June 28, 2004 at 10:13 pm
The scenic route...
We made it! From Kansas City, MO to Thousand Oaks, CA (via Denver, San Fransisco, and Burbank — yeah, you heard me). Now we’re just looking forward to a little rest and then a fun-filled week with the family.
Saying goodbye is going to be rough.
June 27, 2004 at 2:02 pm
Weekend Update...
Things have been going rather smoothly at the in-laws’ house. There’s not too much to report. We went to see Two Brothers on Friday night (yep, I actually went to a movie!). John (my brother-in-law), Julianna, and I all really enjoyed this wonderful little movie — fun for the whole family.
We were supposed to go to a Royals game today, but it’s raining, and I can’t figure out if the game is on or not — when I turned on the radio, it sounded like the game had started, but since it was still pouring, we didn’t know who to trust. In any case, we weren’t too keen on getting wet, so we came home.
Now, while I’m updating you about our weekend, John and Julianna are both sound asleep — there’s nothing like a Sunday afternoon nap.
I’d like to leave you with a link to a story about what happened to us the last time we house sat at the in-laws. I must admit that I’ve rather enjoyed the peace that this weekend has provided. Enjoy:
I Know What You Did Last…Night!
Next stop… California.
June 25, 2004 at 3:35 pm
Playing catch up...
I’ve been neglecting to follow-up on a few things lately. I feel bad about it. Let me see what I can do.
First, as I mentioned yesterday, Julianna and I are going to California. It’s kind of cool that this is becoming a yearly trip for us. I miss my friends and family and it will be good to see them.
This trip is slightly different than any others, though. You see, my brother, Luke, and his family (wife Sarah, son Corban, daughter Lydia) have been living in Dallas for the last couple of years. They were there, because Luke was completing the Wycliff Bible Translators Master’s Degree in Linguistics. Now, they are preparing to move to Southeast Asia to work in linguistics (I don’t remember the exact number, but there are still hundreds of unwritten/untranslated languages in Southeast Asia). My brother’s family’s initial stay is going to be four years — during which, they will become familiar with the culture and learn the language. Then, they will come back to the states for a break (I guess that many organizations have discovered that being away from your home country for more than four years at a time can cause undue mental and physical stress and very likely cause psychological problems). Anyway, the plan is that, after they take their break in the U.S., they are to head back to Southeast Asia to complete the actual translation of the bible.
And all this is the reason why this particular trip to California will be different than the rest. My family is saying goodbye to those we love. Not only are my brother and his family traveling halfway around the world, but they are going somewhere that is very volotile (and especially hostile towards those of the some people), and they are going for more time than any of us have ever had to be apart.
It’s going to be hard.
June 25, 2004 at 09:40 am
God's judgment (an insight)...
Some good thoughts from Joshua Claybourn:
Based on Scripture and what we believe God to be, we know that God will judge all mankind fairly. Besides, this question seems to be a poor excuse for not coming to Christ. What happens to others is no excuse for your own situation. I’m not a theologian or minister, so I’m not technically an expert in this stuff. But I am a committed believer with a passion. So despite my lack of degree or title in these matters, I will tell you that I God is forgiving, fair, and above all, loving.This is the conclusion. Read the rest here.
June 24, 2004 at 6:25 pm
grid::blog | Project 365 progress...
grid::blog | Project 365 is approaching the seventh month! I can’t believe it. It has been a lot of fun to keep my photographic interests alive like this (I strongly suggest you check it out and try it yourself — if you do want to join in, let me know so that I can add your name to the list!).
Tomorrow, though, I will be starting an 11 day vacation of sorts — first to house-sit for my in-laws and then off to California. Because of this, the grid::blog will not be updated for a while. But, as always, I will update it with all of the daily pictures shortly after my return.
Please pray for Julianna and I as we head out west!
Later…
June 24, 2004 at 5:00 pm
The change...
A couple of changes to make note of:
- This design is not final (in fact, I stole it from the one I made for Rob & Erica’s Blog — which is really just a rip off of one of the well-used TypePad layouts). It will change.
