james cameron and the davinci code

so, titanic producer, james cameron, has a documentary claiming that some folks found the remains of jesus, (his wife) mary mags, and a junior? the funny part is that i just watched the davinci code a few days ago. i wonder if he's read or seen it. it's like deja vu. you know, one day we'll figure out this whole God thing and we won't have to ask any more questions. is that what we desire? so now that we've found jesus's body (how many guys were named jesus during his time?) and some dna tests show that he might have been married to mary magdalene we're almost done. i'm still trying to get over the fact that king david makes me so angry yet God loved him and allowed him to be powerful. i can't handle this davinci code ripoff right now. does jesus have a moustach in that picture?

baltimore sun jesus article

fish fry and lent

last year ryan and i talked about going to a fish fry during lent, but didn't ever do it. this year, we're definitely going to take one in. every friday during lent, mary queen catholic school off of clays mill road is doing a fish fry from 5-7:30pm. link.
let us know if you're interested any fridays.

harry potter and the deathly hallows

i must confess that i'm a big fan of the harry potter and i'm excited to read that the last installment of the series is coming out on july 21. but are these books BAD? EVIL? that's to be determined.

are christian people bad drivers?

well, the only way that people can know that is if you put one of those jesus fish things on your car. if you're going to drive like an ass, just don't do it. for the sake of us who want to be christians, but still drive like maniacs...avoid putting the fish on your car.

sam's and costco are evil

i've been watching the today show this morning while waiting for king biscuit to awaken. they did a little blurp about the crazy (enter gnarls barkley) astronaut lady who attacked her lover's lover. astronut is what she is. they also did a segment on how costco runs. for those who don't know, it's like sam's wholesale. you can buy large amounts of mayo, toilet tissue, plasma tvs, grand pianos, rotisserie chickens, twizzlers, etc. they can cut the cost quite a bit when you buy in bulk like this. maybe almost half of what you would pay at a normal grocery.

you'd think that it would be great for organic farmers to be commissioned by one of the wholesale clubs to sell organic produce at their stores, but does that sacrifice the quality of the organic product? i mean, to grow anything in the bulk quantities that they would ask for, wouldn't that make the product fauxrganic? i guess organic standards aren't that high anyways.

don't these places exploit our consumerist society? who cares if the employees are offered fair wages. the people who are producing some of the shit that people buy probably aren't getting payed fairly at all.

so, even though it's tempting to shop at these places (good, cheap alcohol for one), i want to encourage us to forego that temptation and shop locally. yes, it's more expensive. but, why in the hell do we "need" half of the stuff in that store anyways? we're suckers for a deal.

p.s. i shop at target sometimes and love chick-fil-a. i don't always eat organic or locally. and frankly, sometimes i don't care. but, i want to do better.

learning from books

ryan and i were having a discussion this morning about fiction v. non-fiction readings. i was figuring out (out loud) that i seem to get more out of a meaty fiction book rather than a non-fiction. actually, i loathe non-fiction. possibly b/c i don't like people telling me what to do. well, maybe i don't loathe non-fiction. i can get into a thomas merton or henri nouwen book. but to me they seem old and wise. they have lived lives close to God. maybe i have some sort of mistrust for "new" and "modern" thought when it comes to spirituality. i'd rather read brother lawrence than philip yancey.

anyways, all of this to say that i'm listening to "to kill a mockingbird" on cd. i might be learning more from the words of harper lee than i have from any other book in a long while. i want to parent like atticus finch. i want to respect all humans like atticus finch does. i want to cry at hatred like dill does in courtroom when tom robinson is getting questioned by gilman. like miss maudie when her house burns down, i want to be able to let go of things beyond my control and be open to what life brings next.

if i can only open my eyes to see the traits in those around me that i want to emulate, then maybe i could learn to appreciate the non-fiction as well as fiction.

why starbucks?

i heard a blurp on npr this morning that was saying something about starbuck's stock rising and more shops being planted. my question to those who like starbucks...what is the draw?