Monthly Archives: August 2003

The new issue of The Rake has an interesting piece titled, Should Married Men Go to Strip Clubs? by Stuart Greene. I agree with most of what he says. Men are duplicitous scumbags. That doesn�t stop when they get married. … Continue reading →

Kent Nerburn’s exchange with a reader of his book Neither Wolf nor Dog: “Thanks for being one of the most astute readers who has ever contacted me in all the years that book has been out.”

Real Live Preacher tipped me off to The World According To Chuck — which looks to be another Real Joe-type blog to follow. Here’a a sample: “All I know is, my wife has been gone eight days, and knowing she … Continue reading →

“I have faced my demons and come to peace with myself… a person my children can love.” – Peter Jaquith He was once a Wall Street multi-millionaire: From Wall Street to Mean Street.

In Sunday’s NY Times Magazine: Untying the knot: “With the help of a divorce mediator, a couple finally learns what their marriage was all about.”

Another round of low-back trouble the past week. Shit. Now I really have to get better at walking my talk, as this has not only torpedoed my motorcycling and racquetball, but also our family vacation/camping trip, since sitting in a … Continue reading →

I’m thrilled to be able to link to Kent Nerburn’s weblog with regularity. And now I’ve discovered another guy’s weblog that looks to be top-notch: Real Live Preacher. He’s an anonymous minister “… in South Texas who started a blog … Continue reading →

For my own tastes, it is the person who continuously makes the small caring gesture in the course of daily affairs who is the most worthy footsoldier in the army of the spirit. Such people are doing simple good for … Continue reading →

Today’s the anniversary of Woodstock. I like the idea of dying on this day, 66 years from now, its 100th anniversary. I’ll be 119. However, at the rate I’m going, I’m not likely to get there in the kind of … Continue reading →

I continue to get more attention for helping small businesses and other small organizations set up and maintain weblogs on their web sites — one aspect of my Wigley and Associates business. So this week I decided to document what … Continue reading →

On Aug. 10, the NY Times reported: Pope John Paul II made his prayer appeal at the papal palace in lakeside Castel Gandolfo, which is generally cooler than Rome. Drought-fed fires have plagued Italy, the Iberian Peninsula, France and arid … Continue reading →

Bob from Iowa wrote to me about his recent trip. “One of the high points, no pun intended, was hiking above 13,000 feet in Rocky Mountain National Park. No trees up there – just lots of lichen covered rocks and … Continue reading →

Guess what’s “… North America’s hottest theological debate of the moment“? Believe it or not, it’s something called “open theism” as described in this article by AP religion writer Richard N. Ostling: What did God know and when did he … Continue reading →

NY Times: The Modern Pickup Truck Retires From Work and Moves Into Town “Americans are crazy for the utilitarian look, and nothing looks more utilitarian than a pickup. But the look is what matters these days, not the utility. At … Continue reading →

The August issue of Oprah’s O magazine has an article titled, How Men Really Feel About Their Bodies. (The entire aritcle is not available online, but large chunks are.) It’s well-written piece by a guy, Ted Spiker, who’s also a … Continue reading →

I blogged about the Rev. Pat Robertson’s Operation Supreme Court Freedom a couple of weeks ago. Yesterday, the NY Times had an editorial titled, Offensive Prayer Offensive. So today I sent this piece to the Times’ OpEd department. Yes, the … Continue reading →

This week’s issue of Time has a cover story on meditation titled, Just Say Om: Scientists study it. Doctors recommend it. Millions of Americans–many of whom don’t even own crystals–practice it every day. Why? Because meditation works. It’s written by … Continue reading →