even from Frisco, still my Homaha
Posted on August 6, 2008 - Filed Under
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WikipediaOkay, maybe the only time I’ve heard the term “Homaha” is in a facebook group, but a few links from the interwebs caught my eyes lately.
Jonathan Segura, in support of his novel Occupational Hazards, blogs about Omaha at Powell’s, including a nod to the “miraculously” alive Dave Sink at The Antiquarium (which last I head [...]
hail hail
Posted on July 10, 2008 - Filed Under
| Leave a CommentIf I end up as a blogger who does nothing more than post “fail” photos & mountain goats songs…
worse things could happen.
The Best Ever Death Metal Band in Denton
Read More..>>“continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling”
Posted on August 3, 2007 - Filed Under
| 2 CommentsA little Kierkegaard for a frame of reference:
When a self becomes lost in possibility…it is not merely because of a lack of energy…. What is missing is essentially the power to obey, to submit to the necessity in one’s life, to what may be called one’s limitations. Therefore, the tragedy is not that such a [...]
where was i again?
Posted on July 19, 2007 - Filed Under
| Leave a CommentIn the last couple of years, I’ve started a few books that I was thoroughly enjoying but for various reasons1 I did not finish. Of these, there are 3 that I am going to try and finish. In sequence of the amount I was enjoying them when last put down:
The Recognitions
Underworld
Infinite Jest
I am pretty sure [...]
Read More..>>upon this rock, i don’t build my church
Posted on March 9, 2007 - Filed Under
| Leave a CommentCardinal Ratzinger couldn’t keep JP 2.0 from seeing the Conor Oberst of the future, Bob Dylan:
Pope Benedict, who has labelled rock “the work of the Devil”, said: “I had reasons to be sceptical and still am. I doubted whether it was in good taste to allow such a performance in front of the Pope.”
with crosses made of pipes and planks
Posted on March 8, 2007 - Filed Under
| 1 CommentI may have to swing by: “Christian graffiti artists and hip-hop evangelists will perform.”.
Read More..>>No word on pork bellies
Posted on February 21, 2007 - Filed Under
| Leave a Comment“One ounce, which can bless 250 people, typically sells for $3.50.”
Read More..>>Putting Ass In The Bible? *
Posted on December 12, 2006 - Filed Under
| Leave a CommentStill looking for a Christmas gift for the modern believer in your life? The New Yorker has a slideshow sampling today’s editions of the Bible found by Daniel Radosh.
* Contrary to common belief, Ass IS in the bible.
Read More..>>What I Want For Christmas
Posted on December 4, 2006 - Filed Under
| Leave a CommentAmazon’s plot synopsis of A Time for Burning:
In the mid-1960s, 1200 White people attend Augustana Lutheran Church in Omaha, Nebraska. Nearby, Negro Lutherans worship at Hope Lutheran Church. Reverend Bill Youngdahl, Augustana’s pastor, proposes that ten couples visit ten Negro families from Hope. It’s a controversial idea; within weeks, Youngdahl resigns. The camera observes: Augustana [...]
Scapegoats
Posted on November 20, 2006 - Filed Under
| Leave a CommentIt seems like everyone is blaming the Ipod for something…
Mushroom-hunting
Public nuisance offences
Both emanating shrill and tactical individuation
But Jihad is pushing it just a tad, no?
Clicks and Hisses
Posted on October 23, 2006 - Filed Under
| Leave a CommentThe Hold Steady’s Craig Finn in an interview at the Star Tribune:
being a Saul Bellow fan, I was drawn to the fact that Bellow called him [John Berryman] America’s greatest writer,” Finn said. “He became Minneapolis’ most famous suicide. He also had converted to Catholicism before his death. In my mind, all that added up [...]
What’s your favorite commandment?
Posted on September 1, 2006 - Filed Under
| Leave a CommentPlaying the fiddle today, came across this Woody Allen interview of Billy Graham. God bless Youtube.
Read More..>>Truly, this man wasn’t the son of god
Posted on June 22, 2006 - Filed Under
| Leave a Comment{via Moorish Girl}
Read More..>>Lorem Ipsum Christ-em
Posted on June 16, 2006 - Filed Under
| 1 CommentIt looks like the big wheels are turning to reword some prayers, chants and such for US Catholic masses. For example, “Lord, I am not worthy to receive you” becomes “Lord, I am not worthy that you should enter under my roof”, to which The Almighty responds, “Do you wanna take this outside?”. Whatever, it’s [...]
Read More..>>You didn’t think they could hate you
Posted on May 10, 2006 - Filed Under
| Leave a CommentThere will be a conference to lay some ground rules for how Christians should go about converting people of other/no faiths.
The Vatican and the WCC plan a conference Friday near Rome to start work on the “code of conduct.” Hindus, Buddhists, Muslims and representatives of other faiths will be present.
The biggest absence will be evangelicals, [...]
Oh, and Condoms
Posted on March 7, 2006 - Filed Under
| Leave a CommentNirmala George of the AP reports that the Catholic church has produced a Bollywood-style movie for an HIV-prevention campaign in India.
Increasingly concerned about changing values in Indian society, especially among young people, the Catholic Church is hoping to reinforce the message that long-term relationships and commitment can curb the spread of HIV.
Thrown in for good [...]
And The Church is Worried About the DaVinci Code?
Posted on February 6, 2006 - Filed Under
| Leave a Comment“The Vatican deal would be Jackson’s first musical work since his trial, as his image has taken a nosedive since his court appearances last year.”
Read More..>>Yay Statechurch
Posted on January 24, 2006 - Filed Under
| Leave a CommentAn Elm Creek, Nebraska pastor read the following to open the day in Nebraska’s legislature. Love it or leave it? I left it years ago… [emphasis mine - in case their is any doubt this was purely political]
Almighty God, we come humbly into your presence this morning, seeking your favor.
I thank you, God, that in [...]
We’re just all screwed
Posted on December 16, 2005 - Filed Under
| Leave a CommentWha-huh? Confused western intellectuals?
But these familiar generalities - Enlightenment versus Religion, Democracy versus Fascism - have always been facile, and are now being exploded by the ordeal of another prominent writer of Muslim ancestry, Orhan Pamuk, who goes on trial in Turkey today.
Mr. Pamuk is accused of a committing a crime by mentioning, in an [...]
Let this be my solemn vow
Posted on December 12, 2005 - Filed Under
| Leave a CommentI’m not sure how google-bombing works exactly. But as I sang in elementary school Christmas programs, “let it begin with me”: douchebag
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