tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37408632011-04-21T15:45:27.585-07:00The Pilgrim's Blog<i>Fair, Balanced and Lightly Sauteed</i>Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02578648925345106908noreply@blogger.comBlogger4981100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740863.post-1114377093315081042005-04-24T14:10:00.000-07:002005-04-24T14:13:53.446-07:00I'm backRobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02578648925345106908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740863.post-1070612539664188482003-12-05T00:22:00.000-08:002003-12-05T00:23:16.716-08:00Four reminders that God really loves me:
1. The cross and empty tomb of Christ
2. A wife and children worth more than all the treasures of this world
3. Starbucks Christmas Blend coffee
4. Skandinavek Cavendish pipe tobacco.
5. Spaten Optimator beer.
OK, so that's five, but who's counting?Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02578648925345106908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740863.post-1067245917070524622003-10-27T01:11:00.000-08:002003-10-27T01:17:17.310-08:00Its eerie, it really is.
Outside, a thin layer of soot covers the vehicles in my apartment complex. The ashes have taken residence in the spider webs among the flowers. The ground is dark and everywhere you look footprints tell the story of a world that strives to keep going though disaster strikes so near.
This morning I stepped out and almost gagged. The sun made a valiant effort to break Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02578648925345106908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740863.post-1065952317782220182003-10-12T02:51:00.000-07:002003-10-12T02:54:53.606-07:00Not goodbye...but something like it.
Alas kind reader I fear that its time for a hiatus from blogging. With so much to learn and relearn in the job transition, the remaining free time that I have is scarce and needs to be focused on other precious priorities. This may or not be permanent, so if in case its the former, I wish you all the best.
Love me, my brothers, for I am infinitely Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02578648925345106908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740863.post-1065347197492290372003-10-05T02:46:00.000-07:002003-10-05T02:46:37.073-07:00So here I am, it's 2:30 in the A.M. and I'm here dealing with writer's block for my paper, listening to Being There and coming off the natural high that can only come from a strenuous night of bowling.
Yes I know that I've been negligent, and yes I'm sorry. I promise I'll make it up to you *hands reader a box of chocolates and a bouquet of flowers*
How's my week been? Oof...awake before theRobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02578648925345106908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740863.post-1064990068248086072003-09-30T23:34:00.000-07:002003-09-30T23:34:28.073-07:00Hmmmm.
That throwaway phrase on my last comment has got me thinking: If there were such a thing as a secret handshake among Reformed believers, then what would it look like?Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02578648925345106908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740863.post-1064988728677984942003-09-30T23:12:00.000-07:002003-09-30T23:32:39.810-07:00"I defy you devil...you sh*t."
Yes, Luther was teh kewl. While it reeked of hero worship at times (understandable since the movie was pretty much funded by a Lutheran organization), the performances were top notch. Joseph Finnes is riveting in this movie, every time he's on the screen you literally cannot take your eyes off of him. As Luther goes through his crisis of conscience at the Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02578648925345106908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740863.post-1064595367580991992003-09-26T09:56:00.000-07:002003-09-26T10:03:27.653-07:00If you are in the area of Southern California on Sunday morning and you notice that the sun is a little brighter and the dogs, cat and birds have all stopped their barking, mewing and chirping and your house uses more energy than normal, do not be afraid.
It is not the apocalypse, it is only I as I expose my doughy, neon self to the good folks at Raging Waters (Notice their motto: "XXL FUN"...Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02578648925345106908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740863.post-1064386471736640932003-09-23T23:54:00.000-07:002003-09-23T23:54:31.150-07:00Hello Pacman!
Goodbye Productivity!Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02578648925345106908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740863.post-1064360057438315012003-09-23T16:34:00.000-07:002003-09-23T16:34:17.150-07:00The company treated my group to another lunch today. This time it was Mexican food to say "Adios Amigos". Our little group is comprised of good-natured but suspicious sorts (heh, I wonder if we all sleep in the "Yearner" position) and are a little wary of all these free lunches and dinners both of the past and to come. Morbid jokes about "fattening us up for slaughter" and "last meal before we Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02578648925345106908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740863.post-1064338252171707692003-09-23T10:30:00.000-07:002003-09-23T10:30:51.860-07:00Last week I had the opportunity to speak at NCA's family chapel service. I spoke on the Ascension of Christ and blatantly ripped off Revs. Mark Horne and Wayne Larson while doing so. Without sounding like a total fanboy, their work and research in this area has been a source of great comfort and edification to me, so I wanted to pass the goodness on to others.
I didn't totally lose the kids Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02578648925345106908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740863.post-1064335716041479972003-09-23T09:48:00.000-07:002003-09-23T09:48:35.576-07:00Update on Jessica
Thanks go out to those of you who have asked about Jessica and have kept her in your prayers. We rejoice at the latest news is that she is out of the hospital and is home now. No report yet as to when she begins treatment, but I would imagine due to the aggressive nature of the cancer it will begin immediately.
Please continue to pray that God would pour out His Spirit of Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02578648925345106908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740863.post-1064076714645469362003-09-20T09:51:00.000-07:002003-09-20T09:51:54.123-07:00My Windows Media Player makes kick butt mixes.
