Jenn decided to pay me back for the “7 Things About Me” tagging that I hit her with the other day, so she pegged me with the Four Things meme.  Yee haw. Four jobs I’ve had Print shop manager Pizza delivery driver Retail bitch Telemarketing research agent Four movies I can watch over a...

Why is it that we will, at the drop of a hat, spend money on all kinds of junk we don't need, some of which we even put into our own body. Most of it serves no real purpose other than to satisfy our external desires. Really feeling good comes from being healthy, and we need to pay more attention to ...

Four damn good events are going down tonight: One: Excellent punk rock from one of the best bands punk-rocking these days. Added bonus: A good band from Australia! Witch Hats recalls The Birthday Party, only with some haunting female vocals involved. You'll find these ruffians at Funhouse. Two: Get ...

This is part one of a four-part series this summer on Christianity and sex. Part Two will look more closely at issues of sexuality and global justice, part Three will look at how to reconcile contemporary sexual ethics with Scripture and tradition, and part Four will provide a whole bunch of good re...

The search engines have an inventory of ad space they want you to buy. They want you to pay the highest price possible, although they obviously have to work within market conditions and create (or even deliver) value. They operate highly complex, extremely secretive ‘auctions’ based on r...

While we're in "crazy mode" with our new construction project, we're finding ourselves needing to say 'no' a lot, or at least 'not now.'  That's hard, but it's sure easier when there's a clear vision and mission that supports saying 'no' to some things. I just heard of another big chu...

Can I just say that I LOVE being a mom of two?  I have to admit, I worried (well, to be perfectly honest, I fretted and obsessed and worked myself up into a near anxiety attack) about what it would be like to have two kids.  You see, I was raised as an only child.  I don't know how a ...

The interwebs are once again spreading the Good News of yet another company (this time an audiobook retailer) eschewing DRM in favor of .mp3 files. And once again, it seems that few of the news sources haven’t bothered to look beyond a press release and actually see if the claim holds up under...

I 've written before about the idea of creating a responsible, sustainable, joyful, Natural Economy, and about how difficult it is to 'get there' because the brutal industrial economy we live under is The Only Life We Know. Most of the prescriptions for getting there require (or involve entirely) to...

Obama's camp has been making some noise about trying hard to Georgia. I think its all a bluff and Obama would need four things to win Georgia: (1) Registering and getting the 500,000+ African-Americans to vote; (2) having Bob Barr continuing polling 7-8% in Georgia, (3) selecting Sam Nunn as his VP;...