- The RSS feed “index.rdf” will no longer work. You will now have to use one of the Feeds located in the side-bar over there.
- You can still read all of my old Blog entries here.
- I’m more than positive that there is more I should be telling you.
June 24, 2004 at 2:02 pm
Changing my religion...
And I’m not talking spirituality here, I’m talking blogging...
Go with me here…
Ok, so this is when I join the ranks of those who are abandoning MovableType for another weblogging system. But, I’m different… Really. I mean, I love MovableType. I am very happy with how it works as a weblogging tool (and I’ve checked out several — everything from homegrown, OpenSource apps to commercial suites that are slicker than snot. But, in most comparisons MovableType stands up to the best of ‘em. And I’m not even talking about v3.0, either — I’d be more than content to stick with v2.66, though if I were going to stick with MovableType, I would be happy to pay for a licence.
So, why am I switching then?
June 24, 2004 at 07:24 am
I as a drop of mercury...
Yesterday evening, I finally finished Quicksilver by Neal Stephenson (You can visit Neal’s personal site here). Now, I admit that I am a tragically slow reader (and for a person who loves to read — and write, of course — this pains me to no end). But, I persist. I read when I can (which isn’t as often as I’d like) and I slowly, but surely, trudge through every book I pick up… In fact, the only book I can think of that I haven’t started and finished (at some point) is Heavy Water and Other Stories by Martin Amis — of which I will finish one day…I swear.
But, Quicksilver... Quicksilver is an epic. It’s the first volume of a trilogy and weighs in at 944 pages. And since it took me from October 2003 to June 2004 to complete, I can safely say that the entire trilogy will easily occupy the bulk of three years of my life.
Does this sound healthy to you?
But, I am being a bit extreme. I did read some other books, essays, and short stories during the past nine months — oh, yeah, and way too many Blogs. And, I calculated the average of my daily Quicksilver page-consumption at a meager three-and-a-half pages.
Three-and-a-half pages? Per day?!
As I said: I am a slow reader.
Thankfully, I have a very high opinion of Quicksilver and I can’t wait to read the next two volumes. (The only issue is the pile of books, that I already possess, that must come before volume two, The Confusion.)
Quicksilver I am not — I guess I’ll have to leave that up to the Greek god and the alchemists.
June 22, 2004 at 08:16 am
You say Colombia, I say Columbia…
From KansasCity.com:
It sure sounded suspicious.
On Thursday, a man visited the Pleasant Valley fire department and asked to take a picture of a fire truck. The man said he was a firefighter in Columbia, but the department in central Missouri didn’t know who he was. Pleasant Valley turned him away.
Pleasant Valley also called the FBI. The man was described as being Middle Eastern. His license plates weren’t from Missouri or Kansas.
This is a good one… Read the rest here.
What a world we live in!
(Link via Tony at KCBloggers.)
June 21, 2004 at 1:05 pm
Blog introduction...
Rob & Erica are wonderful friends — genuine, open, deep… It makes me sad to think that we’ve only known them for a short time and now they’re leaving. But keeping in touch won’t be too difficult — such is the gift of modern technology.
Anyway, go and check out Rob & Erica’s Blog and grab their RSS or Atom feed so that you can keep up with their travels.
This is the second site that I designed using Pivot as the blogging tool/backend (the other site being that of my long-time music project A Different Kind of Cop). Pivot is cooler than words (disgruntled MT users take note) and will soon drive this Weblog — whenever I get the time to design it!
June 21, 2004 at 11:29 am
Happy Solstice!
Suw just reminded me that today is Summer Soltice.
Wha…?! This year is going by too quickly.
Maybe the long day today will make up for it…
June 21, 2004 at 07:45 am
Book Meme...
