tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39093112012-01-13T03:15:57.244-05:00Cartas de SantiagoMusings, thoughts, and insight, generally posted when avoiding homeworkJimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10948468112705398284noreply@blogger.comBlogger741100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3909311.post-1113253709250108552005-04-11T17:05:00.000-04:002005-04-11T17:08:29.316-04:00Calvin on Election: An appraisal of Calvin's Institutes, Book 3, Chapter 21 Ask a non-Calvinist what he thinks of when he thinks of Calvinism, and you are likely to hear about the doctrine of election and reprobation. Ask a non-Calvinist what he thinks of when he thinks of Calvin, and you are likely to hear that, as B.B. Warfield wrote, something to the effect of the following: “Calvin's nature Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10948468112705398284noreply@blogger.com131tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3909311.post-1112323312100091432005-03-31T21:38:00.000-05:002005-03-31T21:57:38.126-05:00New Testament Exegesis: The Rich Young Ruler (Matthew 19:16-30)This is a doozie. Complete with footnotes and appendices, it's over 40 pages long. I tried to keep it short, honest. This is the longest thing I've ever written. I think I'll go to bed now.Exegesis and Discussion of the TextIntroduction While Matthew 19:16-30 is a short and seemingly straightforward passage, with little in the way of Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10948468112705398284noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3909311.post-1112216947186065782005-03-30T16:09:00.000-05:002005-03-30T16:09:07.186-05:00The Head in the Closet Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10948468112705398284noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3909311.post-1111768620368913942005-03-25T11:32:00.000-05:002005-03-25T20:45:30.810-05:00The Kind of Work we do at the Theological CollegeWell, I've just completed my first exegesis paper, in which I explore Genesis 2:10-14, the account of the rivers of Eden. I now know more about this text than I do about any other piece of writing in the known world. Most of this may be quite tedious, but the responses to critical scholarship at the end are probably the most important, and most Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10948468112705398284noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3909311.post-1111281713192562672005-03-19T20:18:00.000-05:002005-03-19T21:46:18.006-05:00The Failure of the United Nations This is a chapel presentation that I will be giving on Monday morning at the college. The United Nations has reached a new low in my opinion, and this will tell you why it has, and what I believe to be the appropriate Christian response... The Failure of the United Nations Last summer marked an infamous anniversary – the tenth anniversary of the genocide Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10948468112705398284noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3909311.post-1111280827727424442005-03-19T20:03:00.000-05:002005-03-19T20:07:07.743-05:00The Decline of the Church in Canada The Christian church in Canada is shrinking. In 1901, 98% of Canadians identified themselves as Christians. By 2001, a century later, only 72% of Canadians claim to be Christians, and a high proportion of that drop has occurred in the past three decades. A large percentage of this decline has been attributed to increasing immigration from non-Christian Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10948468112705398284noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3909311.post-1109910543441773942005-03-03T23:28:00.000-05:002005-03-03T23:29:03.443-05:00Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10948468112705398284noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3909311.post-1109648263549704672005-02-28T22:35:00.000-05:002005-02-28T22:37:43.550-05:00An excellent post on gossip:http://www.kyriosity.com/archive/2005_02_01_index.htm#110943430475532127And the quotable quote:When you are speaking of someone else’s faults, you need to ask whether you have the authority to publicly tear down their reputation, their glory, their renown. If you do, then you need to ask whether the audience you have chosen has the authority or obligation to remedy theJimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10948468112705398284noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3909311.post-1109640760476050022005-02-28T20:32:00.000-05:002005-03-01T14:01:03.623-05:00And, just for fun, a cool record cover (I should add, courtesy of Basic Hip)! Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10948468112705398284noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3909311.post-1109640634349282942005-02-28T20:30:00.000-05:002005-02-28T20:30:34.350-05:00This is us, a few months ago. That's me on the left, McKinley in the middle, and Nallely on the right. Like you couldn't have figured that out on your own... Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10948468112705398284noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3909311.post-1109640545808941382005-02-28T20:29:00.000-05:002005-02-28T20:29:05.806-05:00What home looks like. Just to make myself all misty and teary-eyed... Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10948468112705398284noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3909311.post-1109628248828190102005-02-28T16:35:00.000-05:002005-02-28T17:04:08.833-05:00I've been reading a very insightful article by Gordon J. Wenham, an Old Testament scholar, as I study for my Old Testament exam, which is tomorrow. Which is why I'm blogging, as I should be studying!I've been doing a lot of thinking and reading about liturgy and what a worship service should be like, especially after reading "The Lord's Service" by Jeff Meyers, which is an outstanding book that IJimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10948468112705398284noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3909311.post-1109625994886547252005-02-28T16:26:00.000-05:002005-02-28T16:26:34.886-05:00Haloscan commenting and trackback have been added to this blog.Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10948468112705398284noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3909311.post-1108078404833170182005-02-10T18:32:00.000-05:002005-02-10T18:33:24.833-05:00 In his inaugural address following his appointment as professor at Princeton Theological Seminary, Dr. B.B. Warfield examines the doctrine of the inspiration of Scripture in the light of modern criticism as it rose to prominence in scholarly circles in the Nineteenth Century. Warfield begins his presentation by asking the question, “Is the church doctrine of the plenary inspiration of the NewJimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10948468112705398284noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3909311.post-1108077434400239992005-02-10T18:16:00.000-05:002005-02-10T18:17:14.400-05:00 On February 14, 1989, the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini of Iran issued a fatwa against British author Salman Rushdie, himself a former Muslim, in which he encouraged Muslims to kill Rushdie because of his blasphemy against Islam in the 1988 novel, The Satanic Verses. On December 26th of the same year, Khomeini's successor, Ali Khameini, upheld the fatwa, a religious edict directed at Muslims Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10948468112705398284noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3909311.post-1108077112821185032005-02-10T17:34:00.000-05:002005-02-10T18:11:52.823-05:00 St. Francis of Assisi may have been dead for 779 years, but his story lives on, and continues to be told and re-told. A Google search of the Internet reveals 378,000 hits on the phrase “Francis of Assisi.” The website “americancatholic.org” informs readers that Francis is the patron saint of animals and the environment, and that his feast day is on October 4th. Other websites list days for Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10948468112705398284noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3909311.post-1101268236931013162004-11-23T22:47:00.000-05:002004-11-23T22:50:36.930-05:00It seems like just yesterday, but looking at the date of my last entry, it appears that it's been well over a year since I last posted to my blog. And, not coincidentally, the last time I've even looked at my blog. And they've gone and made this entry thing more user-friendly in my absence. I think I'm gonna give this another shot.
Tap, tap, tap.
Is this thing still on?
Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10948468112705398284noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3909311.post-1062379325866900992003-08-31T21:22:00.000-04:002003-08-31T21:23:45.873-04:00And continued yet again...
So, I made it to Carman. Thinking I was nearly here, I was shocked and horrified by the fact that it was still two more sleeps until I would arrive in Burlington. It's a beautiful drive, mind you... at least, until you get onto the 407, where I felt like the Little Old Lady from Pasadena.
However, the 407 did allow me to completely avoid Toronto. No offense, but it Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10948468112705398284noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3909311.post-1062268930866860762003-08-30T14:42:00.000-04:002003-08-30T14:43:31.390-04:00...and continued!
I just realized that in my trip report I completely skipped over Saskatchewan. This is not to say anything bad about Saskatchewan, or belittle this wondrous province by not mentioning it in my blog!
Saskatchewan is narrow, flat, and has a couple of places I wish I could have stopped. Oh, I forgot "hot" and "dry." Be that as it may, one of the places that looked particularlyJimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10948468112705398284noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3909311.post-1061840272334882492003-08-25T15:37:00.000-04:002003-08-25T15:43:35.666-04:00I'm home!!!
And since home is where the heart is, I keep telling myself that this is actually "home," not some far-off place in the distant west.
