poppa j
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Nov 14, 2008
My Brother Is in the War (a poem)
MY BROTHER IS IN THE WAR
Today at 5 I'll salute the flag.
Not as a blind patriot, but as a brother
Remembering the games we played
The bombs and guns
The knives and swords
The goats we rode, our cavalry
And the buckets we carried, our mortar shells
On …
Sep 13, 2008
Media + Politics = Lots of Serious Laughs
So, I'm starting to get addicted to this upcoming presidential election. I like thinking about it and observing it more than I'm actually going to enjoy voting. Also, it'll probably be good once it's all over, a kind of relief.
Tonight, I watched almost all the …
Sep 4, 2008
An Exodus of Sorts and a Top 8 List
In an effort to simplify things (maybe categorize is a better word), I'm going to post only music, movies, news, arts, etc. stuff on virb from now on. I just took the plunge and opened a live journal account. My screen name is just_mister_jj if you want to look me up. …
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Movies
The Royal Tenenbaums, That Thing You Do, Waiting for Guffman, Spinal Tap, Best in Show, A Mighty Wind, Punch Drunk Love, Eternal Sunshine, Ushpizin, Mongolian Ping Pong, Ken Burns' Baseball and Jazz, Jesus Camp...
Music
mewithoutYou, aloha, Sufjan Stevens, The Arcade Fire, Man Man, Radiohead, Ester Drang, Andrew Bird, Grizzly Bear, M Ward, Damien Jurado, Sigur Ros, Elliott, Iron & Wine, Unwed Sailor, At the Drive-In, Death Cab for Cutie, Stan Getz, Sonny Rollins, Aesop Rock, Bjork, Circle of Birds, Converge, Derek Webb, Owen, The Shins, Norma Jean...
Television
Prison Break, Arrested Development, Homocide: Life on the Street, Law and Order, Band of Brothers...
Books
Bible, Everything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer, The Pursuit of God by A.W. Tozer, The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini, The Chronicles of Narnia...
joa jean, Mar 26, 2008:
oh shoot! ...i went to hit "reply" to your comment, and i hit the delete button
instead! oh man >> what a rip.
oh well >>basically i was going to say: "yea! do it! write a post!"....ha.
....and now you will, so really, it all evens out? uh........!?
!!!
guatstache, Dec 17, 2007:
we need to hang out with the Pizzos.
Miriam, Aug 13, 2007:
happy left-handers day! i love you!
Amanda, Jun 4, 2007:
Hi Joe - Pray for Sam today, it's his first jump out of a plane. He'll either be jumping at 11 or 3 our time (10 or 2 your time) They do two jumps today, two tomorrow, and then a night jump on Wed. Thanks!
guatstache, May 29, 2007:
"The kingdom of heaven is not in word but in deed."
+St. John of Damascus
Feeding the hungry is a greater work than raising the dead.
Saint John Chrysostom
hear no one boast, that he hath a knowledge of the Scriptures, but that he owneth a Bible written in golden characters. And tell me then, what profiteth this? The Holy Scriptures were not given to us that we should enclose them in books, but that we should engrave them upon our hearts.
Saint John Chrysostom
Grace comes after tribulation.
Without the cross,
man can find no road to climb to heaven.
-Our Lord to St. Rose of Lima.
Let the mouth also fast from disgraceful speeches and railings. For what does it profit if we abstain from fish and fowl and yet bite and devour our brothers and sisters? The evil speaker eats the flesh of his brother and bites the body of his neighbor.
- Saint John Chrysostom.
When you are praying alone, and your spirit is dejected, and you are wearied and oppressed by your loneliness, remember then, as always, that God the Trinity looks upon you with eyes brighter than the sun; also all the angels, your own Guardian Angel, and all the Saints of God. Truly they do; for they are all one in God, and where God is, there are they also. Where the sun is, thither also are directed all its rays. Try to understand what this means.
+Elder Herman of Mt. Athos
KimmerDawn, May 22, 2007:
Jared's cabin comment is definately a no but we are going to have a bbq on Saturday!!! I am going to put up an announcement.
hollienicole, May 22, 2007:
it's not letting me comment on your announcement...i have a lakehouse...i'm sure we could do something out there? (it's outside of blair...dunno if that's an issue)...also, i'm going to see if i can close monday instead of opening...then i'd get to hang out longer....that's all i've got...(yay)
Miriam, May 22, 2007:
what's with the weather dude?
Brooke , May 21, 2007:
So is there a plan for this weekend still in the works? Anything been officialized?
Brooke , May 14, 2007:
Make it a weekend, or evening- and I'll do everything I can possibly do to be there playing some ball. I don't own a bat though. We have plenty of friends who play. Lets make this happen.