i've gotten nowhere, but had fun doing it

today i completed my thirty eighth lap around the sun -- in effect, i'm where i started. the other exciting news is that my friends mike and stacy appear to have conceived.

in celebration of getting nowhere, my betrothed took me out for my favoritist meal. she kept saying "wherever you want to go honey"... so eventually we really ended up there -- at Cafe Asia in Arlington (which i wont link to because you can't kill the sound on their website).

i'm telling you -- eating sushi is a worshipful event. each flavor and texture differenter from the last and yet the essence of utter goodness. my honey will tell you i get all misty about it. God's creativity, energy, grace and life are evident in each and every piece. and God please bless the Japanese for Kirin Ichiban on tap.

thanks, my honey, for a wonderful lovely night.

How a faithful nation gets Jesus wrong

The Christian Paradox as originally published in Harpers Magazine

eCommerce

how not to do eCommerce:

1. make me create an account on your website.
2. tell me what i want is available for the dates i want it.
3. tell me that to get what i want, i need to call a physical phone number. (grrr...)
4. put me on hold for 10 minutes waiting to speak to a real person, while forcing me to listen to your propaganda. (double grrrr...)
5. when said real person comes on (who i never wanted to talk to in the first place or i would've called), offer me something different than what your website clearly stated was available. (oh no girl friend -- you didn't go there...)
6. when i decline, explain to me the reason it made me call is because what the website said was available, really wasn't ... so, basically, your website lied to me, and you tricked me into talking to someone. (ok. you just. don't. get it. you dont get it.)

thusly, i nominate uHaul be heretofore re-designated uHell. because, well... uSuck.