I arrived in Burlington on Friday afternoon, after seeing firsthand that Canada is very wide, very empty, and in many places very beautful, and experiencing that the "Trans-Canada Highway" compares quite favourably with Costa Rica's road system, and Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10948468112705398284noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3909311.post-1059626955746274872003-07-31T00:49:00.000-04:002003-07-31T00:49:15.610-04:00Well, seeing as how it's been nearly a month since I last blogged, I felt compelled to write something here just to make sure I'm still alive and kicking and able to write in English.
After tomorrow, I've only got two weeks left of my kamikaze Hebrew course. Hebrew 511 is history, and we're now solidly into Hebrew 512, trying to distinguish the Hiphil from the Hophal and the Niphal from the PielJimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10948468112705398284noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3909311.post-1057194143147988552003-07-02T21:02:00.000-04:002003-07-02T21:02:23.066-04:00Day Three
Once again, although my credit card was screaming at me from my back pocket, I made it past the sale tables at the Regent Bookstore, and I have almost made it through an entire week without purchasing anything.
How can a Christian bookstore cause such covetousness?
On another note, my classmates are amazed and astounded that I need one year of Hebrew and two years of Greek as Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10948468112705398284noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3909311.post-1057035946907482022003-07-01T01:05:00.000-04:002003-07-01T01:05:46.830-04:00I did manage to get on the right strange bus, and to get off of it at the right stop, too! One of the Hebrew instructors happened to hop on the bus I was in, and he graciously pulled the cord at the right stop.
And I managed to make my way through Regent's bookstore without buying anything. As the days go by, I can foresee this becoming progressively difficult.
And I felt positively Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10948468112705398284noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3909311.post-1056950371334616702003-06-30T01:19:00.000-04:002003-06-30T01:19:31.303-04:00I'm feeling rather out of sorts tonight - I'm typing on a strange computer in a strange house, about to sleep in a strange bed with strange pillows. Tomorrow I will get on a strange bus and make my way to a strange school, and then I will attempt to find my way back to the strange house where I'm staying.
Okay, the story is, I'm at my in-laws' place, having been dropped off here by Nallely, who Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10948468112705398284noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3909311.post-1056689424612048102003-06-27T00:50:00.000-04:002003-06-27T00:50:24.480-04:00Testing the new blogger thing. This is only a test. Do not adjust your set.Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10948468112705398284noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3909311.post-958819462003-06-20T22:51:00.000-04:002003-06-20T22:51:27.473-04:00Tom Wright: Moonlighting?
It seems like Tom Wright can pump out books at the speed of light, and good ones at that. And now I find out that he's doing this on the side!Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10948468112705398284noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3909311.post-958805442003-06-20T21:43:00.000-04:002003-06-20T21:43:36.700-04:00Selected verses from Ps. 94, from the Book of Praise, in response to Rev. Van Popta's latest blog post:
O LORD of vengeance, show thy glory;
Judge of the earth, call all before Thee.
Rise up, reveal Thy justice, LORD,
And give the proud their just reward!
Thine is the vengeance, thine the might;
Put Thou my enemies to flight.
How long yet shall the wicked flourish,
The godless all their evil Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10948468112705398284noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3909311.post-958801932003-06-20T21:25:00.000-04:002003-06-20T21:25:39.683-04:00On the reading list...
Joy at the End of the Tether, by Doug Wilson - I liked this book a lot for several reasons.
First of all, I could read the whole thing in one day. This is a plus.
Second, I really like Doug Wilson's style - he doesn't play the "academic" game, but at the same time, the material is not so dumbed down as to make it useless. I like that fact that he cuts to the depths of Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10948468112705398284noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3909311.post-958800262003-06-20T21:15:00.000-04:002003-06-20T21:15:37.596-04:00After a couple of months of being mouse-less, I finally had a brainwave today and went to Valu Village, where I picked up a vintage antique serial mouse for $2.99. Now I have to get used to using a mouse instead of the keyboard.
