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November 2009

November 17, 2009

10 Important Lessons You Can Learn From Watching Porn

It's amazing what you can learn from porn.

November 13, 2009

The Semicolon: Thumbs Up, or Down?

Do you think it's time for the semicolon to go back to wherever it came...

November 12, 2009

The Reason Carrie Prejean Wanted Her Ex to Lie About Her Porno Tape

To clear up what I know has amounted to a little bit of confusion: the...

November 12, 2009

Where (If Anywhere) Does Christ End, and Paul Begin?

It's been my experience that what the statement, "It's not Christ I have a problem...

November 11, 2009

Holiday Family Gathering Coming Up? Here’s How to Let the Beatitudes Quell Your Attitudes

Here's how to use the Beatitudes to this year be a blessing to yourself and...

November 10, 2009

Group Blog, Anyone?

Following my recent and completely unfun foray into group blogging, I received a number of...

November 06, 2009

An Atheist, Post-Death, Meets God

[In the afterlife.] Atheist: Wow. I can't believe I'm dead. God: Believe it. Atheist: Whoa!...

November 05, 2009

I, a Christian, Admit It: Atheists Have Been Right All Along

Finally, the truth can be told: all we Christians are, in fact, ignorant, narrow-minded, self-righteous,...

October 2009

October 30, 2009

The Cheapest Halloween Costume Ideas EVER

For those of you who don't subscribe to my Twitter feed or visit me on...

October 27, 2009

The Inexplicable Charm of Old Metro Buses

A friend I met through Facebook, Stuart Dobie, lives in Hong Kong, where he does...

October 24, 2009

The Two E-Mails I Sent iMonk This Morning

Hey, all. A friendly commenter to yesterday's Why I Quit Boar's Head Tavern said they...

October 23, 2009

Why I Quit Boar’s Head Tavern

I've gotten quite a few emails asking why I quit Boar's Head Tavern; this here's...

October 20, 2009

Why the Pope Must Love Him Some Gene Robinson

"VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI has created a new church structure for Anglicans who...

October 12, 2009

“Dear Mrs. Epps: We Regret to Inform You That Your Baby is Too Uncute to Insure”

Oct. 12, 2009: The Denver Post reports that a Grand Junction family has been denied...

October 03, 2009

Tullian Tchividjian and Coral Ridge Presbyterian

If any of you happen to know about the kerfuffle going on at Tullian Tchividjian's...

October 02, 2009

The Winner of The First Annual John Shore 10-Word Short Story Contest

First of all, let me just say that if you submitted a story to our...

October 01, 2009

Update on 10-Word Short Story Contest

Midnight last night this morning six hours ago marked the deadline for entries in the...

September 2009

September 23, 2009

Don’t Make Me Smack You With a Ruler in Public This Weekend

This Saturday (September 25) I'll be at the annual San Diego Christian Writers Guild's writer's...

September 22, 2009

Bestselling Author Jacquelyn Mitchard Now Judging My 10-Word Short Story Contest! Prize Now Includes Her New Book!

When first I beheld the veritable flood of entries pouring in for my First Annual...

September 20, 2009

Announcing The First Annual John Shore 10-Word Short Story Contest

[Update: Bestselling author Jacquelyn Mitchard is now helping to judge this contest.] Recently I spotted...

September 18, 2009

Quotable Me

Last week someone told me they were going to put something I wrote in the...

September 03, 2009

IN YO FACE, CANCER!

Cat's radiologist reports that he saw no evidence of cancer on Cat's M.R.I. She has...

September 02, 2009

5 Words That Completely Explain Why Men Hate To Talk About Their Emotions

It keeps their emotions pure. (By which I mean that men tend to sort of...

August 2009

August 23, 2009

“God Can Love Me or Send Me to Hell. But Not Both.”

Sitting at Starbucks yesterday I overheard the following exchange between two men I'll call Bob...

July 2009

July 20, 2009

The Unique Notion of “Parenthood”

Below is an interesting passage from Jill Lepore's article, "Baby Talk," which appeared in the...

July 14, 2009

Thank God for Poor, Stupid Bible Thumpers

The one group of Americans our media is still very comfortable making fun of is...

July 13, 2009

Proof There’s Someone for Everyone

July 11, 2009

Disneyland: The Grand Finale of our Staycation

My wife Cat's been off all week. So far we've been to "Marvin Hamlish Directs...

July 09, 2009

Where Hobbits Picnic

I hope the Hobbits don't sneak into my house at night and murder me for...

July 03, 2009

From Budweiser to Hardee’s–And Beyond!

Remember this guy, young Timothy Hornor, whom I interviewed in Interview With an Actor in...