As much as I'm a little leery of all things postmodern, I usually like Rob Bell; I just wish I knew more Greek and Hebrew so I could check his exegesis:
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=-p_W_ZprQYU
Prof KLP, I have you to thank for my disposition to agree with Mr Bell here.
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
La musica, la musica
This is an interesting discussion, and something that I think about a great deal. Check it out, if you want.
http://www.thecommonroot.org/forum/topics/2345046:Topic:1389
http://www.thecommonroot.org/forum/topics/2345046:Topic:1389
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Back to London
So...it's 6:30 AM and I've been up for going on 2.5 hours - what other reason for this than election day? I'm not as hardcore as Rod and Darren though - they've been going since 1 AM here (8 PM in America, Eastern time), and they cooked a bunch of us breakfast. Thanks to a faulty alarm, I didn't make the 4 AM GMT meet-up that we had scheduled, but at 4:30 I jumped out of bed, threw on my glasses, the nearest clean(ish) clothes, and a bandana and ran over to Buxton Street to watch the BBC and see the votes coming in.
Whew, is all I can say. It's all over!
There were many laughs and jokes at the expense of those bloggers featured by the BBC...and I in no way want to claim that I have or ever will blog about politics. But I have enough coffee in me to keep me up for quite a while, so I might as well update!
Life here has been a bit mixed up - Masha Clark was here for a wonderful week of touring London, and then Allison arrived and she and I went to Spain for a while. I'm priding myself on the fact that Mom now knows the tube well enough to get herself from Liverpool Street to Heathrow, even if it's only one transfer at Holborn.
Spain was lovely - not as warm as it would normally be, but still lovely. The architecture was definitely the high point: all the fountains, tiny streets, obscure monuments to even more obscure saints (and the not so saintly, a la Don Juan Tenorio), the Real Alcazar, and the gothic Cathedral. Allison and I took in some flamenco, an Arab bath/spa called "Aire de Sevilla," plenty of shopping, exploring, and generally enjoying the city.
It's been a bit tough getting back into the swing of things these last couple days - what with being quite tired and having a nasty cold. I'm sure all this not-sleep is helping quite a lot, too. Tonight is Bonfire Night, though, so I'll probably bum around with STP to set some fireworks off. All last evening I could hear fireworks going off everywhere - just like the fourth of July, only that everyone has their own private fireworks as opposed to just big town displays.
More of an update to follow...
Whew, is all I can say. It's all over!
There were many laughs and jokes at the expense of those bloggers featured by the BBC...and I in no way want to claim that I have or ever will blog about politics. But I have enough coffee in me to keep me up for quite a while, so I might as well update!
Life here has been a bit mixed up - Masha Clark was here for a wonderful week of touring London, and then Allison arrived and she and I went to Spain for a while. I'm priding myself on the fact that Mom now knows the tube well enough to get herself from Liverpool Street to Heathrow, even if it's only one transfer at Holborn.
Spain was lovely - not as warm as it would normally be, but still lovely. The architecture was definitely the high point: all the fountains, tiny streets, obscure monuments to even more obscure saints (and the not so saintly, a la Don Juan Tenorio), the Real Alcazar, and the gothic Cathedral. Allison and I took in some flamenco, an Arab bath/spa called "Aire de Sevilla," plenty of shopping, exploring, and generally enjoying the city.
It's been a bit tough getting back into the swing of things these last couple days - what with being quite tired and having a nasty cold. I'm sure all this not-sleep is helping quite a lot, too. Tonight is Bonfire Night, though, so I'll probably bum around with STP to set some fireworks off. All last evening I could hear fireworks going off everywhere - just like the fourth of July, only that everyone has their own private fireworks as opposed to just big town displays.
More of an update to follow...
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