The thoughts coherent and rambling of a technical communicator living by the banks of Possession Sound on the Salish Sea.
When I took a Bible as Literature course in college from Gene Warren Doty, I fell in love with the Book of Job, as translated in the Jerusalem Bible. The text is lyrical, as far as I am concerned. I could imagine the lutes accompanying the troubadours in the background as I read. Being drawn [...]
When interviewing for the associate minister of music position at Trinity Lutheran Church in Lynnwood, Washington, my partner had to prepare suggested music for the first service at the Pointe of Grace campus on Sunday, September 13, 2009. An unusual feature of Pointe of Grace is that there is no organ, but a good Boston [...]
Harvey Milk filling in for Mayor George Moscone for a day in 1978. (Daniel Nicoletta, retrieved from Wikipedia on 15 August 2009 under GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2) This past week was an interesting. It started with me asking my partner to put Milk on his Netflix cue so we could watch it. Why [...]
In honor of US Rep. Rick Larsen’s hosting of a medical reform legislation town hall meeting with about 3,000 people last night in Everett, it is time to honor Larsen’s other great achievement. Being on the Colbert Report. The Colbert Report Mon – Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c Better Know a District – Washington’s 2nd – [...]
The Hon. Rick Larsen, US Representative from the 2nd District of Washington State (D), moved his Everett, Washington, town hall forum on health care to Everett Memorial Stadium. For a bit more than 2.5 hours, Rep. Larsen led a respectful discussion with a crowd estimated by several sources of around 3000 people, including the Everett [...]
Since the word kabuki is believed to derive from the verb kabuku, meaning “to lean” or “to be out of the ordinary”, kabuki can be interpreted as “avant-garde” or “bizarre” theatre. The expression kabukimono (歌舞伎者) referred originally to those who were bizarrely dressed and swaggered on a street. (Wikipedia, Kabuki, retrieved 11 August 2009) US [...]
The Rt. Rev. Nedi Rivera, Bishop Suffragan of Olympia, has announced her upcoming retirement. She plans to be retired by February 1, 2010. That makes this baptism, at which yours truly was honored by being the Bishop’s Chaplain during the service, feel a bit more special.
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