tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59897232011-06-07T23:47:57.253-07:00The run has endedThis was Matt and Jeff's blog. Jeff was unhappy with the way this blog went and wanted to bring in other people. You can see the new blog at http://rub-a-dub.blogspot.com
Feel free to read through the archives here. Lots of interesting stuff. Then, pleas join us at rub-a-dub.Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16293781636265029035noreply@blogger.comBlogger7771100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5989723.post-1091851640027963582004-08-06T21:06:00.000-07:002004-08-06T21:07:20.026-07:00Link to rub-a-dubMatthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16293781636265029035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5989723.post-1091659283635836252004-08-04T15:34:00.000-07:002004-08-04T15:41:23.636-07:00Baking french sweet batard today. Got me to thinking about the prayers jewish women say when baking challah. Wanted to know if there is a similar Christian custom. Found this site. Not the kind of thing I was looking for, but still very cool.Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16293781636265029035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5989723.post-1091639531895119382004-08-04T08:55:00.000-07:002004-08-04T13:44:08.826-07:00The last two sessions of my medical law and ethics class have been very interesting and encouraging. Of the forty students in the class the religion breakdown is something like this:
Devout Roman Catholics: 11 (mostly Filipinas)
Less devout/lapsed/cultural Roman Catholics: 6
Devout Orthodox: 2
Less devout/lapsed/cultural Orthodox:2
Siekh: 1
Devout Baptist: 2
Cultural Baptist: 1
Anglican (from Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16293781636265029035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5989723.post-1091562958413320382004-08-03T12:32:00.000-07:002004-08-04T08:55:22.870-07:00Lentil Pate
INGREDIENTS
1 cup lentils
1 sprig thyme, chopped
1 bayleaf
1 medium onion, chopped
6 cloves garlic, chopped
1 teaspoon olive oil (but during the Fast use soy oil)
2 carrots, chopped
3 tablespoons parsley, chopped
2 tablespoons oregeno, chopped
2 tablspoonsarrowroot (disolved in 1 tablespoon water)
1 teaspoon sea salt (or other non-iodine table salt)
1/2 teaspoon black pepper
3 cups Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16293781636265029035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5989723.post-1091531365737639132004-08-03T04:07:00.000-07:002004-08-03T04:09:25.736-07:00Jeff, if you get a chance you should check out this blog by a friend of my son's godfather. It is all about food. I think you would like it. Oh, and I have met her, she is really a nice person, besides being an intense blogger.Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16293781636265029035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5989723.post-1091512623314870562004-08-02T22:55:00.000-07:002004-08-02T22:57:03.313-07:00A member of my parish has turned me on to T.S. Eliot. I never read his stuff before. Check this out...
"The world is trying the experiment of attempting to form a civilized but non-Christian mentality. The experiment will fail; but we must be very patient in awaiting its collapse; meanwhile redeeming the time; so that the Faith may be preserved alive through the dark ages before us; to renew Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16293781636265029035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5989723.post-1091482506681242942004-08-02T14:32:00.000-07:002004-08-02T14:35:06.680-07:00Last Friday, My co-religigionist, Karl posted this on his blog. I thought it was worth repeating:
Friday, July 30, 2004 ::
The Queen Mother and the Dormition
Starting next week Orthodox Christians will begin the two week fast in preparation for the Feast of the Dormition. I thought what Silouan posted on a discussion group a few weeks ago was pertinent.
Traditionally, next to the throne of Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16293781636265029035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5989723.post-1091482514719114152004-08-02T14:09:00.000-07:002004-08-02T14:35:14.720-07:00Islam is such a misunderstood religion. So many people think it is evil, when in reality it is a religion of peace and love. Yeah, right.
Doxos reminds us of the Second Canon, Ode 9, 8th tone: "In Thy majesty ride forth victoriously, Son of the Mother of God. Subdue the people of Ishmael that fight against us. Grant Thine invincible cross to Orthodox Christians who call on Thee for Help.Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16293781636265029035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5989723.post-1091463861728016152004-08-02T09:05:00.000-07:002004-08-02T10:03:59.393-07:00Lot's of of interesting stuff to write about.
I am the lone perfect score in my Medical Law and Ethics class. The other person who also had a pperfect score lost 20 points last thursday. I have a final next thursday. If I fail the final I will get a B in the class. Of course, my goal is not a B, or even an A. My goal is 800 out of 800 points.
Went to Angel Island on Saturday morning. We sawMatthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16293781636265029035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5989723.post-1091055334353863732004-07-28T15:52:00.000-07:002004-07-28T15:55:34.353-07:00Noticias! Noticias! Mas Noticias!
Jeff and I talked on the phone. To those of you who've contacted me to let me know I've been a butt, thank you.
Over the next couple of days, this blog will be transformed. Our friends Bryan and George will be joining us.
It ought to be fun.
Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16293781636265029035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5989723.post-1091047461483371892004-07-28T13:32:00.000-07:002004-07-28T13:45:46.376-07:00I never feel like we cover the same ground over and over. However, I have often felt that just when we get started on something you disappear or change the subject. Or when you do adress something you throw out a statement and offer no support for it. I often feel like you just want to do witty banter, as though we are at a blogosphere cocktail party. That is not what I am interested in.
A Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16293781636265029035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5989723.post-1091042538112628122004-07-28T12:19:00.000-07:002004-07-28T12:22:18.113-07:00Oh, and I'm very proud to be a Protestant. No, I am not my own Pope, etc, but rather read and study the Scriptures and follow Jesus. But I've also got a discerning spirit, where I can compare what an individual or a church does, copare it to what Scripture says and have a pretty good idea whether they are correct or not. i find it to bd a bit of a pity that you do not examine or question jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07090897872398390099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5989723.post-1091042177248913902004-07-28T12:10:00.000-07:002004-07-28T12:16:17.246-07:00Yeah, two blogs would probably be too much. But I'm thinking that maybe I'd want to concentrate on the other one rather than this one. I'd look forward to the interaction with Bryan and George.
For me, this blog seems to be ending its usefulness. There are a couple of reasons for this. The first is that your expectations for me on it are not what my expectations are. i blog when I can and jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07090897872398390099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5989723.post-1091036817279369182004-07-28T10:45:00.000-07:002004-07-28T11:07:55.723-07:00Jeff, I am worried that if you try to do two blogs you will do neither of them well. Already you have trouble keeping up/paying attention to this one. This is evident by your infrequent posts and misreading (as though you skim) of my posts. Tell me what you are thinking. Why do you want to do two blogs if just one is so difficult for you?
Also you ought to check out the comments to my postMatthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16293781636265029035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5989723.post-1091034947587903812004-07-28T10:13:00.000-07:002004-07-28T10:15:47.586-07:00Regarding the woman writing her disertation on dibetes and demons: As Luther taught, every Christian is their own pope and council. How can you a say she's whacko? Oh, yeah, I forgot, you are your own pope and council, too. You are both well within the Protestant tradition.Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16293781636265029035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5989723.post-1091031948070423742004-07-28T09:19:00.000-07:002004-07-28T09:25:48.070-07:00I haven't had a chance to do much here recently because of my summer class. In fact, from Sunday night to tonight I will have Caleb will have seen me only for about 15 minutes (of course I've seen him in his crib asleep, but not the other way around)
Another example of some of the way some of us Protestants can be a bit out in left field. There is a girl in my class who is working on her PHd jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07090897872398390099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5989723.post-1090999335587666782004-07-28T00:16:00.000-07:002004-07-28T00:22:33.383-07:00Fr. R.J. Neuhaus says about the Roman Catholics ordaining women,"...it would be the end of any hope for reconciliation with Orthodoxy, for, if there is anything certain in history, it is certain that the Orthodox will never ordain women",in an essay published in the current edition of First Things.Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16293781636265029035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5989723.post-1090997110893710892004-07-27T23:27:00.000-07:002004-07-27T23:45:10.893-07:00For some strange reason, Dems think these photos are embarassing to Sen. Kerry. Proabably no one dislike the Dems as much as I do, and probably noone likes pointing out their failures more than I do, but I can't figure out why anyone thinks this is a big deal. I mean, Senators go on tours of Gov't facilities all the time. I remember a congressman or something going through Air Assault School Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16293781636265029035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5989723.post-1090994307953091762004-07-27T22:53:00.000-07:002004-07-27T22:58:27.953-07:00Something written by St. Tikhon (He is one of the patrons of my parish):
"If someone should say that true faith is the correct holding and confession of correct dogmas, he would be telling the truth, for a believer absolutely needs the Orthodox holding and confession of dogmas. But this knowledge and confession by itself does not make a man a faithful and true Christian. The keeping and Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16293781636265029035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5989723.post-1090951478306248212004-07-27T10:49:00.000-07:002004-07-27T11:12:13.333-07:00Weeee!!!!! I just got my complete Financial Aid package for school! I have to tell you something, first. A couple of days ago I found out the the IRS is after me for 2002. It was an error I made that is costing me thousands of dollars. In 2002 it would not have been a problem. But right now it is a huge problem. (I've been reading up on federal prisons.) But, now I will have the money toMatthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16293781636265029035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5989723.post-1090905115478066702004-07-26T21:49:00.000-07:002004-07-26T22:11:55.476-07:00Thinking more about your post of 9:38 this morning. I think that part of the reason the Liturgy does not get stale is that it is something we anticipate all week long. It is the culmination of a week of prayers, especially on the last few days of the week when we pray canons at home and then join with the rest of the church for the Vigil on Saturday night.
Also, about the contents of the Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16293781636265029035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5989723.post-1090889132923401492004-07-26T17:44:00.000-07:002004-07-26T17:50:27.470-07:00Jeff, I know you don't read the comments (heck, you harley read what I post.) but Karl saw your question about staleness and directes you to this site. (And after reading it I wish I'd read it a long time ago. The author has been known to me a long time from the Yahoo "Orthodox-Convert" list. I had no idea he had such a well developed web-site.Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16293781636265029035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5989723.post-1090884739059935422004-07-26T16:24:00.000-07:002004-07-26T16:32:19.060-07:00More filler as we are waiting for you for you to get back to me...