Here’s something fun for us all to take part in…
Devised by The Thinkling (here):
1. Grab the closest book.Here’s mine, From Neal Stephenson’s Quicksilver: “Daniel Waterhouse does not own slaves.”
2. Turn to page 64.
3. Find third complete sentence.
4. Print sentence in comments here or on your own site (a trackback would be nice).
(Via John Adams.)
June 21, 2004 at 07:28 am
The Group Formerly Known As...
Jason Clark and I had a bit of fun on Friday.
June 18, 2004 at 08:44 am
"Transit Lament"
Forgive me for my anger
For I feel a bit neglect
My morning transportation
Did leave me like a speck
While rain poured down
Mine hand ‘twas raised high
Yet still not a notice
As she performed her fly by
O’ wretched day
Of thee I regard
And warrant mine insolence
For thine own watch-guard
Of the driver who
I thought I knew
Glanced not my way
While plainly in view
But run tho’ I did
As the transport buzzed past
“Why me? Why now?”
‘Twas these to God asked
Yet catch her not
That ellusive prize
Abandoned to soak
Under cloud-covered skies
Hope for smooth travel
Tho’ must I not bide
Tethered to agendum
‘Tis a stretch of my pride
But lo here I stand
(If but a bit sodden)
A fitting example
O’ the lowly downtrodden
June 17, 2004 at 07:56 am
I'm a Sage...
Take the Spiritual Types Test and see how you come out…
As for me?
You are a Sage, characterized by a thinking or head spirituality. You value responsibility, logic, and order.Read the full description here.
(Link via Jen Lemen.)
June 16, 2004 at 11:59 am
How To Argue Religion...
Since we all have a tendency to want to do this around here…
By Bob Kuhn:
You have likely heard the phrase, “Never discuss politics or religion.” In fact, if we were to categorize topics according to conversational appropriateness, religion and politics would likely fall somewhere between details of personal hygiene and family medical history. Although politics can be boring, religion very seldom is. Religious conversation involves issues that are far more interesting than the typical socially accepted dialogues of work, wardrobe, and weather. Instead of being labeled the taboo-of-talk, I believe religion should be considered a major topic option for recreational discourse.Technique 1:
Subtly Claim Moral SuperiorityRead the rest here.
(Link via John Walkenbach.)
And, yes, this is supposed to be funny!
June 15, 2004 at 08:44 am
Blogday gifts...
Yeah, I know that blogday gifts haven’t quite been institutionalized, but thanks to my friend Wheat, I now have a Gmail account. While he didn’t even know it was my blogday today, I feel like his gift to me was very well-timed.
Thanks, Wheat!
Give it a whirl at samoff@gmail.com.
(Now I’m one of the older and the cooler.)
June 15, 2004 at 08:05 am
4 years and 301 posts...
Now, four years later, my simple little online journal has become the main focus of what I do online (at least, outside of what I do at my day job). And now, this meager depot of half-organized streams of consciousness gets 800 to 1500 unique hits per day.
In reality, I have only been “blogging” (in the literal sense of the word) for a little over a year now — well, my first entry using MovableType was on May 28, 2003, anyway. The three years prior were a pretty shabby attempt at keeping my journal updated. There are some good memories in there, though (and my tremendous amount of traffic really only started about six months ago).
In any case, that first MovableType entry was about time. Here is a quote from that post:
Time is something that I am going to try to conquer — not scientifically, not metaphysically, but mentally and, hopefully, spiritually. God desires us to seek Him at all times. He desires to give us abundant life. Ultimately, He desires us to be in total communion with Him. To God, in His sense of time, this has already happened. To us, it will remain a process. Whether this process finds one of us dead later on this afternoon or still toiling 60 years from now, to God, if we are seeking His kingdom, we are already with Him. I’d like this concept to be a part of who I am. In the here-and-now of my own human understanding, I’d like to know that time doesn’t matter. I’d like to know that anything I go through, here on Earth, is already a fleeting memory.I think this was a turning point in my “blogging career” as well as my life as a follower of Christ…and I have yet to look back.
Read this piece, by Will Sampson. It sums up a lot of the resons why this past year has been so good.