One of the features of my WMP is the "Auto Playlist" where it groups songs according to your listening habits into categories like "Nighttime Listening", "Have not Heard Recently", "Weekend" and "Weekday" listening and "Favorites".
But I'm surprised at how well it makes a mix. Starts you off fast with a couple of songs, then one slow tempo, one Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02578648925345106908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740863.post-1063929525224440422003-09-18T16:58:00.000-07:002003-09-18T16:58:45.436-07:00What a fascinating premise for a movie! I hope that some smaller distributor in Hollywood (Artisan, Sony Picture Classics) gets wind of it and gives it a decent shot to succeed. Yeah so it's got grade-A cheese written all over it, but what an imaginative story!
Not only that but it stars Bruce Campbell from the Evil Dead Trilogy. What more could you ask for?
Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02578648925345106908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740863.post-1063908338277960142003-09-18T11:05:00.000-07:002003-09-18T11:08:18.700-07:00I've added another blogger to the Wall of Fame over on the right. This one is quite overdue.
Kenny Smith found my blog off (of all things) the "Recently Published" list that Blogger gives you right after you post (which considering my lack of frequency these days makes that fact all the more amazing). He linked my blog to his and we've had a mini-correspondence via e-mail ever since.
The Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02578648925345106908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740863.post-1063906074884650342003-09-18T10:27:00.000-07:002003-09-18T10:27:54.620-07:00Looks like Wilco will be on tonight on PBS along with Sonic Youth. So if you're one of the many people that I have pimped Wilco to, yet have never received a burned copy of YHF due to my flakiness, this is your chance to hear them. Here's the local listings.
Thanks go to John C. for the heads up and the linkRobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02578648925345106908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740863.post-1063847193532942152003-09-17T18:06:00.000-07:002003-09-18T09:54:19.853-07:00Check this out! It seems that one of Britian's leading sleep experts ("sleep expert" - how can I get that gig?) has cracked the code of human personality by observing the position that one sleeps in. Let's take a look:
Well, well well, it seems that the the good doctor is spot on when it comes to my wife's sleeping position. I didn't know that the real name for it was the "fetus" (heh, "Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02578648925345106908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740863.post-1063325147367173202003-09-11T17:05:00.000-07:002003-09-15T15:39:44.243-07:00More Like the Moon
With a full moon shining down bright, it was a great night to see a concert. Last night I mosied on down to the Hollywood Bowl to catch a double bill of Wilco and REM. It was one of the best concerts I'd ever been to. Lots of ex-hippies, unshaven nature grrls and middle-age geeks filled the audience. Despite the all the nerd sweat, the only obnoxious smells were spliffs Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02578648925345106908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740863.post-1063302704167321982003-09-11T10:51:00.000-07:002003-09-11T10:51:44.190-07:00This was good for a laugh in the morning.
REQUIRED URJENT ASSISTANCE
DEAR SIR / MADAM,
I AM GEORGE WALKER BUSH, SON OF THE FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA GEORGE HERBERT WALKER BUSH, AND CURRENTLY SERVING AS PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. THIS LETTER MIGHT SURPRISE YOU BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT MET NEITHER IN PERSON NOR BY CORRESPONDENCE. I CAME TO KNOW OF YOU IN MY Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02578648925345106908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740863.post-1063153472837886622003-09-09T17:24:00.000-07:002003-09-09T17:29:52.580-07:00It's been quite an emotional week with blogging being the last thing on my mind. The Nehemiah family has been shaken with the news of Jessica's ordeal, but we are plugging along trying to help out the Ogleys as much as we can, all the while trying to stay focused on moving NCA forward. Since we are a very small school and the families are very close to one another, this has been a difficult Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02578648925345106908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740863.post-1062792582188969962003-09-05T13:09:00.000-07:002003-09-09T14:27:21.780-07:00It's very hard to write these words without breaking down in weeping, but please, please, please if you can remember Jessica Ogley in your prayers tonight, please do so. As Karly mentioned, little Jessica is a schoolmate of Josh's who underwent surgery today to remove a brain tumor the size of a tennis ball. If the tumor is not cancerous then there is a 90% chance she will recover normally. IfRobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02578648925345106908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740863.post-1062568288686933092003-09-02T22:51:00.000-07:002003-09-02T22:56:45.853-07:00I have always had bad feet. It's not that they hurt or anything, it's just that no matter how much I wash them (yes, contrary to what some people think, I do actually wash them) the soles of my feet still feel rough, leathery and scaly. Ah yes, nasty feet, 'tis been the bane of Chapas for many generations. And it is true that more than once I have woke my wife up screaming out of a dead sleep Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02578648925345106908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740863.post-1062116214401501332003-08-28T17:16:00.000-07:002003-08-28T17:17:26.420-07:00Oil in Liberia? You don't say...
Time for "liberation".
Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02578648925345106908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740863.post-1062115693896400202003-08-28T17:08:00.000-07:002003-08-28T17:08:13.946-07:00To be quite honest, I couldn't follow a budget if it put a choke collar and leash on me. Financial discipline (heck while we're all being honest, self-discipline) has never been my thing. I can hear lectures and sermons on stewardship as well as the wisdom of leaving an inheritance for your descendants all day but the end product would still be "So where do you want to go out to eat tonight?" *Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02578648925345106908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740863.post-1062091277367663672003-08-28T10:21:00.000-07:002003-08-28T10:21:17.383-07:00Being a good father, I feel it is my duty to not only encourage but also warn my sons of both the ups and downs of their chosen career paths.
So in anticipation of my oldest son's illustrious calling to work with whales, I think it is only right that I post this:
""The picture is of an Antarctic minke whale taken from the bow of a ship," Gales explained. "The white bits in the photo are piecesRobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02578648925345106908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740863.post-1061973528463660162003-08-27T01:38:00.000-07:002003-08-27T01:38:48.443-07:00NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
I just heard Bon Jovi's Wanted: Dead or Alive on the classic rock station.
Nope, it wasn't 80's night.
It was in rotation on the Classic. Rock. Station.
I'll give you some time to let that sink in. I gotta go finish off my glass of Metamucil.Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02578648925345106908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740863.post-1061943366826606542003-08-26T17:16:00.000-07:002003-08-27T01:08:07.346-07:00Mark Horne links an article by Nick Monohan which was originally written in December. I remember reading it then and found it sufficient to anger me. As I read again I found that it doesn't lose it's efficacy to infuriate any less.
Basically, it's his story about how the TSA thugs at the airport (y'know, the government employees who are paid to frisk little old ladies for WMD's before they Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02578648925345106908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740863.post-1061941118432157532003-08-26T16:38:00.000-07:002003-08-26T16:38:38.330-07:00I'm stoked! There's a new ethnic market that has opened just down the street from me. Now I don't have to travel far and wide looking for the perfect chow mein moodles and other hard to find spices and veggies for recipies. Very cool!
I took Caleb with me to gather some ingredients for my BBQ that night (TIP: Do not use Corona to marinate your steaks. It made the steak taste like a nasty Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02578648925345106908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740863.post-1061933977145608872003-08-26T14:39:00.000-07:002003-08-26T14:39:37.046-07:00I'm looking for a good, affordable red wine. Must have some sweetness to it but not a full-blown Lambruscoesque sweetness.
Any recommendations?Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02578648925345106908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740863.post-1061505305326225732003-08-21T15:35:00.000-07:002003-08-21T15:36:48.593-07:00I'm laughing so hard, I'm going to explode!!
The advertising geniuses at Taco Bell have done it again. In the true spirit of democracy and promoting civic duty, Taco Bell is now giving CA voters the chance to "buy" the votes of their favorite candidates. If you wish to throw your support behind Arnold Schwartzenegger, simply purchase a crunchy beef taco. If you wish to stand behind our Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02578648925345106908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740863.post-1061424986257713182003-08-20T17:16:00.000-07:002003-08-20T17:16:53.790-07:00Wow, check out the lineup of this concert!
The Cure
Duran Duran
Hot Hot Heat
Dashboard Confessional
Interpol
Echo and the Bunnymen
Violent Femmes
Psychedelic Furs
Fountains of Wayne
Bow Wow Wow
General Public
Marc Almond of Soft Cell
Berlin
Dramarama
Is that a sweet lineup or what? As I'm already going to the Wilco/REM concert next month, there's just no way I could afford this. So it looks Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02578648925345106908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740863.post-1061326009152340652003-08-19T13:46:00.000-07:002003-08-19T13:48:01.296-07:00O Blessed Day of Rest
On Sunday I was approached by one of my fellow deacons who had a stack of paperback books in pristene condition from the 1970’s. Apparently he had been going through his library, doing a little cleaning and decided that it was time to consolidate. Knowing that I was an unrepentant bibliophile, he brought them to church and asked if I would be interested in them (an Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02578648925345106908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740863.post-1060899123844251082003-08-14T15:12:00.000-07:002003-08-14T15:22:54.403-07:00The looting begins....NOW
It seems that the city that never sleeps is taking a short nap. From what the reports are telling me it looks like parts of Canada, Michigan, New Jersey and Ohio are blacked out as well. Hopefully K & K are alright out there in Buttpoke, OH. I'm sure a full report will be given once the juice goes back on.
Wow, couldn't of happened at a worst time too...rush hour.Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02578648925345106908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740863.post-1060898263653469202003-08-14T14:57:00.000-07:002003-08-14T15:02:14.950-07:00Pipes!
Barlow is killing me. His latest post (well actually, invitation to comment) and comments about pipe smoking has got me chomping at the bit to make a purchase that I have been eyeing for the last couple of weeks. I can get a pipe, traveling case and a lighter for $37.50 at Thompson Co. Inc. All I would need is a pipe tool and some tabacky. I had experimented with a $10 Sav-On pipe Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02578648925345106908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740863.post-1060895279533035082003-08-14T14:07:00.000-07:002003-08-14T14:29:32.606-07:00Some highlights of the SCCCS conference:
Getting to shake Randy Booth's hand and thank him for giving me that much needed push over the edge to infant baptism.
Talking golf, family life, good coffee and the gospel with old friends from my former OPC church.
