A pair of Western scrub (blue) jays visit me regularly on our patio, and I oblige them with peanuts. As time has passed they've become more used to me and now land on the table near me to retrieve their peanuts. Often they'll sit a few feet away and sing a whisper song. I love it when they do that.
At first I thought it was a purely economic relationship - they sing, I reward them with peanuts. Now, however, one of them will sit on the back of a chair in front of the window and screech at me until I come outside. There are peanuts waiting on the table but first he sings to me, and then after grabs a peanut or two. Our relationship is more complex than I first thought.
Taking advantage of this I worked for a few days to get them to eat out of my hand, which they did, grudgingly. I did not want to stress them and did not necessarily want them trusting other humans, so have since then kept my distance.
Six days ago, on Sunday, June 29, the female appeared on the steps of our patio dragging a wing. She looked traumatized. I could not tell if her wing was broken, and since then have surmised that she was bitten. There was a little bloody patch on her shoulder.
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Over at AllenNeville.com, a.k.a. "Family of God," they can't be bothered with spelling, design, or for that matter, coherence. I was hoping there might be something interesting on the Women's Web Page but it's nothing more than a list of movies and television shows, weight loss tips, that kind of thing.
So I moseyed over to Pastor Allen's recipes, and was especially impressed with this one:
CHEF ALLENS MEXICAN DISH
1. 1 CAN OF REFRIED BEANS
2. 1 PACKET OF CHEESE
3. 1 CUP OF HOT SALSA
PU IN MICROWAVE FOR 4 MINITES
Ouch!
Oh, and there's a Wordless Book, which, if this is all he's ever read, may explain the problems Pastor Allen is having with his web site.
Stephen Baldwin, the dopey Christian Baldwin brother, has combed his hair and put on a suit to look like his brother Alex and is treatening to leave the country if McCain doesn't win the election.
It's a sweet interview if you can tolerate Laura Ingraham's equine looks and nasal twang. At the end she lists all the Hollywood celebrities supporting McCain: Wilford Brimley, Kelsey Grammar, Tom Sellick, Jerry Bruckheimer, Sylvester Stallone, Jon Voigt, and Curt Schilling. Who's Curt Schilling? She forgot Heidi Montag.
Senators Larry Craig (R-ID) and David Vitter (R-LA) are cosponsoring Senate Joint Resolution 43, also known as the "Marriage Protection Amendment." The new constitutional amendment would limit marriage to "the union of a man and a woman," a concept that has escaped both senators.
Senator Larry Craig was arrested in a Minneapolis airport restroom, charged with lewd conduct for allegedly soliciting sex from a [police]man in the next stall. Senator Vitter was named as a client of Deborah Jeane Palfrey, known as the DC Madam.
Yep, Pastor Holick was arrested at Wichita's Gay Pride Parade, accused of tossing his $5 admission badge at Thomas Witt, the vice president of Wichita Pride. Holick is the pastor of Spirit One Christian Center and also has a blog (of sorts) called Spirit Wind Chronicles. (You know, I get me that spirit wind from time to time, especially if I've been drinking champale and eating fried pork rinds, and it is powerful uncomfortable.)
Note that Mr. Holick takes exception with the estimate of church members present at the event:
That "20 members of Spirit One Christian Center was (sic) there." That was off by 100% - it was 40 members.
I think he meant to say that they were half off, or off by 50%, meaning those who estimated the crowds only counted half of the 40 church members present. To be off by a 100% means they were 100% wrong - as in no members were there, right?
Now let's get this straight, people. Holick did not throw his badge at Witt, striking him. In the pastor's own words:
Witt was standing around 5 feet from me, I gently, with an underhand motion, tossed the button (weighing approximately less than 1/2 (.5) of one ounce) to him.
Pastor Holick did not strike, like a cobra, he gently tossed, like a salad.
Pastor Holick insisted that all Christians were asked to leave, simply because they were Christians. I'll bet there were a few gay Christians and PFLAG Christians there who were behaving themselves in a civil manner who weren't asked to leave. Pastor Holick's version of civil differs from what your mother probably taught you. Pastor Holick brays,
You see, it was simply because we were Christians, who love homosexuals enough to tell that their life style, is a destructive lifestyle.
PS I really like Pastor Holick's writing style. It reminds me of Ed Wood, confusing, but compelling. His church performed a gospel outreach at the local Wal*MART. I'll let Pastor Holick tell you why they had their panties in a twist
Spirit One Christian Center saints and 3 from other churches went to area Wal-marts to encourage Wal-mart to return to the God of Sam Walton who founded it. We were able to hand out approximately 2,500 flyers. One flyer contained the facts of Wal-mart's deadly association with homosexual sodomy and abortion. The other side lists startling facts about homosexual sodomy. The second flyer was "Are You Good Enough To Go To Heaven." A salvations tract by Ray Comfort. 2,500 souls received the good news the Lord has for them. 2,500 people were informed of the truth of Wal-mart's decent into sin. And 2,500 people were given the truth of homosexual sodomy that the media will never tell. We give all thanks to the Lord for using us to sound the alarm. Pastor Mark
The Rev. Kirbyjon Caldwell, a Methodist pastor from Texas and longtime supporter of President Bush who has endorsed Obama, said Tuesday he belongs to a group of religious leaders who, working independently of Obama's campaign, launched a Web site to counter Dobson at JamesDobsonDoesntSpeakForMe.com. The site highlights statements from Obama and Dobson and asks visitors to compare them.
You may remember Marvin Olasky of World Magazine as the creator of the term "compassionate conservatism." He wrote a really bad book by that name urging the government to give money to faith-based organizations.
There were rumors about a sex tape, but I had nothing to do with that. God knows the truth in all of this, and at the end of the day, that is the only thing that matters. Jesus was persecuted, and I'm going to get persecuted, ya know?
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