Archive for July, 2007
One of the new challenges for our generation is the impact of technology on our spirituality. This warrants serious consideration. If we are not careful, technology has a way of compromising our ability to be present to ourselves, to God…
Sometimes I feel like a pretty lousy person. Not mass-murderer lousy, you know? But then again And in my best behavior I am really just like him I called someone a complete ass and a real jerk the other day……
Here are some fun nuggets I have unearthed on the interwebs for your Friday night/weekend enjoyment.I hope if dogs ever take over the world and they choose a king, they don’t just go by size, because I bet there are…
Basketball Time Again - Thanks, Search Statistics
Closed Published July 20th, 2007 on The Multnomah VillagerSo I was looking through my web statistics (you regular readers know how I am about that sort of thing….) and someone just came to this site via a search that led to this post: Shootin’ Hoops With JC. Which reminded me of how much Jr. V enjoyed that activity.
That activity, by the way, is […]
There is a certain kind of haunting magnificence when you can open a Bible, angry, depressed, and ready to throw in the towel, and you are met with a passage that is haunting in how it reveals who you are…
Psalm 10 1 O Lord, why do you stand so far away? Why do you hide when I am in trouble? 2 The wicked arrogantly hunt down the poor. Let them be caught in the evil they plan for others….
It’s that time again, Harry Potter fans. It’d be pretty much impossible NOT to know that the 7th and final book in the series is going to be released this week. Of course, Annie Bloom’s Books will be having an event leading up to sales of the book at 12:01 AM Saturday morning. The fun […]
There’s a great line in one of the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy books where Ford says to Arthur something along the lines of I drive by Zen. I don’t often get where I’m going, but I usually end up…
As you may have suspected, the cows were here first.
Closed Published July 18th, 2007 on The Multnomah VillagerSo, for the first time in a long time last week, I blew off the neighborhood association meeting. This is because I wanted to head up to Annie Bloom’s and hear Nanci Hamilton talk about her new book “Portland’s Multnomah Village” - the history of our neighborhood. I bought a copy of the bok, […]
There was a bit of a geek summit a Journeys last night, when talk of wi-fi router configuration between Brian and myself attracted some other bar-goers, who turned out to be blog readers and recent commenters. Yes, it was K2 (of Zella.org) and Lame-o Bike Commuter (of Sustainthis. org). Turns out we work not far […]