Baghdad Burning: "It sometimes seems, from this part of the world, that democracy in America revolves around the presidential elections- not the major decisions. War and peace in America are in the average American’s hands about as much as they are in mine. Sure, you can vote for this man or that one, but in the end, there’s something bigger, more intricate and quite sinister behind the decisions. Like in that board game Monopoly, you can choose the game pieces- the little shoe, the car, the top hat… but you can’t choose the way the game is played. The faces change but the intentions and the policy remain the same.
"
Tuesday, January 25, 2005
CREATION MUSEUM TO OPEN IN PETERSBURG, KY (courtesy of T. Moiser)
"Other exhibits in the museum will blame
homosexuals for Aids."
http://www.portal.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/01/02/weden02.xml&pos=portal_puff3
In the beginning . . . Adam walked with dinosaurs
By James Langton in New York
(Filed: 02/01/2005)
With its towering dinosaurs and a model of the Grand
Canyon, America's newest tourist attraction might look
like the ideal destination for fans of
the film Jurassic Park.
The new multi-million-dollar Museum of Creation, which
will open this spring in Kentucky, will, however, be
aimed not at film buffs, but at the growing ranks of
fundamentalist Christians in the United States.
It aims to promote the view that man was created in
his present shape by God, as the Bible states, rather
than by a Darwinian process of evolution,
as scientists insist.
The museum, which has cost a mighty $25 million (£13
million) will be the world's first significant natural
history collection devoted to creationist
theory. It has been set up by Ken Ham, an Australian
evangelist, who runs Answers in Genesis, one of
America's most prominent creationist
organizations. He said that his aim was to use
tourism, and the theme park's striking exhibits, to
convert more people to the view that the world and its
creatures, including dinosaurs, were created by God
6,000 years ago.
"Market research companies hired by the museum are
predicting at least 300,000 visitors in the first
year, who will pay $10 (£5.80) each...
The museum's opening will reinforce the burgeoning
creationist movement and evangelical Christianity in
the US, which gained further strength with the
re-election of President Bush in November...
"Since President Bush's re-election we have been
getting more membership applications than we can
handle,'' said Mr Ham, who expects not just the
devout, but also the curious, to flock through the
turnstiles. "The evolutionary elite will be getting a
wake-up call..."
homosexuals for Aids."
http://www.portal.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/01/02/weden02.xml&pos=portal_puff3
In the beginning . . . Adam walked with dinosaurs
By James Langton in New York
(Filed: 02/01/2005)
With its towering dinosaurs and a model of the Grand
Canyon, America's newest tourist attraction might look
like the ideal destination for fans of
the film Jurassic Park.
The new multi-million-dollar Museum of Creation, which
will open this spring in Kentucky, will, however, be
aimed not at film buffs, but at the growing ranks of
fundamentalist Christians in the United States.
It aims to promote the view that man was created in
his present shape by God, as the Bible states, rather
than by a Darwinian process of evolution,
as scientists insist.
The museum, which has cost a mighty $25 million (£13
million) will be the world's first significant natural
history collection devoted to creationist
theory. It has been set up by Ken Ham, an Australian
evangelist, who runs Answers in Genesis, one of
America's most prominent creationist
organizations. He said that his aim was to use
tourism, and the theme park's striking exhibits, to
convert more people to the view that the world and its
creatures, including dinosaurs, were created by God
6,000 years ago.
"Market research companies hired by the museum are
predicting at least 300,000 visitors in the first
year, who will pay $10 (£5.80) each...
The museum's opening will reinforce the burgeoning
creationist movement and evangelical Christianity in
the US, which gained further strength with the
re-election of President Bush in November...
"Since President Bush's re-election we have been
getting more membership applications than we can
handle,'' said Mr Ham, who expects not just the
devout, but also the curious, to flock through the
turnstiles. "The evolutionary elite will be getting a
wake-up call..."
Monday, January 17, 2005
Monday.