Making a few new friends over Mexican food before the conference.
Hearing Nehemiah Christian Academy's name mentioned about ten times Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02578648925345106908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740863.post-1060673365800624352003-08-12T00:29:00.000-07:002003-08-12T00:30:25.233-07:00Although I only attended 50% of it I can truly say that the SCCCS conference was great success. Due to family obligations, I could only attend the first night and first three lectures of the second day. I hooked up with old friends and acquaintances and met a few new friends as well.
I'll post more tomorrow but I don't really know if I can add anything substantial to the brief yet thorough Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02578648925345106908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740863.post-1060296755017024252003-08-07T15:52:00.000-07:002003-08-07T15:55:48.016-07:00I don't know who's in charge of advertising at Taco Bell, but they need a raise.
Why you ask? Check out their new promotion: EAT TACO BELL, WIN GAS FOR A YEAR.
Now, I've eaten at Taco Bell and I wouldn't exactly call it winning gas. But it's all semantics I guess.
(Yes, I know that joke was too easy. No, I do not feel in the least bit ashamed)Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02578648925345106908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740863.post-1060154839839225372003-08-06T00:27:00.000-07:002003-08-07T15:36:21.673-07:00Evangelical Bob Visits the Anglicans
Last Sunday, Karlene and I visited St. Luke's Reformed Episcopalian church in Santa Ana. It was a total last minute decision as we had stayed up so late the night before. But since we were up and we had no duties to fulfill at our church, we decided to see what an actual liturgical service was like. No sense in swimming in your own pond all the time, we Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02578648925345106908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740863.post-1060111761202282172003-08-05T12:29:00.000-07:002003-08-05T14:12:00.180-07:00SCCCS is hosting their summer conference this Friday and Saturday at CSU Fullerton. The theme for this year is about Covenant Theology and Justification. If you have any doubts as to where they will come out on the issue, they should be quashed when you see that the venerable Norman Shepherd will be giving a couple of addresses during the conference. I'm really looking forward to this one and Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02578648925345106908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740863.post-1060108659044547172003-08-05T11:37:00.000-07:002003-08-05T11:37:38.926-07:00My new class is titled Human Nutrition, distinct from Livestock Nutrition I suppose. The class could also be titled "Hey, Let's Talk About Healthy Stuff While the Fat Guy Squirms in his Chair".
Seriously though, there were a great many helpful things to talk about last night and I decided that my old habits of eating twice a day are doomed. It's not that I'm going to start eating a healthy Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02578648925345106908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740863.post-1059767531666926702003-08-01T12:52:00.000-07:002003-08-01T12:52:11.616-07:00Yes I'm in an ornery mood. No I don't know why.
Time for a kinder, gentler Rob.Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02578648925345106908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740863.post-1059764425136947992003-08-01T12:00:00.000-07:002003-08-01T12:00:25.096-07:00It was some guy's birthday at my work today. Never met him, don't know him though I hear he's a swell guy. Now one of the beautiful things about working for a faceless corporation is that you don't have to be acquainted with an individual in order to enjoy the benefits of his/her birthday cake. Yes I know it sounds cold and impersonal but hey, I didn't make the rules.
At any rate, my Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02578648925345106908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740863.post-1059761678388876272003-08-01T11:14:00.000-07:002003-08-01T11:15:17.120-07:00Blogger is the tool of the Devil
I'm very, very discontented.
I had a post about four paragraphs long devoted to talking about the new softball team we're forming at our church. Pretty good stuff considering I've been en absentia for a good part of the last few weeks.
I hit "Post and Publish" and before I could say "504 Timeout" my post had gone to the Happy Blogging Grounds.
So for all of Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02578648925345106908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740863.post-1059689225787429642003-07-31T15:07:00.000-07:002003-07-31T15:07:05.786-07:00How many cans of your favorite soft drink will it take to kill you?
Hmmm, according to the calculator it'll only take 432.98 cans of Mountain Dew before the caffeine takes me to my eternal reward.
Oh, but only 580.83 cans of Dr. Pepper before I go to be with Jesus. Looks I made the right choice in soft drink after all.
The calculator does not specify, however, whether or not the beverages Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02578648925345106908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740863.post-1059687388014133522003-07-31T14:36:00.000-07:002003-07-31T14:38:57.520-07:00Bad blogger, no cookie
Well looks like all my talk about being back was just a load of hooey (by the way just what is "hooey"?). No actually I've been busy being a family man as well as a student while trying to make time for a little personal reading. All that and carrying on an lengthy e-mail discussion about Norman Shepherd with my pastor. So's I's been a busy boy. I can say I'll try to Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02578648925345106908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740863.post-1059167737705808782003-07-25T14:15:00.000-07:002003-07-25T14:15:37.680-07:002 And all the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron: and the whole congregation said unto them, Would God that we had died in the land of Egypt! or would God we had died in this wilderness!
3 And wherefore hath the LORD brought us unto this land, to fall by the sword, that our wives and our children should be a prey? were it not better for us to return into Egypt?
4 Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02578648925345106908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740863.post-1059162091356504782003-07-25T12:41:00.000-07:002003-07-25T12:48:53.976-07:00Wow, what a great subject for a conference!