A Lutheran priest from SoCal visited our parish two sundays ago. (He is attending a summer session at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley.) We had a nice talk during breakfast after liturgy. He was surprised that I had read Luther's Comentary on Romans ("Most Lutherans don't even read that!") I think he will wind up Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16293781636265029035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5989723.post-1090880361437423852004-07-26T15:17:00.000-07:002004-07-26T15:19:21.436-07:00I love this picture.It never gets old. Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16293781636265029035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5989723.post-1090862595732613962004-07-26T10:00:00.000-07:002004-07-26T10:23:15.733-07:00I don't know why you are trying to change the subject again. Are you going to reply to that post I spent all night writing?
Nevertheless, I have not experienced the staleness you talk about. In fact, yesterday, I was in tears. But I do not go to church for warm fuzzy feelings. (I stopped being Pentecostal a long time ago. However, as we know from Acts 13:2 and other events in our history, Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16293781636265029035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5989723.post-1090860314780853742004-07-26T09:38:00.000-07:002004-07-26T09:45:14.780-07:00Okay, a new question. This really isn't theological as much as personal. How do you keep the liturgy fresh to you? how does it not become something you merely do by rote? This is one reason why it is highly unlikely that I would ever be in a liturgical church is that a liturgy becomes too repetitive to me. Remember, I did the liturgy in the Catholic church until college and it got to the jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07090897872398390099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5989723.post-1090657360881268982004-07-24T03:15:00.000-07:002004-07-24T03:48:19.373-07:00I'm going to try to answer you thoughoughly. It might take some time and a few very long posts. I will always give the time and date of the post of yours to which I am replying.
First, I want to address your post of 3:34 pm yesterday.
It seems that you did not actually read what I wrote about Nicea II and the early history of Icons. If you had read what I wrote you wouldn't have said that Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16293781636265029035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5989723.post-1090622146805889682004-07-23T15:34:00.000-07:002004-07-23T15:35:46.806-07:00Oh, you said this in your post and i don't know how I missed it. You created official teaching in the 8th century. How can you sy, then, that you do things they were in the early church? You've just blatantly contradicted yourself.
jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07090897872398390099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5989723.post-1090621853240787992004-07-23T15:22:00.000-07:002004-07-23T15:30:53.240-07:00Oh, this is easy. Did the church believe 'A' at one time and then did not believe 'A' at later time?? You bet.
1. Scripture records baptism as only being for believers. yet in the 3rd century the church decided to baptize babies.
2. Scripture records the brothers and sisters of Jesus. Later, you develop the doctrine that says Jesus had no brothers or sisters.
3. Scripture says we are jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07090897872398390099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5989723.post-1090620910283437912004-07-23T15:13:00.000-07:002004-07-23T15:15:10.283-07:00No, you have not told me about 'coming-out' (always a dangerous term in SF) as a pro-lifer. Entertain and indulge me
jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07090897872398390099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5989723.post-1090619750618955172004-07-23T14:54:00.000-07:002004-07-23T14:55:50.616-07:00Did you hear that a new record was set last week in the 100-yard dash? It was the Filipino army leaving Iraq. Chalks up another nation to the weenie club. They should have sent in even more troops.
jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07090897872398390099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5989723.post-1090619616749042682004-07-23T14:51:00.000-07:002004-07-23T14:53:36.750-07:00Let me add a quick note onto my previous seminary note. There are times when I wish I was at a place which was slightly more consiervative, such as Talbot or even Dallas. Fuller is on the conservative end of seminaries, but is not the most conservative. It could be worse. I could be going to Princeton SEminary and be trying to figure out even if there is a God
jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07090897872398390099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5989723.post-1090619275398819022004-07-23T14:42:00.000-07:002004-07-23T14:47:55.396-07:00The question of what I am learning is seminary is probably a bit important, since I am getting out in 8 months. Probbly the best thing is an increased ability to think theologically. I know this may sound vague, but that's pretty much the goal of college also. It may not be the specific things that you learn, but rather the ability to think critically and constructively. So, not, I'm not jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07090897872398390099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5989723.post-1090615718558765942004-07-23T13:27:00.000-07:002004-07-23T13:48:38.556-07:00Okay...Harris.
Why is Harris such a great restaurant? There are probably more reasons for this restaurant than for any other on the list.
First of all, the have a Martini on the menu as a appetizer. They have these olives that are so big they look like they have a pituitary problem. And so woody they should be in Toy Story 3. The martini actually comes in a little pitcher that rests in a jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07090897872398390099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5989723.post-1090607479862752182004-07-23T11:22:00.000-07:002004-07-23T11:34:29.030-07:00Jeff, all of this blogging stuff is easy. Just copy and paste the text of your notes into the "create" text box of blogger. Christa can show you how in 2 minutes. Also, since you are using the windows operating system you have a very easy time putting links in your posts. What this means is that just by clicking on a couple of buttons you can put links in your posts. (I'm using a Mac so I Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16293781636265029035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5989723.post-1090604385515087472004-07-23T10:36:00.000-07:002004-07-23T10:39:45.516-07:00What is even worse than putting vodka in it and calling martini?? If it is vodka, then martini should NOT be capitalized. Why is it that you can just put stuff in a Martini glass and call it that? I've been hearing about sour appletinis that just disgust me.
