Blog Of The Hurricane

2006-05-08T14:12:00.000-07:00

I Like To Think I'm Smarter Than This Blog Lets On I've been meaning for a while to get on this damn thing and say a few words about King Dork. Those few words being: Frank nailed the dead father. Seriously, that aspect of the book blew me out of the water with how much it sort of paralleled my own coming to grips with the passing of my father. I've never gone quite as far as the character in

2006-02-19T13:11:00.000-08:00

If You Try To Be A Martyr...... I'll start this off by sharing a conversation I just had on the phone with my mother about an hour ago: Me: I need to tell you something....I don't think you're going to be very happy. Mom: What? Me: *long pause* I'm taking a break from Christianity. Mom: Phweew.... I thought you were going to tell me you quit your job. My mom then went on to tell me that I

2006-01-28T12:08:00.000-08:00

May Petals Update We finally got a song up on The May Petals myspace page that is an actual May Petals song. We've been working on an album with my brother doing all the producing/engineering what not. The album is going to be called Regina and will have eight or nine songs on it, I did all of the songwriting except for one tune which I co-wrote with Josiah. I think everyone involved with this

2006-01-10T23:15:00.000-08:00

I Got One Of Them There MySpaces A few buddies of mine and myself have began work on a country/bluegrass collective commonly referred to as The May Petals. A few days ago we finally got around to settting up one of those myspace thingies people are always raving about. There's only one song on there, and I'm not sure it's a proper representation of what the band is about. Contrary to the novel

2006-01-10T22:14:00.000-08:00

Let's See If I Remember How To Do This It's been a long time since I just sat down and wrote about what's been on my mind lately. That's mainly due to the fact that I'm not going to write about anything unless I can be as specific as possible. No metaphors or vague stream of conscious what nots, if I'm going to put my personal turmoil online for anyone to read, then I want everyone to know

2005-12-27T21:30:00.000-08:00

The Heartstrings Of The Arizona Judicial System My good friend Josiah and I have recently taken up the amusing hobby of doing other people's homework for them. I've been a college graduate for eleven days now and I'm already starting to miss it. Josiah has posted a recent essay we collaborated on over on his blog. The student in question was supposed to read it in class, and for some reason

2005-10-02T20:57:00.000-07:00

Playstation-10 Years Of "Passion"

2005-09-29T09:46:00.000-07:00

Commemorating The One Hundred Year Anniversary Of "The Protocols Of The Elders Of Zion" -quote- >>For example, the president of the Middle East Center for Studies and Public Relations, Hisham Jaber, appeared on Hezbollah's Al-Manar TV on July 11, 2005 stating: "I believe the events of 9-11 were not… perpetrated by Al Qaeda alone…it is global Zionism that stands to gain the most from this…we

2005-09-29T09:21:00.000-07:00

Gay Activist Gets Gitty At The Prospect Of Falwell Kind Of Sorta Changing His Tune But Not Really -quote- >>"I asked him three questions," said White, during a trip last week to Washington. "I asked, 'Did Jerry say it?' He said, 'Yes.' I asked, 'Did Jerry mean it?' He said, 'Yes.' I asked, 'Will Jerry retract it?' He said, 'No.' I said, 'Thank Jerry for that.' " ...... Members of Falwell's

2005-09-28T20:36:00.000-07:00

Ultimate Warrior Is Kind Of A Dick -quote- >>As for you, Booby Heenan, it’s just too difficult to keep a straight face talking about the pure two-faced bag of shit you are (and have always been), what,with you also actually wearing one as a piece of body jewelry. You are dying, dis-eased on the inside, and no more time is left to get back any of the integritythat matters the most on death’s bed

2005-09-28T20:00:00.000-07:00

The True Third Secret Of Our Lady Of Fatima Mary is God. -quote- >>I have been accused several times of propagating a baseless claim. Indeed, on my own, my only reference is the private revelation that Our Blessed Mother entrusted to me. << -end quote- The whole website is shitloads of fun.

