New Blogs to Check Out

May 22, 2008

I’ve been following a few new blogs that I wanted to let you all know about:

Fr Patrick’s Weblog: I first met Fr Patrick in Idaho, when his beard was significantly shorter, and we met each other for coffee pretty regularly. We had some really wonderful conversations and it was an honor to be able to [...]

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Life as a Bob Jones Student: What NOT to Bring

October 30, 2007

From Bob Jones University website’s description of Residence Life:

Posters of movie and music stars and fashion models are not permitted. The subjects of personal photos should not exhibit immodesty or inappropriate physical contact.
Music must be compatible with the University’s music standards: New Age, jazz, rock, and country music is not permitted. Contemporary Christian music is [...]

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King of the Hill Seeks a New Church

October 16, 2007

Some of you may have seen this already, but if you haven’t, watch a funny clip about Hank trying to find a new church on “King of the Hill.”

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The Year of Living Biblically: A Review

October 7, 2007

What happens when the editor at large of Esquire magazine and New York Times best-selling author decides to live according to the Bible for a year? A. J. Jacobs, author of “The Know It All,” shares with us his journey in his new book, “The Year of Living Biblically: One Man’s Humble Quest to Follow [...]

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Robots

July 20, 2007

On the way home from a CPE field trip the other day, this was just a slice of our conversation concerning names and children’s names:
CPE Colleague: “I always wanted to just write down a series of numbers and letters on the birth certificate, and then later, tell my kid they were a robot. It’d be [...]

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Random & Funny T-shirts

April 9, 2007

I love random t-shirts. You know, those funny ones that look like you got them at a thrift store, but you actually paid full price for them? I have plenty of them, including I Love Monkey Business, Eh?, Fact: Clowns Eat People, Don’t shoot! I’m already full of lead, This is My Lucky Shirt, Jesus: [...]

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A phrase I will not ever forget…

August 6, 2005

[This post is in honor of Georgette, pictured on the right with her grandson, Aram]
When I go home to America, there are some phrases that I will miss from my time in the Middle East, some of which include: “As you like, as you like” and “I give you good price…very good price, special discount [...]

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I’m a lightweight…

August 5, 2005

This is a little embarrassing: two stories.
1. Last night I went to the D-Bar with some friends, drank two Negra Modelos, came home, setup my Aerobed, sat down to send a few quick emails, and…I fell asleep. Two beers and I was out. Out cold, asleep and on the couch. Wow…a few months in the [...]

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On Having a Black Tongue…

July 20, 2005

I have a black tongue. I’d really rather not, but when you are popping Pepto-Bismol (they actually have a pretty cool site - it’s very pink) caplets every day, sometimes 4 caplets/day to keep yourself from having too many ‘problems’ - you have to deal with a black tongue. My stomach is telling me to [...]

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Once upon a time…

July 19, 2005

…there was a host-son named Adam whose host-mom gave him a sandwich and two plums in a sack for lunch one day. Adam was grateful, but forgot about the sandwich and plums, which just happened to be in his backpack. Adam had a roommate named Andy, and Adam & Andy had already had some problems [...]

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