Oh, my professor said it was okay to put the class notes on the blog. Of course being technologically deficient, i' going to email themjeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07090897872398390099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5989723.post-1090561193241730692004-07-22T22:33:00.000-07:002004-07-22T23:08:34.870-07:00Surfing news: Following a link from the blog of my Kum I wound up reading a description of the broadsheets of the New York Times as sacred pages of the blue-state Bible
School news: I don't know if I mentioned it or not, but I and 7 other students (out of 40) have maintained perfect scores in the Med. Law and Ethics class. That is until the test last Thursday. We just got the results back Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16293781636265029035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5989723.post-1090527206388519332004-07-22T12:51:00.000-07:002004-07-22T13:14:22.163-07:00It is just driving me nuts. From him saying Christians and Muslims pray to the same god, to starting a war against Iraq without a good reason (Hello! The Red Chinese or the North Koreans are HUGE ENORMOUS threats. Iraq is a nothing, was a nothing, and probably always will be a nothing.), to not taking on the abortionistas full-steam, to the orwellian sounding clear-skies act, I have been very Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16293781636265029035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5989723.post-1090509746686776282004-07-22T08:22:00.000-07:002004-07-22T08:22:26.686-07:00I, too, have fond (if slightly hazy) memories of The Brooklyn. I knew we were off to a good start when I saw that the waiter was a grown man who knew how to tie a tie, and did not ask if I wanted vodka in my Martini. (What is up with putting vodka in a drink and calling it a Martini?) I do not posses a vocabulary that is adequate to describe the beatific majesty of the filet mignon rondolets inMatthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16293781636265029035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5989723.post-1090458659357990692004-07-21T17:00:00.000-07:002004-07-21T18:10:59.356-07:00So why is the Brooklyn at the top of my list? Matt knows exactly why, but for the uninformed masses out there, here's why. I can't remember the year, but our friend George Halley has a sister in Seattle who needed help moving and they figured out that it would be less expensive to fly the three of us up, put us up at a hotel and have us move her and her family than to hire professional movers.jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07090897872398390099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5989723.post-1090395433285714212004-07-21T00:12:00.000-07:002004-07-21T00:37:13.286-07:00In your first paragraph you used the word "deficient". That was very interesting; it reminds me of a time Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld was explaining types of knowledge. I won’t get into what he said but if you Google "rumsfeld known knowns" you will find some fascinating reading. Now back to the matter at hand. There are at least two types of non-knowledge:
1: When a person says something Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16293781636265029035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5989723.post-1090362457547806582004-07-20T15:24:00.000-07:002004-07-20T15:27:37.546-07:00This is kinda a sub-category, but I promise to take it to the end.
Top 5 Restaurants I have ever been to:
1. The Brooklyn
2. Harris
3. Moose's
4. Trader Vic's
5. B.J. Chicago's Pizzeria
Of course there's probably a couple I'm forgetting and this might expand. Over the next couple of days I'm going to expand on why these are my favorites.
jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07090897872398390099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5989723.post-1090361042176197862004-07-20T14:51:00.000-07:002004-07-20T15:04:02.176-07:00Was Luther right on everything??? Of course not. Same with Zwingli, Knox, Calvin ,etc. But that also is true for Augustine, Chrysostom, Justin martyr and pretty much everyone throughout theological history. Everyone and every church is deficient in their theology at some point. Remember, now we only "see through a glass darkly".
There is a big difference between Luther, Zwingli and Hinn, jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07090897872398390099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5989723.post-1090356410927575942004-07-20T13:43:00.000-07:002004-07-20T13:46:50.926-07:00As you can probably tell, I'm working backwards. You said on thye 16th that your priest preached on the Epistle de jour rather than the gospel and that he usually preaches from the gospel. Is that personal preference on his part or is that an Orthodox thing (the term 'thing' is used with the greatest respect possible).
Most Protestant churches preach primarily from the NT and even there frm jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07090897872398390099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5989723.post-1090355990236502032004-07-20T13:38:00.000-07:002004-07-20T13:39:50.236-07:00Okay, I know I'm doing bits and pieces here, but I'm REALLY going to try on August 8 to be there. What are your options on cooking? Are you limited on what you can make? Well, obviously, because of the size of the group, but I mean as far as type of food, etc.
jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07090897872398390099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5989723.post-1090355915876849702004-07-20T13:37:00.000-07:002004-07-20T13:38:35.876-07:00I looked at the icon for St Geoffrey. Looks a bit like Richard Harris (post-booze, pre-death) Definitely Celtic.
jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07090897872398390099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5989723.post-1090355796826563832004-07-20T13:35:00.000-07:002004-07-20T13:36:36.826-07:00Oh, I've decided of Cafe Kati. You can find it at Cafekati.com It came down to that and Betelnut but I decided I wanted something a bit quieter and from what I've read Betelnut can be a bit loud.
jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07090897872398390099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5989723.post-1090355722547821152004-07-20T13:25:00.000-07:002004-07-20T13:35:22.546-07:00Good idea about posting the notes on the blog. Let me get my professor's permission (which I'm sure he'll give) and I'll do it.
So why do i like Monte Cristo? That's a question I've never been about to clearly figure out, but let me try.