Strange to think that when I bought my first computer (an Apple II clone), I managed to get by quite well without a mouse, or Windows, or a hard drive for that matter. Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10948468112705398284noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3909311.post-956733682003-06-14T21:06:00.000-04:002003-06-14T21:06:16.446-04:00You are Proverbs.
Which book of the Bible are you? brought to you by Quizilla
Hmmm... and here I wanted to be Ecclesiastes.Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10948468112705398284noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3909311.post-955349972003-06-11T00:06:00.000-04:002003-06-11T00:46:24.000-04:00And on the reading list...
John Frame's "The Doctrine of the Knowledge of God" - 1.5 thumbs up for this one. The .5 of a thumb is not a criticism, but I can't raise the thumb all the way for things I do not yet comprehend (note the bold optimism indicated by the word "yet" in the previous sentence). However, his criticisms of Dooyeweerdian philosophy were a good tonic for me, since I've also Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10948468112705398284noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3909311.post-955346422003-06-10T23:56:00.000-04:002003-06-10T23:56:28.070-04:00And speaking of Buddy Holly,
I was talking to my pastor the other day, and he mentioned that when he read about the old Canadian explorers, he would get so caught up that he figured he was living at the wrong time.
I replied that I often feel the same way, if only because I wish I could have seen Buddy Holly perform live.
Hmm... compare crossing unexplored mountain ranges, canoeing down wild Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10948468112705398284noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3909311.post-955341062003-06-10T23:41:00.000-04:002003-06-10T23:41:58.253-04:00Tonight I made a determined effort to figure out what was wrong with my turntable. Ever since I bought it, I've noticed that my records don't sound right. Now, I'm a music-ophile, not an audiophile, so I didn't think much of it, for the first while. But it just sounded funny. Tonight I put on Otis Reddings "Otis Blue" album, and Otis sounded like he was in the far corner of the basement, and the Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10948468112705398284noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3909311.post-950696382003-05-30T02:35:00.000-04:002003-05-30T02:35:41.706-04:00First Day of Summer
It sneaks up on ya. Six months of drizzle, and then POW, it's warm and sunny.
We are extremely blessed here in the Fraser Valley... except for the traffic, the dirty air, and the sprawling ugliness of suburban development (and the vigorous assault on the mountainsides by housing developers), this may be one of the most pleasant places on earth to live. In a world where a Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10948468112705398284noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3909311.post-950006952003-05-28T14:59:00.000-04:002003-05-28T14:59:04.066-04:00Regarding The Matrix
I was planning on writing a response to some of the pieces I've read on other blogs regarding The Matrix, but I found Rev. John Butler's post on why he won't be going to see the movie, and all I can say is, "Ditto!"
http://www.okcalvin.blogspot.com/2003_05_25_okcalvin_archive.html#94958826Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10948468112705398284noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3909311.post-948490422003-05-25T00:24:00.000-04:002003-05-25T00:24:47.310-04:00A Plea To Reinstate "Potluck" Suppers
I'm not sure what exactly I was looking for in the first place when I stumbled across a certain congregation's website, but what caught my eye was their announcement of their monthly "Pot Providence Supper." I did a google search and came up with 51 hits for "Pot Providence," most of which were found in bulletins for church functions.
I admire their Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10948468112705398284noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3909311.post-946520402003-05-20T17:26:00.000-04:002003-05-20T17:26:14.206-04:00Thought for the Day
Brought to you by the letter Y, and the number Pi
"This opening brings about a shift from the enstatic position of the analytic function in reality to the antithetic opposition of this function over against the aspect of inquiry. This opposition is necessarily accompanied by a theoretical setting-apart (distasis) of the cosmic meaning-syntasis."
There you have it.
I Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10948468112705398284noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3909311.post-946041052003-05-19T19:21:00.000-04:002003-05-19T19:21:17.080-04:00"The Green, Green Grass of Home" or, "A Plea for the End of the Lawn as We Know It"
We hosted dessert during our congregation's annual "Dine 'n' Dash" event last week. We hosted four couples, after being hosted for appetizers and dinner at two other homes. During the course of the evening, participants spend time talking with fellow church members who they may not talk to much, if at all, in theJimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10948468112705398284noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3909311.post-943352372003-05-14T12:14:00.000-04:002003-05-14T12:14:02.946-04:00My doctor has declared me to be physically fit enough to study theology. "Fit" is a relative term, obviously. After stripping me, listening to various parts of my upper body, poking and prodding at various and sundry body parts, and probing at... err... other areas, he came to the conclusion that I should physically be able to withstand the rigours of theological college. And after that ordealJimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10948468112705398284noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3909311.post-942477062003-05-13T01:26:00.000-04:002003-05-13T01:26:34.333-04:00After immersing myself in Greek and Hebrew from January to the end of April, I began to notice things going downhill in a hurry on the language acquisition front. I found myself repeatedly going over the same Hebrew vocabulary, particularly, without noticing that anything was actually sticking. So about a week ago I completely abandoned my language studies (for the time being) and began to Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10948468112705398284noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3909311.post-941877912003-05-12T02:00:00.000-04:002003-05-12T02:00:54.300-04:00After giving Rev. Van Popta trouble for not updating his blog in months, I took a look at my blog, and saw that I haven't posted in... err... months.
Well, the weather's turned nice!
It seems like the busier I am, and the more I have to blog about, the less I blog. Kind of like taking pictures when I'm on vacation. When I'm having fun and really enjoying things, I forget to take pictures. Then Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10948468112705398284noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3909311.post-914651212003-03-27T01:56:00.000-05:002003-03-27T01:56:34.513-05:00An interesting article on the history of Saddam Hussein's relationship with the U.S. can be found here. Irony is layered upon irony...Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10948468112705398284noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3909311.post-914626152003-03-27T00:58:00.000-05:002003-03-27T00:58:55.000-05:00One more reason to like J.I. Packer:
Any theologian who appreciates the music of Jelly Roll Morton and Louis Armstrong and His Hot Seven is just fine in my books!
Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10948468112705398284noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3909311.post-913905952003-03-25T23:23:00.000-05:002003-03-25T23:23:14.030-05:00The Current Unpleasantness in Iraq: A Fence-Sitter Speaks Out
I'm having a tough time coming to grips with the war in Iraq, on many different levels. I think Jean Chretien took an extremely cowardly approach in choosing not to aid the Americans, while at the same time claiming to support the cause vocally. It seems Mr. Chretien wants to have his cake and eat it to. "Sorry, Mr. Bush, we can't Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10948468112705398284noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3909311.post-906968002003-03-14T02:22:00.000-05:002003-03-14T02:23:50.000-05:00Okay, so I've finally begun a blog roll of my own! Of course, it's pretty much the same as everybody else's, but it saves me from having to go through John or Tim's lists, and I can finally return the links of folks who've linked to me. There's more blogs that I read on a semi-regular basis, so I'll be adding those as time allows.Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10948468112705398284noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3909311.post-906952072003-03-14T01:36:00.000-05:002003-03-14T02:25:16.000-05:00An exciting glimpse into the world of the Igrejas Reformadas do Brasil, with a zippy little midi hymn to go with it!Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10948468112705398284noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3909311.post-906334632003-03-13T00:34:00.000-05:002003-03-13T00:34:02.700-05:00One more record for the night...
La Bandida de San Lorenzo - Por Un Folklore de Autentica Paraguayidad
Well, if I'm to be charitable, I'll just say that this one isn't going to hold up to repeated listens.
However, the band members look very happy and well-dressed on the cover, and the tuba player does a remarkable job of trying to keep up with the trumpets.
I didn't realize all the songs Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10948468112705398284noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3909311.post-906278132003-03-12T22:37:00.000-05:002003-03-12T22:38:57.000-05:00I dug out some 10" l.p.'s from my stacks 'n' stacks o' wax tonight for a change. I don't have very many of them - they were only made from the late 40's to the mid 50's, before the "hi-fi" craze and economic boom of the late 50's when everybody bought a hi-fi set and began to purchase and listen to long-playing records (of the 12" variety), and they're now quite hard to find.
