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I’ve been reading Christopher Morley’s The Haunted Bookshop, a delightful book full of great little observations written in that style so prevalent during the 40’s. I’ve been writing down a bunch of passages that caught my eye, but on the train this morning I ran into one that I had to share. If you love type, you’ll appreciate Aubrey’s (who works in the advertising/publicity business) description of the delightful Miss Titiana,Titania’s face, shining with young vitality, seemed to him more “attention-compelling” than any ten-point Caslon type-arrangement he had ever seen. He admired the layout of her face from the standpoint…
From a quote in an article on the Catholic nature of LOTR comes a gem from Tolkien explaining what hope is and succinctly describes the source for a Christians hope. The scene the passage refers to is that of Aragorn’s death, when Arwen calls Aragorn by his true name, Estel.This scene is illuminated by a remarkable dialogue about death between the High Elf King Finrod and the human woman Andreth. The dialogue goes back to very early times, before the story of Beren and Luthien, the ancient pattern of the story of Aragorn and Arwen. Andreth loves an Elf, Finrod’s…
I spent a couple days with some friends of mine working on lighting setups for interview situations. My friends are into movie making and anything to do with cameras and lenses is of interest to me. I wanted to take some time to write down some of the things I learned while playing the setups.The first and most important observation was that the purpose of lighting is to bring out lines and features of a persons face. The key features of the face to look at when balancing the light are the nose, the jaw line, and the line that…
I’ll admit, this post is prompted more by the fact that there isn’t much on the front page than my anything else. I feel compelled to explain myself, which isn’t, by necessity, a bad thing.Past few weeks have been dull. Not in the sense that there hasn’t been things going on, but in the sense that in spite of the things going on, I still feel a bit empty, like I’ve misplaced my ability to focus on my goals and want very much to take a long long vacation. ;)I got bogged down with a cold a week or so…
Because its the cool thing to do on the block these days, A List Apart has t-shirts. This post is only here so I don’t forget which ones I like when I start buying t-shirts in 2007 (the official Walljm Year of the T-Shirt).Redesign/Realign | XHTML Fist | Warning
I’ve not disappeared. Honest. I’ve been engrossed in the idea of Faith, its implication, and its role in Christianity. I’ve been spending a good deal of time thinking about it. It has lead me to some research into Epistemology (fascinating field of philosophy), some research into the Doctrine of Scripture, and some other things. I have the text of my sermon last Wed that I want to publish here, but its not ready. After writing it, I discovered there was a good deal more I wanted to cover. I hope to do that in my sermon today. After that I’ll…
I remember while growing up, a constant in my lifeThe presence felt of Faith in God, and knowing that it matteredHow you chose to live with Him,
Its Fall here in the midwest and I’ve been feeling more lately. Things always feel more saturated in the Fall, as though the richness of the colors bleeds into life. ;)Mostly its my over active emotional personality. I’ve not been posting much, and the photos have trickled to a halt. This is because photoblogish type material has been in short supply. You would think this kind of season would awaken my creative energies, and you would be right. But in a perverse turn of events, my creative energies have taken me right straight away from by blog.I’m working on a…
I’ve improved the ability to link to specific passages in the Ajax Bible. The passage header now links to the passage, so you can just copy the link and paste it into your blog post or web page. Additionally, the links to strongs numbers can also be copied, and when pasted into another web page will link back into the bible and display the correct strongs definition.
Tv, on most cameras is the designation for Shutter Priority mode, a mode that will allow you to select a shutter speed that stays constant and forces the Camera to select an appropriate aperture to compensate. Well, I was wondering today why it was labeled Tv? So I googled. The answer is it stands for Time Value. The little “v” in all those designations stands for value. For instance, the Av mode stands for Aperture Value and allows you to select a specific aperture (that would be the diameter of the hole that opens up to let light onto the…
Last few days have seen hundreds that didn’t get caught by the blacklist. So I implimented akismet. We’ll see if it works. If you encounter trouble commenting though, please drop me an email and I’ll look into it.Update:I believe it is working now.Thanks,
He was on the train this morning. I didn’t see him until he got up for his stop and Union Station. He was wearing a tight fitting navy blue workout shirt and overly baggy blue camoflage cargo pants. When he got up from his seat, he stood by the door and assumed a defiant pose. He was wearing large black sunglasses with rhinestones inset on the sides. He wore an expressions that said that somewhere, deep inside, he understood the ridiculousness of his appearance, and that he dared anyone to think less of him for it.
She was probably 5’4" and was over weight, but what drew your attention was the blue dress. It was the kind you expected to see in a ballet, somewhat gauzey. It had straps, and came down to her knees. She was dark, and the light almost sky blue color of the dress contrasted with her skin. I remember she had some sort of chaulky substance on her cheeks, and it reminded me of natives from africa or south america.
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I saw a man on the train platform yesterday at Forest Park Station. He was wearing a white t-shirt, and I remember noticing him because his neck jutted out from his shoulders. He was tall and had red hair and a beard.
Percy writes in a pace that I can only describe as even. The story doesn’t have rhythm like the sea has rhythm, the pace moving slower the faster, instead there is only a steady unfolding, a constant dialog with no pauses or breaks.Percy wrote, in the Thanatos Syndome, that Tom said, “small disconnected facts, if you take note of them, have a way of becoming connected.” I remember thinking that this is true, but often the connections are worthless or unsubstantiated. You should be careful about drawing connections between things with little to go on.The Thanatos Syndrome is written in…
He was born on yesterday. Read more about Allen and Megan’s new baby here, with photos here and video here. Congratulations!
From a trip I took a few months ago…There was group of senior ladies waiting to board, laughing and talking in an easy banter that comes with time and knowing people you like for a long time.