Viva La Vida: How I Would Have Done It

I just saw the bombastic video for “Vida La Vida” by Coldplay and must say I am a bit disappointed, because I like the song a great deal and thought it deserved better. In fact, for the past month or so I have been constructing my own video for the song in my head (something [...]

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We Are Not Pregnant, Part Deux

In the aforementioned conversation about sympathetic male pregnancy, or a similar one at another time, I cannot precisely remember, I came up with an idea, which my friend, H, promised to illustrate. Here, just in time to supplement yesterday’s post, is H’s fine handiwork. Make sure you look at them in order. There is this [...]

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t(ie)pology

This page will be updated in batches as I wear them and think to take the pictures. It may take some time (it is a big collection). If the name is blank, it means I have not as yet thought up one. Here, in no particular order, is the Dassler t(ie)pology. Click on the thumnails [...]

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Tea, Glorious Tea!

See, now when I suggest a cup of tea after, say, house church or a P.L.A.T.E.S(S) lunch or….OK, pretty much after anything…it will be perceived as an imminently healthy suggestion. Of course the article doesn’t address the adverse effects that the sugar and milk might have in a cup of tea the way I like [...]

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Processional

Last night, in a delightful, post-house church, coffee shop gathering, sitting outside in the lovely night, we were playing “Would You Rather,” a game involving someone asking a question such as “Needing to raise money, say, for seminary for example, would you rather spend a year working in the Reptile House at the St. Louis [...]

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Long Delayed

Here are two events which I fully intended to blog about, but somehow never managed to get to. Running with the Devil Today I managed to get back to running after nearly a two week hiatus. It was quite difficult, as usual, but the endorphins sure do feel good now. I think I burned out [...]

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red

handed ::: headed (well, kind of)

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Addendum

Upon seeing one of my latest pictures in Catapult, my boss insists that he sees a ram in the rock behind it, adding significance to the paschal theme of the picture. I am not seeing a ram, maybe a donkey or a horse or big horn sheep, kind of, but not a ram. Do you [...]

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Mmm…Jelabis!

Sadly, the need to pay bribes is rampant in all of the Indian sub-continent, in both India and Pakistan. I am not entirely sure why. Low salaries are probably a major reason, but I suspect that there are also other underlying cultural reasons for it, ala Darrow Miller’s analysis. Grind your teeth, if you must [...]

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It Occurred to Me Whilst Driving Home…

…that I am going to have to recast my relationship with my camera. If he is Caspian, then no longer will the metaphor of spouse, permiscuous or otherwise, really work. I don’t really want to be the Trumpkin to his Caspian, but I could stand to be a Drinian, a best friend who helps navigate [...]

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