My crack team of investigators has found Chris. He’s been in hiding at the beach. And since his book on Paul (or whatever it is) isn’t selling as well as he thought it would, he’s been reduced to selling his body- for advertising space:
This is what happens when you chase the dragon of fame.
London. Which seems sensible since he lives there. But what has he been doing in London? Clubbing! Look at his bar tab for just ONE night of debauchery!
Chris, I speak for all of us when I say… that’s evil (and I don’t even know what most of that stuff is).
A self-described soccer hooligan who routinely beat up rival fans is undergoing gender reassignment surgery, the Express&Echo reported.
Becci Allen, Chris Tilling, 36, of Exeter, England, made her decision to transition four years ago and says she “cannot wait to have [her] operation” sometime after April, the outlet wrote. “My only regret is that I should have done this years ago.”At 6-foot-2 and formerly weighing 336 pounds,
AllenTilling used to spend weekends brawling at club and England national team matches, using violence to suppress her desires to become a woman, she said. “I was always fighting something I wanted to be,”AllenTilling told the paper. “I am not proud of what I used to do.”
None of us are proud of what you used to do Chris, none of us….
Guess he didn’t mind the cold: A naked man sat on the statue of a 19th-century prince in downtown London yesterday, striking poses and waving his arms around while police tried to coax him down, the Telegraph reports. Police also closed off a street near Trafalgar Square to traffic and a gathering crowd. At one point the man stood on the head of the statue—of Prince George, the first Duke of Cambridge—and then sat on George’s head.
He finally came down after about three hours and was taken away by police under the Mental Health Act, the BBC reports. “I just laughed,” said a woman visiting from the US. “It’s an experience.” But the owner of a pub complained that business owners lost money when police cordoned off the road; he also wondered why “one naked man” required eight police cars, two fire trucks, and four mounted police.
Terrible Chris, really terrible. And after making such a good impression here in the States. What will we do with you?
It’s an inside joke. Anyway, it was good to see the reprobate Brit again and we’ve had a nice chat, a nice coffee, and shortly a nice dinner before the evening sessions begin. Here we are:
Given that I won’t be in Chicago for SBL it’s especially nice that we have time to hang out. Don’t tell the wicked sinner, but I think the world of him and count him one of my closest (living) friends (since most of the people I actually like are dead, such distinctions have to be made).
If books on the theology of Paul were clothing stores, Rudolf Bultmann’s would be Dolce and Gabbana, Chris Tilling’s would be Neiman-Marcus, and NT Wright’s would be Goodwill (and yes, that last link is intentional). #Fact.
He’s been on vacation (or as he calls it, on holiday) down in East Australia. And even then, he can’t stay out of trouble:
A man in Auckland, New Zealand had a rather embarrassing emergency last week when he had to ask doctors to remove an eel from his bottom. An Auckland City Hospital spokesperson did not immediately respond to a request for comment from The Huffington Post. But Matt Rogers, spokesman for Auckland District Health Board, confirmed that a man was treated for the condition at ACH.
That’s what he gets for swimming with eel bait slathered on his backside. (He does that frequently. I have no idea why. Why does he do anything he does?). Maybe one day he’ll manage to behave….
Via slow boat to China I think but I’m glad it finally appeared today, even if, in the inscription to the copy he sent, he cheekily avers that he appreciated my help on the book and all remaining errors are mine! HA! All the good suggestions are mine and if there’s any rubbish remaining it’s all his!
[Truthfully, thanks Chris, thanks].
He’s actually been here for a visit! We had a great time and he said he was going to see some sights in Tn and Ky before heading to NC for the Campbell Conference.
Little did I know when he left the other day that he would find himself in hot water with the law. Again…
A man is facing charges for allegedly putting cameras in men’s restrooms at a park in Harrogate and a Walmart in Middlesboro, Kentucky. Police in Middlesboro say the investigation of Chris Tilling Randall R. Rogers, 49, of Battersea, London, UK, The Earth, The Milky Way, the Universe Speedwell, Tennessee, began in December 2011. He’s accused of placing small cameras in a little white box on the back of the toilet tank in the men’s restroom at the Middlesboro Walmart. An investigator said it “looked just like an air freshener.” Police discovered one of the cameras, which had a grainy picture inside it of Rogers. He’s also suspected of putting a similar camera in the men’s restroom at Harrogate City Park.
Chris has done some creepy stuff before, but this really is the creepiest…. I now see why he was so keen to set up his ‘air freshener’ when we roomed together in San Francisco (!) for SBL!!!!!!
He’s gone to the far east, to visit Japan. Awesome! Except, poor guy, he just can’t keep himself moral and upright…
Japanese police have arrested a 61-year-old man accused of stealing more than 1,100 library books. Officials say Chris Tilling Mitsuka Suizu was initially arrested in July for taking a few books from the public library in Nagato, in western Japan. When police searched his home in the city of Ube, Suizu admitted to taking 1,170 books over a seven-year period, and stashing them at home, where he lived with his wife and two children. The estimated value of the paperbacks? More than $25,000. “He loves books,” Nagato police spokesman Yosuke Miyoshi told ABC News. “He didn’t just want to read them. He wanted them by his side.” Miyoshi said the volumes, taken from 15 local libraries, ranged from encyclopedias to history books and books about insects.
Chris Tilling: book robber. (And that’s why you should never loan him a book- he will never give it back!
Here. By someone named Scott Caulley. He’s very (justifiably) complimentary.
Chris Tilling in the Zurich Carnival- with his mask OFF.
The Carnival comes to town. In the waning hours beforehand if there has been something you thought Carnival-worthy (and that doesn’t include book reviews re-hashing tired old questions long ago settled or cat videos or Sci-Fi posts or the intersection of vegetarianism and Buddhism), do pass along word.
I usually stay up till 10 or so, so if I haven’t seen it by then, I won’t until the Carnival goes live at 12:01 Eastern Time tonight. (It’s already scheduled).
So, hop to it or what may well be of interest to lots of folks will languish in obscurity and it will be your fault.
But I just couldn’t do it. Apparently the flu makes me sensitive. Or the story did…
Chris Tilling has just asked me to review his new book! Ok, if that’s what he wants, I’ll do it…
In case you’ve been wondering where Tilling has got off too…
An unlucky Norwegian man [called Chris Tilling] driving on a country road at night swerved around a moose in the road only to hit an even unluckier bear. Wildlife officials say the bear, one of only around 150 in the country, was injured in the crash, Reuters reports.
Poor guy. Talk about out of the frying pan and into the fire…
Some say that it’s because he’s been moving. But I have proof of what he’s really been up to. He’s been in Sweden, pretending to be Superman, and inebriated to the max.
via The Local on FB
Stop drinking, Joel. Next thing you know, you’ll be just like Chris Tilling!
Though in true British fashion he calls it a ‘book notice’. Isn’t that weird? Anyway, here it is:
via Chris Tilling on FB
Congrats to Chris!
At the T-Mobile store in Manchester…
Crazy Chris.
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