10/29/07 10:23 - 40ºF - ID#41857
I only wrote 13 blogs so far this month
And of those 13, a few were lame, like this one, #14.
And the more lame ones I write, the less likely they are to get read.
Therefore, I will write a good one tonight. Really. #15 will be fantastic.
Will I get to 20 before the end of the month?
You'll have to stay tuned to find out.
Or realize that I would have to post 2 and 3 times a day to get there, which really just defeats the purpose.
So, no, I won't.
Are you still reading this? I'm sorry.
The party was fun. Happy Halloween.
(also happy Reformation Day, All Saint's Day, and All Soul's Day)
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Category: halloween
10/27/07 05:35 - 54ºF - ID#41840
Research for the party tonight
Conservapedia.org
and
creationwiki.org
as well as at Answers in Genesis
if you want to engage with the distinguished member of the scientific community tonight.
Those sites should cover all of those things that you Roswell Doctors missed in your sinful "universities" and "medical schools."
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Location: Buffalo, NY
Category: 10 things
10/26/07 09:46 - 47ºF - ID#41812
10 Things I like about google docs
A special 10 things presentation.
I have another relatively new post below, but I couldn't wait to do this one.
Paul, is there a way to imbed the presentation? Or is linking to it best?
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Location: Buffalo, NY
Category: religion
10/25/07 11:08 - 48ºF - ID#41806
Money
And I'm actually ok with asking for money, because I believe in what we are doing. (My guess is that Paul feels the same way regarding asking for estrip money--his appeal inspired this post).
Here's my problem. Most of the proven methods of getting people to give are counter to our message. They either appeal to pride (Christians shouldn't be too keen on that) or fear (we believe that there's nothing for us to fear). It's all well and good for Paul to give out titles and stars (and I DO want my title!), but the church's message is quite different.
So anyway, we normally kick things off with a letter. Here's my first draft. (there will be a 10 things I love about google docs soon)
It's the kind of letter that normally gets written by Presbyterians Pastors, with a little bit of Drew style thrown in.
But I was almost ready to mail it and it didn't feel right. So I scrapped it and wrote this letter.
More honest, more direct, less about pride and/or fear.
To be honest, I don't know if it will make any difference, but I feel much better about the second effort.
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Location: Buffalo, NY
Category: 10 things
10/23/07 10:09 - 60ºF - ID#41758
10 Things I like about rain/CELEBRATE!
2. It makes football more interesting (less passing, more fumbles, more slips).
3. Playing in mud (it's been a while, but its fun)
4. It keeps whatever I am allergic to down.
5. It's cheaper/easier than a car wash.
6. The arrested development song "rain."
7. My dog will not bug me for a longer walk.
8. Rain helps streams, and I like streams.
9. Rain can cover for me if I accidentally leave the house with bed-head.
10. Estrip tells me that it is raining.
Why the celebration? This post put "10 things" in the tag cloud on the estrip main page. My lack of creativity/tendency to make lists has finally paid off! I am slightly less insignificant now!
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Location: Buffalo, NY
Category: 10 things
10/21/07 01:23 - 74ºF - ID#41735
10 Things I like about Sundays
2. The Simpsons.
3. Football.
4. Naps.
5. Sunday Dinners.
6. Phone calls home.
7. Walking outside when the weather is great, like today. Building a fire and/or hunkering down when it is cold.
8. The Sunday newspaper.
9. Brunch
10. Seeing the "early Elmwood" people on the way to church.
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Location: Buffalo, NY
Category: food
10/19/07 02:09 - 72ºF - ID#41714
Wegman's Sushi
I decided I deserved a treat, but I wanted to be healthy.
"Wegman's has Sushi I thought!" excitedly.
I went over to the little place and quickly realized that Wegman's made ahead of time sushi is MORE EXPENSIVE than the great, custom made, fresh sushi of Kuni's.
I like Wegman's, but they are way off with their sushi pricing.
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Location: Buffalo, NY
Category: 10 things
10/17/07 11:07 - 58ºF - ID#41697
10 Things I like about scrabulous
2. It's playing multiple games of scrabble at once.
3. It's free.
4. It's at your own pace.
5. You can talk trash as you play.
6. You can check the dictionary and two word lists as you play.
7. I can play with friends near and far.
8. It doesn't involve my wife having simulated affairs or dieing.
9. Good feelings when I log in and see its my turn.
10. I haven't lost a game yet.
If you are on facebook, look for me (my last name is Ludwig) and start a game!
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Location: Buffalo, NY
Category: 10 things
10/15/07 02:48 - 56ºF - ID#41661
10 Things I like about Karl Barth
2. He was, at the same time, humble. He realized that his theology was only for the time and place in which it was written. He knew that there would always be new questions, and theologians would always have to start over from the beginning.
3. He fought the Nazi's. Almost everyone in Germany went along with the German church in endorsing Hitler, but Barth wouldn't and got fired for it. (Bonhoeffer one-upped Barth by dieing as a resister, but Barth was still pretty cool).
4. He kept writing until he died, and still didn't finish his work.
5. He was, arguably, the first post-modern theologian.
6. Despite saying so much (his major opus, Church Dogmatics, stacks about four feet high), he also knew when to keep his mouth shut. He was able to say "I don't know" when he didn't.
7. He was cool with other people. Despite being very much a reformed, protestant, Christian theologian, he had a whole lot of appreciation/dialouge with people outside of those traditions.
8. He learned as he went. Barth had a lot to learn when he was first hired as a professor, and often had to go straight from the library to his lectures. His students loved learning with him as much as from him.
9. He reached out. Despite being very much in demand as a theologian, he made time to preach to prisoners, because he knew that God cared for prisoners.
10. His quote: "We should preach with the Bible in one hand, and the newspaper in the other."
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Location: Buffalo, NY
10/15/07 10:04 - 51ºF - ID#41658
Cable?
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Location: Buffalo, NY
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As if years ago groups of people lamented the commercialization of all soul's day, as it slipped from pure religious fun to the devil's secular holiday full of zombies, vampires, and candy corn.
Remember the miracle of Halloween? When Jesus was handing out candy to the lepers (the ghouls of their time) but he only had three snickers, four apples, and a box of razors but by a miricle there were enough for all the lepers?
or something.