I'm now collecting unemployment benefits from the State of Oregon, which means I must actively look for work. So, for this week, I'll start by asking if anyone knows of any good jobs in the Portland or Philadelphia area. If so, please respond. Thank you!

Directions: List your current six favorite songs and then tag six other people to do the same in their journal ( Read more... )

I'm pretty foolish sometimes. For some reason, I was thinking of just spending practically the entire summer galavanting around on Amtrak trains, meeting cool people in the lounge car, listening to my (not yet purchased) iPod, and stopping off in various cities around this great nation of ours to eat people's food and sleep on their floors. ( Read more... )

I'm done with my IRS job, at least until this fall/winter and probably forever. This could be one of those major transition points in my life, but I'm not stressing about it. I'm just going to take it easy and enjoy my freedom ( Read more... )

The Supreme Court has finally and unanimously spoken, though they didn't say a whole lot. If I understand the proceedings correctly, this means merely that the trial now continues. Usman (or anyone else), have you read about this yet? I agreed w/ Justice Breyer's comments the most, probably ( Read more... )

So, I am coming to Buffalo this weekend. I look forward to seeing lots of people and partying down for Fred and Elizabeth's wedding. And hopefully getting some gaming in on the side...

Ok, so who will be in Buffalo this June (weekend of the 18th) that wants to hang out and provide a house in which I can sleep?

In light of my current interest in Revelation (it's probably just a passing fad), I found this bumper-sticker-worthy quote especially amusing: "WARNING: In case of rapture the eschatological views of this poster will change suddenly."

I found it fourth-hand, quoted in this strangely humorous blog discussion, which I found linked from Abigail's ( Read more... )

Can anybody recommend any good commentaries/theologies on Revelation? I'm in a Sunday School class and the teacher keeps talking about the rapture and stuff and I'm thinking "ok, I'm basically an Augustinian amillenialist," But I have not real textual support for my view. For a good start, I just ordered Jacques Ellul's book on the subject from

Perhaps I should allow a time of mourning. I tend to think of John Paul II as a good Pope. Even one of the best in certain respects - the confrontation with Communism, the Culture of Life, reaching out to Protestants and other religious groups. But the primary thought on my mind today is this: isn't it about time for a non-European Pope?