• Hot Off The Presses

    Joe Wilson: Lying Sons of Bitches

    The Blog | Joseph C. Wilson: People for the American Way Address | The Huffington Post This is still a nation where a citizen can get up every morning and shout at the top of his lungs that the President, Vice President, Secretary of Defense and Secretary of State are lying sons of bitches, and survive to see the sun go down. I know. I do it most days. Don’t take my word for it. Ask Valerie. Wilson’s speech to the People for the American Way is worth a read, and a ponder.

  • Traveling Along, We're Adventurers

    It’s a Hell of a way to run a Desert

    Salt Lake Tribune – Flooding, cold add to the already rugged race We’re currently in Moab, on our last day here before moving on to Salt Lake. We arrived the first day of the race and wondered then with the weather how things with the big race were going. Turns out there was so much water on the course, they stopped the race at 8pm and resumed the next morning. So “24 Hours of Moab” became “13 Hours of Moab” and few of the riders complained, as many of them came in with hypothermia and complaining of waist-deep water on…

  • Mini-Posts

    links for 2006-10-15

    The Loom : A Nation of Neurotics? Blame the Puppet Masters? (tags: Brain Parasite toxoplasma) CBC Radio | Quirks & Quarks | September 30, 2006 (tags: Pschopaths) Episcopal News Service: Diocese of Springfield convention vote Seems the lay people of Springfield want different things than the clergy and their very conservative bishop, but a canny knowledge of Robert’s Rules and the ability to draw the business meeting out long after many lay people had to leave ensured the stat (tags: Episcopalian) Father Jake Stops the World: Tell Your Faith Story As it happens, I’m supposed to write my spiritual autobiography…

  • Parish: Holy Moly (ECUSA)

    Conservative Bishop, Progressive Parish: Refuse Confirmations, Revoke Eucharistic Licenses, Cut Them OffAt The Knees

    Episcopal parish seeking new leadership | Chicago Tribune Bennett says the conflict between St. Andrew’s and its bishop began at the 2003 Episcopal General Convention, when Bennett cast her vote in favor of Rev. V. Gene Robinson, an openly gay man in a committed relationship, as New Hampshire bishop. In November 2005, Bennett contacted Beckwith to ask if he was opposed to confirming a lesbian who wished to join the Church. At that point, Bennett said, the bishop declared he would confirm no one in the parish because “the faith was not being taught” there. When Beckwith celebrated mass at…

  • Parish: Holy Moly (ECUSA)

    Progressive Bishop, Conservative Parish: Pray, Attempt Reconciliation, Sue Over Property If No Other Option

    Episcopal News Service The diocesan news release said that on July 17 the rector, wardens and vestry of St. John’s “abandoned the offices to which they were elected as well as the Episcopal Church when they violated the canons of the church” by affiliating with the Anglican Diocese of Luweero in Uganda. “By definition, parishioners and clergy who remove themselves from the Episcopal Church relinquish their rights of governance within the church’s structure,” the release said. San Diego Bishop James R. Mathes appointed the Rev. Wayne Sanders as priest-in-charge of St. John’s. The parish held a special meeting and elected…

  • Traveling Along, We're Adventurers

    Why Do We Always Get The Arguing Family Next Door?

    When we stay in hotels, we have a few standards. We insist on non-smoking rooms, we prefer king beds, we’re starting to require wireless internet or at least cable internet access (David has a portable wireless access point). But what we often get, without specifying it, is The Screaming Family In The Adjoining Room Next Door. This happened the last time we were at the Gonzo Inn in Moab, and it’s happening again… complete with near-hysterical mother loudly ordering a cranky toddler to “stop crying and rest! immediately! This is the third time I’ve told you, you need to rest!…