I wish I could've gone to this. When I was still a baby evanjellyfish one of the first books I read was Bridges' Pursuit of Holiness. It was wonderful, life affirming stuff. When I went to CCBC all of that changed as I started to read more and more pietist and holiness authors. The lessons that Bridges taught me were quickly lost. In my SystematicRobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02578648925345106908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740863.post-1059066143495298602003-07-24T10:02:00.000-07:002003-07-24T10:05:20.890-07:00Wow, now I'll have to add this one to my collection of drinking songs!
Thanks John
Just for fun and memories I'll post this one:
immanuel kant was a real pissant
who was very rarely stable.
heidegger, heidegger was a boozy beggar
who could think you under the table.
david hume could out consume
schopenhauer and hegel,
and wittgenstein was a beery swine
who was just a schloshed as schlegel.
Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02578648925345106908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740863.post-1058889121639919642003-07-22T08:52:00.000-07:002003-07-22T08:52:01.610-07:00I'll be attempting to make pot roast tonight. Pray for me.Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02578648925345106908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740863.post-1058393970767168942003-07-16T15:19:00.000-07:002003-07-16T15:20:32.230-07:00Random Really Good Memory #3021
A 2 year old Joshua Robert singing O Tannenbaum in his cute little voice.
"O kwitamas twee, o kwitmas twee, how wuhvwee awe yo bwanches"Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02578648925345106908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740863.post-1058391885589598862003-07-16T14:44:00.000-07:002003-07-16T14:44:45.430-07:00Oh and if you think that I'm not celebrating, you would be wrong.
Never has there been, nor will there ever be a team that will go down in history like the 2003-2004 Lakers. Four solid Hall of Famers on one team. The balance of power has shifted...all teams will fear them and bow down to them.
Bring on the season!!!!Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02578648925345106908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740863.post-1058387744375354062003-07-16T13:35:00.000-07:002003-07-16T14:34:36.653-07:00You wanna know who, up to last night, was the most underrated outfielder in MLB?
Garrett Anderson.
In the past I was pretty critical of Garrett. It seemed that for every thing he excelled in, I would find something wrong. If you brought up the fact that he was one of the league leaders in doubles then I would point out his poor walk record. If you pointed out his RBI totals, I would tell Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02578648925345106908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740863.post-1058383552661926282003-07-16T12:25:00.000-07:002003-07-18T23:47:47.426-07:00I'm beginning to feel the general disgruntlement that I get at least once a year with my job. Most of it is due to the numbers (or lack of them) that appear on my paycheck and in my bank account. One of the goals that we have in the next few months, is to be able to live on one income, where Karlene can resign from the daycare business and focus solely on raising our kids. This will be no Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02578648925345106908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740863.post-1058304813598184392003-07-15T14:33:00.000-07:002003-07-15T14:34:36.820-07:00"Jesus Christ is the Master who can comfort and strengthen a man, a laborer and working man whose life is hard—because he is the Great Man of Sorrows who knows our ills, who was called a carpenter’s son, though he was the Son of God, who worked for thirty years, in a carpenter’s shop to fulfill God’s will. And God wills that in imitation of Christ man should live humbly and go through life not Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02578648925345106908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740863.post-1058302937429472222003-07-15T14:02:00.000-07:002003-07-15T14:39:46.396-07:00Oh yeah about this.
I'm happier that we got Rickey Henderson (I hope we get posession of his portrait, so we can lock it up far away from him) than I am about Burnitz. Nonetheless, Burnitz looks to be a good replacement for the pasture-bound Brian Jordan if not an upgrade. Still, a couple of things concern me about Burnitz:
His slugging average is monstrous, his ability to get on base is not.
Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02578648925345106908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740863.post-1058300014585395592003-07-15T13:13:00.000-07:002003-07-15T13:14:05.080-07:00Ron Paul gives a pretty good summary of why I cannot in good conscience remain or vote Republican.Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02578648925345106908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740863.post-1058299742089080142003-07-15T13:09:00.000-07:002003-07-15T13:09:58.060-07:00Some things never change. Especially the love of party spirit.
In Given for You Mathison quotes McLelland:
“In a sense it is not Martyr (Peter Martyr Vermigli – RC) but Calvin who succeeded in drawing together these precious strands into the golden chain of theology historically and doctrinally representative of the Reformation. Yet the three, Bucer, Calvin and Martyr, must be considered asRobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02578648925345106908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740863.post-1057789417509363492003-07-09T15:23:00.000-07:002003-07-09T15:23:37.463-07:00I got my book today. 4 days past the date it was promised.
I opened it and what should I discover but a book on Introductory Astronomy.
The name of my course is Issues in American Business.
I'm juuuuust a little miffed about this.Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02578648925345106908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740863.post-1057770515567180672003-07-09T10:08:00.000-07:002003-07-09T10:08:52.780-07:00My blog is rated:
What rating is your journal? brought to you by Quizilla
Oooh, naughty me....
via Joel G.Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02578648925345106908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740863.post-1057711756007705212003-07-08T17:49:00.000-07:002003-07-08T17:49:15.850-07:00Ohmigosh!!!
