Monthly Archives: July 2009

So Drink Your Last Cup Of Sorrow Already

Posted on July 31, 2009 by Jerry Wilson

There’s something fundamentally disinteresting about people who strike a contrarian pose for the sake of getting attention only to complain about the attention they receive when (shock!) it’s negative. Apparently they are so enamored with their own prose it is … Continue reading →

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Captain Lou

Posted on July 30, 2009 by Jerry Wilson

I called him Captain Lou even though as he would oft remind me he never rose that far in the ranks. But he was a US Navy man through and through, fiercely proud of the time he spent in the … Continue reading →

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Only 526,775 Places Behind (And Proud Of It, Sort Of)

Posted on July 29, 2009 by Jerry Wilson

As I write this, God’s Not Dead (And Neither Are We) is the five hundred and twenty-sixth thousandth, seven hundred and seventy-sixth best selling book on Amazon. Culture Of Corruption by Michelle Malkin is first, joining the most recent tomes … Continue reading →

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Cheap Talk

Posted on July 28, 2009 by Jerry Wilson

Talk is cheap. Except on the Internet, where it’s pretty much wholesale with free samplers available upon request. Or when not requested. One of the many services offered by and for humanity. The cheapest of cheap talk comes from the … Continue reading →

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Some Of What It Means To Be A Believer

Posted on July 27, 2009 by Jerry Wilson

To be a believer often puts oneself in strange situations. As an example, consider the scenario Jesus faced as recorded in the eighth chapter of John when He stared down a crowd in defense of a woman who had committed … Continue reading →

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When Words Fail

Posted on July 26, 2009 by Jerry Wilson

Sometimes the words don’t come easily. Sometimes not at all. There is a measure of sorrow in my heart as I look at the world in which I live. So many things I don’t understand; so many things I wish … Continue reading →

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Saturday Night At The Music Video Movies

Posted on July 25, 2009 by Jerry Wilson

Long live the Who! [youtube jfGOGv4aock nolink] In the controversial department, “What Matters More” by Derek Webb from his new album Stockholm Syndrome: [youtube KC0j6FTg1xU nolink] From back when they had long and/or funky hair, Kings’s X: [video http://www.diecast-dude.com/gac/kings_x_over_my_head.flv nolink] … Continue reading →

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Disease Of Conceit

Posted on July 24, 2009 by Jerry Wilson

Buried deep in Bob Dylan’s catalog is Oh Mercy, the record he released in 1989. On it is a song that garnered little attention. Yet it slices deep. The song is “Disease Of Conceit.” One of the more ironic elements … Continue reading →

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I’m Now Fifty, So Naturally I’m Going To Talk About A Sixteen Year Old… And Get Your Mind Out Of The Gutter, It’s Not That

Posted on July 23, 2009 by Jerry Wilson

It’s my birthday. Rather than some weighty ruminations on reaching the half-century mark, how’s about I reprint my most recent column for the Examiner? Demi Lovato’s antidote for teenage pressure Pity the Christian parent of a teenage daughter or daughters … Continue reading →

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A Relatively Realistic Birthday Wish List

Posted on July 22, 2009 by Jerry Wilson

Tomorrow is my birthday. Naturally, this means I want presents. Rather than wishing for the at best impractical dovetailing into implausible (“I want a million dollars and a pony”), or that which will lead into either maudlin moroseness or me … Continue reading →

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