Monthly Archives: September 2003
Occasions of Grace
Y’know my favorite part of being a family man lately? The absolute ease with which I encounter Grace in my life. Not that I have any more occasions for Grace than anybody else. Nor do I mean to say I … Continue reading
Godel’s Incompleteness Theorem and The Matrix
I know that religious and philosophical analysis of The Matrix trilogy of movies has been done to death, but this analysis is the first I’ve seen that draws on mathematics — Godel’s Incompletness Theorem. Apparently they assert Neo is the … Continue reading
Zen Catholicism
Excuse me while I go all Catholic Geek on you. In a little burst of serendipity, I came across my latest favorite book, called Zen Catholicism at a discount book sale. Yes, Zen Catholicism. Both I and the sales clerk … Continue reading
Reality Check
I missed out on all of the fun at the H-Town Blogs gathering last night but I had a good excuse. You see, I have for weeks been planning to gather some men in my parish to explore men’s ministry … Continue reading
Drop Trio
If you like funky jazz wrapped up in a tight keybord-driven trio format, you’ll like Drop Trio. I stumbled across their first LP and am very pleased. I also like the fact that they’re a local Houston group and they’re … Continue reading
Can one have too much Life?
Well, no, I guess. Life in general is a good thing. A Full Life is Blessed Life. Can’t have too much Life. But from a Blog perspective, you certainly *can* have too much Life, as happens to be the case … Continue reading
Drive to Distraction
I urge you not to throw away time, for it’s swift as an arrow, fast as a stream. Distraction is entirely due to lack of concentration; stupidity and blindness are caused by lack of true knowledge. -Yung-Ming, “Five Houses of … Continue reading
Good Poem
A good poem from Slate, which is a great source for new poetry, by the way. Not A Poem About Driving At Night Light production is associated with the survival of a species, but the insect crawling across my dash … Continue reading
Liturgy
I was really looking forward to hearing Fr. Matt Linn speak about his book Good Goats: Healing Our Image of God at our parish last night. But it’s been a week where our evening schedule has been tumultuous, which means … Continue reading
Some days it just seems like…
Hyper Joe ate my beans. Here’s one of the cards from July’s 1KBWC game. Actually it’s my favorite card, the one the little kid came up with. Some of you have been patiently waiting for me to post some cards. … Continue reading
Not So “Bad”
Bad Art Night was, I think, a success. A substantial improvement in turnout over last month. Thanks mainly to some friends from the Internet. I started off worried, as the only indications I had were two “I’d like to, but … Continue reading
Buildup for Bad Art Night
I really like this scrapbooking idea as a process for making abstract collages. I love art as process. I like to come up with an idea that combines my own artistic eye with pure serendipity. In fact, most of the … Continue reading
Being There
This story is wrong. The “wife and mother of three” died of an aneurysm, not an “emphesymal bleb.” Some lazy reporting there, I’d say. And the whole story is about the “bleb.” No mention of the husband, the three children, … Continue reading
Matter and Emptiness
“Seeing matter itself as emptiness produces great wisdom so one does not dwell in birth and death; seeing emptiness as equivalent to matter produces great compassion so one does not dwell in nirvana. ” -Yun-feng I could be reading this … Continue reading
Fun Poem
‘What We Might Be, What We Are’ If you were a scoop of vanilla And I were the cone where you sat, If you were a slowly pitched baseball And I were the swing of a bat, If you were … Continue reading