Can you say Best. Backcourt. In. The. NBA?
'scuse me while I find a paper bag to breathe in!Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02578648925345106908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740863.post-1057685214243173922003-07-08T10:26:00.000-07:002003-07-09T15:17:07.156-07:00Mark Horne has posted an interesting article about J.G. Machen (one of my personal heroes) and his antipathy towards the militarism and imperialism of the United States of his day
Halfway through the article, I read something that resonated deeply with me. It was a quote regarding the current state of military ardor running through Princeton (where he was a student and professor) during WWI.
“Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02578648925345106908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740863.post-1057621759590603592003-07-07T16:49:00.000-07:002003-07-07T16:49:19.463-07:00Damn straight!Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02578648925345106908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740863.post-1057275330222699992003-07-03T16:35:00.000-07:002003-07-03T16:35:30.223-07:00I just found out that my book finally shipped today from eCampus.com. Looks like I'll get it just before my third week in class. Ugh...$70 for a book I'll only use for two more weeks. Welcome to college I guess.Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02578648925345106908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740863.post-1057265869060469322003-07-03T13:57:00.000-07:002003-07-03T16:32:56.966-07:00Various Happenings
On Tuesday we decided that we would break the routine by going to Coldstone Creamery. We got a large Stawberry Shortcake for Karlene and I and a Candy Factory of the same size for the kids. We stood in line, drooled as we watched the Creamsmith create our confection and threw a tip in a jar, but received no song (it is the tradition of Coldstone employees to sing a campy Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02578648925345106908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740863.post-1057253745354273482003-07-03T10:35:00.000-07:002003-07-03T12:59:16.576-07:00NEA = DOA
Christopher Manion on the LRC Blog links to two bonechilling pieces by George Archibald about the agenda of the NEA. Ladies and gents, this is not a subtle agenda that the NEA has but an overt, in your face program of social engineering.
Mr. Manion also quotes an American studies teacher at a recent NEA meeting:
"I always tell my students: If I see you in the grocery store five Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02578648925345106908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740863.post-1057181017725160322003-07-02T14:23:00.000-07:002003-07-02T14:23:37.680-07:00Regarding this post, I think I found some help.
Keith Mathison commenting on Acts 2:41-47:
"Some have suggested that the words "breaking of bread" here refer to ordinary meals, but if that were true, there would be no reason for Luke to tell us that the disciples "continued steadfastly" in it. It is obvious that the disciples would continue to eat regularly. In the context of doctrine, Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02578648925345106908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740863.post-1057165101532702092003-07-02T09:58:00.000-07:002003-07-02T09:58:21.510-07:00Take that PETA
Best. Billboard. Ever.Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02578648925345106908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740863.post-1057107742940252752003-07-01T18:02:00.000-07:002003-07-01T18:02:22.816-07:00Theologian Alert!!
A little help from theology wonks please. I'm currently writing a position paper to give to my elders regarding the restoration of weekly communion to the service. I'm currently going through the texts in Acts where it talks about the disciples "breaking bread" as often as they met (c.f. Acts 2:42; 2:46a, 20:7-12).
I've read that it has sacramental implications, though I Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02578648925345106908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740863.post-1057092784078184352003-07-01T13:53:00.000-07:002003-07-01T13:55:01.210-07:0010 lies that the Bush administration told us about Iraq. Heh, just 10?Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02578648925345106908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740863.post-1057092721879798452003-07-01T13:52:00.000-07:002003-07-01T13:52:01.853-07:00My oldest graduated from Kindergarten on Saturday. Normally I don't get weepy at this type of stuff, but seeing him up there in his little shirt and tie reciting the memory verses and Latin chants and songs he learned over the year made me tear up. It also made me realize once more what a precious gift the families have in Nehemiah Christian Academy. Little did we know that what began as an Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02578648925345106908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740863.post-1057085379545240342003-07-01T11:49:00.000-07:002003-07-01T11:49:39.523-07:00While Dubya's busy getting messages transmitted from the Mothership, maybe he would do well to listen to the voices of his soldiers.
"U.S. officials need to get our [expletive] out of here," said the 43-year-old reservist from Pittsburgh, who arrived in Iraq with the 307th Military Police Company on May 24. "I say that seriously. We have no business being here. We will not change the culture Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02578648925345106908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740863.post-1057079451751546902003-07-01T10:10:00.000-07:002003-07-01T10:10:51.746-07:00Apparantly our fearless leader has been given divine commands straight from the mouth of God. In speaking to Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas:
"... Bush said: "God told me to strike at al Qaida and I struck them, and then he instructed me to strike at Saddam, which I did, and now I am determined to solve the problem in the Middle East. If you help me I will act, and if not, the Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02578648925345106908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740863.post-1057014760692977162003-06-30T16:12:00.000-07:002003-06-30T16:12:40.696-07:00Hmmm, check that out, my wife has her own national holiday.
What kind of gift does one give to commerorate such a sacred day of observance?Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02578648925345106908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740863.post-1056953560338951482003-06-29T23:12:00.000-07:002003-06-29T23:12:40.320-07:00Heh-heh, sorry, I just had to.
