As I was surfing around on Facebook, I came across the group “Repeal the 22nd Amendment” (which is the whole ‘president can only serve two terms’ thingy), complete with this picture:
A UNICORN?! Really? And is he walking on water?!
Now, this picture appears to be premised on the idea that all black [...]
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Jesus H. Obama
Posted in Uncategorized on January 23, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Manda’s Real Life Talk
Posted in Uncategorized on January 23, 2009 | 2 Comments »
So Stormie asked Manda to speak at the first Real Life (our ministry’s Thursday night worship gathering) of the semester. If you know Manda, you know that this made her horribly nervous (and if you don’t know her, know that this made her horribly nervous).
The first series is on healthy relationships, and she introduced it. [...]
My New Dry Cleaner
Posted in Uncategorized on January 20, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Today, on my way to work, I decided to drop off several items of clothing I had been needing to get drycleaned. I had been going to a place a mile or so from my old place, but since I moved into the ‘hood (as I affectionately refer to it), I have made a commitment [...]
Jay Leno
Posted in Uncategorized on January 14, 2009 | 1 Comment »
This morning at WAY too early (5:45 am), Scot, Manda and I got up so we could make it to Burbank (the city) by 7:00 am so we could stand in line for tickets to the Tonight Show. We were numbers 2-4 in line, so we got the tickets and set off to tour Hollywood [...]
An Orange Tree, Pepperdine and LP
Posted in Uncategorized on January 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Today, Manda, Scot and I met up with Sarah for lunch at a Cuban restaurant in Orange County. And while we were there, we saw an actual orange tree with actual oranges on it. Which is a first for me.
After that, Scot drove us up to Malibu, where we visited the beautiful campus of Pepperdine [...]
Night Life
Posted in Uncategorized on January 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
After Scot picked us up from LAX, he took Manda and me with him to Loyola Marymount University in LA, where he was speaking at a Mosaic-related collegiate gathering called Night Life. LMU has been rated one of the 10 most beautiful campuses in the US, and it’s not hard to see why:
Just a [...]
Pacific Costal Highway One (a.k.a. ‘The One’)
Posted in Uncategorized on January 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Today, Manda and I rented a Toyota Corolla and drove down California Highway 1. The One – as it’s known on the coast – winds down the Pacific coast, creating some of the most beautiful views and dangerous curves either of us had ever driven.
With the temperature in the mid-seventies and our windows down, our [...]
San Franciscan Liturgies
Posted in Uncategorized on January 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Since Manda and I are in San Francisco today (and unable to worship with our Parkade family), we decided to attend two worship gatherings today. The first was at 8:30 local time at the beautiful Grace Cathedral (Episcopal):
The service at Grace was very nice high-church worship. The officiant was the Very Reverend Dean of [...]
The Rock
Posted in Uncategorized on January 10, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Today, Manda and I visited Alcatraz, a.k.a. (especially to fans of Sean Connery’s body of work) “The Rock”.
For your information, I was able to refrain from exclaiming in my best Scottish accent, “Welcome to the Rock!” for the entire trip. Thank you very much.
The audio tour featured the voices of [...]
An Understaffed School and a Kid who should’ve Been There.
Posted in Uncategorized on January 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Today, Manda and I got up early and went to school with her aunt, who is a Kindergarten teacher in Oakland. Despite the fact that the riots over Oscar Grant’s murder were going on, we didn’t see any signs. We got to the school at about 8:00 am, thirty minutes before the students. Her aunt [...]