Dianna and Cherie took a bus trip, I went to the Jesuiten Kirche to see if I could sing there. Last time I was there, the church was empty and quiet. Today, there was a tape playing (Gregorian Chant, of course). I saw a man working there, and asked him if it would be ok for me to sing, and he turned off the tape so that I could. (I don't remember what I said, my German is not good at all for conversing).
I practiced and recorded quite a few piece. When people come in, I stop practicing and simply sing. People seem to like to hear Requiem and Kyrie from familiar masses.
Wonderful. Awesome. Challenging. And, just like the silo at Bernheim, you kno it's time to go when your toes are frozen.
Recordings made on this day seem to have good diction--the sounds aren't swallowed up--but I hear too much of myself. Tomorrow I'll record from further away.
Dianna and Cherie took a bus trip, I went to the Jesuiten Kirche to see if I could sing there. Last time I was there, the church was empty and quiet. Today, there was a tape playing (Gregorian Chant, of course). I saw a man working there, and asked him if it would be ok for me to sing, and he turned off the tape so that I could. (I don't remember what I said, my German is not good at all for conversing).
I practiced and recorded quite a few piece. When people come in, I stop practicing and simply sing. People seem to like to hear Requiem and Kyrie from familiar masses.
Wonderful. Awesome. Challenging. And, just like the silo at Bernheim, you kno it's time to go when your toes are frozen.
Recordings made on this day seem to have good diction--the sounds aren't swallowed up--but I hear too much of myself. Tomorrow I'll record from further away.
Sunday, January 16, 2005
Heidelberg
10 Uhr Mass at Jesuiten Kirche. Children’s choir, organ, alto recorder. Young soloist.
Presider was very comforting and engaging.
Recessional: organ only.
Hymn numbers projected on the wall when needed.
Dagmar and Martin met us to go to Speyer, on the Rhine River. It was COLD!. Foggy.
The cathedral is Gothic, amazing. Couldn’t sing there, music playing. Archdiocese offices were across the street.
We went in St. Joseph’s Church, a beautiful church with clean, spare lines. Beautiful. This would be a good place to sing with our choir someday.
Dagmar’s favorite church is the protestant church nearby with the statue of Martin Luther in front. (I can’t remember its name). It was closed for lunch time when we got there.
Fish soup for lunch.
Anna’s hockey.
Supper: leftovers and liver & rice & potato cakes & applesauce.
Philip had a flat tire. (Later we found out it was three. The tires were old, probably dry-rotted. )
Presider was very comforting and engaging.
Recessional: organ only.
Hymn numbers projected on the wall when needed.
Dagmar and Martin met us to go to Speyer, on the Rhine River. It was COLD!. Foggy.
The cathedral is Gothic, amazing. Couldn’t sing there, music playing. Archdiocese offices were across the street.
We went in St. Joseph’s Church, a beautiful church with clean, spare lines. Beautiful. This would be a good place to sing with our choir someday.
Dagmar’s favorite church is the protestant church nearby with the statue of Martin Luther in front. (I can’t remember its name). It was closed for lunch time when we got there.
Fish soup for lunch.
Anna’s hockey.
Supper: leftovers and liver & rice & potato cakes & applesauce.
Philip had a flat tire. (Later we found out it was three. The tires were old, probably dry-rotted. )
Saturday, January 15, 2005
Heidelberg
Breakfast at Denner
We drove to Strassburg, France with Philip and Laura.
Autobahn. Philip is good. He was upset, though, because even though it was very cold, the sun was shining in Heidelberg for the first time in weeks. As we left Heidelberg, though, the fog and clouds closed in. We sang sun songs.
Strassburg Cathedral of Notre Dame, once the tallest building in the world. I sang, of course.
The town was Roman ‡ German ‡ French.
Dog piles had little signs on them. (Go figure!)
Christmas decorations and medieval streets.
Gas, grocery ad home.
Dinner w. Dagmar, Martin and Eva. Pork and spatezle; salads, cheese and wine dessert, then ice cream dessert!
We drove to Strassburg, France with Philip and Laura.