So I've been doing Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10948468112705398284noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3909311.post-906259902003-03-12T22:04:00.000-05:002003-03-12T22:04:11.920-05:00So I changed the template of my blog, and in the process lost my comment system and signed up for another one. Anyone responding to further posts is obliged to "Shout Out."
You may speak softly if you wish.Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10948468112705398284noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3909311.post-904421172003-03-10T01:39:00.000-05:002003-03-10T01:39:57.763-05:00Record Review
The Association - Insight Out
Today's radio of almost any genre is a travesty when you consider an album like "Insight Out" by The Association. Of the songs on this album, perhaps you've heard "Windy", which every oldies station in the western world has on its playlist, and you may have heard "Never My Love," just maybe. And if you're really lucky, some d.j. at a college station Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10948468112705398284noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3909311.post-904410382003-03-10T01:10:00.000-05:002003-03-10T01:11:46.000-05:00Roll Up The Rim Update
I'm now 1 for 14.
I won a donut. It was just what I needed.
I'm way behind last year's pace, and have resolved to drink more coffee until the middle of May.
I may have to give up on sleep altogether if I'm to win anything this year.Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10948468112705398284noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3909311.post-904409192003-03-10T01:06:00.000-05:002003-03-10T01:06:56.543-05:00Today marks the second weekend that Nallely and McKinley have been away in Mexico. The first two days were great. Quiet, a solid night's sleep, and I got a lot of studying done.
It's been all downhill from there, although I'm still getting a lot of studying done, and I've been able to move my stereo upstairs and listen to records in my study room, which is a plus.
I read Duane's post about hisJimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10948468112705398284noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3909311.post-902266192003-03-06T02:55:00.000-05:002003-03-06T02:55:28.640-05:00More on Vancouver/Whistler's 2010 Olympic bid
The more I hear about the bid and the recent visit by the I.O.C. folks, the more I think that Vancouver's not going to get the 2010 Olympics. I hadn't heard it before, but I heard on the radio today that the bid committee's plans are to hold the opening and closing ceremonies in B.C. Place Stadium. There's one great big fat red marker X on my Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10948468112705398284noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3909311.post-901540182003-03-04T22:46:00.000-05:002003-03-04T22:46:19.856-05:00Back to the ads on Blogger. Now aminor's advertising "Reformer Mugs." Take a look at this fantastic set of mugs. You can put them on the shelf next to your Martin Luther bobblehead doll!Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10948468112705398284noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3909311.post-901534042003-03-04T22:35:00.000-05:002003-03-04T22:35:46.560-05:00Roll Up The Rim To Win Update
As of today, I'm 0 for 5. This year is not looking good in the RUTRTW sweepstakes.
I'll keep you posted.Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10948468112705398284noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3909311.post-901533352003-03-04T22:34:00.000-05:002003-03-04T22:34:15.606-05:00Just heard on Vancouver radio station CKNW:
Fidel Castro supports Vancouver's bid for the 2010 Winter Olympics!
Woo-hoo! Every Canadian should send Fidel a letter of thanks for throwing his beard behind the bid.Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10948468112705398284noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3909311.post-899644362003-03-01T14:41:00.000-05:002003-03-01T14:42:42.000-05:00I just noticed something interesting going on with the BlogSpot ads... katajohn's got christening gowns for sale, aminor's advertising something or other in Louisiana, and amberbach is advertising giving away your car to Habitat for Humanity.
Meanwhile, the coffee roasters have the top spot in cartadesantiago.
Does this say something about the quality of my blog?Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10948468112705398284noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3909311.post-898731812003-02-27T20:41:00.000-05:002003-02-27T20:41:47.110-05:00Mr Rogers is no longer in this neighborhood, and my condolences to all who grew up with him. I never liked Mr Rogers much, not to speak ill of the dead, but I can't remember if that had to do with his sweaters or the fact that our rabbit ears made sustained viewing of the Seattle PBS affiliate a chore at best.
