Voices Green and Purple

File this blog entry under the Hot Rod part of Hot Rod Anglican ...

I picked up Eliot from school today in my 1962 Meteor ... which made him very happy. The "car guy" Vice Principal from Eliot's school also came over to look at the car, and Eliot popped the hood for him. It was a nice moment.

When I got home, I put on this seafoam-green-with-purple-flames shifter ball, because the purple die (singular of dice, that is) shifter knob kept falling off. This is one I had custom made by a guy about 7 or 8 years ago, I think, and I just kept it in the box until now. It has a little light bulb that goes up inside it that, when I get it wired, will make the translucent purple "flames" light up at night.

Archbishop Henry Luke Orombi (Uganda) Spanks TEc PB.

Ugandan Archbishop Henry Luke Orombi did a beautiful job of teaching TEc Presiding Bishopess Katharine Jefferts Schori where and why she is completely wrong:

You could read it here ...

But it is way more fun to read with Christopher Johnson's running commentary!

Cindy Phillips to Make Pro Bodybuilding Debut at the Europa!

Under the "Beach Party" division of Anglican Beach Party, would be this breaking news in the world of Women's Bodybuilding:

Cindy Phillips to Make Her Pro Debut at the August Europa Show!!



Cindy is one of my all-time favourite bodybuilders. She is from Canada, and turned Pro in 2007. I wish you the best of success in Dallas, Cindy!

Read Cindy's blog entry about her Pro debut here!

In the studio ... Chrome Folk Bar-B-Q!

My band is called Chrome Folk Bar-B-Q. I think we chose that name because it was the only one we all disliked equally.

Anyhow, we have gone into the studio to begin work on a CD. Finally, we will have some music available for people to listen to at home.

Our style is a bit hard to define ... Eclectic Electric Folk might come pretty close ... you be the judge, once the CD comes out! In this blog entry from last year is an embedded YouTube video ... if you'd like a sample of our sound.

And here is how we looked in the studio:

Bodybuilding Contest ... 10 Weeks Left.

Well, the time is drawing near. I have 10 weeks left until the NPC Natural Michigan bodybuilding contest. I have posing music, but no routine as of yet. I am at 167 pounds, down from 192 pounds 4 months ago.

Here's a picture from today.

My Current Fave Song!

Mudcrutch - Scare Easy

Let me tell you, people, this one is an addictive little earworm (in a good way) !!

My love's an ocean
You better not cross it
Yeah
I've been the distance
And I need some rest
Yeah I had somebody once
And damn if I lost her
I've been running
Like a man possessed

I don't scare easy
Don't fall apart
When I'm under the gun
You can break my heart
And I ain't gonna run
I don't scare easy
For no one

Yeah, I am a loser
At the top of my game
I should have known
To keep an eye on you
Now I got a God
It ain't never the same
Yeah, I got a dream
That don't ever come true

I don't scare easy
Don't fall apart
When I'm under the gun
You can break my heart
But I ain't gonna run
I don't scare easy
For no one

Sun going down
On a canyon wall
I got a soul
That ain't never
Been blessed
Yeah and I'm a shadow
At the back of the hall
Yeah, I got a sin
I ain't never confessed

And I don't scare easy
Don't fall apart
When I'm under the gun
You can break my heart
And I ain't gonna run
I don't scare easy
For no one

And I don't scare easy
Don't fall apart
When I'm under the gun
You can break my heart
But I ain't gonna run
I don't scare easy
For no one

Cardinal Kasper: FAIL!

From here:

Speaking on the day that the Archbishop of Canterbury met Benedict XVI in Rome, Cardinal Walter Kasper, the president of the Pontifical Council of Christian Unity, said it was time for Anglicanism to "clarify its identity".

He told the Catholic Herald: "Ultimately, it is a question of the identity of the Anglican Church. Where does it belong?

"Does it belong more to the churches of the first millennium -Catholic and Orthodox - or does it belong more to the Protestant churches of the 16th century? At the moment it is somewhere in between, but it must clarify its identity now and that will not be possible without certain difficult decisions."

With all due respect, Cardinal Kasper, this seems a very clueless thing to say. You cannot have known many Anglicans! Does the phrase via media mean nothing to you? The moment Anglicanism comes down firmly on one side or the other (be catholic or reformed), in that very moment, Anglicanism ceases to exist. It is of the essence of Anglicanism not to clarify this issue.