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I just saw a crow caw-caw at a convenience store. Just before that I walked out of Cafe Ladro where a fifty-something was dispensing his sage advice to three thirsty thirty-somethings. "You should consider how this col…
Place to eat: Top Pot Coffee & Doughnuts What to see: Compline at St Marks and Candida Hofer's Architecture of Absence exhibition at the Frye Art Museum Where to be seen: Bethany Presbyterian Church What to play: Carcass…
Who is the patron saint for suffering mankind?Originally published at christodeklerk.com. Please leave any comments there.
Jonathan and Zack came for a few days last week. We visited two bookstores. Zack bought me Jorge Luis Borges' The Aleph and Other Stories. That was kind of him. Sitting here at home on the couch while Jono was pluc…
I could easily be convinced that Donald Sutherland just walked by my apartment building today in Queen Anne. And looking on IMDB convinces me all the more. The man was definitely tall and had the same hairdo as Sutherla…
A bus drives by the window - on the dash is a bag of fritos. I like fritos. A couple steps out of a restaurant across the road - doggy bags are in hand. They must have had their full. A UPS truck drives by the window…
The truly sublime may only be left on the internet for a moment. For it to be yours eternally you must commit. Purchase it. When it comes available. You'll then have it in print. For ever and always yours - permanen…
Erica and I went over to Silverdale on the Peninsula today to go help her cousin's organization with some odd jobs. My vision of odd office jobs included licking stamps and sorting the hairnet requisition forms from se…
An atheist who sued a small-town priest for saying that Jesus Christ existed has had his case thrown out of court. The judge said Luigi Cascioli should himself face charges for slandering Father Enrico Righi. - BBC NEW…
Does the violent reaction to anti-muslim cartoons make Christopher Hitchens right? For most of human history, religion and bigotry have been two sides of the same coin, and it still shows. - Hitchens, The case for mocki…
The cartoons of Muslims, particularly depicting Muhammed, published by Denmark's Jyllands-Posten is still getting quite a lot of attention today. I sincerely hope that this awful tragedy in the Red Sea will turn attentio…
Here are the cartoons that have caused quite a stink in the Muslim World; And here is a cartoon that has not caused a stink in the West; And here is Britney Spears trying to create a stink - perhaps religious fanati…