Wry Juxtaposition

Thursday, April 12, 2007

So where is Peoria?

While I am looking for a church job, I am also on the search for a secular job, and so I have career builder email me links to job postings. These are the towns that Careerbuilder.com thinks are around Peoria:

Davenport, IA: 98 miles from Peoria
Warrenville: 152 miles from Peoria
Lisle: 142 miles from Peoria
Saint Charles: 154 miles from Peoria
West Chicago: 146 miles from Peoria
Carol Stream: 157 miles from Peoria
Elgin: 174 miles from Peoria
Burr Ridge: 137 miles from Peoria
Streamwood: 159 miles from Peoria
Oakbrook Terrace: 144 miles from Peoria
Hanover Park: 156 miles from Peoria
Elmhurst: 157 miles from Peoria
Franklin Park: 153 miles from Peoria
Rolling Meadows: 165 miles from Peoria
Oak Park: 159 miles from Peoria
Schaumburg: 164 miles from Peoria
Niles: 169 miles from Peoria
Northbrook: 173 miles from Peoria
Evanston: 168 miles from Peoria
Glenveiw: 171 miles from Peoria
Skokie: 171 miles from Peoria

All of these with the exception of Davenport (which is in Iowa) are suburbs or encapsulated cities in and around Chicago. It is very vexing; especially since from time to time they actually list jobs that I might have a shot at.

Another Quiz from the boys

What Be Your Nerd Type? Your Result: Literature Nerd   Does sitting by a nice cozy fire, with a cup of hot tea/chocolate, and a book you can read for hours even when your eyes grow red and dry and you look sort of scary sitting there with your insomniac appearance? Then you fit this category perfectly! You love the power of the written word and it's eloquence; and you may like to read/write poetry or novels. You contribute to the smart people of today's society, however you can probably be overly-critical of works. It's okay. I understand.
Drama Nerd
Gamer/Computer Nerd
Social Nerd
Artistic Nerd
Musician
Science/Math Nerd
Anime Nerd
What Be Your Nerd Type? Quizzes for MySpace

Tuesday, April 10, 2007

Big Fish story

Carson and I have this on going fact, truth, meaning debate. Last night we watched Big Fish (2003) which brought this right up to the surface. In the film the point isn't whether the stories are factual or not (though Carson and the son spent the whole time doing this very thing), the point is the way lives are given meaning by the way we tell the stories. In that these are the stories that tell of something important in the life of a man, they are true. It's a nice bonus (for me) that they had some grounding in fact.

In this debate, discussion, argument, discourse, language is becoming more and more an issue. Finding different words to use so as not to confuse the other is quiet difficult. But we muddle through. It's all we can do.

Ok so now I know why, but I still don't think we should

For an explanation of children and Palm Sunday click here

Still (a word I am finding I over use) perhaps it is time for us all to move on.

Thursday, April 5, 2007

A New (to me) Favorite Hymn Writer

Oh there are many of course, and so many writers of favorite hymns whose names are lost to history. There are a few though, who seem to do no wrong in the field of hymn writing. Bren Wren has long led that pack in my opinion, but a name I have just added to the list id Thomas H. Troeger.

Troeger is the wordsmith who gave the world "A Cheering Chanting Dizzy Crowd" (my new favorite Palm Sunday hymn), "God Made from One Blood" (a good hymn for many occasions), "How Long, O God, How Long" (a meditation on loss in short meter), and "Source and Sovereign, Rock and Cloud" (a superb hymn about not pigeon-holing God). This is just a sample, and only a few of his contributions to The Chalice Hymnal (my denomination's hymnal). Look this guy up. Use his hymns; sing new songs!

Monday, April 2, 2007

My new favorite addicting Game

http://addictinggames.com/fantan.html

can't read any of the instructions, but it's really easy to figure out what's going on. And I just love the animation when the yellow player-thing loses.

heh heh, Dice

You are the rare, the overlooked, yet incredibly useful dodecahedron: the d12. You are a creative, romantic soul. You often act without thinking, but make up for your lack of plans with plenty of heart. You easily solve problems that stump others, but your answers tend to put you into even deeper trouble. You write long, detailed backgrounds for all your characters, and are most likely to dress up as one or get involved in cos-play. You can be silly at times and are easily distracted by your own day dreams, but are, at the end of the day, someone who can be depended on.

Take the quiz: http://dicepool.com/catalog/quiz.php