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April 2009

April 15, 2009

Christianity: 5% Brain, 95% Emotion. Yeah, Baby!

I think those of us who believe in God are sometimes too reluctant to acknowledge...

April 14, 2009

Free Bestselling Book Idea!

For 10 years now I've been carrying around in my out-sized head a book idea...

April 13, 2009

If Believing in the Resurrection is Dumb, Bring Me My Dunce Cap

Having, I am sure, read my post, Advent, Easter and Ordinary Time: Knowing the Christian Calendar,...

April 10, 2009

What The [bleep] Is So Good About Good Friday?

As I write this it's noon my time, on Good Friday. Outside my window the...

April 08, 2009

The Comfort of the Cross

Here are six truths about suffering that should prove comforting to any Christian in pain:...

April 07, 2009

Women in Abusive Relationships: Back to Your Future! (pt.2)

(Update: All the posts of this series have been collected into one piece, Seven Reasons...

April 07, 2009

Sorry for delay in follow-up to my last post

Sorry it's taking me longer than I thought it would to write part two of...

April 07, 2009

Women in Abusive Relationships: Back to Your Future!

(Update: All the posts of this series have been collected into one piece, Seven Reasons...

March 2009

March 30, 2009

Six Tips For Making Your Blog Way More Poopular

1. Ignore other blogs. Conventional wisdom has it that reading, commenting on, and linking to...

March 27, 2009

Why Did the Surfer Cross the Road?

Since writing California Itchin' I've been particularly aware of just how weird Southern California really...

March 26, 2009

My Bloggylaggin’ is Your Fault

"Bloggylaggin." Sounds like the name of a flabby leprechaun. Leprechauns! Be afraid! (If you're wondering...

March 25, 2009

Why Not “Facenewspaper” or “Facemagazine”?

I'm a word guy. I would be a thought guy, but that's an insane amount...

March 23, 2009

Killing Cat Killers, Sort Of

5:45 p.m. Monday, March Whatever, 2009. In my wife's office. Laptop on lap. iTunes playing...

March 22, 2009

Operation 51st Birthday: The Morning After

As this morning I reflect back upon the Culture and Cuisine-a-thon to which, with such...

March 21, 2009

Operation 51st Birthday, Phase III

Phase II was: 1. Enjoy delicious glass of Hendrick's gin (from bottle of said booze,...

March 21, 2009

Operation Birthday Begins!

Saturday, March 21, 2009. 6:21 a.m. Operation John Shore's Birthday has begun. I'm up. My...

March 20, 2009

Tommorow’s My Birthday! I’m Still Not Dead!

My birthday's tommorow. Why, I can remember being born just like it was 18,615 days...

March 19, 2009

Women in Abusive Relationships: Wave Goodbye to Your Parents

(Update: All the posts of this series have been collected into one piece, Seven Reasons...

March 18, 2009

Threatening Leprechauns Respond!

This piece has been moved here. Sorry for the inconvenience.

March 13, 2009

Women in Abusive Relationships: Like Everyone Else, You’re Guilty of Love

(Update: All the posts of this series have been collected into one piece, Seven Reasons...

March 11, 2009

Women in Abusive Relationships: The Good Daughter Syndrome

(Update: All the posts of this series have been collected into one piece, Seven Reasons...

March 10, 2009

Famous Argentinian Painter Whose Painting I Brought at a Thrift Store E-Mails Me

A while back I posted a piece about a superb painting that I bought at...

March 10, 2009

My Body and My Brain: At It Once Again

Brain: Wake up! It's morning! Time to arise! Body: I hate you. And I'm sleeping....

March 09, 2009

Crosswalk.com Deletes My Post Questioning the Gender of God

As you might know, most everything I post on this blog appears simultaneously on Crosswalk.com,...

March 07, 2009

Quick: What’s the Most Diverse Religious Group in America?

(The article below, written by John Ridley, is on today's The Huffington Post. You can...

March 06, 2009

My Favorite “Seinfeld” Moment!

About two years ago I bought seasons 1-8 of "Seinfeld" from a guy selling them...

March 05, 2009

Sexuality: Christian Friend or Foe?

In Christians, Non-Christians, and the "Fully Man" Problem With Jesus, I wrote that I equate...

March 04, 2009

For Those Who Subscribe to My Feed

Yo, Feedoreenos. Just to let you know, this morning I subsituted in all new text...

March 03, 2009

What Others Might Think: Reason #3 Women Stay in Bad Relationships, Pt. 3

(Update: All the posts of this series have been collected into one piece, Seven Reasons...

February 2009

February 23, 2009

What Others Might Think: Reason #3 Women Stay in Bad Relationships, Pt. 2

(Update: All the posts of this series have been collected into one piece, Seven Reasons...