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I’ve been adding a lot of new links in the background, including but not limited to Stepan, the guy behind Blogtree; and Dean, head of the Baltimore blogger group. (No, I’m not in Baltimore just yet, but I’m moving in two weeks.)
Those of you who are wondering why your link doesn’t appear in the list, remember that the main index blogroll chooses 25 blogs randomly everytime you load. The full list of linked blogs can be viewed on the links page.
After service, I tried a few snaps of the church’s stained glass windows. They came out okay, but I didn’t expect the sun shining through the glass to completely wash out the Crucified Lord’s head in a blaze of white. Oops.
Today’s readings of the Old and New Testament lessons at church were done by a pair of young English children, complete with dainty, refined country English accents. Absolutely delightful. Some tea?
Photo taken with an Aiptek Mini Pencam 1.3MP.
Cheap Chinatown bus rides between New York and Washington DC. Dragon Express is $15 round-trip, leaving DC at 2am and 3.30am; and the Fu Kee Restaurant is $30 one-way. Both good deals.
Saturday afternoon was spent meeting up with Brian of Barukatash.com. A good time was had by all, and we found corners of the National Museum of American History that I didn’t know existed. Here’s me and Brian.
I had intended to skate around a bit afterward, but a sudden summer thunderstorm put that idea aside. It cut the heat, at least.
Blogtree aims to build a “genealogy” of blogs, based on who inspired who to start blogging, using a “parent-sibling” analogy to trace relationships. I’ve also posted this link to BlogRoots. (Thanks to Vix for the link.)
So who got you to start blogging? Me, I started in September 2000, after Raffy told me about it. That makes him my Papa. Here’s my “pedigree.”
Speaking of the endtimes, where exactly does the Bible mention “dogs and cats living together” as a sign of the end of the world? I can’t seem to find the verse.
Or have I just been watching too much Ghostbusters?
Key quote follows:
Stantz: “Real wrath-of-God-type stuff. Fire and brimstone coming from the sky! Rivers and seas boiling!”
Spengler: “Forty years of darkness! Earthquakes! Volcanoes!”
Zeddemore: “The dead rising from the grave!”
Venkman: “Human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together, mass hysteria!”
Currently chatting with Brian of barukatash.com. Looks like I’ll be meeting him and his girlfriend for lunch here in DC tomorrow.
I was about to blog about the Witch of Endor and the apparition of Samuel to Saul, but David Heddle beat me to it, with some interesting points to make. Go read.
(I can already hear a thousand Star Wars fans gasping at the fact that “Endor” isn’t just a planet in Return of the Jedi.)
You know those people who go around pretending to be vampires? Well, it’s a bit of divergent cultural fanaticism that can go waaay too far. (via MeFi)
