Collateral Bloggage

I had to add something to my previously posted Musings.  Who knew I’d have something new about which to muse so soon?
I just got back from the loo, and I noticed something I’ve rarely seen:  another man with apparently more germophobia than I have.
Not content to merely wash his hands and shut off the water [...]

I love living in Hillsboro. Proximity to Portland and the beach, the great Farmers’ Market, the smelly water.
It always makes a guy feel good when the City sends out letter explaining that “your smelly water is really perfectly okay-ish for you to be drinking, if you absolutely can’t go without.”  Okay, so they said [...]

DALLAS, TX - Friday’s showdown between the Dallas (Presbyterian) Reformers and the San Diego (Non-denominational) Freewillers was rained out in the top of the fifth inning and will have to be replayed. Or will it?
Dallas is protesting the cancellation and rescheduling of the contest, arguing that they won the ballgame. Strangely, they are [...]

I was thinking of doing a post on Purgatory this week, but for some reason I thought I had previously blogged about it. If I did, I can’t find it. Still, what would good Protestants want to read about all that Papist claptrap for? I might save it for another week, because [...]

If you’ve ever spent any time dealing with nerds, working at a major corporation, or if you’re a fan of Britcoms at all, you’ll probably find The IT Crowd hilarious.  Unfortunately, the show is difficult to find in the U.S.  So, as part of my odd conception of civic duty, I’m fixin’ to hook y’all [...]

TFE and I have been enjoying watching the Olympic Trials, particularly since there’s a local connection (Track and Field Trials happening in Eugene).  Watching the Three Oregon Dudes qualify in the 800 was awesome.  But watching swimming the other day, as Garrett Weber-Gale and Ben Wildman-Tobriner qualified in the 50-meter Freestyle, a question occurred to [...]

Congress Calls For New Holiday Naming
WASHINGTON, D.C. - In recognition that most Americans refer to Independence Day as “The Fourth of July,” the U.S. Holidays Naming Commission (also called Congress) has recommended going to a month/day naming convention for all National Holidays. Thus, Christmas would become known as “The Twenty-Fifth of December,” and Halloween [...]

Romans 14 is a great chapter to use for beating the stuffing out of Sabbatarian arguments (Sabbatarian means believing that Christians are obliged to keep the Saturday Sabbath). Paul quite plainly states that no particular day is necessarily more important than any other.
Romans 14:5 (NET):
One person regards one day holier than other days, and [...]

Okay, Dad, if you’re reading this, just admit that there are some roles in which you find Steve Martin acceptable…
We all know you liked the “Father of the Bride”…but I promise I won’t tell anybody.
A while back, our friends Erik and Connie turned us onto “The Jerk,” which I had previously avoided due to my [...]