From the LRC Blog
Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02578648925345106908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740863.post-1056749762337629982003-06-27T14:36:00.000-07:002003-06-27T14:36:02.253-07:00Learning to say "Tough Luck" (Warning: post kinda long)
This last weekend was a rough one for me. If its one thing I've never been really good at, it's confrontation. I will go out of my way to try to please people and not make them angry with me. I hate the feeling I get when I let people down or have to tell them "No" and really mean it. Predictably this has made me something of a human Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02578648925345106908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740863.post-959519142003-06-23T10:24:00.000-07:002003-06-23T10:24:45.333-07:00One of the best lines in movie history.
"What you've just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul." - Principal, Billy Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02578648925345106908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740863.post-958888932003-06-21T02:15:00.000-07:002003-06-21T02:15:02.560-07:00I'm serving notice...
[via Joel]
[take the test] - [by krystaljungle.com]
Like you already didn't know. ;-)
Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02578648925345106908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740863.post-958428202003-06-19T15:44:00.000-07:002003-06-19T15:44:34.003-07:00Gah!
I have the Benny Hill closing credits theme song running through my head and it won't get out. Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02578648925345106908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740863.post-958423862003-06-19T15:26:00.000-07:002003-06-19T15:40:27.000-07:00This little girl is learning lesson #1 about owning a business in Amerika: Big Brother must always get his share.
Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02578648925345106908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740863.post-958422572003-06-19T15:21:00.000-07:002003-06-19T15:22:38.000-07:00Having a son who's graduating from Kindergarten in a week, this article made me laugh:
"ASBURY PARK, N.J. -- Some relatives were angry after a vice principal told children at a kindergarten graduation to stand during the ceremony to symbolize the number of students who wouldn't graduate high school because of alcohol, drugs or pregnancy.
Paul J. Banik Jr. made the comments Wednesday at the BangsRobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02578648925345106908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740863.post-958035352003-06-18T13:40:00.000-07:002003-06-18T13:42:24.000-07:00Is anybody else freaked out by the radio ads for the Hulk? There's this guy with a dark, monotone voice who quotes unnamed movie reviewers saying stuff like "The Hulk is an unparalleled achievement in moviemaking". And that's it, just 45 seconds of some guy reading various movie reviews, no music or sound effects, nothing. It seems like such a silly thing to be disturbed over, but the ad is Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02578648925345106908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740863.post-958014762003-06-18T12:31:00.000-07:002003-06-18T12:31:17.890-07:00When Youth Groups Go Bad
This is too much. I'm not sure which is more ludicrous: the silly replication of the persecuted church complete with gas masks and gunshots (blanks), or the fact that the parents of this girl is suing the church for $2 million because her "future earning capacity has been diminished" as a result.
No wonder the world laughs at and ignores us. Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02578648925345106908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740863.post-958009392003-06-18T12:13:00.000-07:002003-06-18T12:13:42.470-07:00It appears that the Israel Antiquities Authority, after exams from several committiees, have finally declared the James ossuary to be a fake. They claim that the inscription on the ossuary looks to be new, by a modern hand attempting to reproduce ancient written characters. Interesting. I didn't pay much attention to this when the story broke last November, but I though it was neat to have a Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02578648925345106908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740863.post-957832782003-06-18T00:34:00.000-07:002003-06-18T00:34:53.960-07:00Alright, can anyone tell me why my permalinks don't work? Any advice y'all could give would be great. Thanks!Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02578648925345106908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740863.post-957823192003-06-17T23:44:00.000-07:002003-06-18T00:13:48.000-07:00YOU HAVE NOT BEEN PAYING ATTENTION
After I finished the last bite of my specially made Father's Day pancakes on Sunday morning (courtesy of my beautiful wife), I was greeted by two smiling boys holding a small wrapped package. I wiped my mouth, opened and read the card filled with scribbles and pictures, kissed my two cherubs and opened the gift. Ah, Hail to the Thief, brilliant! Daddy's Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02578648925345106908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740863.post-957684802003-06-17T14:56:00.000-07:002003-06-17T15:10:49.000-07:00Yes I'm still alive. Older, but not necessarily wiser.
Turned 28 on Sunday (Father's Day as well). I'm not the type of guy who dwells on the inevitable grey hair, stomach paunch or wrinkles. I figure I have all my 30's to worry about that. And I've got the stomach paunch thing already covered, so I can knock that off my to do list.
Last Thursday I went down to the DMV to renew my license.Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02578648925345106908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740863.post-955991002003-06-12T11:23:00.000-07:002003-06-12T11:23:08.593-07:00$2.99 a lb for snow peas??
What the corn is up with that?Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02578648925345106908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740863.post-955295722003-06-10T18:19:00.000-07:002003-06-10T18:21:56.000-07:00Oh yeah, I saw the Animatrix over the weekend as well. All nine of the vignettes were very well done, none really disappointed me. I was surprised at the level of storytelling that each one had. Not just mere cartoons, these short stories were visually stunning and packed quite an emotional wallop. Perhaps the most bone-chilling was the two part "The Second Renaissance" which tells the story Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02578648925345106908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740863.post-955274052003-06-10T17:05:00.000-07:002003-06-10T17:06:48.000-07:00I really have nothing to post, but I'm getting tired of looking at my last post so, I'll throw in some things of interest that has been occupying my time:
You need to read Rev. Mark Horne's sermon on the Acension of Christ. One of the most important doctrines of the Christian faith that is by and large forgotten in these days of justifanaticism.