Thanks for the wonderful times everyone. I’m only looking forward to more.
June 14, 2004 at 1:41 pm
The Emergent Cookbook!
Let the cooking (and eating) commence!
Back on June 7th, a bunch of us were in the mood for food. Spurred on by this, my friend Brooke was thinking about starting an online cookbook of sorts (a very cool idea, I must say!). It looks like Ande Smallwood beat her to it (link no longer works, TS 12/20/04).
So, check out the Emergent Cookbook. E-mail Ande with your recipe suggestions.
I still think that Brooke should start something as well. If I were to rely on just a single cookbook in my life, I don’t think I would be able to cope.
Why don’t you go over to Brooke’s Blog and encourage her!
(As an aside, I must state that I don’t think that the Emergent Cookbook is in any way affiliated with or endorsed by Emergent Village, et al.)
June 11, 2004 at 2:31 pm
Well, I had no idea!
“...But just recently I’ve been sensing a bit of a shift. Nothing you could call a sea-change, but certainly the emergence of a Christian witness that does not share the political agenda of American conservatism. Real Live Preacher is perhaps the most notable, but Tim Samoff, Camassia, Darren Rowse and others have been instrumental in “giving permission” for non-conservative (or unconventionally conservative!) Christians to add their voices to this strange self-opinionated world…”Gee, thanks, Bene! (Er, Richard — read the update below.)
And the rest of you can read Bene’s entire article here and try to answer the question that he poses at the end.
Update: Ok, so Richard just admitted, in the comments here, that this was all his doing… Oh, what a sneaky blogosphere we weave!
June 11, 2004 at 10:33 am
Retreat!
No, not really… I mean, I’m going on a retreat, silly!
Today, a few of us guys are heading down to Lake of the Ozarks for the weekend. The annual “men’s retreat” began last year, but I guess the second year does make it annual (this is my first time, though). So, does the cabin pictured here look like we’re going to be roughing it?
Nice.
At the same time, our wives and some of the single girls are heading out for their own retreat. They’re actually staying in tents and sleeping bags and are showing us guys up by leaps-and-bounds concerning the “traditional” view of a “retreat.”
But, I’m assuming that the times will be very fun and very meaningful for all involved.
Of course, I must state that my part in grid::blog | Project 365 will be on hold again until I get back.
Also, I’m hoping that we get back in time to see Jason Clark speak at church this Sunday. If not, I’m sorry I missed you Jason! There was much bonding and beer drinking to be done!
June 11, 2004 at 07:20 am
The value of a good razor...
Last night, while at the grocery store, I remembered that I needed new razor blade refills — I had pushed my current razor to its last nanometer of sharpness, and I was beginning to feel the effects. To my dismay, the store was out of the razor that I use: the wonderful Gilette Mach3Turbo. And thinking that I really only needed something to tide me over untill the next time I went shopping, I decided on a $2.55 bag of cheap Bic disposables.
Big mistake.
I don’t know when the last time I shaved with a cheap disposable razor was — maybe seven years ago or so — but, man… Who would want to use one of these things?!
On a bad day, I will cut myself in one or two places. This happens rarely, but it happens. I think the picture here gives good reason to fork out the extra cash for a good razor. Last night, I should have just paid the $9.00 for the Schick Quattro, but since I am so attached to my razor — and so disappointed that the refills were out of stock — I didn’t even want to try.
The thing that irks me most about all of this — you’d think it’d be all of the cuts, but it isn’t — is the fact that after all of the pain I went through this morning to shave, I didn’t even get a good shave.
Woe is me.
June 10, 2004 at 12:46 pm
20 things American Christians should know...
1. America is not God, and Americans are not God’s chosen people. Prosperity is not proof of righteousness. If you would claim to be a Christian, then you are a Christian before you are an American. Period.This and 19 other must-read revelations at The H is O.
(Link via Will Samson.)
June 10, 2004 at 08:55 am
iCommons Canada Project...
