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Archive for February, 2007

The Golden Path has been shortened

Tuesday, February 27th, 2007 Posted in Jesus / Christianity, Love, My Life, Spirituality | 7 Comments »

Every now and then, I see a message in something objectively ordinary and meaningless, but subjectively a divine message. Today, as I walked away from work to my car, I took a shortcut through a Dillard's store. There, on what ...

Love your neighbor

Friday, February 16th, 2007 Posted in Love, Mind, My Life, Spirituality | 18 Comments »

Yesterday at work, I felt love for everyone around me. Friends, strangers, and even those whom I sometime don't get along with so much. It's a wonderful feeling. It was partially a conscious decision—I want to love them. It was also ...

Pan’s Labyrinth

Monday, February 12th, 2007 Posted in Movies / TV / Stage, Spirituality | 5 Comments »

An evil stepparent. a lost princess, a magic book. a dangerous maze, a series of challenges, a terrible choice, and a world of war and woe. Guillermo del Torres' movie, El labirinto del fauno (Pan's Labyrinth) operates at many ...

Language Exchange

Monday, February 5th, 2007 Posted in Language, My Life | 2 Comments »

Among other sources, I've been learning Spanish from a cool podcast site, called Notes in Spanish. The site's run by a husband and wife team (British husband, Spanish wife) who met as intercambios. The intercambio (exchange) method has apparently become ...

Firefly

Thursday, February 1st, 2007 Posted in Movies / TV / Stage | 9 Comments »

I'm watching Firefly. A friend lent me the series on DVD, and I've got to say I'm impressed. In my opinion, it's right up there with Deep Space Nine and the new Battlestar Galactica as some of the best science ...