Harry Potter for Nerds

BOOK 6 SPOILERS INCLUDED IN LINKED ARTICLE John Granger has written another piece on the Alchemical Skeleton of Harry Potter. I personally think that Alchemy does its level best to turn Christianity into a mystery religion, which doesn’t make sense with the whole ‘truth shall set you free’ thing. That being said, many of Granger’s [...]

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Just What The Heck ARE You, Anyway?

A.C. Kleinheider, lazy man that he is, asks me the $64K question: What is a Mennonite anyway? So here’s the more-information-than-anyone-needed answer, which I’ve moved out of the comments section, because if I spend more than five minutes on it, it’s a full post. 1. Mennonites are Christians. We believe in the diety of Jesus, [...]

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Katrina Relief

As we have been for hundreds of years, Mennonites will be at the forefront of relief for victims of Katrina. I’ve donated to MDS for years, and know them to be a caring, compassionate and efficient charity.

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The High Price Of A Husband

I’m married. Happily. My husband is a cyclist, and Labor Day Weekend for him means the last Century of the season. For the uninitiated, that means he will be riding one hundred miles on his bicycle. That also means that we will not be going to Dragon*Con. I’m fine with it. Really. I just realized [...]

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Hobbittses Holiday

I will be spending my Labour Day (sorry, Patrick) LABOR day weekend watching the entire extended edition LOTR trilogy. I figure this is good for about 20 hours of pure fun. I love these movies, but I’m trying to figure out how to not fall asleep during the looooong sequences with Merry, Pippen and Treebeard.

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Queer Eye For the Hobbit Guy?

Spleenville assembles the data and breaks the bad news: Elijah Wood just might be a little bit gay.I should clarify: This is only bad news if you are one of the three girls who is in the love with him and hasn’t already figured out that the mere fact you are a 9th grader in [...]

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He Found Him In Mombassa, In A Barroom Drinkin’ Gin

Nothing at all to say. Just love that line.

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White Girlz Rap

I write about my conversion to rap music over at Glean Dean’s new group music blog Tangled Up In Blue. All music, and technically no politics. Given the fact that we all seem to be Dylan Maniacs, I imagine some allusions to politics might be made. Or Not. Check it out. It’s fun.

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Making A Stand for The Stand

Mel is reading The DaVinci Code. Poor thing just couldn’t take the relentless societal pressure. Her opinions are her own, of course (and usually good ones) but she did say something that triggered that spark in my brain. …I’m not convinced it is a modern day classic, not any more than a Stephen King or [...]

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Touching My Own Breast In the Movies

Okay. I’ll lay even money that I’m NOT the only woman who had to see if it felt even remotely like a bag of sand. (Answer: It doesn’t.)

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