As part of an international effort to facilitate the availability of open-source licences, the Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic (CIPPIC) is translating the popular Creative Commons licence (CCL) for use under Canadian law.(Link via MovableBLOG: Asides.)
Reference: iCommons Canada and Creative Commons.
June 10, 2004 at 07:31 am
A great birthday nevertheless...
Last night about thirty of us from church wer supposed to go to see the Royals play the Expos (and presumably, to beat them as they did at the game the night previous). It was rained out, though, so those plans fell through.
Now, while last night was also my birthday, the game had been planned prior to any widespread knowledge that the June 9th was my special day. This was all right with me, though — I’m not someone who has to have something extraordinary done for my birthday. But being that the game was planned and it was my birthday, I was definitely going to make the best of it.
But, as I said, the game was rained out, so the plans were changed.
It was decided that all of us should still meet up and go to dinner. While all thirty people were not going to make it to dinner, we came close at twenty-five. It was still going to be a fun night.
Here’s where I got a bit of news that made me wish for clearer evenings, though. While we were waiting for everyone to arrive in the church’s parking lot, I found out that it had been arranged for a birthday greeting to be displayed on the Kauffman Stadium Jumbotron screen!
Ok… How cool would that have been?!
(The funny thing is that all week I had been joking about this, but I never thought it would have happened.)
And now, because of a little rain, I will never see my name up on the gigantic jumbotron. (But, I guess I can still dream.)
Nevertheless, the twenty-five of us had a great meal (and a lot of fun) at one of my favorite midtown restaurants, Jerusalem Cafe, followed by ice cream at Murray’s.
No, I didn’t get to see my name on the jumbotron, but I did get to stuff myself with some amazing Mediterranean cuisine and a (much too big) banana split.
As a matter of fact, after all of the food that I consumed last night, all I really have to do to see a “jumbotron” is look down at my post-birthday belly!
Good times.
June 09, 2004 at 11:48 am
Google Doodles...
Via…Google Blog, of course!
Check out every Google Doodle ever created. They’re all by a guy named, Dennis Hwang Google‘s International Webmaster). You can e-mail Dennis with your own Google Doodle ideas at doodle@google.com... Wouldn’t it be cool to see one of your ideas show up someday?
June 09, 2004 at 11:23 am
Birthdays...
I didn’t know that Bene‘s twin and I had the same birthday!
Arg. One day late! Don’t forget to wish Cliff a happy birthday too. (That darned Birthday Buzzard!)
June 08, 2004 at 2:38 pm
(B)Log Rolling...
I know, I know… My Blogroll is clearly out-of-date. But, I can’t help it. Since adopting an aggregator that I like, I just don’t use the darned thing anymore. In fact, the only reason that I ever visit a Weblog from within a web browser is when I want to make a comment.
So, in an attempt to make all of my reads available to you, dear friends, I present a web version of my current and updated Blogroll.
As of today’s date, it is at 144 subscriptions. Will it grow bigger? Check it often to find out!
June 08, 2004 at 1:11 pm
History, Truth, and the Quote of the Day...
Except for my Bus Proverbs, I’m not usually big on “Quotes of the Day.” This one stopped me dead in my tracks, though…
“The “history” assumed in this argument is so radically and uncontroversially false that it is hard even to comment.”If you want to read what he’s referring to, go here.
In recent years, I have begun to surmise that we all live in a cloud of what we think “history” is. From the supposed past proceedings of our world (as we have read in history books or heard on the news) to those that we have fabricated on our own (whether because of our own ideological dreams or even something we may have seen in a movie), we judge our intake based on ideas and recollections that may not be true at all.
I don’t know if I am trying to make any other point than that our “histories” may need closer inspection sometimes. I do know that the tendency of humankind is to hide from the truth — even if by trying to find “truths” of another sort.
