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    Lent- Day 13: Stay Weird.

    Yup, we’re weird. Maybe even Carrie just before getting that bucket of pig’s blood dumped on her-type weird. Or maybe the after. Most definitely after if you’re Pentecostal. (Sissy Spacek in “Carrie”.…

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    Lent- Day 9: I wonder if Heaven has a ghetto.

    Tupac Shakur (Image: Flickr Zennie62/ Creative Commons)   Yesterday, I went back to 1997, and before I head Back to the Future, I want to stop off in October when Tupac’s first…

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    Some Sunday Stuff: November 23rd.

    Happy Sunday, All. I’ve been to church and Starbucks, the forecast for today and the next couple days is above freezing, so I’m feeling pretty optimistic.   In pondering what I’d post…

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    Transfiguring life.

    (Source)   Yesterday was the Feast of The Transfiguration of Jesus, a day observed by millions of Christians worldwide. The story can be found in the Gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke.…

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    Is rap poetry?

    Jay Z: a 21st century poet?   John McWhorter, writing at The Daily Beast, answers with a definitive yes:     To utterly naïve anthropologists sent to document the ways of Americans…

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    Some Saturday Stuff: April 26th.

    My new model hand for sketching. I think it’s art all in itself.     This month really flew by, didn’t it? Almost May. Here’s hoping that the weather around here will…