1 - Go to "wikipedia." Hit “random... Read More”
or click http://en.wikipedia.org/wi
The first random wikipedia article you get is the name of your band.
2 - Go to "Random quotations"
or click http://www.quotationspage.
The last four or five words of the very last quote of the page is the title of your first album.
3 - Go to flickr and click on “explore the last seven days”
or click http://www.flickr.com/expl
Third picture, no matter what it is, will be your album cover.
4 - Use photoshop or similar to put it all together.
Just follow this link to learn more about the group and to sign up: http://www.ccel.org/node/4557
So here's the list. I'm not suggesting that any angels who read over this list actually buy something for us (but of course, we won't turn down any presents, either!) :-)
Carl's Burglary Wish List
http://anamchara.com/2007/11/15/everyth
Thank you!
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deerforstreams?This person has written a lovely comment about a recent post in my blog. I had wanted to post a thank you comment, but am barred from doing so by the fact that I am not listed as one of
deerforstreams's friends.The ironies of the internet, where we can access one another's thoughts so easily and yet have built gated cybercommunities to keep each other at a safe distance.
At any rate, if anyone could facilitate an introduction between us, I'd be grateful.
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earthmystic_rss. Go on, do it now. You know you want to.There, wasn't that easy?
You scored as Idealist, Idealism centers around the belief that we are moving towards something greater. An odd mix of evolutionist and spiritualist, you see the divine within ourselves, waiting to emerge over time. Many religious traditions express how the divine spirit lost its identity, thus creating our world of turmoil, but in time it will find itself and all things will again become one.
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Carl McColman on MySpace
I've also been amused by the whimsical way in which MySpace users create pages for their favorite saints and celebrities. I was most unhappy to find that no such page existed for Julian of Norwich. So I rectified the situation!
Julian of Norwich on MySpace
Incidentally, the layout I'm using (as of this posting) is adapted from a wondeful one created by Mike Industries.
Have fun...
For those of you who are interested, here is my (as of this writing still very much under construction) personal library: http://www.librarything.com/catalog/anam
From this page you can look up what the Billboard Charts document as the number one hit single on the day you were born. Actually, there’s one page for each date, listing the hit songs on that date over the years (going back to the 1890s). So you get a pop culture snapshot of the music that was hot on your special day over the years. Warning: everyone knows that pop culture has no standards. In other words, be prepared to wince at some of the truly awful songs that were popular on your birthday. But you’ll also see some really cool songs, too.
The number one hit song on the day I was born — December 6, 1960 — was (drumroll, please)… “Are You Lonesone Tonight?” by Elvis Presley. If I had been born a year earlier, I could claim Bobby Darin’s “Mack the Knife” as my birthday hit song. Some other number ones on 12/6 over the years: “Chattanooga Choo Choo” by Glenn Miller (1941), “You Send Me” by Sam Cooke (1957), “Dominique” by the Singing Nun, “Turn! Turn! Turn!” by the Byrds (1965), “Good Vibrations” by the Beach Boys (1966) and even “Mickey” by Toni Basil (1982). So what are you waiting for? Click on the link and have fun already!
You are cordially invited to “Down on Paper: A Reading from the Flannery O’Connor-Betty Hester Letters,” to be held in Emory’s Cannon Chapel at 6 p.m. on May 22. Actress Brenda Bynum will give a dramatic reading drawn from the newly-opened collection of 274 letters between these two women. The event is free and open to the public. A reception will follow. Co-sponsors of the event are the Robert Woodruff Library and the Aquinas Center of Theology.
Perhaps I'll see you there...
Click here for more details about the class.
Here are some images of my copy of Aleister Crowley's "Magick Without Tears," the hardcover edition published by Llewellyn in 1973. Here's a rare chance to own a classic of modern occultism in a rare edition, at a very affordable price. You can buy it at Half.com if you'd like, just click here.
mccolman.wordpress.com
You can also access my blog via my new "Mysticism Bibliography" page at www.anamchara.com
Cheers!
Spotted in the April 2 issue of Christian Retailer — a company called "Fishermen Inc." out of Los Angeles has launched a line of nine "collectible figurines depicting Jesus in nine modern-day likenesses."
Modern day likenesses indeed! These nine figurines depict Jesus, always sporting his fashionable crown of thorns, in these ultra-contemporary manners:
Modern day likenesses indeed! These nine figurines depict Jesus, always sporting his fashionable crown of thorns, in these ultra-contemporary manners:
- Playing Soccer
- Playing Football
- On a Skateboard
- On a bucking bull (shown above)
- Riding a motorcycle
- Surfing
- Rock climbing
- As a homeless person holding a sign "Will work 4 food"
- Dressed in army camouflage and holding a dove
Yesterday Fran, Rhiannon and I went to the Georgia State Capital to participate in Disability Awareness Day, with some 1700 other disabled persons, their family and friends, and community advocates. For us, this is an opportunity to support efforts to increase funding for disabled persons who would like options beyond simply relying on (too often limited) family resources or else ending up in subsistence situations (such as nursing homes). Even though Rhiannon's disabilities are so complex that she will likely never earn a wage, for many disabled persons the right kind of support can enable them to hold a job, earn money, and pay taxes. The sign I'm holding points to one of key concerns among the disabled: historically, public support for the disabled has often been paternalistically administered: "we'll decide what kind of services you need." By contrast, the concept of "Money following the person" points to a new paradigm where the disabled and their caregivers have greater control over determining the scope of support they need, with public funding following their lead, rather than forcing the disabled to "fit in" to a cookie cutter support network. Critical to disability issues — at least in Georgia, but I suspect elsewhere as well — is the lack of funding. Currently in Georgia funding is only available to support about a third of the people who need help. What happens to all the thousands of disabled persons who don't receive public support? Well, if they're lucky, their family shoulders the burden. If the family can't afford it... well, how do you spell poverty? Or institutionalization?
And no, it's not a book review!
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