Stockholm Syndrome!

The most exciting news in months: after a nasty battle with his record label, Derek Webb's controversial new album, Stockholm Syndrome is now available! The only way to get the full album as Derek intended it is to preorder the album and get an instant download. Plus, there are all kinds of extra goodies, like a subscription to Derek's upcoming fan-chosen cover project and a 60-minute documentary! You'll have trouble deciding on which package to buy!

Check it out!

Free at last

I finally finished Ron Hansen's novel "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford". It's a long read, due to the style, but it's quite interesting and beautiful. What a fascinating true story and characters. Watch the film, too.

Dog rant (pardon me)

Why oh why aren't there rules to govern rural dog owners' practices? I just walked to the post office, and some huge dumb dog followed me the entire way, running around and around my feet. Why would anyone put up with such things? Do people want raccoons running around their feet as they walk to the store? And last time I tried to take a walk, three dogs came running out at me from various lawns, barking and growling. I can't walk outside my own house!

Keep it on your own property, people, and keep it from menacing those walking by! Or I'll unleash my cat upon an unsuspecting town....

Summer Visitor

When I was young, we used to have turtles ambling through our yard every year. It's been a long time since I saw one, though. A couple of weeks ago, I was driving down some dirt roads here in Warren Center and came across this beautiful wood turtle in the middle of the road. I brought her home for a few hours. She was a speedy girl!

"Let the Flames Begin" by Paramore

What a shame we all became such fragile, broken things.
A memory remains
just a tiny spark.
I give it all my oxygen,
so let the flames begin.
so let the flames begin.

Oh, glory.
Oh, glory.
This is how we'll dance when,
When they try to take us down.
This is what we'll be.
Oh, glory.

Somewhere weakness is our strength,
And I'll die searching for it.
I can't let myself regret
such selfishness.
My pain and all the trouble caused,
No matter how long
I believe that there's hope
Buried beneath it all and
Hiding beneath it all, and
Growing beneath it all, and...

This is how we'll dance when,
When they try to take us down
This is how we'll sing it.
This is how we'll stand when
When they burn our houses down.
This is what we'll be.
Oh, glory.

Reaching as I sink down into light.
Reaching as I sink down into light.

This is how we'll dance when,
When they try to take us down
This is how we'll sing it.
This is how we'll stand when,
When they burn our houses down.
This is what we'll be.
Oh, glory.

A Life-sized Whale

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Newton Faulkner

I just want to make sure everyone out there has bought a copy of Newton Faulkner's debut album, "Hand Built By Robots". You won't be sorry.