i'll give us a short update, nothing too interesting, but new anyway. i bought the new Thom Yorke album and if any of you is in a record store thinking "i should buy some new music, but what should i buy?", promptly pick up Eraser by Thom Yorke and purchase it. actually, the fact that it's spectasticly wonderific aside, my purchasing it was a bit of a drama because of a miswritten sticker at the vinyl exchange. but in the end i came home with a large plastic disc with the most wonderful music on it.
on tuesday aft helen and i went to see Pirates of the Caribean (part deux), and it was very good, despite the "to be continued" type ending. one thing though. is this supposed to be a kids movie? it's pretty scary stuff. the bad guys are really good nightmare material. kids must really be desensitized these days. in other movie news i've watched both Kill Bill's recently which were excelent, though don't watch them if you a conservative "focus" kind of person. you'll only see violence and won't get the art/beauty of it. also, i watched both the new and the old Manchurian Candidate. both are very good, though a hybrid of both versions would be better.
i've gotten into beer stuff again, studying the definitions and learning about what's what. good ole beer.. it's in the bible (mark help me out here.)
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Beer generally gets a bad rap in the Bible. The Isaiah 24 passage is the one that is not all together clear about whether or not it is a bad thing. I would say that although these passages are quite negative in general, they all speak against drunkenness associated with the drink. This is especially true since much of the wisdom literature and prophetic literature is more poetic than didactic. Beer is definately in the Bible. There is a long history of people trying to ferment just about anything they could find.
I have also heard that because of the mold in the middle-east, grape juice will become wine in just around 3 days. I don't know if that is the norm for grape juice but I did have orange juice turn in 2 once when I was treeplanting.
Proverbs 20:1
Wine is a mocker and beer a brawler; whoever is led astray by them is not wise.
Proverbs 31:4
"It is not for kings, O Lemuel— not for kings to drink wine, not for rulers to crave beer,
Proverbs 31:6
Give beer to those who are perishing, wine to those who are in anguish;
Isaiah 24:9
No longer do they drink wine with a song; the beer is bitter to its drinkers.
Isaiah 28:7
And these also stagger from wine and reel from beer: Priests and prophets stagger from beer and are befuddled with wine; they reel from beer, they stagger when seeing visions, they stumble when rendering decisions.
Isaiah 29:9
Be stunned and amazed, blind yourselves and be sightless; be drunk, but not from wine, stagger, but not from beer.
Isaiah 56:12
"Come," each one cries, "let me get wine! Let us drink our fill of beer! And tomorrow will be like today, or even far better."
Micah 2:11
If a liar and deceiver comes and says, 'I will prophesy for you plenty of wine and beer,' he would be just the prophet for this people!
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July 27, 2006 5:54 PM
beer = good
drunk = bad
got it
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July 27, 2006 11:24 PM