Daily Archives: January 30, 2004

The Gift of Fear

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I ran across something that reminded me of an excellent book that went around and around my circle of online friends about 5 years ago. It was The Gift of Fear: Survival Signals That Protect Us From Violence, by Gavin De Becker

It was originally recommended to me by someone who wrote for a television show that I liked. She felt that truly obsessed people could be dangerous, and she wanted the book and its message known far and wide in the online fan community. Online stalkers were a big fear and annoyance then, and the topic kept coming up in our online chats. We were always mentioning the book to new fans who “knew someone who had been stalked” or had heard a rumor about celebrity stalkers.

I’m going to have to go through boxes and dig the book out and re-read it sometime. It’s fascinating, disturbing, and gives a lot of practical suggestions that are somewhat counter to what “popular wisdom” is on what stalking is and how to stop it.
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State of the Church

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A word to the Episcopal Church…

from the Presiding Bishop.

The Chicago Tribune(subscription) notes that the statement “ignored a challenge to the denomination’s leadership.”

And about the Network of Anglican Communion Dioceses and Parishes? – least said, soonest mended.

And the “state of the parish?” Still looking for a new vicar/rector. Still not listed at the diocesan “clergy positions open” page as of this writing, which was supposed to happen by now, I think.

Here’s my crappy Front Page website for the parish. I’ve been thinking about the possibility of switching the site over to Moveable Type. MT is just way more fun and interesting to play with. I’m getting pretty tired of how boring the page is, but can’t be bothered to learn more than the bare minimum about Front Page’s “capabilities.”

And yes, this post “outs” my location to a fine degree, at least on Sunday mornings.

“See you in church.” — Cary Grant, “I Was A Male War Bride.”

Augh, What Fresh Hell Is This

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I know the blog is messed up – something about the last post.

Dammit, dammit, dammit.

And by the way? -8 degrees below zero plus wind makes it -27 degrees below zero wind chill.

That’s negative twenty-seven degees below zero.

I’ve got layers on layers. I’m off to discover the Midwest Pole, wish me luck!