This I believe

I heard this essay read on NPR this morning.    As a lapsed Catholic with religious blinders on, I was surprised at how hard this piece hit me.  Father Richard Rohr’s opening statement is so simple, and yet it indicates a great depth of thought:
I believe in mystery and multiplicity. To religious believers this may sound almost [...]

Roommate not wanted

I loved this post on interview questions for potential roommates. 
One of the best things about no longer being poor/living in an affordable city/being married is that I don’t have to sweat the roommates.  I was spoiled in college and the worst I got was a Jesus freak who would talk to her boyfriend on [...]

Marathon

My two siblings and I are going to run a marathon next year.  One of the two does not know this yet, or has ignored my e-mail, but I just have this feeling that we’re all going to do it and we’ll do it together.  Very exciting.
I really want to finish in under 4 hours.  [...]

Lil’ John, The NPR Years

I’m officially old.  Today, I caught myself slapping the steering wheel as I laughed outloud during Robert Christgau’s review of Crunk Hits Vol. 2 on NPR.  I used to think that  just listening to NPR on my commute made me old, but I learned to attribute that habit to hipness rather than age.  All the hipsters listen [...]