Archive for June, 2004



I’ve been thinking of going through The List and seeing what Canadian god-bloggers are saying about our upcoming election.
In the meantime, as I’ve pondered the various divides in Canada, I found this article by Joe Bageant, who grew up in a Texas fundamentalist home.
He looks at his roots, and at the American evangelical offshoots [...]

Data collection on the survey is now complete! An initial summary of the results of can be found at the original survey URL As you’ll see, nearly 900 folks stopped by to take a look, and roughly 2/3 of them elected to participate. That is just incredible, and I am very grateful.
I will [...]

Is it just me, or is the Christian “blogosphere” becoming more interesting and diverse? When I began blogging it seemed to me that the Christian blogs were pretty much a solidly right-wing block. There were some early exceptions, but the blogs that made the running had, for this Brit, an uncomfortable political consensus.
Of course, that [...]

For a couple of weeks now I haven’t been able to access one of my favorite blogs, LivingRoom, because of a server move and upgrades to my ISP.
To make a long story short, my ISP didn’t respond to my request for zone updates. But I was able to get through tonight on WLW. Cool. I [...]

It’s my twin’s birthday today.
So, I’m off to celebrate.
I asked some bloggers to send me a link to a favorite post, with a brief explanation of why they liked it, so you and I could enjoy thier pick too.
Been There, Still There picked “The Sky is Watching” by Saadat.
Although Saadat normally focuses on things other [...]

Former prime minister Brian Mulroney may be advising the Conservatives during the Canadian election campaign, but he’s not a household name in the United States. Mulroney was a guest on CNN’s Larry King Live after the death of former U.S. president Ronald Reagan.
“Mulroney: ‘Good to see you, Larry. Thank you for having me [...]

White Belt

Apprentice, the force is still weak in you, but study hard, and you may prevail.
Take the MT-Do test

Hah. That is not going to happen.
That’s why Cre8d is my tech. 4. Dan black belt.
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link via Rev. Mike

It’s the end of the second period.
Calgary is down by 2.
The ice is soft, the puck is bouncing, and the defense isn’t there.
I’m flipping back and forth between ABC (American Broadcasting Corporation) and CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation). Sorry, as good as ABC is, they just can’t cover a game like the CBC crew.
I’m cynical. Calgary [...]



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