Ashes to Ashes '09

Ash Wednesday is my favorite holiday. I'm not quite sure why. I suspect that it has something to do with the ambiance that death lends to life. I like to walk through graveyards with well-crafted, yet aged stones and statues. There's something special about adorning death with art. Furthermore, I'm a night person. The veil of darkness adds mystery to my surrounding world. When done well liturgically, Ash Wednesday captures those feels quite well.My...

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"Legalism Destroys"

It's the old tag line from a site I used to frequent a few years ago. It served as a home for those who had been wounded by the church because of their cultural or sexual identities. Basically, it was a place for Christian (or otherwise) pariahs. Over time, activity dwindled, we moved to LJ, and the site withered away.A few days ago, I was asked by the founder if I thought it would be worth it to revive the site. Interesting question, especially since I had recently been thinking about it and what kind of potential it might have for today....

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Firefly

Recently I borrowed Firefly (again) from InvaderTim. Good series. When it was on TV, I wasn't interested. Now, I thought it would be a good series for inspiration while working on the sci-fi game.When I first saw Firefly, I had yet to see Buffy or Angel (also not interested while they were on TV). While watching Firefly this time around, I've noticed something. Angel and Buffy seemed to have a knack for not only telling a quick story, but also for...

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Transitioning

As I start to revive this blog, I suddenly realize a small problem. "Eclectic Mass" is now the name of the spirituality group I am trying to put together (Eclectic Mass). I turned my website into the group's site, and now I think I should do something with this blog. I might change the addy to "irreverance" and come up with another bann...

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Day Off

Ahh, if only I could get up whenever I wanted every day of the week. My plans:~meet with a friend ~continue reading Emergence: The Connected Life of Ants, Brains, Cities, and Software, which is proving to be quite good~work on the game a bit~contact people about Walter Wink~and my cat insists that I play with herNot very ambitious. That should make for a good d...

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Seth Godin on Creativity

A very interesting blog thought. Maybe I needed the reminder that what is "creative" for me isn't going to be the same as what is "creative" for someone else. Creativity and stretching the sweatshirt.There are also some other interesting articles on the...

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Hey There Cthulhu: The Photomontage Video

Gotta love it....

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Reviving the Blog?

I think I just might do that. I haven't kept up well on my LJ. I like it, but I'm lazy. The original plan with this was for EclecticMass to be personal and ECFNet to be theological. I think I might try to do that. If I go there, I will want to go hunt down some old stuff for very late cross posting.It's just something I'm consideri...

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