I wonder how any of us ever have coherent conversations at all…
June 08, 2004 at 12:56 pm
MovableType Blog Quiz
MovableType Blog Quiz:
1. Dan Black Belt
You are a novice. An experienced one. The road that lies ahead is no less long and winding than what it was, but your sense of direction is better than it was when you started your career as a practitioner of MT-Do.
Continuing on…the journey.
(Via Ian.)
June 08, 2004 at 08:01 am
Finally one of the "chosen"...
Last night, a few of us (my wife and my inlaws) went out for my birthday dinner. My birthday isn’t until Wednesday, but this seemed like as good a night as any. We went to Café Verona (that link is provided, because I just know everyone would like to know when the last time the restaurant had its health inspection) in Independence. We had a very nice time and the food was great.
There’s actually a pretty funny story behind my going to Caf? Verona. You see, it seems like every time someone “special” comes into town, my mother-in-law takes them to Caf? Verona. Well, I have lived here for about four years now, and I have never gotten to go. Sometime ago, after realizing that my mother-in-law was doing this, I developed a bit of an esteem problem… I mean, what was wrong with me that I never got invited to Caf? Verona? (Even Julianna got to go once — just for lunch!)
So, it sort of became a running joke in our family. Everyone but me got to go. Well, that’s just fine!
Now it’s my birthday (albeit the fourth one that I’ve had in this state). And what better way to celebrate than to finally be taken to Caf? Verona?
Initially, though, we made plans to have a birthday lunch there on this Sunday past. But — and this is just so funny — I got a call from my mother-in-law on Saturday night and she told me to pick another restaurant… Huh?! It turns out that Caf? Verona is closed on Sundays!
No! It can’t be!
I was sure that my leg was being pulled (my mother-in-law can have a propensity to do that sort of thing). When I heard this news, I immediately handed the phone to Julianna. My emotions were being played with and I just couldn’t take it. Sure enough, though, the truth was being told. What was I to do? So, instead of opting for a different restaurant — I wouldn’t miss out on my one and only opportunity to finally go where I was destined not to go — I asked if we could have dinner on Monday.
And dinner was wonderful.
Now, my inlaws are a bit down. By taking me to Caf? Verona, they have just lost a very effective “teasing” tactic. I guess I’m not too sad about it myself. In any case, I’m sure they’ll think of something else. (They’re good at that!)
I was also fortunate enough to receive the amazing gift there on the left from my wife and family (click it to see a larger version). The Swiss Army watch (like Caf? Verona) was actually another thing that I never thought I’d have in my life.
Leave it to my loving family to come through twice in one night!
June 07, 2004 at 10:25 am
Can we live without food?
From the Livingroom:
One of the themes that we are going to explore in the next month or so is that of ‘The Spirituality of Food’. It emerged as an idea out of our shared love for food (some of our group can’t stop talking about sometimes) but also because our local community are majorly into food also. We live in the middle of an area dominated by restaurants, cafes, gourmet food shopping outlets etc – it is part of the rhythm of our area so we thought we should explore it as it relates to faith and Scripture.Read the rest.
I have thought about the subject of spiritualuty and food and food’s importance in Church life for years — not necessarily related to the “emerging/organic” church life, but to the life of the Church as a whole. There’s something very spiritual in breaking bread and hospitality.
My parents have long been an example of this. In fact, their marriage is an example of how hospitality blesses them and others.
Eating brings people together and opens us up in ways that pure conversation doesn’t. Food is integral to life — maybe that’s why it makes fellowship feel more closely connected with God sometimes.
This weekend has been full of the breaking of bread and fellowship.
On Saturday night, a bunch of us got together for a going away party for two friends who are moving to Tasmania in July. It was so great to be together eating and laughing and praying for our friends. It was sad — we do hate to see our friends go — but we are happy for them… And, really, Tasmania? How cool is that?
Yesterday, we enjoyed a day with our church at the annual picnic/baptism. It was an amazing time; a genuine mix of fun and spirituality. And impossible without food.
Life. Growth. Proper development. All impossible without food.
If our bodies cannot live long without food, how then will the Church?
