wheatblog

personal weblog of James "Wheatbread" Martin

Month: March, 2006

Lowell’s Blog

Lowell Grisham, an Episcopal priest and Rector at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Fayetteville, Arkansas, has a blog. Though my shadow doesn’t darken the door of a church too often, on a few of the few occasions that it has I’ve enjoyed Lowell’s sermons. I’ve been on his email list since I left Fayetteville. He [...]

Cronenberg reconsidered…

Back in July of last year, I swore off ever watching any more David Cronenberg films. The occasion for my oath was his film Spider, which is as beautifully shot as any of his others, but to me was a pretentious and overly drawn out affair. Well, now I have to eat some crow. My [...]

Google Pages

Last night I found out my request to join the Google Pages beta had been granted, so I worked up a simple page to test it out. So far, I like it quite a bit. Seems like a great rapid development tool for simple sites. [comment, if you care to]

This one goes to eleven…

Today is our wedding anniversary. Eleven years! I wish I’d flickered up some then and now photos, but I didn’t. I have reservations at this place tonight. I’ve never tried it, so I hope it’s good. Here’s to eleven more [tips a caffeine free diet coke in your general direction]. [post your well-wishing comment here]

My alma mater

Catching up on the email I left largely unread while on vacation last week, I found an email from my alma mater’s alumni association which, among other things, contained a link to this news item about “a new tradition” (let the irony of that sink in) manufactured, no doubt, by the PR department: a wishing [...]