Dec. 11, 2007
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Funny · Life

Something my wife said:

“I never knew that Mario was Italian, but I did think he looked like a pizza guy.”

Dec. 5, 2007
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Culture · Life · Tattoos · The Bible

New Tattoo

A few days before my birthday I got my new tat.
Its only half done, and it hurt a lot. Its taken a while for it to heal so I’ve been holding off on putting any pictures up.
Here it is:

Its from Revelation Chapter 21, where God is finally reconciled to his people in the new Jerusalem.
God [...]

Nov. 27, 2007
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Books · Life · Tech

Whats Up With the Lists?

I have heard a few people state that they are uninterested in my recent wishlist posts, probably because these folks don’t want to buy me any of the things on my list.
Here is the deal with these lists, I have like a dozen people asking me what I want for Christmas, so I thought I [...]

Stay on Target

My finals are finished, and I have just a bit of reading and a few pages to write.
So here is what I’m planning for the next week, or so, at thedesocios.com:
1. I recently heard a lecture by Darren Patrick about the History of the Emergent Church, and I’m hoping to write a response.
I’d especially like [...]

Nov. 14, 2007
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Books · Life

Winter Wishlist Update

I can cross off three books from the list.
I know Im getting: Seeking A Better Country, and The Churching Of America.
I also got an email from my dad that he has The Coming of The Kingdom, and I can take it.

Oct. 6, 2007
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Life · Pittsburgh · Tattoos

Ink’d (October 2007)

Yesterday I got a new tattoo.

Four years ago I got my first tattoo, its a verse on the inside of my right wrist that says “Be not overcome by evil but overcome evil with good. Romans 12:21″
if you read my post from last spring about how I was thinking about getting a new [...]

Neither Modern, Nor Post

I stand in the valley.
On one side, I see the mountains where my father has lived. On the other side I see the mountains intended for my children’s journeys.
I see the mountains where my father has lived.
I see on my father’s mountains lush fields of irrigated crops, yet many are hungry.
I see on [...]

Mcarthur-0, Pagitt-0, Wormwood-1

Do you ever feel sometimes like you wish CS Lewis was still writing the Screw Tape Letters. Lewis would have a field day with all the factions in the media discrediting each other.
“My Dear Wormwood,
In your last letter to me you expressed how excited you have been by all the public attention many [...]

Aug. 21, 2007
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Flight of the Conchords

We are doing a class series about sex and dating, maybe we should intro with this?
This DVD will definitely be on my Christmas list.