I know there are people around here (myself included) who have some fondness/familiarity with Taize, the Christian religious community in France. The community's founder was murdered yesterday during a prayer service. Awful.
Brother Roger founded the Taize religious community in 1940 emphasizing the need for all Christians to come together in peace, love and reconciliation. The Taize ecumenical community, which is near Macon, 240 miles southeast of Paris, draws tens of thousands of Christian youths from around the world each year for prayer and meditation.
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It's heartbreaking.
It's good that these sides are being covered, too. For the longest time, only the radicals, the toad-blockers, the ones who threatened and shouted were those who got the headlines, that the fact that these are people who have to leave their homes (again, regardless of any political opinion) seemed to be put aside.
anyone whose life is touched by the evacuation
The whole of Israel, in a way. It's such a small country. You either know somebody who lives there, does business there, serves there in the army or used to serve there. You can't not. Israel is much less than "six degrees of separation". And thanks.
I don't want to bring the board down. Is there anything like the lovely questions msbelle sometimes posts that we can play with? Like "what fictional character did you most want to be?" or "what is the first movie you remember watching?" or "where would you like to spend your next vacation, real or fictional place?" or "who will portray you in a movie about your life and why?". Only, you know, better.
The community's founder was murdered yesterday during a prayer service. Awful.
Terrible. And although this is trivial, I think salon should take a minute to consider which ads to put in which articles. The ad for HBO's new show Rome, complete with slashing weapons, may not have been the best choice for that particular article.
And then my iPod froze up.
I am listening to "Shut Your Mouth". Loudly.
Like "what fictional character did you most want to be?" or "what is the first movie you remember watching?" or "where would you like to spend your next vacation, real or fictional place?" or "who will portray you in a movie about your life and why?". Only, you know, better.
Superman, Superman, I think Vegas, and I'm gonna go with Kevin Spacey because I like to think I'm complicated.
The community's founder was murdered yesterday during a prayer service. Awful.
That is awful. He sounds like an amazing person. I'd never heard of his community before.
The ad for HBO's new show Rome, complete with slashing weapons, may not have been the best choice for that particular article.
I got one about big pharma. They may have let randomness take over.
I got one about big pharma. They may have let randomness take over.
I guess it would be tough to pull one out of rotation then. Hopefully when V for Vendetta starts advertising it won't coincide with an article about the London bombings.
the toad-blockers
This is uplifting! An excellent typo.
Personally, I block toads by putting things like screen doors in their way. No point in letting toads into the house.
(I have been following the whole settlement-leaving thing only vaguely, front page photos in the news, etc. Quite a few images of one-on-one argumentation, many angry and/or crying, but none showcasing anything violent, unless you count the hand-gestures of vehement argument.)
Here is a fun one: what are you having/did you have for lunch? What is your ideal workday lunch? (i.e. no cheating and saying "three martinis" unless you've ever really gotten away with that.)
i.e. no cheating and saying "three martinis" unless you've ever really gotten away with that.
When I was a kid, there were all these movies and TV shows depicting business men who had minibars in their offices. Now that I'm grown up I feel deprived....