From TallSkinnyKiwi:
PREDICTION:Read the rest.
I believe that FOOD and cooking are as essential to emerging/organic church than what music was to contemporary/seeker church. I also predict that in the next few years, as emerging churches stop emerging and settle down into their calling, that we will see a resurrection of the church cookery books in the tradition of the Mennonite and Amish churches. Although these will be web based instead of print.
June 07, 2004 at 07:42 am
Bus Proverb #6
“...and then they come out with this medicine that says, ‘May cause sexual side-effects’... Sexual side-effects?! No, there ain’t no one who’s gonna mess with my sex. I mean, why they gonna tell you it gonna mess with a man’s sex? Ain’t no one gonna mess with my sex!”All Bus Proverbs
June 04, 2004 at 1:49 pm
Pomo vs. Porno?
I got an e-mail from a friend today that had “pomo” in the subject field. You see, being that a few of us talk about postmodernity a little bit, we may tend to get e-mails like this once in a while. And I’m guessing that more than likely, at first glance, I think that the e-mail is entitled, “porno” (as in p-o-r-n-o-g-r-a-p-h-y). Funny.
Needless to say, I quickly clicked on the link included in the e-mail just to see what awaited me.
After thinking about this for another second or so I guiltily wondered… Are pomo and porno really so different? I mean, we think about postmodernity, we read about postmodernity, we write about postmodernity — if somone were to tell us about a pictoral representation of postmodernity, I’m sure we’d go look at it. (Though, honestly, I’m into postmodernity solely for the great articles.)
A question: how many of you clicked on that link up there?
Oh, be ashamed!
Pomo excites us. It entices us with new and interesting ideas and snares us. Sometimes, I can’t wait to check the latest updates in my aggregator just to see what kind of new pomo I can immerse myself in — to pleasure my depraved mind with.
It’s a sickness, I know. But, I can admit it. I’m not yet hiding photos of Foucault, Derrida, or even McLaren in my wallet — God help me if I ever do. But, I know who they are, along with others like Barthes and Lyotard and Eco and others — as if they were the past months’ centerfolds.
I’m currently in a long-term e-mail conversation with a friend about postmodernity and historiography and how they fit into Christianity (or postmodern Christianity); awaiting each new response as if I were in an X-rated chatroom.
Pomo versus porno… Take your pick.
June 04, 2004 at 07:54 am
My wife as an Avatar...
Julianna said that my Avatar wasn’t quite right. But, how close can you get with those tools anyway? (I’d love to see others’ attempts, so please let me know.)
So, after hours (not really) of putting various “pieces of the puzzle” together, I came up with an Avatar for my wife…
This one was even tougher than mine. But, I think I got sorta close. Isn’t she pretty?
Make your own and let us see them!
June 03, 2004 at 09:10 am
Make your own Avatar...
This is me, cyber-style…
Make your own with the Portrait Illustrator Maker.
(Link via Ian who got it from Mark who got it from Eye of the Goof.)”;s:4:
June 02, 2004 at 11:07 am
Bad Hair Year...
One self-portrait every day of the year. Every day…bad hair.
(Link via John Walkenbach.)
June 01, 2004 at 08:07 am
The Legend of Hazelnut & Greystone...
This past weekend, Julianna and I went camping at Leavenworth State Fishing Lake. As always, it was beautiful. As usual, there is a story.
(Note: click images to see bigger versions.)
Upon arriving at the lake, we made our trip around the banks, attempting to find a good camp site. I really liked where my brother and I went last time, so we drove to the spot to check it out. Last time, my brother and I were the only ones there. It was so nice. This time… Well, it was Memorial Day weekend, so I wasn’t too surprised when I saw people there, but I was a little disappointed. In order to get as far away from other campers as we could, we continued to drive around the site.
Almost out to thr main road again, we turned into the last camping area. Immediately, we saw what looked to be a dead animal of some sort on the road. But, then it moved! It wasn’t a dead animal, but two little kittens huddled together and shaking violently.