Archive for December, 2007
Dec
Top Music of 2007, pt 1
My favorite albums (note these aren’t in order — they are just numbered so that I’d be sure to pick 10)
1 — Kanye West “Graduation”
2 — David Crowder “Remedy”
3 — Derek Webb “Ringing Bell”
4 — Feist “The Reminder”
5 — the Glorious Unseen “Tonight the Stars Speak”
6 — Radiohead “In Rainbows”
7 — Lovedrug “Everything Starts Where [...]
Dec
Internets
We have the internet at my house again! I don’t have to trek to coffee shops and other places to work after hours! Yay! In other news — I had my foot x-rayed this afternoon in the city. Luckily no break, just soft tissue damage likely indicating severely strained ligaments. 4 advil x 3 times a [...]
Dec
I Am Legend: Reviewed
Friday night I went with Dr. Chris to see I Am Legend — the new Will Smith movie. Those that have only seen the trailer might be surprised to discover that it is a post-apocalyptic zombie movie. Unlike most zombie movies though, it is not excessive in its violence nor is it the [...]
Dec
Our Yard, the Orc Village…
So our yard no longer looks exactly like a mild warzone. Instead, an orc village comes to mind. I’m working on getting pics up, but imagine a yard fenced in by stacks and stacks of limbs. And that’s our house.
We spent the better part of Saturday working to get things like this. We started [...]
Dec
Following Jesus in A Culture of Fear: Ch 2
The second chapter, titled Fear and the Moral Life, starts with the question: what does fear do to us? The answer to this question has its beginnings in the moral nature of fear as fear is a basic emotion which isn’t morally neutral (this is not to say fear is bad, but that it, [...]
Dec
Amazing. He definitively finds out about Iran suspending arms production in August and in October is still claiming they are doing it and pushing for WWIII. He wants an Iraq cluster all over again. And his rhetoric sounds no different than Clinton trying to define “is”. With each passing day I’m more disappointed [...]
Dec
December Starts
I haven’t written much about life lately. Truth be told I’ve been busy enough with fairly mundane things that there hasn’t been much worthy of writing about. For those interested in a lighter update though, perhaps this will appease you.
This weekend was one of the nicer weekends I’ve had in awhile. Thursday night the Lebeau’s [...]
Dec
Following Jesus In A Culture of Fear: Ch 1
After doing some freelance work this morning, I stopped by Mardel’s to see if there were any sales happening. There really weren’t any but there was a book that caught my eye: Following Jesus in a Culture of Fear by Scot Bader-Saye. As I said, the title struck me so I picked it [...]