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Dieting

nobody@vox.com(Ocean Orchestra) — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 21:51:17 -0700

Of late I've been spending my mornings and early afternoons at the little diamond of a restaurant here to the left. No, I haven't spent all my money there and become the tavern's personal mascot -- rather I've become the cook! Yes, that's right, ...

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Visions of America

nobody@vox.com(Ocean Orchestra) — Wed, 28 May 2008 12:16:32 -0700

I'd like to take a moment to feature some of the better -- or more interesting, at least -- photos I took a couple weeks back on tour. Foxhole and Interstates went out together on the road for about 10 days -- by no means grand for a tour, but it ...

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Memory Lapse: Hillary and the Popular Vote

nobody@vox.com(Ocean Orchestra) — Wed, 28 May 2008 06:13:07 -0700

by Hendrik Hertzberg, via the New Yorker The precise origins of Memorial Day are a little fuzzy. According to one version, it was first celebrated in 1865, a few weeks after Lee surrendered to Grant; freed slaves and black and white Union sold...

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Sermon Notes: May 25, 2008

nobody@vox.com(Ocean Orchestra) — Sun, 25 May 2008 18:36:29 -0700

Today at the sojourn service, the sermon spoke to me somehow better and clearer than ever. I generally have had trouble following or drawing much from the teaching there, but this morning was different. Here are some notes I made, and thoughts I h...

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Windy City

nobody@vox.com(Ocean Orchestra) — Tue, 20 May 2008 05:49:12 -0700

Recently Erin and I took a trip to Chicago to see her friend Christina marry. It was my own first trip to Chicago since mid-2006, when Adam and I took a trip up there to attend the illustrious Touch and Go festival, celebrating 25 years of good mu...

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Lessons in Hyperbole

nobody@vox.com(Ocean Orchestra) — Mon, 19 May 2008 20:09:33 -0700

Diplomacy = Hitler Appeaser? by Gareth Higgens via God's Politics President Bush's remarks, made last week in Israel, suggesting that anyone who wishes to talk with a violent enemy is the contemporary equivalent of a Hitler appeaser, are so wide ...

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The Kingdom of God is Not a Choice That We Make.

nobody@vox.com(Ocean Orchestra) — Thu, 01 May 2008 16:43:24 -0700

by Father Stephen Part of the spiritual landscape of American religion is the sizable role played by choice in a culture shaped in the free market - with freedom as a mythic symbol. It is not unusual to hear American politicians describing solut...

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"The Energy to be Serious"

nobody@vox.com(Ocean Orchestra) — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 21:42:46 -0700

Dumb as we Wanna Be -- by Thomas L. Friedman It is great to see that we finally have some national unity on energy policy. Unfortunately, the unifying idea is so ridiculous, so unworthy of the people aspiring to lead our nation, it takes you...

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Staying Power

nobody@vox.com(Ocean Orchestra) — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 06:08:18 -0700

Bush Made Permanent by Paul Krugman, borrowed from the New York Times As the designated political heir of a deeply unpopular president — according to Gallup, President Bush has the highest disapproval rating recorded in 70 years of polling — John...

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Taking Time with Nana

nobody@vox.com(Ocean Orchestra) — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 21:26:09 -0700

Recently I visited my Nana, the most beautiful 82 year old in the world. We talked, ate, talked, sat outside in the warm rain, watched America's Funniest Videos, and Star Wars: A New Hope, which I spent most of explaining the plot to her.

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