It Takes Crap to Make Beauty
Thursday, July 30th, 2009 Posted in Writing | No Comments »Something I’m trying to teach myself as a writer is that you have to write some shitty first drafts before you can come with anything close to good. That’s an easy lesson to learn when you’re writing something short like a ...
Adoption is not Horror
Wednesday, July 29th, 2009 Posted in Adoption, Movies | No Comments »You may have heard about a creepy new horror flick from Warner Bros. called Orphan. I'm not a fan of horror flicks in general, but this one seemed kind of dumb and insensitive. Really? An adopted child is going to ...
School Loans & Audio Adrenaline
Monday, July 27th, 2009 Posted in Education | 3 Comments »I just received a statement from Wells Fargo showing a breakdown of interest, principal and total paid on our school loans over the past 8+ years. And the current balance, of course. Horribly depressing. Even more depressing when I consider ...
Adoption and Abortion
Thursday, July 23rd, 2009 Posted in Adoption, Society | 15 Comments »If the practice of abortion ended the world would have to deal with 42 million unwanted children every year. How can anti-abortion advocates respond to that when there are already 148 million orphans in the world? How can we ask ...
Harry Potter & The Half-Hearted Movie
Thursday, July 16th, 2009 Posted in Books, Movies | 5 Comments »OK, need to get this off my chest. Here comes the fan-boy movie rant, complete with spoilers and incoherence. You might want to just move along. We went to see the new Harry Potter flick last night, Harry Potter and the ...
The Civilized Church
Thursday, July 16th, 2009 Posted in God, Church & Stuff, Sexuality | No Comments »We talked about gays in church yesterday, so how about gays at Christian rock festivals today? Po-mo emergent guy and fellow Twin Citizen Tony Jones offers an interesting recap of a panel discussion held at the recent Cornerstone festival titled ...
Come Watch Us Argue Over Gay People
Wednesday, July 15th, 2009 Posted in God, Church & Stuff | 2 Comments »I just blogged about an exciting new slogan for the Episcopal Church over at Church Marketing Sucks: "Come Watch Us Argue Over Gay People." Considering I attend an Episcopal church, the process of writing the blog entry and the article it ...
Dependence Day
Saturday, July 4th, 2009 Posted in Society | 2 Comments »Today we celebrate our independence. But our strength is in our dependence. We depend on one another. We depend on our armed forces to keep us safe. We depend on family and friends for love, sanity and good times. We depend on ...
Putting Dora’s Mexican Restaurant Online
Wednesday, July 1st, 2009 Posted in Business & Marketing, Twin Cities | No Comments »Deciding what to make for dinner is always a little tough in my house because when I look out my kitchen window I can see Dora's Mexican Restaurant (formerly Los Cabos; new name, same folks). So tempting. It's the first ...
