tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-80924546551911200112024-03-01T14:12:53.589-08:00Get your adverbs here.Running my mouth since 1975stephyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10047873385595074389noreply@blogger.comBlogger668125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8092454655191120011.post-78769975212392619332011-01-08T11:14:00.000-08:002011-01-08T11:38:20.573-08:00søren kierkegaardI was just looking up a quote and found all these quotes by Kierkegaard by accident. When Judah was born we almost named him Soren cause we like him (Kierkegaard) so much. But then there was the whole thing about do we put the omelet or umlaut or whatever over/through the o, and does it sound too much like "sore end" and are we being precious by naming him such, and then Judah has such a good stephyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10047873385595074389noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8092454655191120011.post-69667403632336432722011-01-08T10:57:00.001-08:002011-01-08T10:58:35.634-08:00the 30-day christian music listening challengeI decided to take this challenge. They invite our responses so I'll be blogging about it here. Day 1. Morgan Spurlock, signing off.stephyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10047873385595074389noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8092454655191120011.post-77829503714029077422011-01-05T11:43:00.000-08:002011-01-05T11:47:29.961-08:00have you ever touched...Gregg and Simone came up with this game on a road trip and we played it on our last road trip down to San Francisco. It's called "Have You Ever Touched" and it's not as gross as it sounds. It really provides an opportunity for soul-searching and personal reflection. Here's what I came up with:Have you ever touched...A reflective circle on the road?Powdered seahorse?Your grandpa's license plate?A stephyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10047873385595074389noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8092454655191120011.post-38467664651267351992010-12-24T19:38:00.001-08:002010-12-24T19:50:28.067-08:00the blue colored week of adventI was so touched by this email from my friend Kara (a Presbyterian minister in Minnesota) tonight:"Oh, I meant to tell you - our poignant and wonderfully honest blue Christmas ritual was the other night. We put our prayers on these balls and lit candles for people. I posted other pictures of it on the church's FB account, but I wanted you to know you and your church were held in prayer that stephyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10047873385595074389noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8092454655191120011.post-6934595651669962122010-12-15T14:57:00.000-08:002010-12-15T14:59:50.378-08:00my husband will be on NPRThat's fun to say! David's short story "Things We Knew When The House Caught Fire" airs on NPR's Selected Shorts over the next week! Here is the schedule.Nashville, TN WPLN-AM 1430 Sat Dec 18 5:00 PMDallas/Fort Worth, TX KERA-FM 90.1 Sat Dec 18 7:00 PMSan Francisco KQED-FM 88.5 Sat Dec 18 8:00 PMSan Luis Obispo, CA KCBX-FM 90.1 Sun Dec 19 6:00 PMNew York, NY WNYC-FM 93.9 Sat Dec 18 10:00 PMNew stephyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10047873385595074389noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8092454655191120011.post-90706423362815760332010-12-14T09:58:00.000-08:002010-12-14T10:03:57.282-08:001954's house of the year, and "who you finna try?"Drooling over this house in Portland. It was 1954's house of the year, I guess.Cracking up at this poor guy just trying to watch tv. He did handle the situation effectively.stephyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10047873385595074389noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8092454655191120011.post-51155558474018628052010-12-14T08:50:00.001-08:002010-12-14T08:50:37.205-08:00an irishman tells it like it isstephyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10047873385595074389noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8092454655191120011.post-68256632722750157792010-12-13T16:08:00.000-08:002010-12-13T16:12:40.334-08:00yerger houseThis house makes my mouth water. I have that response to certain inanimate things and it's weird, but my mouth will water over wedding dresses and diamonds and mid-century design. The portfolio of this house is one of my super happy places!stephyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10047873385595074389noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8092454655191120011.post-80923522752027717762010-12-09T12:54:00.000-08:002010-12-09T12:58:27.101-08:00the pain spans the atlanticMy internet friend Hugh (whom I know through my blog) lives in England - he has grown children and his church that he's been at for 30+ years has recently made changes weirdly similar to the ones my church is making. The parallels are very strange, but it's nice to have someone who understands even if they live across the ocean. I got this email from him today and it warmed my heart, I wanted to stephyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10047873385595074389noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8092454655191120011.post-63293990677709666312010-12-08T15:47:00.000-08:002010-12-08T16:00:37.326-08:00i want a yacht and really that's not a lotI told Judah the other day that I didn't want anything for Christmas (him: "Why not?" me: "It's how I'm rolling." him: "You roll terribly.") but I think I lied. On second thought I think I want this necklaceand this dining room table would be nice too.And maybe an electric kettle. And that's all.stephyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10047873385595074389noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8092454655191120011.post-45352444532020261472010-12-07T12:00:00.000-08:002010-12-07T12:04:08.873-08:00my xmas 2010 mixAlmost all the songs are retro, hope you like it. Click the picture to download. xoxoxostephyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10047873385595074389noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8092454655191120011.post-79772784247263251052010-12-06T21:07:00.001-08:002010-12-06T21:36:27.116-08:00sadness updateThe waves of grief over church come and go. Today I felt new grief after a few days of feeling better. TheRapist says this sort of thing is cyclical. So at least I know it's normal. But I've been crying so painfully I've had to pull the car over, and stop and walk when I get to thinking about it when I'm out running, and lock myself into a bathroom stall while I'm at work for five measured stephyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10047873385595074389noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8092454655191120011.post-67772954799865946182010-11-23T11:44:00.000-08:002010-11-23T11:47:00.785-08:00things david said while watching the SECOND oprah's favorite things giveawayLook, she’s wearing her favorite color, that Penis Shaft Beige.Man, look at some of these haircuts.That lady looks like she’s in pain. Did you see that? That woman has a giant horse mouth! She’s got like eighteen extra teeth. Was Oprah