Autobahn. Philip is good. He was upset, though, because even though it was very cold, the sun was shining in Heidelberg for the first time in weeks. As we left Heidelberg, though, the fog and clouds closed in. We sang sun songs.
Strassburg Cathedral of Notre Dame, once the tallest building in the world. I sang, of course.
The town was Roman ‡ German ‡ French.
Dog piles had little signs on them. (Go figure!)
Christmas decorations and medieval streets.
Gas, grocery ad home.
Dinner w. Dagmar, Martin and Eva. Pork and spatezle; salads, cheese and wine dessert, then ice cream dessert!
Heidelberg
Breakfast @ Denner.
Went to JesuitenKirche early. Locked. Back to hotel.
Met Laura, we went to Monastery, where the monks raise apples, vegetables, guinea pigs and rabbits.
Walked across Old Bridge.
Lunch: Indian food
Bought “Think” shoes. They are excellent. (From this point on, in spite of much walking, my feet don’t hurt any more. YES!)
Naps.
Philip takes us to see the Celtic Hole, Castle & Church Ruins and Amphitheater. (Heiligenberg-anlage). Sunset.
We drive to see the US Army base with fences and barbed wire (“America Land”). Aldi’s has shoes for $6.
Then we "Tie One On." First we go to Laura’s work, talk to John (privatizing SS), drink Jaegermeisters; then go thru the street-in-the-wall bar, then the Heiligeist Kirche door is open because someone is packing up sound equipment. We go there, and I sing it for a few minutes. Then to another bar, Barbie & Ken. “Ein Bier, bitte!”
Went to JesuitenKirche early. Locked. Back to hotel.
Met Laura, we went to Monastery, where the monks raise apples, vegetables, guinea pigs and rabbits.
Walked across Old Bridge.
Lunch: Indian food
Bought “Think” shoes. They are excellent. (From this point on, in spite of much walking, my feet don’t hurt any more. YES!)
Naps.
Philip takes us to see the Celtic Hole, Castle & Church Ruins and Amphitheater. (Heiligenberg-anlage). Sunset.
We drive to see the US Army base with fences and barbed wire (“America Land”). Aldi’s has shoes for $6.
Then we "Tie One On." First we go to Laura’s work, talk to John (privatizing SS), drink Jaegermeisters; then go thru the street-in-the-wall bar, then the Heiligeist Kirche door is open because someone is packing up sound equipment. We go there, and I sing it for a few minutes. Then to another bar, Barbie & Ken. “Ein Bier, bitte!”
Wednesday, January 12, 2005
Heidelberg
Breakfast @ Denner (which is, by the way, a beautiful, hand-crafted hotel. Lots of love here.)
Cherie & Dianna & I felt sure enough of ourselves to walk down the Hauptstrasse and find the stairs (300+ of them) up the hill to the Castle. We stopped often to enjoy the view, and wondered about the people who live there. At lunchtime, we stopped and ate a snack. A man passed us ( he was eating his bread, too), and said "Mach es dir gemütlich." We did.
We went into the castle (Schloss), went through the Apothecary museum, and took a tour. The tour ended up in the Chapel, which had a picture of John the Baptist baptizing Jesus. I sang Omnes qui in Christo.. Had a conversation with the tour guide about smoking. We had a late lunch (Fish & chips) in the little place just outside the castle, where (I believe), Philip's dad once had to jump thru the windows to escape the police. (Too much partying inside, I think.) Cherie walked around and made a video.
Supper; pizza under the Kaufhof Galleria. Then Philip took us to the Skylounge, where we had a drink and sat and talked. Very nice.
Philip asked me to send him information about the "Left Behind" series. I will.
Cherie & Dianna & I felt sure enough of ourselves to walk down the Hauptstrasse and find the stairs (300+ of them) up the hill to the Castle. We stopped often to enjoy the view, and wondered about the people who live there. At lunchtime, we stopped and ate a snack. A man passed us ( he was eating his bread, too), and said "Mach es dir gemütlich." We did.