Now Mr Dressup, on the other hand, that was one fantastic kids' show. Casey and Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10948468112705398284noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3909311.post-891741752003-02-16T00:28:00.000-05:002003-02-16T00:28:09.920-05:00It's been a couple of weeks since I've put finger to keyboard here. There's a couple of reasons for that - my modem is acting up, as is my mouse, and using the computer has turned into an exercise in frustration. So... it's either check my email, or write in my blog, and my email generally serves up much more interesting prose than my blog does, so the email wins out every time. However, I think Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10948468112705398284noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3909311.post-883083142003-01-30T23:28:00.000-05:002003-01-30T23:28:52.623-05:00Mevrouw Smit: Zie ye die twee vrouwen daar?
Meneer de Wit: Bedoel je die met de jurk en die met de haar?
Mevrouw Smit: Ja. Dat haar is veel te mooi. Het is een pruik.
Meneer de Wit: Wel nee! Nou... misschien. Maar zie je die met de jurk!
Mevrouw Smit: Die is wel een beetje dik maar het haar is tenminste natuurlijk.
Meneer de Wit: Die jurk is te kort.
Mevrouw Smit: Nou, de jurk is niet zo Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10948468112705398284noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3909311.post-879975332003-01-25T02:02:00.000-05:002003-01-25T02:02:57.450-05:00Since I've got the Barach template, I've decided to go whole hog and do the Barach reading. And the Hierogrammate / James Jordan / a lot of other folks reading.
After attempting to read a book by Harold Bloom on "Creative Geniuses of Writing" over the past few nights and being nauseated and re-nauseated by the smug intellectual "I've read everything that's boring and pretentious in the world Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10948468112705398284noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3909311.post-878778562003-01-22T22:25:00.000-05:002003-01-22T22:25:18.353-05:00McKinley just wandered into the room. He's playing the harmonica. Sure, it's Bob Dylan style, but hey, at least he's playing it!
Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10948468112705398284noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3909311.post-878772342003-01-22T22:14:00.000-05:002003-01-22T22:14:06.713-05:00Canada/U.S. Discussion on mailing lists
I've been on internet mailing lists for a long time (in Internet years). I have at one point been a member of:
Blues-L
Jazz-L
Exotica (for people who love fifties-era lounge and "exotic" music and related musical genres)
the Refnet (Can. Ref. Church mailing lists which, in its dormancy, occasionally gives a twitch to let us know it's still alive)
78-L (Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10948468112705398284noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3909311.post-874434142003-01-14T18:49:00.000-05:002003-01-14T18:53:17.000-05:00"Mistakes", Moral Relativism, and the Postmodern Mess
Premier Gordon Campbell's arrest for drunk driving in Maui makes me wish that the concept of "sin" would be re-introduced into public discourse. "I made a mistake," Campbell has said repeatedly. "He made a serious mistake," his supporters (and some detractors, too) have said themselves, repeatedly. "A serious lapse of judgment," is another Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10948468112705398284noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3909311.post-869130442003-01-04T02:17:00.000-05:002003-01-04T02:17:46.493-05:00Well, now that I've received mention in John Barach's blog and Tim Gallant's Blog Central Station, it looks like my cover is blown. So just in case someone stumbles across this page while searching for something worthwhile to read and pauses here briefly despite themselves, I should introduce myself!
So... hi.
I'm Jim.
Nice to meetchya.
I'm 31 years old, and I live in Abbotsford, British Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10948468112705398284noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3909311.post-866485322002-12-29T00:22:00.000-05:002002-12-29T00:22:41.330-05:00And a merry post-Christmas to all!
I'm enjoying one of my Christmas presents as I type this missive - Nallely bought me a tin of Tim Horton's Coffee, and I just brewed up a couple of cups. I had just finished a cup of real Timmy's coffee (purchased from the outlet directly across the road from my house), and decided to do a back-to-back taste test comparison.
