We’re animals, we’re going to two concerts today! Two! I know, it’s like we’re kidless again…which would be a very sad thing. Concerts vs. kids isn’t much of a question. Nevertheless today Jess and I went down to Pioneer Square in Portland and listened to Brett Dennen.
It’s was wicked sweet. He’s a total hippie. Shoeless, with a bandanna wrapped around his head like Rambo he sang us sweet lullabies that sounded like a combo between Macy Gray and Louis Armstrong. I’m also pretty sure he was smokin’ a little peyote before the concert too, which only added to his odd dancing skills and comfortable stage presence. Check out his myspace and listen to his music. It’s nice. He looks funny. By the sound of his voice you’d never guess he’s a practically thirty year old, nearly girly looking, freckle faced hippie…but indeed he is.
Tonight we’ll take Jones to listen to the Beatniks down at Esther Short. Good times.

If you’ve never read Irresistible Revolution by Shaine Claiborne you should.
At the very least you should check out the Simple Way community at www.simpleway.org

It’s over a month old, but be praying for them and their neighborhood.

I sang it with them all…”SLB, SLB. SLB, SLB, SLB. Glorioso SLB, glorioso SLB.” Creative song I know. We sang it from our hearts, from our souls.
I’m a Benficista at heart. I haven’t watched more than one of their games since I left Portugal, but I’m still a Sport Lisboa e Benfica (SLB) fan in my soul and spirit. Likewise I’m also a Sporting hater. Their green stripes, the color of their stadium seats that are made to look like the stadium is full when indeed they can’t pay people to watch their pathetic team lose (honestly I don’t really know what I’m talking about).
And now Benfica is coming to America. Not to play here, but to purchase a future star. Freddy Adu is now going to be playing at the Stadio Do Luz only minutes from my old home in the ghetto of Amadora. I hope he succeeds.
If you haven’t heard of him try a simple youtube search. He started playing for the MLS (Americas soccer league) when he was 16. The hopes of the MLS were on him, and…well…he failed. He’s now 18 and we’ve moved on to Beks instead. But the potential is still there and he will undoubtedly be a great player.
SLB, SLB. SLB, SLB, SLB…

People are dying in lesser developed countries because of malnourishment and lack of clean water. It has been reported, though, that an annual increase in preventative care to the tune of 75 cents per person in the Third World could save 5 million lives every year. That would take less than 3 billion.
Sound like a lot of money?
The National Center for Health Statistics reported that the US spends between 30-50 BILLION each year on diets and related expenditures to reduce their calorie intake.
In other words…
we spend more money to stop stuffing ourselves than it takes to feed and water 5 million starving people.
Does that make you sick?

There are certain words that just hurt your ears. Here’s my current number one: bloated.
Bloated, bloat, or any of it’s other forms qualify as the least attractive word in the English language.
Got any others?

* I’m unsure as to what other forms of the word bloat that I’m talking about. “Leave me alone, I’m bloating right now.” or “I feel so fat, I ate some beans for lunch yesterday and blat the rest of the evening.”