It was the first classic novel I ever read. I was a freshman in High School and we were handed this 400 page novel to begin with. Only about 7-8 years jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07090897872398390099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5989723.post-1090354988604050532004-07-20T13:10:00.000-07:002004-07-20T13:27:38.390-07:00If you read the blog you know I have been learning to play the recorder. I'm not great but I am able to play to written music and have been able to figure out the fingering for some songs I have no music for.
Well, the little boy loved my recorder to death. Really. I mean last week he totally destroyed it. I've been missing it ever since. I really have enjoyed picking it up at odd times Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16293781636265029035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5989723.post-1090351992571205082004-07-20T12:32:00.000-07:002004-07-20T12:46:15.526-07:00What is it about Count of Monte Cristo that you like? A 3,000 word essay in response to this question is totally accptable. (hint hint)
I have another test in my Med Law and ethics class tonight. I do not enjoy this class.
I had a meeting with my boss and her boss today. THey said I am doing a good job. I'm glad. I don't really feel like I am doing a good job. I always feel like there Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16293781636265029035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5989723.post-1090346053315583142004-07-20T10:51:00.000-07:002004-07-20T10:54:13.316-07:00I've gotten into one of my favorite books again. I'm rereading 'The Count Of Monte Cristo'. It had been a couple of years and i wanted to read something somewhat familiar while doing the Dead Sea Scrolls class.
That started last night, by the way. It's a tough two weeks, but the last time I have to do a summer intensive. The class is really good. the professor's name is Michael Moore (jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07090897872398390099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5989723.post-1090275070141514342004-07-19T14:53:00.000-07:002004-07-19T15:11:10.140-07:00Jeff, in case you want a non-Roman Catholic source for your Christian name (i know the RC church gives you the willies) you can check out a Byzantine Ikon of St. Geoffery here. I think it looks a little cartoonish but it is the only Ikon of this saint I have ever seen. It would be nice to see an Ikon of St. Geoffery by Tsagalakis or another more traditional iconographer.
We are cooking August Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16293781636265029035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5989723.post-1090272768495784642004-07-19T14:29:00.000-07:002004-07-19T14:32:48.496-07:00Yes, Caleb cooperated beautifully. One of the best things that Caleb does is go down to sleep very easily. I don't think we kow how blessed we are with that.
Yes, I agree that Protestant churches tend to gear services towards the people. This is especially true of seeker churches. My gut tells me that this is an outgrowth of the increased individualism that we have been seeking for so many jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07090897872398390099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5989723.post-1090272542364296632004-07-19T14:27:00.000-07:002004-07-19T14:29:02.363-07:00I'm leaning towards either Betelnut or Bix. I'm going to sit on it until tomorrow and then decide.
Yes, I would REALLY like to make it to church with you again (esp if you are cooking!!). August looks pretty wide open right now.
jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07090897872398390099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5989723.post-1090272514531444142004-07-19T14:20:00.000-07:002004-07-19T14:28:34.530-07:00You can come to our church. No Calebs there. And you would be the first Jeff, too. Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16293781636265029035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5989723.post-1090271179471174882004-07-19T14:04:00.000-07:002004-07-19T14:06:19.470-07:00Caleb got stung by a bee today. Christa said they were the biggest tears he'd ever had. He's been taking swim lessons last week and this and the bees love to come around after when they and a couple of other friends sit by the pool and have a picnic.
Oh, another couple at our church had a baby boy and named him Caleb. Now we're going to have to change churches
jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07090897872398390099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5989723.post-1090263215443754482004-07-19T11:52:00.000-07:002004-07-19T11:56:45.976-07:00Of those you mentioned, I've only been to Bix and that was during my heavy drinking years. I don't remember it very well. I think I had a good time though.
Cyndi and I are cooking for the parish agin in August. Can you come?Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16293781636265029035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5989723.post-1090261708545022272004-07-19T11:27:00.000-07:002004-07-19T11:28:28.546-07:00I am trying to decide on the restaurant in Sf that Christa and i are going to for my birthday at the end of the month. I've got it narrowed down to Cafe Kati, Bix, Betelnut and Kokkari. Any input from you on this would be GREATLY appreciated.
jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07090897872398390099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5989723.post-1090255022371185202004-07-19T09:36:00.000-07:002004-07-19T09:55:59.236-07:00How was Friday night? Did Caleb cooperate? Oh, when are you going to get to my last post of July 12?Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16293781636265029035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5989723.post-1090254904133254422004-07-19T09:24:00.000-07:002004-07-19T09:40:58.723-07:00Weekend Update:
Saturday: Cyndi and I worked in the church garden. Rented a hedge clipper and weedeater. The gaslone powered weedeater was really neat. I want one. Gasoline powered hedge clippers are heavey and cluncky. The Garden looks better but it still needs a lot of work.
Sunday: Returned the rented hedge clipper and weedeater. Added a quart of oil to the car, put air in the right Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16293781636265029035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5989723.post-1090020423316463192004-07-16T16:25:00.000-07:002004-07-16T16:27:03.316-07:00I hope Caleb cooperates with your plans. Anselm has never been easy to get to sleep.
Pickle recommendation: bubbiesMatthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16293781636265029035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5989723.post-1090004606833054472004-07-16T12:00:00.000-07:002004-07-16T12:03:26.833-07:00Christa and I have now established Friday night as our date night at home. We put Caleb down a bit early, about 7 and then I make a romantic dinner, maybe we'll rent a movie and just generally have an enjoyable evening with each other.
