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I sat down to dinner a while ago and, finding nothing of interest on TV, turned instead to the nearest form of printed entertainment within reach — an issue of Seventeen Magazine. Yugh. I don’t know about you people, but if I were bombarded with that kind of vapid, fleshly drivel on a regular basis, […]
US Cavalry Fails to Bring Peace to the Philippines. Aglionby does a good job of describing an “average day” of political violence and social instability in the country, but I think he is a bit far off base in assuming that Filipinos looked to the arrival of the American military as the portent of a […]
Ah, is that smoke I smell? Spinning off from the debate on the Bible and alcohol, Razormouth has an article on Christians and Cigarettes. Of special interest to me, in my current position as anti-tobacco activist. And sure, Spurgeon smoked, but was he aware at the time of the addictive and carcinogenic properties of those […]
Church sex scandals aren’t big news in Rome. I didn’t think they would be, having come from a country which suffered under oppression and abuse by Catholic friars during the centuries-long Spanish colonization. I’m not saying, of course, that pedophilia was then or is now the Catholic ideal or norm, God forbid; but certainly we […]
Perhaps you’ve tried Ego Surfing for yourself, but have you tried doing it for other people in your life? So far I’ve turned up this photo of my Mom (an active recreational open-sea angler), several racing articles which mention my Dad (an avid yacht racer), a Getasia article about my brother Francis (a professional-level photographer), […]
Today is April 20, and crowds of people are flocking downtown for numerous demonstrations on just about every available issue under the sun: the IMF and globalization, the Mideast conflict, the war in Afghanistan, military operations in Columbia, taxation without representation, and probably a few other causes which I missed. Meanwhile, as rallyists gather for […]
An Atheist’s Day in the Woods, also known as “The Atheist and the Bear.” Belly laugh. Speaking of woodland creatures, Tim seems to have had a problem with Psycho Squirrels. As I told him, we get cocky squirrels here in DC, too, but the really brazen ones are the pigeons. They waddle right up to […]
I stepped out in faith and prayed to God, not only for a job, but for a well-paying web design job to start on April 15. I asked for it in faith, but always in full submission to God’s will. I told Tiff not to worry about my employment, because on April 15, I would […]
I’ve been attending at First Baptist on 16th Street for the past two Sundays. You would not know from first glance that it’s a Baptist church: the cathedral building with its stained glass windows looks almost Catholic, and the worship could be mistaken for a Presbyterian service, right down to introitus, responsory, and recital of […]
People out there who use Yahoo services (like email and egroups), better read this MeFi thread. Then, log-in to your accounts ASAP and change your “marketing preferences.” Be sure to uncheck the “mail” and “telephone” options. I also strongly suggest removing references to alternate email addresses which you may want to keep spam-free. I know […]