I'm guessing these things can be found with the WMDs in Iraq... or would that be on Bush's moonbase? So, anyway... basically, Bush just said that we have to stop the brown people from coming in over southern border (it's...
Bushco and the low wage conservatives have definitely lost their way. Where to start, where to start. imigration proposal, putting troops on the border ( no matter the pretext is a bad, bad, bad idea! The guest worker and...
01_Day Originally uploaded by sillyred. This picture is of our friend Day. Actually, his first name is Zach, but his name tag said, "Day." And he only became my friend when he...
I'm currently working on a short story tentatively titled "Zen and The Art of Chicken Salad." It deals with low wage jobs and increasing housing costs in Chattanooga. J-Roddy Walston and The Business play Midtown Music Hall this Thursday. I am kicking around...
Tonight at 8, Bush will address the Nation with his plan for immigration reform. He is already facing sharp criticism for his 6 year indifference to the problem of using undocumented, illegal workers from Mexico, but sinking poll numbers...
I stopped at the library today to pick up a couple more books on tape for my grandmother who, by the way, is an incredible 97 years old today!!! She still gets around and has a better memory than most...
After recovering from food poisoning last week, I went right ahead and did something bad to my back. Today it's ALMOST better. Had a second interview today. We'll see. You can find a new picture of New York...
If you're a Douglas Coupland fan, or just want to hear a good writer discuss a new book, Survivor, Google, eBay, swearing like a pirate, clowns, and fast food, go here. ...
live far apart from each other. Mom and Dad live in Colorado, Sister and Brother-in-Law live in Nothern Georgia, Grandma and Papa live in PA, Aunt lives in Chicago, and my in-laws live in Kansas (I've grown to love...
The first book I'll read upon finishing my thesis is Gary Lutz's Stories in the Worst Way. Anyone else with first-summer-book plans? Ever since reading this (recommended if you love the intricacies of language)....
Whereas it is true that sadaqah in Islam implies a free gift, the major thrust of Muhammad's life, the Quran, and sound hadith shows him going well beyond voluntary alms and into compulsion and bloody wars. In contrast, the overarching...
To any of you friends out there of the Protestant persuasion, do you see any reason why I couldn't go through the Communion line more than once? I'd never thought of that until yesterday at church, when, after having gone...
This is where you – nearly nine chances out of ten say it’s you – are soundly berated for abandoning your civic duty and for failing to flood the precincts with your voting selves. One is...
Ever have one of those phrases in your head that you are dead certain are part of Scripture? Well, I have, too. In fact, given my five-year theology degree with major in Greek and New Testament, and my...
Timmy, Trevor, Andy and Gosey This is how they spent most the time together, laughing about something. JLG and I Gosey and Julia playing play-doh, he made a killer snowman. LOL...
Grey's Anatomy was crazy last night. What is up with Izzie, she went too far. It'll be interesting to see how they get her out of this one cause I don't see any other option besides her getting kicked out...
From the St Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary homepage comes this announcement: Dr Jaroslav Pelikan falls asleep in the Lord Christ is Risen! We have just learned that our seminary trustee and friend, Dr Jaroslav Pelikan, fell asleep in the Lord this afternoon, Saturday,...
So I've been dropping some clips on here from Google Video and YouTube, though I want you to know, I rarely, rarely ever look at those sites because they are timekillers. However, they are pretty useful for posting student...
In writing and researching the last article, something occurred to me about all the economic and social data collected from the European nations in the past few decades: does the data fully include their resident non-citizen immigrant populations? Because...
Now Chavez is offering cut rate heating oil to assist Europe's poor families. A nice gesture, no? No. Not when you remember that poverty in Venezuela, which saw a crippling 43% of its population living in poverty in 1999,...
I believe we must hold our county government accountable. We must start with county spending. Since 1997, the county's general fund has grown faster (6.95%) than county support for education (3.99%), while outside agencies had the least growth (0.89%). See...
What am I talking about? See here. In my attempt to take something way too seriously I offer this contribution: It's my first, but not my last. I plan to reach out in a non-digital medium with my next attempt....
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