Tonight's menu
Australian Lamb Chops broiled in a lemon-thyme sauce
Yukon Goldf Potatoes roasted in olive oil with fresh sage and rosemary
TOmatoes with jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07090897872398390099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5989723.post-1090001875773116852004-07-16T11:17:00.000-07:002004-07-16T11:17:55.773-07:00Just a quick note with more to come later today.
Keith is going to be a father. Yes, Sheryl is pregnant. I guess that leaves little mystery about how their honeymoon went
jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07090897872398390099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5989723.post-1089898089659952482004-07-15T06:16:00.000-07:002004-07-15T06:28:09.660-07:00Because of a car alarm I was able to see a beautiful moon rise this morning. It was followed pretty quickly by a beautiful sunrise.
Today is the feast of St. Vladimir. I wish I could be in church.
Holy Equal-To-the-Apostles Great Prince Vladimir, in Holy Baptism Basil, the Enlightener of the Russian Land
Kiev, Rus, Russia (1015)
Troparion in tone 4
O Holy Prince Vladimir,
You were like a Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16293781636265029035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5989723.post-1089848080546043532004-07-14T16:34:00.000-07:002004-07-14T16:57:18.750-07:00And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand, the same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the LambMatthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16293781636265029035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5989723.post-1089837622298980282004-07-14T13:32:00.000-07:002004-07-14T13:45:05.450-07:00Jeff, it was great having you over for lunch. Here is a link to those sermons by Bernard Bell I told you about. It was his series "Good, Bad, Better, Perfect".
In the Orthodox Church we sing the following words at Ascension:
"Human nature, which had fallen by corruption, you raised up, O Christ, and by your ascension you exalted and glorified us with yourself.
"You were taken up in glory, Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16293781636265029035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5989723.post-1089824013297965262004-07-14T09:44:00.000-07:002004-07-14T09:55:55.306-07:00Got the results from my first test in Medical law and ethics. Out of a class of 40 only 5 students had perfect scores. I was one of the five.
I two weeks we have to present an abstract of a bioethical article to the class. Last night we were supposed to give the instructor the article. I chose an article on smallpox vaccination in light of talmudic law by the head of the ethics panel at Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16293781636265029035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5989723.post-1089723981884806762004-07-13T05:55:00.000-07:002004-07-13T07:21:33.600-07:00This just in from the Miracles Department: Woooo! Hooooo! I found out that I am getting financial aid for school! All tuition is paid for. I only have to pay for books and lab fees! Thank you, God! Thank you, Ss. Nicholas and Elizabeth and Panteleimon
Udate from from the Music Bureau: I forgot to mention that Saturday night was my debut playing the bells at church. I played the 3rd and Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16293781636265029035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5989723.post-1089664880935856832004-07-12T13:30:00.000-07:002004-07-12T13:41:20.936-07:00Okay. Here is a stand alone topic, taken from past discussions but truely something finite and a worthy thing to talk about.
You have often criticized Hinn and Copeland for their unusual interpretations of the Bible. But wWhy not Luther? Have you forgotten that Luther was willing to excise the Epistle of St. James because it didn't agree with his theology of "Sola Fide"? Have you forgotten Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16293781636265029035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5989723.post-1089658433104867362004-07-12T11:51:00.000-07:002004-07-12T11:53:53.103-07:00Let me tell you why I've never completed a response to the may 28th post and only half-assed it on my one response. It's that I can't remember the context of what we were talking about (especially the bit about the trombone shout bands). And i hate trying to go back 2-3 months to try to figure out what I was thinking (I have a hard enough time with remembering the morning when I get back from jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07090897872398390099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5989723.post-1089655690014842492004-07-12T11:03:00.000-07:002004-07-12T11:08:10.013-07:00Anselm answering the phone reminded me of a phone call I got last week. I picked it up and said "Hello only to hear a tiny voice on the other end say "Hello Uncle Jeff". Now, I have a 5-year old nephew, but this voice was not his and just kept playing along until I found out who it was. Well, it turned out to be Emily Carter! All of a sudden, she asked Bryan about Uncle Jeff in California adnjeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07090897872398390099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5989723.post-1089652924505980642004-07-12T10:14:00.000-07:002004-07-12T10:22:04.506-07:00Oh, about your Dead Sea Scrolls Class: Can't make it. But I would love too. Hey, I thought you were going to post some of the papers you wrote for school. I'd really like to read your Knights of Malta paper. Did you ever hook up with anyone from the chapter in Menlo Park?Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16293781636265029035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5989723.post-1089652448065084352004-07-12T10:04:00.000-07:002004-07-12T10:14:08.066-07:00Well here we are, almost half way through July and you havn't made much progress in your response to my May 28 post. You gave a little bit of effort on June 25, but nothing before or since. Regarding the things you are questioning: Do any of the things you are questioning pertain to you? Do you question any of your beliefs or practices, or do you only the tendency of other protestants to be Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16293781636265029035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5989723.post-1089587479388448862004-07-11T16:10:00.000-07:002004-07-11T16:11:19.386-07:00You made a note about Bishop Tikhon possibly going bad. I've had potato salad that went bad. Is that the same thing??jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07090897872398390099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5989723.post-1089587383637326922004-07-11T16:06:00.000-07:002004-07-11T16:09:43.636-07:00I was just reading an old Bon Appetit magazine with Caleb (he liked the pictures) and there was an articvle on how some newspeople would make their turkeys at home. They had (and pictures also) Paula Zahn, Aaron Brown, Connie Chung and Lou Dobbs. I pointed at the pictures of the first 3 with Caleb and on each one I said, "Liberal" and went right down the list. Loud Dobbs who does 'Moneyline' onjeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07090897872398390099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5989723.post-1089519095139435182004-07-10T21:11:00.000-07:002004-07-10T21:11:35.140-07:00I am going to be down on Stevens Creek on Wednesday. Do you want to do lunch?jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07090897872398390099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5989723.post-1089441603612399162004-07-09T23:10:00.000-07:002004-07-09T23:40:03.613-07:00While zipping around the Vatican's website I came across this interesting thing. It is interesting simply because it is such a violation of Apostolic Canons X and XLV. Since both the East and West accept these as being church law, neither Roman Catholic clergy, nor Orthodox Clergy are allowed to participate in the services of heretic groups. Yet, here is the head of the Roman Catholic Church Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16293781636265029035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5989723.post-1089432343886319152004-07-09T21:04:00.000-07:002004-07-09T21:05:43.886-07:00Please, do not forget that Islam is evil.Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16293781636265029035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5989723.post-1089413221167184972004-07-09T15:38:00.000-07:002004-07-09T15:47:01.166-07:00Oh, one more thing...
You know who St. Polycarp and St. Ignatius are. You know St. Polycarp was a disciple of St. John's. you know St. Ignatius was the the third bishop of Antioch (St. Peter was the first), you know both of these men had grown up in Churches where the Apostles had recently labored. Have you read St. ignatius' letter to St. Polycarp? Have you read St. Polycarps letter to the Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16293781636265029035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5989723.post-1089411904924167782004-07-09T15:16:00.000-07:002004-07-09T15:31:39.626-07:00The point I was trying to make with the acts passage: I was trying to give that as an example of people skipping past things in the Bible and not delving deep. That by not going below the surface spares them from having to face people like St. Jerome. That is all. Please, do not think I am trying to say that one verse in acts is the authority for using candles and lampadas.
As for reading theMatthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16293781636265029035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5989723.post-1089409613822980582004-07-09T14:46:00.000-07:002004-07-09T14:46:53.823-07:00Another teen-tiny note on Acts 20:8. To paraphrase Freud, sometimes a light is just a lightjeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07090897872398390099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5989723.post-1089408584985288322004-07-09T14:20:00.000-07:002004-07-09T14:29:44.986-07:00Oh, wasit, a couple of more points...
I don't disagree that most, if not all Protestants read SCripture through the lens of what they have been taught or the culture they are in. But you do it too. You read it through the lens of the Orthodox church and believe that to be the correct way.
About John 6, I've read sermons by Ray Stedman, John Macarthur and Gary Vanderet. John Hanneman is jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07090897872398390099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5989723.post-1089407703791986052004-07-09T14:06:00.000-07:002004-07-09T14:15:03.790-07:00I don't think that Protestants avoid reading some of the early writings because it makes them uncomfortable. I think most don't evne know about them or who some of the people are. 5 years ago, I would have had no clue who Justin Martyr was. I bet that 90% of the people at my church would have no idea who he is. It's not fear but ignorance. I have no fear of reading them, knowing that a lot jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07090897872398390099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5989723.post-1089389702181229852004-07-09T09:14:00.000-07:002004-07-09T09:15:02.183-07:00I haven't seen you on the blog for the past few days (Hey pot, you're black!!!!!) What's up???jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07090897872398390099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5989723.post-1089394360954577872004-07-09T08:48:00.000-07:002004-07-09T12:13:27.256-07:00Jeff, you should check out the comments your post of Jume 25 spawned. I'm really impressed with the level of heir discussion.
Speaking of your June 25 post, when are you going to get to the rest of your answer?
Last night my medical law and ethics class had a test. Nothing unusual about that. But the shocking thing was that a woman was removed from the classroom for cheating. She had written Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16293781636265029035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5989723.post-1089309072556274332004-07-08T10:49:00.000-07:002004-07-08T10:51:12.556-07:00I know you're busy and all this month, but in 2 weeks I'm taking a summer class at Fuller on The Dead Sea Scrolls. It's Mon, Tues, Thurs nights and all day Saturday from the 19-31st. If you've got some time, why not come? You'd probably be fascinated and we could even have Martinis at the BBCjeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07090897872398390099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5989723.post-1089303107345102412004-07-08T09:10:00.000-07:002004-07-08T09:11:47.346-07:00That's too bad about the moving, but as one who is also in grad school, I understand. Elizabeth will be disappointed not to se you before she goes to Chile, though.
