Thoughts on Living the Life Creative
(Best of the Web is an occasional series of posts looking at what I believe is the World Wide Web being used to its absolute best) Marble Hornets - an ongoing video series on YouTube that follows the mythos of The Slender Man. If you're not familiar with this meme character follow the link and get... Continue Reading →
Well, that was every bit as bad as I feared. But not as bad as it might have been. Too much travel, too much eating out, too little exercise, too much stress. So some give back was inevitable. Sigh. So the question becomes "What do we do next?". The primary answer to that question is... Continue Reading →
Anatomy of a Murder (1959) - A soldier's wife (Lee Remick) is raped and he (Ben Gazarra) kills her rapist. The former local prosecuting attorney (Jimmy Stewart) agrees to defend the husband. His client is just a bit too slick and the wife is just a bit too much of a party girl. Both of... Continue Reading →
Earlier today my wife said "Our last full day in Chautauqua County". I hadn't thought of it in those terms but it's true. After 30 years we are moving on. A lot has changed in three decades. There are the obvious things. 30 years of living with its attendant gray hair and lines. I'm a... Continue Reading →
Today is the day. The moving company arrives this morning. We move out tomorrow. The furniture arrives at the new place on Saturday. I begin my new job/ministry on Sunday. People have been asking me how I feel. My answer has been "Mostly excited with a side order of terrified". Today the side order has... Continue Reading →
Grand Prix (1966) - Headstrong American driver Pete Aaron (James Garner) makes a rash move at Monaco which injures his teammate Scott Stoddard and results in Aaron being released by the team. While Stoddard is recovering Aaron begins an affair with Pat Stoddard (Jessica Walter). Elsewhere in the paddock Ferrari veteran and two time world... Continue Reading →
Next week the weigh ins will resume. I promise. I am truly NOT looking forward to that event. The last several weeks have been stressful. The job related stress is one thing, then you add in the pain that comes from saying goodbye to people and places that have been a huge part of my... Continue Reading →
Blue Like Jazz (2012) - The fictionalized story of author Donald Miller's adventures as a Southern Baptist from Texas at the very liberal Reed College in Portland Oregon. Sometimes called "the most godless college in America" the culture at Reed will challenge Miller's belief in God and in himself. Based loosely on the best selling... Continue Reading →
"The View From the Phlipside" is a media commentary program airing on WRFA-LP, Jamestown NY. It can be heard Monday through Friday just after 8 AM and 5 PM. The following are scripts which may not exactly match the aired version of the program. Mostly because the host may suddenly choose to add or subtract words... Continue Reading →
Sorry I'm running late. But that's pretty much the story of my life right now. There are a bazillion details (no, really. A bazillion, I counted them) that are demanding my attention. We've been going round and round trying to figure out how we going to get moved. Finding the moving company turned out to... Continue Reading →
