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Tuesday, December 28th, 2004

Losing My Religion, Part 1

I had planned to do this in one post, but it’s getting really long and digressive. I’m splitting it up; this is part one: up to age 12 or so.
This has been a rather difficult post for me to write, far more difficult than I would have thought.
I was raised by two very devout Catholics. [...]

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Saturday, December 18th, 2004

The Ultimate Sacrilege

Here in Texas, an enterprising rancher name John Underwood has set up a web site where you can sit at your computer, watch a webcam with a different kind of um..”doe” in it, and then…click a button to shoot a remote controlled gun! That’s right, boys and girls, you can now go hunting—killing live animals—over [...]

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Tuesday, December 14th, 2004

Waiting for the Rapture

Here’s my own little post-apocalyptic flash story. It’s quite appropriately 666 words.
The Number-Cruncher of the Beast
Yes, sir, it’s true what they told you: I slept through the Apocalypse.
How? Well, there was a certain amount of alcohol involved–okay, large quantities of alcohol. So while the righteous were washed clean in the blood of the Lamb, I [...]

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Sunday, December 12th, 2004

DOOOOOOOONNNNNE da-DONE DONE!

Yes, the infamous rewrite of my novel is finally done. It’s all over but the proofreading.
Almost two years ago, I started a ground-up rewrite of my first novel (originally completed nearly 12 years ago). The original novel was 180,000 words. At a writing seminar, Donald Maas suggested I consider splitting the monstrosity INTO two [...]

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Friday, December 10th, 2004

No time to support our troops–there’s a PARTY!

From the NY Times, via the ever-amusing s.z. at World O’Crap:
Mr. Bush’s inaugural committee, seeking to raise more than $40 million, a record, sent out hundreds of solicitations to the president’s biggest campaign contributors this week offering packages of party benefits and access to the president in exchange for hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Even at [...]

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Thursday, December 9th, 2004

Bah! Humbug! (Call an exterminator)

Christmas observation #1:
There are other seasonal myths to draw on than A Christmas Carol. Find one. Please. I can’t handlle one more version of this story.
Addendum to observation #1: When I am king of the world, rewriting the “Twelve Days of Christmas” to your specific demographic shall be a capiltal offense. I just heard [...]

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Wednesday, December 8th, 2004

Message from my cat

Beaker left the following message on my computer:
“bnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn
nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnmjm”
Couldn’t have said it better myself. Not even if I were typing with my butt.
Aw, look, he’s so shy. Or sleepy.

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Tuesday, December 7th, 2004

More Persecution

Poor, poor Christians.
They live in fear of their lives these days, really they do. To give you an idea of how persucuted they are, I did a quick search for “church” in Superpages.com, and found only 1288 Christian churches brave enough to list their contact information in my city (Ft. Worth). Here’s the breakdown:
Baptist [...]

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Friday, December 3rd, 2004

Vicarious Cat Blogging

Well, after working almost 2 hours late tonight, I still had to bring home two manuals to edit. That wasn’t going to be so bad, though, because it would give me a chance to try out my new (used) TabletPC that I got specifically for editing. See, I have to edit in hard copy because [...]

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Thursday, December 2nd, 2004

Persecution Complex, Part 2

More exploration on why Christians feel constantly under siege:
Christianity is a religion for the underdog.
The rejected, downtrodden, broken souls found comfort and hope in Jesus’s message. The Beatitudes can pretty much be summed up as “Blessed are the losers, for they shall win in the end.” Endurance, patience, turning the other cheek–all these traits belong [...]

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