Thursday, May 25, 2006

85% Of A True Story

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Just finished Chuck Klosterman's Killing Yourself To Live: 85% Of A True Story ... which reminds me a bit of Sarah Vowell's Assassin...

Of Mullets, Mary Magdalene & Movies

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Well, OK, one particular movie - the ubiquitous "The Da Vinci Code". As far as media goes, the dang film is like the Borg - you WI...
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Wednesday, May 24, 2006

Hot Seat

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1. What are you reading right now? Two books, actually... (sometimes I read three or four at a time.) Killing Yourself To Live: 85% Of A ...
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Genesee Home

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Thanks to the good folks at NewLife Community Church, Shari & I had the wonderful privilege of enjoying a 6 day retreat up in the Sierra...
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Summon the Butler: the Clue DVD Game

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I still have my original copy of the board game, Clue . It's in the old Parker Brothers long box format (which, btw, is a pain to fit on...
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Sunday, May 21, 2006

Collin Blake: Post #200

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Back in mid-August of last year, I hit post #100 and celebrated by posting a picture of Collin. I'm gonna do the same here at #200 - th...

Plan B

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Well, hello. When last we talked, I was planning to blog like crazy last week, catching you up on our trip to Genesee Home as well as droppi...
Sunday, May 07, 2006

Hitting the Road

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Won't be near a computer for 6 days - I may well go through some kind of serious withdrawal, complete with the shakes & heavy sweati...
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Thursday, May 04, 2006

The "M" Word

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Shari (my wife) was a math major. (She'd tell you that her major was because she hated writing papers, but she was/is actually a very go...
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Overhead View

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Google Earth is a very cool toy... here's where we live! The house on the left is the parsonage... though things have changed a bit s...
Tuesday, May 02, 2006

Minefield, Part Deux

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I've already posted my personal pilgrimage when it comes to lust & pornography (entitled 9 Years Ago ). This may come as a surprise ...
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Sunday, April 30, 2006

9 Years Ago

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Last week , I jabbered a bit about the San Francisco Earthquake of 1906. (I'm currently reading an interesting if scary article on ...
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Saturday, April 29, 2006

100 Years Ago

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100 years ago this week, an earthquake rocked the city of San Francisco. The initial shock was felt not only in the Bay Area but as far away...

I Love Me Some Good Color Text

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Set the Wayback Machine for the late 1980's. I lived in Ft. Worth, TX, going to seminary & basically being a very lonely guy. (This ...

Minefield Spawns A Question

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la llorna commented on my Minefield post: I have to say McManus hit it right on the money in the quote you listed. My question is this...
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Wednesday, April 26, 2006

Cassettecasting & Other Not-So-High-Tech Adventures

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First, thanks to all of you who said nice things about sex. (Not much of a stretch, eh?!) Actually, thanks to all of you who gave me positiv...
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Tuesday, April 25, 2006

Minefield

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I've never actually walked through a minefield... and it's not like that particular experience is on my list of "Things To Do B...
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Thursday, April 20, 2006

Heroic Ark? Left Behind? Whatever...

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Douglas Rushkoff is an author, consultant & commentator who's recently written a book on innovation entitled Get Back in the Box . (...
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Sunday, April 16, 2006

Once Again, the Gathering Blues

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Last year, I moaned and groaned about missing the Gathering of Friends . I'd really kind of thought I'd avoid all that this year - b...
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Mark Likes Mark

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Really, I do. (And not just because he's a bearded pastor - though that does help.) Mark Driscoll is the pastor of Mars Hill Church in ...