I recently visited the golden hills of California to witness the marriage ceremony of one of my best buddies from college, Caleb Avraham. This took place in Sacramento, the capitol building of which is skirted by several lovely orange trees. Why I remember this detail is beyond me (but, man, those oranges were good…)
Caleb is […]
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Westward, Ho!
Published by Jacob S. Heiss February 24th, 2009 in Slice of life and Praxis. 5584 CommentsA Little Oil, Por Favor
Published by Jacob S. Heiss July 1st, 2008 in Slice of life, Praxis, Music and The Sciences. ClosedOr elbow grease or something! Been so long since I consistently updated this thing, all its gears, flywheels, and even the analog spelcheckre are in need of some t.l.c. (Gah, no–not that!) So, just to get things rolling again, I figured I’d take note of a few of the changes I’ve encountered in the past […]
A New Day?
Published by Jacob S. Heiss June 29th, 2008 in Slice of life, Praxis and Theology. ClosedSo, I recently received an email from one of the rectors of All Saints Episcopal Church in Long Beach, California detailing the recent goings-on in the Anglican communion, the third largest group of Christians in the world (following Roman Catholics and Eastern Orthodox). Here’s a snippet:
Beloved members of All Saints’,
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More than the usual copy editing.
Published by Jacob S. Heiss May 18th, 2007 in Slice of life, God and Praxis. ClosedSo, I got this email about Itzhak Perlman that’s only vaguely substantiated according to snopes.com, but I figured I’d pass it along anyway. Even if the thing is purely legendary, it’s still a nice story.
In other news, it sure feels great to have finished another year at Princeton. A friend of mine who’s just about […]
Free at last (from the first week of May)
Published by Jacob S. Heiss May 18th, 2007 in Slice of life, God and Praxis. ClosedThank God, I am finally done with my last paper of the 2006-7 academic year. In case anybody asks, as far as school terms go, this one was a widow maker. I’m so glad it’s over; on the other hand, I probably wound up learning and growing more over the last eight to nine months […]