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March 31, 2009
My Visit to a Marijuana Anonymous Meeting
Members of Marijuana Anonymous tend to think the world consists of three kinds of people:...
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 24, 2009
California Itchin’
I wrote my last post (A Whole New World For Me) about an hour ago,...
March 24, 2009
A Whole New World for Me
When I was but 50 years old, I was a fool. But now that I'm...
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!
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March 16, 2009
Christian Leaders: For God’s Sake, Stop Empowering Wife Abusers
Pastors, church, and ministry leaders: Please refrain from ever using the Bible as a means...
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 12, 2009
Doing Christianity vs. Being Christian
Sometimes I think that in our efforts to be all that we can be when...
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 08, 2009
Must God be a He-Man?
"Christians go crazy if you in any way suggest that God isn't a man," said...
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...
March 01, 2009
Women Nearly Killed by Abusive Husband Tells Us Her Story
(Update: Seven Reasons Women Stay in Abusive Relationships, and How to Defeat Each One of...
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