Right on Wright
Apr/30/2008 12:37 AM Filed in: Thoughts
from Purple Land
Tonight,
Dennise and Maria were watching TV, and some clips of
Rev. Jeremiah Wright came on from his National Press
Club appearance last night. Among other things, these
were clips where he was again blaming the government
for AIDS, and calling American soldiers terrorists.
The following is a mostly verbatim transcription of the conversation that ensued... (Read the rest. Click here)
The following is a mostly verbatim transcription of the conversation that ensued... (Read the rest. Click here)
Dan Fogelberg Tribute Show This Friday at LLUMC
Apr/29/2008 08:56 AM Filed in: Music News
A reminder that Connections Band will be in concert
this Friday night at Lovers Lane UMC in Dallas.
Here are the details: (Read the rest. Click here)
Here are the details: (Read the rest. Click here)
The Cell Phone Debacle and What it Should Tell Us
Apr/28/2008 08:43 AM Filed in: Angels and
Pins
Over the weekend, news broke of conservative elements
within the United Methodist Church attempting to sway
votes at the General Conference by providing cell
phones to international delegates from Africa and
elsewhere. (Read the rest. Click
here)
Consider the Bluebonnets: An Earth Day Meditation
Apr/26/2008 07:30 PM Filed in: Angels and
Pins
(Note: as "Earth Week" draws to a close, I offer this
edited sermon text from two weeks ago. You can
actually hear the slightly modified spoken version by
clicking
here.)
(Read the rest. Click
here)
What Connections Band Did During My Blog Vacation
Apr/25/2008 06:28 PM Filed in: Music News
Another loss of not having the blog these past few
months is not being able to tell you all the
incredible stuff happening with Connections Band.
Because it's been an absolutely
cool
couple of months with four great shows.
(Read the rest.
Click here)
David LaMotte Gets Spun
Apr/25/2008 09:39 AM Filed in: Thoughts
from Purple Land
Wanted to blog about this quickly this morning,
because it seems to be breaking on the blogs, and it
involves an actual friend of mine...
David LaMotte is a truly fine songwriter friend from the great city of Asheville, North Carolina. I was overhearing some audio from the Huffington Post this morning, and thought "that voice sounds familiar."
It was. It was David's.
Basically, he got a "push poll" call from the Clinton campaign. I'll let him explain it: (Read the rest. Click here)
David LaMotte is a truly fine songwriter friend from the great city of Asheville, North Carolina. I was overhearing some audio from the Huffington Post this morning, and thought "that voice sounds familiar."
It was. It was David's.
Basically, he got a "push poll" call from the Clinton campaign. I'll let him explain it: (Read the rest. Click here)
What I Did on My Blog Vacation
Apr/25/2008 09:09 AM Filed in: Synapse
Clippings
As you know, my blog's been down and out for three
months. But, as you might imagine, that hasn't
stopped me from blogging.
How, you say?
Well, the truth is that I've always cross-posted many of my blog entries to other sites, depending upon the content. So, that's what I've been doing quite a bit of these past 90 days.
I'm not going to repost them all here. But I will provide you some links. Actually, some of these entries got a fair amount of comments at other sites, and just reading the dozens and dozens of comments to some of these posts might be worth your while. (Read the rest. Click here)
How, you say?
Well, the truth is that I've always cross-posted many of my blog entries to other sites, depending upon the content. So, that's what I've been doing quite a bit of these past 90 days.
I'm not going to repost them all here. But I will provide you some links. Actually, some of these entries got a fair amount of comments at other sites, and just reading the dozens and dozens of comments to some of these posts might be worth your while. (Read the rest. Click here)
OK...It Seemed to Work...
Apr/22/2008 07:32 AM Filed in: Life Happens
Shock of shocks, my blog/website update seems to have
worked. Without too much disruption (besides a
three-month absence) the site is now back in
business.
There are still a couple of unresolved issues:
One issue is that the comments are all screwed up. For reasons beyond my understanding, the comments are not posting to the correct blog entry. In most cases, they seem to be about two entries behind where they should be. This is the one single issue I worked hardest to resolve these past few months, to absolutely no avail. I would have had this site back up two months ago if I could've resolved this issue quickly. But I've given up.
So the truth may be this: any comments for entries prior to this one may be hopelessly screwed up, and there may be no way to ever fix them. Sorry for that.
Also, the picture pages are still messed up. The pic pages are dependent upon iPhoto, and I have yet to repopulate my iPhoto library. The pics are all there, in a folder on the new backup hard drive, but they are totally unsorted and unnamed...and sorting them's gonna take a lot more time. So, please be patient while we work to recreate this section of the website.
Finally, I noticed recently that the blog does not render correctly for people using the Windoze version of Internet Explorer. The margins are all screwed up, and I can't figure out why. If anybody knows the answer to this mystery, please let me know. The pages render just fine using Safari or Firefox...or using any program on a Mac. (Surprised?)
I wouldn't worry about this, but for the sheer number of potential readers out there using IE. So, I am sensitive to this issue and working to resolve it. But if you are inspired, it might be good time to switch to Firefox.
More later... (Read the rest. Click here)
There are still a couple of unresolved issues:
One issue is that the comments are all screwed up. For reasons beyond my understanding, the comments are not posting to the correct blog entry. In most cases, they seem to be about two entries behind where they should be. This is the one single issue I worked hardest to resolve these past few months, to absolutely no avail. I would have had this site back up two months ago if I could've resolved this issue quickly. But I've given up.
So the truth may be this: any comments for entries prior to this one may be hopelessly screwed up, and there may be no way to ever fix them. Sorry for that.
Also, the picture pages are still messed up. The pic pages are dependent upon iPhoto, and I have yet to repopulate my iPhoto library. The pics are all there, in a folder on the new backup hard drive, but they are totally unsorted and unnamed...and sorting them's gonna take a lot more time. So, please be patient while we work to recreate this section of the website.
Finally, I noticed recently that the blog does not render correctly for people using the Windoze version of Internet Explorer. The margins are all screwed up, and I can't figure out why. If anybody knows the answer to this mystery, please let me know. The pages render just fine using Safari or Firefox...or using any program on a Mac. (Surprised?)
I wouldn't worry about this, but for the sheer number of potential readers out there using IE. So, I am sensitive to this issue and working to resolve it. But if you are inspired, it might be good time to switch to Firefox.
More later... (Read the rest. Click here)
(Tap, tap....testing, testing...one, two three...) Miss Me?
Apr/22/2008 12:40 AM Filed in: Life Happens
If everything goes according to plan (and it seldom
does...) you're reading the first new blog entry from
my in about three months. (Read the
rest. Click here)