Mixed Moss

For the past three days I’ve been at a convention for the Ohio chapter of the Model Arab League. That’s like a Mock UN, only it’s for the League of Arab States instead. The League of Arab States is composed of 22 Arab countries in the Middle East and Northern Africa.
The Delegation from UC […]

I came across this today. I wrote it last summer, alone in the cafe after a very, very long day at work when I was rather worn out and had been listening to too much U2 (gasp Too much U2? Is that possible?!?) God and I wrestled for a while with why I serve, because […]

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To us here in the states, the right to blog represents merely the right to think others give a crap what goes on in our lives (I mean come on, to be a successful blogger you have to spend so much time blogging that we all know you haven’t got an real […]

That woman was so wise. Check out her song Both Sides Now.
Rows and floes of angel hair
And ice cream castles in the air
And feather canyons ev’rywhere
I’ve looked at clouds that way
But now they only block the sun
They rain and snow on ev’ryone
So many things I would have done
But clouds got in my way
I’ve looked at […]

I’m more a Cubs fan than anything else when it comes to Chicago sports. The Bulls don’t really do anything for me. But this link is pretyt funny so check it out. One of the entries, The “Come Sail Away” entry, is by a guy who works for the church I interned at last summer. […]

Last night I went to hear some friends play at The Blue Whisp, a jazz club here in Cincy. They are really good. It was beautiful. For minute I felt like I was back in Chicago again…although I don’t know why because I only went to jazz clubs there a couple of times over the […]

I love living in the city. I love walking everywhere I go (some of the time). I love the familiar sounds I hear while walking down the sidewalk in the city. This afternoon on my way to class I heard the whizzing of cars as they went past, the honk of horns, the clack-durra-durra-clack of […]

Tasmanian paper made from ‘roo poo
Visitors to Tasmania will soon be able to buy a new souvenir of their Australian experience - paper made from kangaroo manure.
“It’s a great product for tourists, but it’s also something that gets our eco-friendly message home to a lot of people,” said Joanne Gair, manager of Creative Paper […]

So I have a secret valentine. They left a bag on my doorstep this morning with conversation hearts, a red rose, a box of Russel Stover (score!) and some cupcakes with bright (and I do mean bright– it was worthy of the late eighties or early nineties!) pink frosting. I figure it was a boy […]

OK so they aren’t really, I just wanted to say that because it sounds cool.
I have a thing for French music. I don’t know why. I am fairly uneducated about classical music, because it’s not like I ever played an instrument or took a music history class or anything. But I’ve noticed a trend: i […]