Rev. Jeff Meyers has written an excellent Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02578648925345106908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740863.post-955250612003-06-10T15:48:00.000-07:002003-06-10T15:48:32.613-07:00Yesterday I made the mistake of taking leftover steak from the night before as my lunch. Mmmm...microwaved steak, nothin' better. If you ever get the hankerin' for tire rubber, just make sure you have a pre-cooked steak, a microwave, 20 minutes of time that you can devote to chewing and a hearty supply of Maalox. Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02578648925345106908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740863.post-953898382003-06-06T16:36:00.000-07:002003-06-07T00:32:12.000-07:00False Dilemmas Ahoy!!
"If you gave me the choice of great pitching and a sub-par offense, or sub-par pitching and a great offense, I'd take the great pitching every time. That always gives you a chance.'' - Dan Evans, G.M. of the Los Angeles Dodgers
Hey Danny, how about great pitching and an adequate offense? I'm starting to really have my doubts about his competence.
Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02578648925345106908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740863.post-953073382003-06-04T17:32:00.000-07:002003-06-04T17:32:58.000-07:00Two more additions to my linked blogs:
John Carswell believes in Jesus and likes the Flaming Lips. Therefore I extend the right hand of fellowship. Read his blog.
The many contributors to Lew Rockwell.com now have a shared blog. Neo-cons and Lefties run for cover. Film at eleven.
Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02578648925345106908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740863.post-953059932003-06-04T16:49:00.000-07:002003-06-04T16:49:32.493-07:00Well another MLB draft has come and gone and once more the Dodgers have disappointed me with their picks. It seems that their obsession with high school pitchers has yet again overwhelmed their collective good sense. I am left scratching my head as to why we didn't focus on college atheletes (hitters in particular), who could help the team ASAP. With the number two payroll in MLB and an Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02578648925345106908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740863.post-953030812003-06-04T15:15:00.000-07:002003-06-04T15:18:11.000-07:00This is great! We've been planning on getting a second car and this looks it will fit the bill. Neat, toilet and a fridge.Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02578648925345106908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740863.post-952507802003-06-03T12:49:00.000-07:002003-06-03T12:49:29.356-07:00"It's been awhile, but we're back in style"
Posts are few lately but chalk it up to an annoying rush of busyness coupled with a lack of interesting things to blog about (unless you want to hear about the cold pizza I ate last night).
One point of interest was the Flaming Lips concert on Saturday. It was...well...it was the Flaming Lips. Which is to say, it was an insanely good concert mixed Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02578648925345106908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740863.post-950554502003-05-29T16:23:00.000-07:002003-05-29T16:24:08.000-07:00"There's a Bright Golden Haze in the Shi-i-ire"
This may be...intriguing. It looks like that a musical version of The Lord of the Rings is set to hit the London stage in 2005.
That sound you heard was Tolkien spinning in his grave again. I'm not sure I'm ready to see the Ringwraiths in tights or Balrog and Gandalf jazz dancing while singing a duet of "You Say Tomato, I Say Tom-ah-to".
Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02578648925345106908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740863.post-950502922003-05-29T13:58:00.000-07:002003-05-29T14:01:35.000-07:00"Get rid of self-conceit. For it is impossible for anyone to learn that which that which he thinks he already knows." -EpictetusRobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02578648925345106908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740863.post-950087422003-05-28T15:25:00.000-07:002003-05-28T15:31:44.000-07:00Busy weekend. Seemed like every day was filled with potlucks, parties and trips to bookstores. If you know me, you know that this is no bad way to spend a weekend.
As Karlene has mentioned, Kandy and Kip visited us here in sunny So. Cal for a few days where much fun was had. Friday was a girlie day for Kar and Kandy, so I made the boys breakfast and tended to homework duties (Josh's cursive Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02578648925345106908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740863.post-950056972003-05-28T14:07:00.000-07:002003-05-28T14:24:49.000-07:00Ahem...Language Police to the White, errr, Caucasian Courtesy Phone Please.
-or-
Why I Thank Jesus Every Day, That My Kid is in Private School.
Man, as much as I love Newspeak, this certainly seems doubleplus ungood:
"But then again you can't find anyone riding on a yacht or playing polo in the pages of an American textbook either. The texts also can't say someone has a boyish figure, or is a Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02578648925345106908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740863.post-950027142003-05-28T12:53:00.000-07:002003-05-28T12:53:06.356-07:00Blogger blogs are loading slow...again. Hopefully this won't last very long, but hey what do you want, it's free.
It seems that Google is also working on creating a blog-only addition to their search engine so that blog pages won't show up in regular general searches. Well, there goes 70% of my traffic I guess :-)
Next up...Google works on fixing search engine to cut out liberal media noise..Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02578648925345106908noreply@blogger.com