Here is a good article that sums up my perspective on Christianity, especially the bolded paragraph. There is no question n my mind that evolution has provided a sort of boobytrap in that it causes us to impute intentionality to all sorts of things that don’t necessarily have it, but that̵...

{Hung Fire (1995)} {Tartan (1998)} {Love Apples (1992)} Best intentions exist solely it seems for the purpose of being cast aside. I had every intention of taking in the Rosalie Gascoigne retrospective at the NGV sooner than I did. I caught it today, with four days remaining and considered myself lu...

Okay, pep talk time! Anyone feel like hanging up the cleats? Or how about, stick a fork in me, I'm done. Because of the economic instability our world is in, all of us and I mean all of us right now are feeling some level of pinched, afraid, frustrated, and ready with some things to just say, &q...

I just heard from the author of The Secret Language of Birds! A friend of a friend of a friend, she said, mentioned my post about finding her book. :) She's working on a bird tarot herself, due out next spring or maybe even winter. :) In other news, Finn had an awesome nap this morning, but is alrea...

hi so mike-- yeah, he's not on my good list anymore. he was being a complete dick to me for no reason. it started when he took lauren off register and then put ME on instead. like, what the fuck? i'm so sick of the little things like that. then he had to be a jerk about when i took my break. if i'm ...

When a word becomes so popular you begin hearing it everywhere, in all sorts of marginally related or even unrelated contexts, it means one of two things. Either the word has devolved into a meaningless cliché, or it has real conceptual heft. “Green” (or, even worse, “going ...

{I lazed about today and were I a kangaroo this is how I’d appear to you. Either one, take your pick. They both look the epitome of sleepiness to me.} This morning I awoke and gave myself a steam facial and after sufficient time spent head bowed, my face all pink from the heat and framed by newly ...

Did I mention we sold our home?! We closed at the end of Dec. The experience was bittersweet. Having our home in VA was the one thing I felt really tied us back to our life in the US. We knew we had a home to return to. It was a familiar place. We had friends & family in the area. We knew what t...

The anticipated film Watchmen, based on the 1980s DC Comics 12-part comic book series (later adapted as a graphic novel), hits theaters tomorrow. Die-hard fans of the original publication may fret over its faithfulness to the series, but studio execs also worried about their movie's faithfulness to ...

Oh. My. God! We went to Baker's Square last night and it was CLOSED! Permanently! WTH?! If THAT one can't stay open (it was walking distance from the dorms at NIU), I don't know how any of them can. And, sheesh, a little WARNING would've been nice. We were just there a few weeks ago! They closed on ...