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I'm the refrigerator poet, the chubby prophet... magnetic Word+food=heaven. I'm a Web-spinning Spider. I'm a misanthrope (with a side of hope), a dreamer/schemer in bed with the Redeemer, sighing sojourner, bridge-builder and burner. Music first brought me to myspace; where will I be tomorrow? (yourspace?, outer space?). I'm so self-consciously clever, so annoying that I might start to grow on you, like a fungus. I'm my own worst enemy. I make a point of not belonging. Join me.

Free Jacques! (as in links to free Jacques Ellul writings.)
http://www.jesusmanifesto.com/free-jacques/


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Ellul is of the lesser-known but very influential theologians and sociologists of the 20th century. See for yourself what you're missing.



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I'd like to meet:

You. First you can read my blog to REALLY see what I'm all about. Then we'll get some coffee, and together we'll go say hi to Bono, who is just one degree of separation from almost everyone else I want to meet.For instance, I'm sure Bono will be glad to introduce us to fellow 2005 Man of the Year Bill Gates. Then its off to a photo-op with Robin Williams, Bill Belichick, Billy Bob Thornton, the late Bill W and Esther Williams. Then maybe we'll stop in on Billy Mills (the famous Native American Olympic runner, ...also the name of my non-famous nephew), Billy Williams, Billy DEE Williams, William "Refrigerator" Perry, Billy Graham, and Bilbo Baggins.Hopefully Bilbo can take it from there. Certainly he knows John Tolkien (who I'll have to wait to meet, of course). But maybe he also knows John Updike, John Irving, John Cheever, John Sayles, Johnny B. Goode, John Flansbergh of TMBG (and the other John, if we have to...), John Cougar, John Hiatt (who should drag along his pal John Prine, since they're twin sons of different mothers), John Mayer, John Paul Jones (he can bring Plant but not Page,... Jimmy will just trash the place), Johnny Bravo (aka Greg Brady), Johnny Depp, John Malkovich, John Nicholson (aka Jack), Jack (of Beanstalk fame), Jackie Chan, John Walker Lind, John Cleese, John Hurt, Jon Voigt, Elton John, Olivia Newton John, John Lee Hooker, John Doe, John Waters, Jon Favreau, John Turturro, Jean Reno, John Leguizamo, Geovany Soto (Go Cubs Go!), John Madden, Tommy John, John Paxson (much nicer than M.J.), Johnny Unitas, Jack Lambert (Steel Curtain forever, Baby!), and Jonathan Papelbon (Red Sox closer and reknowned Irish stepdancer). Together with all these Johns, we'll raise a Johnnie Walker (Black, of course) and toast the Bills, Isabels, Nobel laureates, Willas, Arundhatis, Janes and the hundreds of other writers, musicians, filmmakers and leaders who inspire or amuse us.
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My Blog

Howling at the Swiss Moon

Might not get to a computer for several days; so this is a long two-part post. Wednesday, July 1 Quiet night our last night in Zurich, except for the part when we got lost (though we were only...
Posted by on Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:55:00 GMT

Switz-aly, Daze 1 e 2

WHEW! Finally found a hotel with computer access (but a slightly odd German keyboard). At least for now, I can stop fighting Sues Blackberry, which dislikes both WordPress and facebook (and even h...
Posted by on Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:52:00 GMT

I Gotta Be Me, Wherever I Be

The Bhagavad Gita  that ancient Indian Yogic text  says that it is better to live your own destiny imperfectly than to live an imitation of somebody elses life with perfection.  -Elizabeth Gilber...
Posted by on Sun, 28 Jun 2009 06:11:00 GMT

The Real Michael Jackson?

Since Im still in America for a couple more days, Ive succumbed to the mass mourning ritual over Michael Jackson somewhat, and am enjoying watching MTV play all of his old music videos back-to-back,...
Posted by on Fri, 26 Jun 2009 12:26:00 GMT

Di Italia #1: Pre-Trip Reading

  A few little stacks of heaven, including travel, linguistic, poetical, and devotional books. In Italian, the word for left, as in left hand, is sinistro. From which apparently we get the English w...
Posted by on Thu, 25 Jun 2009 11:03:00 GMT

Iran and You... Then and Now

Ive been watching some of the Iran coverage, and hand-wringing, and grandstanding, and lying.Among other things, I see a severe lack of history reporting and discussion, in my own very ahistorical ...
Posted by on Wed, 24 Jun 2009 11:09:00 GMT

Music for the Souls of Men

When I did the CACs Mens Rites of Passage last August, there was a handful of  really important music that was either used in the rituals, or else kept springing to mind from my personal CD collecti...
Posted by on Mon, 22 Jun 2009 10:49:00 GMT

Playful God and the Stoner Boy

 Chicago! View from the backside almost as good as the front! That is why the Great Ones speak of  / The vital need / To keep Remembering God, / So you will come to know and see Him / As being so Play...
Posted by on Sat, 20 Jun 2009 05:25:00 GMT

Rituals: Graveside, Fireside, Side By Side

 Sometimes, any old gravestone will do. Visited my fathers and grandparents grave site yesterday. Amazingly, four of my eight great-grandparents (all four on Moms side) are in the same cemetery. Th...
Posted by on Fri, 19 Jun 2009 10:47:00 GMT

The Death Parasol - Pictures at 11

Scientists in the emerging field of geo-engineering are now seriously considering the upside and potential problems with putting a worldwide layer of particles in the atmosphere, particles that would ...
Posted by on Wed, 17 Jun 2009 09:44:00 GMT