Archive for June, 2005

signs and wonders

Wednesday, June 29th, 2005

"It is a wicked and a perverse generation," Jesus said to the Pharisees, "which seeks for a sign." Perversely enough, I seem to have a gift for making signs (in case you were seeking). It started with last night's post with the church signs, created at churchsigngenerator.com. But my ...

on a mission from blog

Monday, June 27th, 2005

The sign in front of Trinity Church has become a beacon to higher-order bloggers. I read today that the fellow who teaches RCIA at the Manhattan church where Dawn often attends finally responded to her voicemail and email...after three months (see the comments on her blog entry). Apparently Dawn's message ...

willie dillie

Monday, June 27th, 2005

The difference between Willie Nelson and Bob Dylan is day and night. Dylan is the night. "All Willie lacked was the chicken wire," my dad, an old-time Dylan fan, disparaged. My dad remembers back in the early seventies when his army buddies would sometimes drive out to ...

wired in hoboken

Monday, June 13th, 2005

What a day. Following the advice of my native guide (the lovely and street smart Dawn Eden), I didn't come into The City today: temperatures were forcast in the hundred-somethings, so it wasn't a great day to pound the paving stones of the concrete jungle. No problem, my son and ...

a pounce of prevention

Wednesday, June 8th, 2005

Nineteen year old Gerardo Flores may not have been the sad patsy in his 16 year old girlfriend's plot to murder her unborn twins which some make him out to be, according to KTRE.com: "District Attorney Art Bauereiss said Basoria [the girlfriend] was against abortion and got pre-natal care to make ...

little texans a big deal

Tuesday, June 7th, 2005

At the time of this writing, 60% of Internet users who've read WISCTV.com's story of the 19-year-old Texas man who killed his girlfriend's unborn twins by stepping on her stomach believe Texas is too harsh. The other 40% believe the jury done good or should've done more. The girl, who ...

this place is going to the blogs

Wednesday, June 1st, 2005

When I see a really dumb movie, I leave the theatre feeling gypped, but also thinking, "Sheesh, I could make a better movie than that. Ditto for bad books; I finish some piece of prosaic pablum and think to myself, "nothing novel about that; now if I were to ...