Sad. Telling. And not unexpected.
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It’s been snowing all day. Really pretty. Only thing nicer would be if it accumulated.

Two years ago I committed to making a change in my health and appearance, half because I just wanted to and half because a cardiologist told me I needed to (though i was not sick or damaged in any way, other than perhaps my cholesterol level). Over the course of a couple of months, I dropped about thirty-five pounds and, more importantly, about six inches off my waist. Various mental states later have led me to reversing much of the progress I had made. Basically, I just …

One of the things I like about posting from the Blackberry is that I can do this before I forget about it. Like right now, I’m eating at Razzoo’s in Dallas. It may not be super-authentic, but its a damn sight closer to Cajun than nearly anyplace we have in Nashville. I started with some fried pickles, which are great – I’m fighting the urge to call Carmen and gloat that I’m having them and she’s not. And I’m by myself, and there’s enough for four people. A box will …

If you didn’t already know; first class rocks.

As a nonbeliever now, I listened to yesterday’s prayers about how
awful humanity is, and I have to wonder of the truth of these
lamentations from a humanistic point of view. Is humanity broken? Is
there something wrong with us? Do the newspapers and CNN bear this
out daily?
Imagine a Serengeti newspaper – ever-increasing leonine “gang”
violence, including rampant infanticide; poverty and hunger on a
plains-wide level; overcrowding at local hydration centers
(notwithstanding seasonal outages); is this a fundamental breakdown of
the morality of the animal kingdom? No one I know would say yes. But
is …

As I listened to the sermon this morning about the Transfiguration of Jesus, I immediately started wondering if this was a motive found in other previous traditions. Turns out it is. A transfiguration in the myth of Horus/Osirus in the Egyptian pantheon preceded this story by almost two thousand years. Krishna, as a manifestation of Vishnu, was also transfigured in front of his followers some half-century previously. Mithras, who many see as the template for the image of Jesus, also underwent a transfiguration in the six hundred years previous to …

Since everybody in the world is already familiar with Mike Rowe and the Dirty Jobs franchise, I am always looking for other shows that are educational and entertaining. I have been shown one that is very funny, and only educational by chance. It’s called “Three Sheets” and can be seen on my DVR, since I can’t remember where I saved it from. It’s hilarious. The guy, Zane Lamprey (it must be tough having the last name of a vampiric eel), travels the world and drinks. …