2005-09-28T19:25:00.000-07:00

The Portrayal Of Airline Cabin Crew Members As Evil-doers Adds Further Insult To Long-standing Hollywood Stereotypes -quote- >>A union statement issued on Tuesday also complained that other flight attendants in the film are shown as being "rude, unhelpful and uncaring." << -end quote-

2005-09-27T14:01:00.000-07:00

Bruce Willis Is Smart.

2005-09-27T13:51:00.000-07:00

Madonna Records Kabbalah Song For New Album It's called "Isaac". It's about this guy. Should be pretty good. Although not nearly as good as Cat Stevens' "A Is For Allah".

2005-09-27T13:33:00.000-07:00

I Always Thought The Navigators Seemed Like The Campus Ministry Most Likely To Debate The Hippie-ness Of Jesus -quote- >>"I tend to agree with the author Don Miller when he says that hippies have a lot figured out because they love each other and they love nature, probably more than a lot of Christians," Allison Smith '06 said. "We don't know if Jesus would have smoked pot -- he's not here

2005-09-27T09:56:00.000-07:00

Pittsburgh Union Gets Slightly Less Stupid

2005-09-27T09:34:00.000-07:00

Isn't That Just Common Sense? -quote- >>His remarks were echoed by Tom Butler, the Bishop of Southwark, who said he would not have sent his children to a Muslim school. He said: "Although religion is taken seriously in a Muslim school, I think the particular insight of Islam is ... is not mine."<< -end quote- Well put.

2005-09-27T09:05:00.000-07:00

If Muslims Can't Enjoy The State Enforcement Of Faith Based Arbitration..... ....then no one will. -quote- >>Over the years, Jews, Catholics, Jehovah’s Witnesses, Mennonites, and aboriginals, among others, made use of arbitration to settle family law questions without using Ontario’s court system. The system quietly worked. “If there have been any problems flowing from any rabbinical court

2005-09-26T14:13:00.000-07:00

THOSE DIRTY MOTHER FUCKERS*!! * I think from here on out "dirty mother fuckers" will be my standard designation for Anglican bishops.

2005-09-26T14:07:00.000-07:00

The Poster Child For Moderate Islam -quote- >>Leader in the war on terror, survivor of al-Qaida assassination attempts, advocate of moderate Islam: Pakistan's President Gen. Pervez Musharraf has emerged as a darling of the West since the Sept. 11 attacks. ....... This week, Musharraf returned from a U.S. visit marred by controversy over his reportedly telling The Washington Post that many

2005-09-26T13:56:00.000-07:00

Apparently Cat Stevens Has "Lightened Up" -quote- >>YUSUF ISLAM, the singer formerly known as Cat Stevens and one of Britain’s highest- profile Muslim converts, is to release his first album for nearly 30 years. The decision to return to the studio indicates that Islam, 58, is ready to bridge the gap between his adopted religion and pop music, which he previously derided as “a world of sin and

2005-09-26T13:45:00.000-07:00

Islam Will Be On Everyone's Face

2005-09-26T13:34:00.000-07:00

No Alcholic Priests? They can't be serious. -quote- >>Dr. Robert Bell of Sedona, who attends St. John Vianney there, said the focus on homosexuality could be a "smoke screen to blame the sexual-abuse scandal on the homosexuals and not the bishops who allowed it to occur." "It would be far better to screen out those seminarians who are likely to become alcoholics," he said. George Garbel

2005-09-26T13:19:00.000-07:00

Hey, This Guy Thinks The ELCA Isn't Liberal Enough! -quote- >>Ron said he knows that he and his team can’t change their denomination, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.“I don’t think the church as a whole is ready to change just yet,” he said.<< -end quote- But, why should the ELCA make the leap from accepting homosexual behavior to flat out encouraging it? Well, certainly there are

2005-09-26T12:13:00.000-07:00

Cardinal Sells Out The Conclave That dirty son of a bitch. Although, in all honesty, I'd probably do the exact same thing if the money was right.