Just for the record (and it's probably on the blog somewhere), I think you asked me to help you move once. I said i was busy but if you really needed me, I'd be there and that was about the end of it.jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07090897872398390099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5989723.post-1089218629874992312004-07-07T09:42:00.000-07:002004-07-07T09:43:49.873-07:00I just got off the phone with your brother-in-law Dan (good thing I was near a computer to tell you this!) Looks like he is going to be getting another truck, presumably for the business and wanted to talk about financing. When I picked up the phone and he said, Hi, Jeff, this is Dan Monroe" it took me a second to clue in.jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07090897872398390099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5989723.post-1089172881789959592004-07-06T20:35:00.000-07:002007-06-29T22:41:13.203-07:00So here I am drinking a dry Martini (Beefeater and Lejon, extra dry).jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07090897872398390099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5989723.post-1089170754745573192004-07-06T20:14:00.000-07:002004-07-06T20:25:54.746-07:00You know what my big problem with the this blog is? Whenever I have something really interesting, cool, etc to mention, I'M NOWHERE NEAR A COMPUTER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Okay, I had to get that off my chest. A couple notes now and in a little I'm going to give you the big update on our trip down south.
I heard a song I'd never heard before and didn't even know such a song existed! It was Johnnyjeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07090897872398390099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5989723.post-1089125090567569192004-07-06T07:29:00.000-07:002004-07-06T08:22:51.040-07:00Update
Subject: Activities of July 3-5, 2004
Saturday, July 3
The little boy and I drop Cyndi off at the train station in San Jose each morning at sunrise. So, on Saturday, we all took the train. We rode from San Jose to Palo Alto. Had a horrible culinary experience at the Cheesecake Factory. (Why do I ever expect different from a chain restaurant?) The summer rolls were so poorly wrapped Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16293781636265029035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5989723.post-1088687999408286412004-07-01T06:01:00.000-07:002004-07-01T06:39:38.540-07:00I just dropped Cyndi off at the train station, and while driving home I heard a story on NPR about the returnof the Tikhvin Icon of the Mother of God. It was very surprising to hear the story. I didn't think the world would take note of something like this. I wonder what it means.
Oh yeah. I should mention this, too: Islam is evil.Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16293781636265029035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5989723.post-1088627220186896292004-06-30T13:20:00.000-07:002004-06-30T13:27:00.186-07:00Pretty good day, so far. Got my homeowork done for class tomorrow. Took the little boy swimming. Did some pool maintenence.
I am roasting a beef bottom roast right now.
Tonight's menu:
Cold roast beef
French onion soup
Watermelon
The little boy is taking a nap. He got a pretty hard work out in the pool. He holds on to my neck and we dive deep so he can grab leaves off the bottom ot Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16293781636265029035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5989723.post-1088549009299965282004-06-29T15:05:00.000-07:002004-06-29T15:51:08.803-07:00This just in from the Oil Your Rifle Department....
Which Enemy of Humanity said:
"We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good."
A) V.I. Lenin
B) John Kerry
C) Mao Tse Tung
D) Pol Pot
E) Hillary Clinton
F) Edward Kennedy
G) Dracon
H) Maxmillian Robbespierre
Answer: Here.
Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16293781636265029035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5989723.post-1088530704040118672004-06-29T10:35:00.000-07:002004-06-29T10:38:24.040-07:00Lest we forget, Islam is evil.Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16293781636265029035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5989723.post-1088516100849140142004-06-29T06:06:00.000-07:002004-06-29T06:47:05.020-07:00Jeff,
Yes, you did mention it earlier (june 18) and I said I was not available. I'm not available to help anyone do anything in the month of July. But this brings up something, maybe something better not brought up, but here it is anyway. Since you and I have been friends, three times I have asked you to help me move but you were not able to help. These last two times I was almost desperate. Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16293781636265029035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5989723.post-1088468384589117582004-06-28T17:18:00.000-07:002004-06-28T17:19:44.590-07:00Matt,
On Sat July 10 (I think I mentioned this before) Elizabeth is moving and REALLY NEEDS your help. I can't do it alone and she has a slipped disk in her back and can't do much either. There is dinner afterwards, but she NEEDS your help that Saturday.
jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07090897872398390099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5989723.post-1088459518413295122004-06-28T14:46:00.000-07:002004-06-28T14:51:58.413-07:00Today has been interesting. I took Cyndi to the train station at 5:30 and came home and put the little boy back to bed. Then I did morning prayers, made coffee, ate a piece of baguette. Then the little boy woke up and I gave him a bath and breakfast.
We went to school and I paid tuitiuon and bought the book for the class I am taking. I was surprised to see so many people on campus for a Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16293781636265029035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5989723.post-1088383232700427272004-06-27T16:49:00.000-07:002004-06-27T17:40:32.700-07:00Yesterday: We went to the blessing of Claudia's tomb stone. It has been two years since she reposed. It was our first time to go to a tombstone blessing. It was very moving. She fell asleep shortly before we began attending Holy Trinity Cathedral so we have not met her yet. But in the two years passed her husband has become dear to me.
The cemetary where Claudia's body is buried is in the Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16293781636265029035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5989723.post-1088199995128803132004-06-25T14:45:00.000-07:002004-06-25T14:46:35.126-07:00I'm realizing how tough it is at work to give coherent answers to stuff that may take a bit of research. So I've touched on the may 28th post and will get to the rest of it, which deserves more attention than I can give here when i get backjeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07090897872398390099noreply@blogger.com