laughing at that woman who was in physical pain? Do you see that?Oprah's yipping and circling around that iPad. Maybe she’ll go poop in a corner and bury it.Those stephyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10047873385595074389noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8092454655191120011.post-23810097206169093162010-11-22T23:30:00.000-08:002010-11-22T23:44:25.060-08:00things david said while watching the first oprah's favorite things giveaway episodeOh God. Did you see that black man leaping? That’s the gayest, blackest man.Are these like, homeless people, or…?I think if Oprah asked them to eat her out they all would right now. But she has Gayle for that.Look at all these giant people. I hope she’s giving away treadmills.Are these people selected cause they like, need stuff? It would be better if it was random cause you know how grace is stephyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10047873385595074389noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8092454655191120011.post-77530104991583711162010-11-16T12:33:00.001-08:002010-11-16T12:35:24.365-08:00things organized neatlyThis site pleases me. I find it very pleasant indeed.stephyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10047873385595074389noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8092454655191120011.post-6670667651543253752010-11-15T14:49:00.001-08:002010-11-15T14:50:08.041-08:00wanda sykes prank callHow had I never seen this one before? "Oh, I love America." hahahahahahastephyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10047873385595074389noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8092454655191120011.post-27447163116463931052010-11-09T15:44:00.000-08:002010-11-09T15:52:49.096-08:00adam carolla at his most brilliantI'm having a hard time today, my heart hurts so much that relationships at our church are negotiable and referred to as collateral damage. Church is supposed to be the place of all places where people are not disposable to one another and relationships are fought for and strategy and business and such pale, PALE I SAY, next to community.Since this is not the case much of the time on this stupid stephyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10047873385595074389noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8092454655191120011.post-6331719972689893742010-11-06T12:10:00.000-07:002010-11-06T12:25:23.311-07:00letter from nikki viselMy friend Nikki wrote this letter to the leadership of our church to explain to them why she's leaving the congregation. She said she considers it to be public domain and gave me permission to post it here. She expresses so well the struggle against literalism that goes with faith and how that struggle is worth fighting, and reading this gave me a lot of comfort while I'm grieving this so hard.**stephyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10047873385595074389noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8092454655191120011.post-63075713150716133992010-11-04T15:06:00.001-07:002010-11-04T15:20:29.647-07:00by the powers vested in me, i digested mc'sIt's that time again! An onslaught of what I've loved on the internets today.Haunting version of "Creep" with equally haunting dolls acting out my high school years.Creep (Radiohead) - Scala & Kolacny Brothers from Alex Heller on Vimeo.I like this New York Magazine article on the best rap lyrics.Here is how Taiwan saw the US midterm elections.Don Draper says "what" a lot:Here's an stephyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10047873385595074389noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8092454655191120011.post-49991053311777925802010-11-03T15:27:00.000-07:002010-11-06T12:27:25.153-07:00holding patternI'd like to post my thoughts on the stuff that's going on at my church because that part of my community is huge for me, and also because people have said they don't know what to do with their grief over this and that it helps them to read they're not the only ones grieving. We need a fallout shelter of some sort. One thing I'm glad about is the pace at which this is going. It's been a month stephyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10047873385595074389noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8092454655191120011.post-23301901380569325002010-11-02T07:35:00.001-07:002011-03-17T09:40:37.824-07:00the revival of hammerhead theaterTen years ago I had a vexing coworker and to cope I wrote down what she did and emailed it to voyueristic friends (this was before I had any idea what a blog was) and called it Hammerhead Theater. I called her Hammerhead in these emails (HH for short) because the same week I started working with her there was a Dilbert cartoon that featured Hammerhead Bob, who would bound into your cube and say "stephyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10047873385595074389noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8092454655191120011.post-40555688113564049152010-10-28T10:24:00.000-07:002010-10-28T10:35:48.772-07:00two things. no, three!My heart is torn up about what is continuing to happen at church. If the people who made this decision at church could hear people (grown men, even) crying in such a gutteral way from so much grief, I wonder if it would change their minds.On another serious note, here is this wonderful clip. On a happier note, David gets back from Japan today! He just texted that he landed. This is what he was stephyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10047873385595074389noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8092454655191120011.post-69582872657018269602010-10-23T11:51:00.000-07:002010-10-23T11:53:19.975-07:0015 authorsMy answers to that thing going round on Facebook.Name fifteen authors (poets included) who've influenced you and who will always stick with you. List the first fifteen you can recall in no more than fifteen minutes. 1. Roald Dahl2. CS Lewis3. Beverly Cleary4. Ann M. Martin5. Flannery O'Connor6. Dave Eggers7. David Dark8. M. Scott Peck9. John Kennedy O'Toole10. David Sedaris11. Lorrie Moore12. stephyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10047873385595074389noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8092454655191120011.post-53263351276791960972010-10-22T16:04:00.000-07:002010-10-22T16:14:33.499-07:00kitties in sweatersYesterday I emailed this picture to Jona, Carrie and Simone, and their responses cracked me up.Jona: "STOP THAT RIGHT NOW!Simone: "AHHHHHHH! Who can be sad after they saw a kitten in a sweater? I keep telling Gregg that I feel like Marnie needs clothes. She's too much of a lady to be walking around nekkid."Carrie (who has no link because she deleted her blog to the detriment of society): "IT stephyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10047873385595074389noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8092454655191120011.post-11707996391076832222010-10-21T11:21:00.001-07:002010-10-21T11:22:40.608-07:00the acts 29 philosophy on church plantingThis is unfortunately all too true. This is their formula.stephyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10047873385595074389noreply@blogger.com2