In a word: Ecclesiology.
While I find my support for political candidates to be tedious at best, I cannot help but react powerfully to Senator Clinton’s recent comments regarding Rev. Jeremiah Wright.
“He would not have been my pastor[.] You don’t choose your family, but you choose what church you want to attend.”
This is exactly the fundamental [...]
“Love is that liquor sweet and most divine,
Which my God feels as blood; but I, as wine.”
—George Herbert, “The Agonie” (1633).
Via http://faith-theology.blogspot.com/2008/03/good-friday.html
Found via [EditorialCartoonists]
While surfing around I stumbled onto this graphic:
Which is, by my definition, the best review of alt rock music I’ve ever read.
It’s amazing to me that ipods, with a shorter history than Nirvana->Puddle of Mud, have only gotten better. After all, the first ipods were tiny in storage, and large in size. Now we have [...]
In response to my e-mail to President Bush on the unchristian, evil practice of torture, I received the following message in response:
On behalf of President Bush, thank you for your correspondence.
We appreciate hearing your views and welcome your suggestions.
Due to the large volume of e-mail received, the White House cannot respond to every message.
Thank you [...]
K’naan, my latest musical obsession, has a song called “what is hardcore?” the lyrics, in part read:
I walk with three kids that can’t wait to meet Godlately, that’s Bucktooth, Mohamed and Crybaby,what they do everyday just to eat lord have mercy,strapped with an AK and they blood thirsty…
So what’s hardcore? Really, are you [...]
I just got the following e-mail. The grammar and word choice is so poor as to be laughable, and the idea that a contract killer would extort less than ten grand is laughable.
I am very sorry for you XXXXXXXX, is a pity that this is how your life is
going to end, as soon as you [...]
I found this photo via dig, and I’m sure it was taken and posted by someone who finds religious zealots to be total nutters. But I can not help but be amused by the shear audacity of this fellow. A quick look at his shirt demonstrates he’s not part of the religious community. I mean [...]
How cool is this? to highlight Global warming an artist made 50 penguin shaped ice sculptures in and around Sao Paulo!
[Jared linked me to the flickr set, so here's a picture.]
[From 50graus » Blog Archive » Ice Penguins @ São Paulo]
Memo
To: Fred and George Weasley
From: Professor Minerva McGonagall
Umbridge and Filch are taking over.
There are plans to exact rent from the House-elves and to expel Luna Lovegood and all her kind.
Your services are required.
Please also tell Percy that I said to stop being such a prat. We need him to get a backbone.
Do also study for [...]
John Cleese’s “Letter to America”
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Dear Citizens of America,
In view of your failure to elect a competent President and thus to govern yourselves, we hereby give notice of the [...]
Find a place you trust and then try trusting it for a while.
General duties of a student: pull everything out of your teacher, pull everything out of your fellow students.
General duties of a teacher: pull everything out of your students.
Consider everything an experiment.
Be self-disciplined. This means finding someone wise or smart and choosing to follow [...]
I don’t practice sanataria (or voodoo), and I certainly don’t like the idea of voodoo dolls, but there is something quite disturbing and funny about this knife block set. That said, I want it! Someone buy it for me for Valentines Day!
Amazon.com: The Ex 5-Piece Stainless-Steel Knife Set with Unique Holder, Red: Kitchen & Dining:
Why didn’t I think of that?
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Yay!
Happy penguin dance! Stitch used the new litter toilet. (finally)
