I recently made a business trip which involved a flight from Orlando to Washington, D.C.. And guess who was on the plane. Ben Stein! He was the first one on the plane, and tried to think of a way to greet him, but when I boarded the plane he was sitting back with his glasses off and his eyes closed. So I didn't get to talk to him, but now I know ( Read more... )

I guess I'm pretty much out of the Exodus groove, so that series isn't going to happen anytime soon. So, moving right along . . . .

Weezer's third self-titled album, The Red Album, came out June 3rd. It's time to give my song-by-song review, and in the process discuss other issues involved with the songs.

1. Troublemaker--Musically, this song isn't ( Read more... )

I guess they finally got his gun.

Recently I've done a lot of study of Exodus at work. I had to research nearly every chapter and write commentary on specific verses as well as highlight major themes in selected passages. It's been the catalyst for a lot of thinking and processing on my part. Often I was unable to say everything I was thinking within the limitations of the project ( Read more... )

 A few days ago I received a Bob Dylan documentary in the mail. It covers The Rolling Thunder Revue and the Gospel years, touching on "Desire," "Street Legal," "Live at Budokan," "Hard Rain," "Slow Train Coming," and "Saved." "Infidels" gets mentioned briefly. I was pretty excited because I haven't heard much about that phase of Bob's career. In ( Read more... )

Winner: The White Stripes picked up Grammies for Alternative Music Album and Rock Performance by Duo or Group with Vocals. Rock on, Whites ( Read more... )

This morning Mike Huckabee held a campaign rally-thingy at Mid-America Nazarene University, and I decided to go to see what he was like, hear his platform first hand, and try to form an opinion. It's nice to have the option of coming to work late now and then! If you don't care or dislike Huckabee, don't feel like I'm shoving this down your throat ( Read more... )

Why is it so hard to give up bad role models? Maybe another way to ask that question is: Why do people resist learning? Why do people resist getting something better or truer ( Read more... )

This Christmas was very good. We were able to spend quality time with all our families, and even squeeze a few friends. Unfortunately, there was no time to visit Cincinnati or Kentucky. After getting nary a minute of alone time, I'm surprised I feel decently good. R2 read several chapters of "Mere Christianity" to me during our long drive, and I ( Read more... )

This past weekend we finally moved in to our new house. The weather report said we were going to have some freezing rain or drizzle on Friday night (packing night) and Saturday (moving day), so we were concerned about that. Friday night stayed clear and we got the truck loaded up. Then my friends who were helping us suggested that we just go unload ( Read more... )