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February 26, 2006 hot topics academy awards cartoon wars the da vinci code lent and easter resources marriage ammendment partial birth abortion pow abuse writers on writing contents adultsite4adults [pg-13] articles - blog archives books - book reviews comedy/drama e-cards - email encouraging quotations heavy topics - humor newspaper column original music in .mp3 press room - reprints RSS speaking schedule spiritual resources top ten lists writing resources XarisCom about moi All that's really important to know is that I love God, my family, writing, speaking, and Chinese food— in that order. If you want to know more— or have a really bad case of insomnia—click here. Jim daily favorites Christianity Today CyberCast News Dilbert Drudge Report Frank and Ernest Google News GospelCom.net Robin Lee Hatcher Huffington Post Mallard Fillmore ThinkChristian.net weekly favorites Chuck Colson David Drury Keith Drury Dawn Eden Barbara Nicolosi Ken Schenk Lawrence W Wilson

saturday: is that da vinci or doo-doo code? To adapt Ernest Hemingway for a family audience, “The most essential gift for a good writer is a built-in, shockproof [doo-doo] detector. This is the writer’s radar and all great writers have had it.” If that’s the case, The Da Vinci Code author, Dan Brown, is in deep doo-doo. He claims, on an opening page titled “Fact,” that "all descriptions of artwork, architecture, documents, and secret rituals in this novel are accurate." And on his Web site, he claims the mega-best-seller is “thoroughly researched and factual in all respects.” To which I reply, doo-doo, doo-doo, doo-doo! - Click for more [new] commercial interruption: jameswatkins.commissary Shop for one-of-a-kind T-shirts, mugs, tote bags, books and more. One-tenth of all proceeds go to our host gospelcom.net. And now, back to our program . . . - Click here to shop jameswatkins.commissary friday: art influencing life? Brokeback Mountain, the gay cowboy movie, has been nominated for eight Academy awards including best picture, best actor and best director. Also nominated for best picture and best actor, Capote, the biopic about openly gay writer Truman Capote. Meanwhile, desperate housewife Felicity Huffman was nominated for best actress for Transamerica, the story of a transexual transformation from man to woman. Is this art imitating life? Or is it art attempting to influence life? - Some thoughts . . . - What are your thoughts? thursday: why 'mallard fillmore' is my favorite strip . . . - Click for more ash wednesday: time again for lent and easter resources Yikes, weren't we just celebrating Christmas?! At least Lent (the forty days, minus Sundays until Easter) gives us hope us that spring is just around the corner! So . . . - Spring screen-saver [new] - Our eggs-clusive Easter eggs-pose' - The Passion of the Christ: original 'script' - They just don't make crosses like they used to - Ya no hacen las cruces como antes - 'It is finished!' was announced before Christ's resurrection - When 'It's Friday, But Sunday's Comin'' just isn't enough - Divine comedy: Holy Week and humor - He is risen. He is not here - "What do I do with Jesus?" An Easter drama from Pilate's perspective [new] - More from our host gospelcom.net tuesday: keeping my grandparent license valid Since it's been over thirty days since posting a picture of my granddaughter, I'm in serious danger of having my grandparent license revoked. So, here's ten-month-old Hannah Elizabeth being very cool. - Being a "grandpa" - The Papoose-Driven Life - jameswatkins.commissary's "Grandpa T-Shirt" monday: meet my soul brother, james robert watkins February is Black History Month, so I'd like you to meet an author, poet, social reformer and former slave with whom I'm proud to share a name. - Click here sunday: 'christians' attack muslims in nigeria Thursday, while the world was focused on Muslim bombings and rioting in Iraq, this disturbing news item got buried in Section B: ONITSHA, Nigeria (Reuters) - Christian youths burned the corpses of Muslims on Thursday on the streets of Onitsha in southeastern Nigeria, the city worst hit by religious riots that have killed at least 146 people across the country in five days. Christian mobs, seeking revenge for the killings of Christians in the north, attacked Muslims with machetes, set fire to them, destroyed their houses and torched mosques in two days of violence in Onitsha, where 93 people died. I didn't hear a word of protest from any Christian groups. So here goes. This is certainly not "Christian" behavior and to do it in the name of Christ blasphemes His name. - Some thoughts on the real Jesus - Some thoughts on un-Christian acts in the name of "Christ" last week: iraqi riots, abortion bills, capital punishment . . . . . . protests, euthanasia charges, sex trade, a not happy Presidents' Day, faith of our (founding) fathers and more. Whew! 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