We went into the castle (Schloss), went through the Apothecary museum, and took a tour. The tour ended up in the Chapel, which had a picture of John the Baptist baptizing Jesus. I sang Omnes qui in Christo.. Had a conversation with the tour guide about smoking. We had a late lunch (Fish & chips) in the little place just outside the castle, where (I believe), Philip's dad once had to jump thru the windows to escape the police. (Too much partying inside, I think.) Cherie walked around and made a video.
Supper; pizza under the Kaufhof Galleria. Then Philip took us to the Skylounge, where we had a drink and sat and talked. Very nice.
Philip asked me to send him information about the "Left Behind" series. I will.
Heidelberg
Breakfast at Denner Hotel.
Dianna, Cherie and I walked out Rohrbacher Strasse. We went in a cemetery, (trees, woods motif, Christmas trees, candles). Stood on the sidewalk and watched people parallel park. Unbelievable. Walked back past the schools--kids out on lunch break, some playing soccer.
Met Laura, walked down Hauptstrasse, shopped, shopped, shopped. HeilegeistKirch: closed. JesuitenKirche: empty.
Rain. Cold. Took the bus back.
Supper, chinese, w. Laura & Philip.
Rummy with Cherie.
Dianna, Cherie and I walked out Rohrbacher Strasse. We went in a cemetery, (trees, woods motif, Christmas trees, candles). Stood on the sidewalk and watched people parallel park. Unbelievable. Walked back past the schools--kids out on lunch break, some playing soccer.
Met Laura, walked down Hauptstrasse, shopped, shopped, shopped. HeilegeistKirch: closed. JesuitenKirche: empty.
Rain. Cold. Took the bus back.
Supper, chinese, w. Laura & Philip.
Rummy with Cherie.
Tuesday, January 11, 2005
Heidelberg
7:20 AM Arrive in Frankfurt (Me, Cherie, Dianna)
Follow people getting off the plane. Don't declare anything. Go out the green side.
Our luggage is the very last off the plane. Meet Laura and Philip. Philip has curly hair that he didn't have before. Cool.
Ride on Autobahn with Philip driving. To avoid traffic jam, take a "shortcut" through fields and greenhouses. Into the city, up tiny streets. Philosopher's walk.
Amazing driving the winding roads up to the castle, arch.
Lunch at Philip's mom's house (noodles, bread crumbs, peas & carrots).
Met Oma and Opa. Opa tells me about JesuitenKirche.
Supper: German Sauerbraten & spaetzle.
SLEEP!
Denner Hotel Room #34
Follow people getting off the plane. Don't declare anything. Go out the green side.
Our luggage is the very last off the plane. Meet Laura and Philip. Philip has curly hair that he didn't have before. Cool.
Ride on Autobahn with Philip driving. To avoid traffic jam, take a "shortcut" through fields and greenhouses. Into the city, up tiny streets. Philosopher's walk.
Amazing driving the winding roads up to the castle, arch.
Lunch at Philip's mom's house (noodles, bread crumbs, peas & carrots).
Met Oma and Opa. Opa tells me about JesuitenKirche.
Supper: German Sauerbraten & spaetzle.
SLEEP!
Denner Hotel Room #34
Monday, January 10, 2005
Heidelberg
2:31 Depart Louisville NW1232 Arr Detroit Metro 3:53
Get a Vogue Magazine and Harper's New York for Laura
5:10 Depart Detroit Metro NW51
Get a Vogue Magazine and Harper's New York for Laura
5:10 Depart Detroit Metro NW51
Thursday, January 06, 2005
Omnes qui in Christo rehearsal sheet
Communion Antiphon Galatians 3:27 for Sunday, Baptism of the Lord.
Omnes qui in Christo baptizati estis, Christum induistis, alleluia.
All who have been baptized in Christ have pu ton Christ. Alleluia. Alleluia!
Omnes qui in Christo baptizati estis, Christum induistis, alleluia.
All who have been baptized in Christ have pu ton Christ. Alleluia. Alleluia!
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