Tonight I won the Portland Radio Authority prize for umm, calling in and knowing something (what the acronym "MURS" stood for; thank you Joshua Daniels). Really, I was listening 'cause Zach Zacharias is a co-host on the show (which is really,...
I'm really glad to have a whole kitchen again. We didn't unpack everything at the transitional home we lived in for a few months this summer/fall, and it could be awfully hard to cook there (you'd never know when you'd...
Most Americans are not aware how much of their tax revenue our government sends to Israel. Total U.S. aid to Israel is approximately one-third of the American foreign-aid budget, even though Israel comprises just .001 percent of the world's population and...
My lovely and considerate girlfriend Dawn was kind enough to give me my first iPod this Christmas. (The irony is not lost on me that I have been producing podcasts longer than I have owned an iPod.) She got me...
They say you really don't appreciate something until it's taken away from you. This is a brief comment on the NFL. I've always considered myself a bit above the sports bar type, you know, cooler, more intellectual. Although I do enjoy good...
Those of us who grew up during the 70's will flashback when we hear the name "Lonnie Toft". He was a SIMS rider who pioneered wide skateboards and the Outrageous 8-wheeler. Lonnie has a website with a nice selection of...
One of the albums I gave heavy play to this year was The Rapture's second album Pieces of the People We Love. It has this beautiful crunch to it, on every song. Although 2003's Echoes got more respect critically, I...
Okay, so I guess I let my pessimistic self come out. I just assumed that when our recycling wasn't picked up by the end of the "work day" it wasn't going to be picked up. They came by and got it...
We put out our paper, plastic, cardboard, aluminum and steel for recycling pick-up today. Not only didn't it get picked up, but it multiplied. Apparently a freindly neighbor dropped some off beside ours this morning. Now I don't know if I...
I started the day with an omelette just like the one I had on Saturday, but twice as big (unlike Saturday, I didn't wash this one down with biscuits & gravy). At church, I had a sugar-free starlight mint. So far,...
I did not go willy-nilly the few days before starting the South Beach Experiment with my wife. In fact, I kind of practiced some limited self-denial by only drinking half a Coke, only haing a few fries, etc for a...
I am fundamentally opposed to New Year's resolutions, so I refuse to make them. Let me start by stating that this is NOT a New Year's resolution. For Christmas, a friend of my wife's gave us a copy of The South...
The root canal is tomorrow morning, and Im partly looking forward to it, just for the sheer fact of regaining normality on that side of my mouth again. I was supposed to go to physical therapy today, but I canceled....
Children of Men has a simple point told with a simple story, and boy does it work. In a time where more people feel like the world is broken, and life is uncertain, even without hope, Children brings those beliefs...
Ben Weaver & Bethany Franks Originally uploaded by josiahq. We have a running joke at Coptix: "does anyone know where on earth Ben Weaver is?" Now, mind you, evidence of his existence...
I was following blog-trails a bit and ran across some blogs of people I've met or been acquainted with just a few times. Their blogs are so different from my perception of them. I thought they were kind...
Ladies, be real careful where you drag your husbands. Mr. and Mrs. Fenton are retired, and Mrs. Fenton insists her husband go with her to Wal-Mart. He gets so bored with all the shopping trips. He prefers to...
Why, Why, Why Why do we press harder on a remote control when we know the batteries are getting dead? Why do banks charge a fee on "insufficient funds" when they know there is not enough money? Why does someone believe you when...
Vintage Speakers While most of the attention given the new Congress is deserved—after all, how many Framers, regardless of whether they should have, imagined that the Speaker of the House would one day be named Nancy?—we have our own glorious legislative...
In a YouTube world, under no circumstances should you allow yourself to be videotaped. People will find it, and nothing but embarrassing things will result....
Went and saw the new Rocky movie with the Crabbarino last night. I must say we, being dorks, were both kind of really excited about this movie. I grew up LOVING the rocky movies. 1 and 2 pretty much are...
I need to finish getting ready for work, but I have to tell you that yesterday I got stuck in an elevator. I was in there with 10 other people, it was hot and stuffy, and it wasn't very fun....
The other day when Fuller and I were visiting Esther, Fuller was chasing a ball around the room. It was one of Luke's balls and Fuller would chase it and then put it in his mouth to bring back to...
In Chattanooga, I can get kinda jazzed about the earliest house still standing--John McDonald's two-story cabin at Ross's Gap built in 1797. In London, that's a yawn. Almost modern. My visits today began with St. Margaret's church at Parliament Square, built in...
"It's difficult, nay, impossible not to think that some of the Quiet Ones' songs are really long lost and unpolished first takes from Wilco's Yankee Hotel Foxtrot recording sessions—gems that were maybe beloved by Jeff Tweedy, but with their slightly...
Who couldn't care less about it being invented or released to the public. Really the Apple hype needs to stop. Sure I like my iPod but why the hell would I ever want my mom calling me on...
Last week I posted a 19 second video on this site and asked folks to try and identify the bird in the video. I promised an answer today, so here it is! Here's the video again to refresh...
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