My Cat

Our family has three cats. Two of the cats were mine and one was Mrs. LP’s prior to our marriage. Three cats and two kids make for a full house.
Here is the problem. One of my cats is somewhere around 20 years old. She was a stray when I found her, and in pretty [...]

Ode to Tennessee

So, I am traveling to Tennessee this weekend for an interview, and couldn’t think of a more appropriate tribute than to link a video of my favorite unsigned band performing one of my favorite songs at one of my favorite venues.
So here’s The Tennessee Rounders doing “Runnin’ Moonshine”:

Preaching, Plagiarism, and Living the Grind

There was a good article in the latest issue of Christian Century in which Tom Long discussed the ethical implications with “sermon” stealing. He uses a couple of interesting stories to lure the reader in, including one about a student of his who preached a wonderful sermon at the end of a course, only to [...]

Sap

So yesterday, at the end of our last service, we were singing “How Great Thou Art” and it was everything I could do not to start bawling. We started on the third verse, and - without warning - these big tears formed. I am not really sure what that was about. Maybe it was that [...]

Interview Update

I went to my screening interview for Campus Ministry Friday, which was successful. I am now an approved candidate should a position come open. The main problem: there are very few positions open, and more candidates than jobs. Well, that is a problem for the candidates, really, not for the sites. In fact, it is [...]

Dear LP,

Just a reminder: the words, “All You Can Eat” at the Country Kitchen Buffet do not constitute a personal challenge. This is why you are overweight.
 Love,
Your Clogging Arteries

Thanks for Proving My Point

I watched Office Space today on Comedy Central, where one of the promos for an upcoming show features a sketch called, “Are you Smarter Than a Wetback?”
*shakes head in disbelief*

On Imus, Racism, and my Favorite Ice Cube Album

Just out of curiosity: if Hurricane Katrina failed to enter America into a substantive discussion about race and class – and by extension, gender and sexuality – then why do people think that this will happen in the wake of Don Imus saying something idiotic. Hear me out here: I think Imus is an idiot. [...]

100 Acts: Act 35

Going back to the days when I was just little punk skateboard riding middle schooler, I bring you Suicidal Tendencies . This was early in the days when skate music, metal and punk starting blending together to make up its own strange subgenre of skate punk. First formed in the early 1980’s, the only member [...]

Lack of Substance, Style, and Time

So it feels like here lately I have been unable to blog with any sense of quality or consistency. Social blogging has all but gone out the window. This is unfortunate in my estimation. Not so much because I think I have valuable or important things to say…it is more because blogging is something [...]