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Jesus’ Furniture Warehouse
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Jesus’ Furniture Warehouse

Last night, we went furniture shopping. As it turns out, we live quite close to the world's largest furniture store. (After shopping IKEA stores in Los Angeles and Atlanta, I doubt the truth of Miskelly's claims. To their credit, though, they do run...

February 2, 2006
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Watch for the Buffet Scam!
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Watch for the Buffet Scam!

We've seen it four times now: different players every time, but the script is the same: 1) A large group of people (usually three or four adults and some children) comes into a Chinese restaurant for the all-you-can-eat buffet. 2) Everyone in the...

January 30, 2006
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Of Passports and Twelve Percent
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Of Passports and Twelve Percent

Twelve percent of Americans own a passport. Twelve percent. Fully seventy-eight percent of Americans have never bothered -- and do not plan to bother -- to see the world. For someone like me -- someone obsessed with travel, someone already ready to...

January 28, 2006
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Chicago, Customs, O’Hare, My Bags
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Chicago, Customs, O’Hare, My Bags

On our way home from Italy, we are routed through Chicago. Our trip through Passport Control and Customs is uneventful, but our exit from these two areas dumps us into the most peculiar and confusing Passenger Hell I’ve ever encountered. After...

January 6, 2006
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Straight Folks Say the Darnedest Things II
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Straight Folks Say the Darnedest Things II

Back when I worked at SkyTel, Ben was one of our customer service trainers. Sharp as a tack and totally professional, Ben was the sort of person you suspected might sleep dressed in a suit and tie. Chronologically, he was in his early twenties, but...

November 30, 2005
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On the Gay Lifestyle
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On the Gay Lifestyle

On a bright, sunny Saturday, after the writing is done, we find ourselves outdoors on a cool November day. We stop in at New Vibrations, Karen Parker's amazing new age store, to pass along a signed copy of the new book. From there, we walk to...

November 14, 2005
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I Ching Widget for OS X – Instant Hexagram Casting
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I Ching Widget for OS X – Instant Hexagram Casting

My latest book,"I Ching For Beginners" (Mark McElroy), is designed to make the I Ching, an ancient book of wisdom, easier for everyday folks to work with. To consult the oracle, you: 1) define your question 2) generate a hexagram (a six-line figure...

November 11, 2005
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Straight Folks Say the Darnedest Things
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Straight Folks Say the Darnedest Things

Exactly thirteen years ago this month, I officially left the Church of Christ, resigned my post at a Bible College (a sort of seminary), moved in with Clyde, and "came out of the closet." Since making the resolution to be honest about who I am and...

November 11, 2005
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Being and Saying
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Being and Saying

At one point, we find ourselves shopping in the sort of glitzy shop (polished stones, Thai handicrafts) that caters to busloads of Japanese tourists. Anyone entering the store is assigned a "shadow" -- a sales rep who hovers ten feet behind you...

October 27, 2005
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Sunny Seattle
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Sunny Seattle

Seattle on a sunny Saturday -- the perfect opportunity to stroll in the park down at the Ballard Locks with good friends. Happy as I am to have the camera phone ... next time, I've got to remember to bring my digital camera. (The world's just got...

September 10, 2005
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