I have come to the conclusion thatJimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10948468112705398284noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3909311.post-855649362002-12-05T19:30:00.000-05:002002-12-05T19:32:50.000-05:00Gun Registry Cost Overrun Drives Elder Witteveen to Mexico
"I'm fed up with this government. I'm moving to Mexico," a frustrated Albert Witteveen is quoted by reliable sources as saying on the evening of December 4th, 2002. This story will show you what has driven a formerly loyal Canadian to sell all of his possessions and move toward purchasing a hacienda, preferably near a beach, somewhere Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10948468112705398284noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3909311.post-855485932002-12-05T13:29:00.000-05:002002-12-05T13:29:25.536-05:00The Grinch vs. The World's Weirdest Charities
This story on canada.com makes me wonder about people that found charities, and people who donate to them.
"The Tunijjusiarut Foundation was founded by Peter Clarke, a consultant at Investors Group in Victoria in 1990, after his family went looking for a meaningful way to help others at Christmas. That year, the family bought 75 presents and sent Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10948468112705398284noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3909311.post-851248742002-11-26T15:34:00.000-05:002002-11-26T15:34:57.723-05:00I just heard this on the radio, zipped on over to the National Post, and shure 'nuff, it was indeed just as I had heard it. Here's a snippet (the important one) from the article that got my goat.
Tuesday, November 26, 2002
OTTAWA (CP) - The Royal Canadian Mint's Christmas ad campaign doesn't use the word Christmas, prompting cries of "Bah, humbug" from some church and political leaders. The Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10948468112705398284noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3909311.post-848563602002-11-21T01:08:00.000-05:002002-11-21T01:11:32.000-05:00I had the pleasure of hearing Rev. Victor Atallah of the Middle East Reformed Fellowship (MERF) speak about his work on Sunday and Monday nights in Langley. I believe I can now safely refer to myself as an Atallah-ite! He spoke about MERF's work among Muslims in the Middle East and Africa, witnessing to Muslims, and answered a lot of questions from the audience about politics. It was a real Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10948468112705398284noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3909311.post-842114752002-11-08T00:55:00.000-05:002002-11-08T00:55:01.700-05:00I ordered a book this afternoon from abebooks.com, a website that offers millions (literally!) of used books from all over the world. This place could be dangerous!
Author: Rookmaaker, Hans R.
Title: JAZZ BLUES SPIRITUALS.
Description: Eerste druk. edition. Size: 6x9. [219p, noten, index] (A history of jazz, beginning with the Negro spirituals in the American South, and ending with music in Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10948468112705398284noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3909311.post-839380612002-11-02T20:03:00.000-05:002002-11-02T20:03:24.813-05:00We visited The Apple Barn this afternoon. It was enjoyable, but with it being a lot warmer and a lot quieter than the last time we went, the atmosphere wasn't quite the same. Their hayride wasn't running, the pumpkins were almost gone, and you now have to pay a buck for the petting zoo, a buck to go up to the loft, a buck to go through the "marshmallow maze" (a strategically arranged group of Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10948468112705398284noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3909311.post-839376802002-11-02T19:50:00.000-05:002002-11-02T19:50:07.783-05:00I found this on John Barach's blog - Bucer's Coffeehouse Pub in Moscow, Idaho - I wish Abbotsford had one of these! Talk about a franchise opportunity!Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10948468112705398284noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3909311.post-838973492002-11-01T19:00:00.000-05:002002-11-01T23:55:36.000-05:00Okay, so I've changed my address to something more grammatically correct, after being corrected by Nallely. "Letra de Santiago" means "Letter of James"... unfortunately, it means "letter" as in "a,b,c,d...", and not as in "epistle," as I intended. So with much ado, I changed it. Here are my previous posts...
[10/31/2002 8:18:57 PM | Jim Witteveen]
Ecclesiastes Moments, Record Collecting, and Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10948468112705398284noreply@blogger.com0