott
on Sep 14th, 2007
@ 5:52 pm:
Art,
I had such great respect for you before this vulgar self promotion.
That is not a picture of Marty Duren. That is a picture of Alan Rickman from the cast of the first DIE HARD movie. He portrayed Hans Gruber, antagonist to John McClane the character Bruce Willis made famous.
In this picture Rickman is “moonlighting” doing a commercial for iPhone made by Apple.
You should be ashamed. You really should.
cb, the broken hearted
Micah Fries
on Sep 14th, 2007
@ 6:10 pm:
Now that is stinking hilarious. Count me in with Marty. :-)
Marty Duren
on Sep 14th, 2007
@ 6:13 pm:
My endorsements are compensated. Where’s the dough??
I knew I shoulda combed my hair…
Art Rogers
on Sep 14th, 2007
@ 6:29 pm:
CB,
Sorry to disappoint. I suppose you shall have to join the club. :)
Micah,
Send me a picture, then, and I’ll post it as well.
Marty,
Now that your blog pulls a readership of 7, the appropriate check for 29.5 cents is in the mail.
Lu
on Sep 14th, 2007
@ 7:13 pm:
CB — ROFL!! That’s EXACTLY what I thought… “oh, look! It’s professor Snape with a haircut (and a beard).” ;)
Marty — so, in other words, you can be bought… ;)
Art — Happy Phriday!
Kevin Bussey
on Sep 14th, 2007
@ 8:02 pm:
When is Marty going to remove his endorsement? Although his purchase looks pretty good to me since my TREO is on the fritz. They are sending me another though.
Bowden McElroy
on Sep 14th, 2007
@ 9:09 pm:
Art,
I find it ironic that after yesterday’s post exhorting all of us to be careful of the images we find on the internet, you subject me – an innocent and unsuspecting reader – to this most horrific of pictures. I hope I will be able to sleep tonight.
John Stickley
on Sep 14th, 2007
@ 9:16 pm:
Oh, the fun we’ll have with Photoshop… :)
Art Rogers
on Sep 14th, 2007
@ 11:39 pm:
Lu,
Happy Phriday to you, too.
Kev,
It appears I have until at least lunchtime, tomorrow, which is Eastern time, so I guess between 10 & 11 am, my time.
Bowden,
Chin up. It’s not sooooo bad.
John,
You wouldn’t!!! 8)
Bob Cleveland
on Sep 15th, 2007
@ 9:58 am:
Uhh … Marty …. you did it AGAIN. You’re supposed to look at the OTHER side of the phone.
I’d imagine “..browsing 12 Witnesses…” whilst looking at the BACK of the phone would be really, really dull.
On the other hand, might THAT be why you endorsed it?
Micah Fries
on Sep 15th, 2007
@ 10:07 am:
Bob-
Almost as dull as browsing it while looking at the other side of the phone, huh.
Sorry Art, that one was too easy. I couldn’t resist.
:-)
Art Rogers
on Sep 15th, 2007
@ 12:13 pm:
Hey, it’s still better read than all of the many blogs proliferated by you two – put together.
:)
Micah Fries
on Sep 15th, 2007
@ 1:40 pm:
Ouch. I knew I was going to get something like that from you. Touche
John Stickley
on Sep 24th, 2007
@ 1:40 pm:
For the record, I was joking about photoshop. I had to clarify, lest anyone think I’m responsible for the junk photo produced by Outpests.
*SIGH*