Short Takes on the Day, 06/30/09

You know you wanna. I mean, it’s been too long without the Sarah fix hasn’t it? And who better to dish the dirt than Vanity Fair’s own Todd S. Purdum.
Nobody does it better and just everybody reads Vanity’s exposes’ of the celebrity best.
This one is actually very good. You’ll get lots of real insight into [...]

Beam Me Up Scotty!

Michael Jackson is dead. Just in case you have been traveling the outer planets and missed the news. I don’t mean to be cruel or unfeeling by the way. He wrote some great songs, was a great dancer, was a superb showman. He was also filled with self-loathing which translated into some of the worst [...]

Don’t Blame God! (Part IV)

Sometimes when I read or listen to someone tell me why they no longer believe in God, or at least Christianity, I feel so very sad. Sad, because at least in my case, God continued to bug me even when I ignored him in my agnostic splendor.
I’ve come up against a good many “issues” with [...]

It’s Easy!

Nothing is ever as easy as you think it will be, and when something is advertised as “easy” you really better watch out, because you’re really in for it. More about that in a minute.
I’ve been going every week to work on the church library. We’ve been cataloging books. We now are working on thirteen [...]

All are Not Equal

What a shockingly busy day it was yesterday for news. Michael Jackson and Farrah Fawcett both die. I’m not good at talking about the “breaking news” first because I am not that quick on the button. Face it, you’re not here to get the latest news. I need time to synthesize things a bit, and [...]

Somebody’s Gotta Know

Okay, perhaps I have too much time on my hands. But this issue has been bugging me for a couple of years at least, and I have never had an answer from anyone. And I’m not particularly sure where to look anyway to find an answer, other than plowing through obvious tracts on brain physiology [...]

The Value of Conformity

 
We watched Edward Scissorhands the other night, and I was struck I think this time by issues I hadn’t thought of previously.
As you no doubt recall, Edward, played by the wonderful Johnny Depp, (who is playing the Mad Hatter, I have just learned in the new “Alice in Wonderland,” by the eclectic Tim Burton) is [...]