tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37108892009-02-21T01:03:18.134-06:00Matt Crash!political. social. personal. football.Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04002878713115429354noreply@blogger.comBlogger569125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3710889.post-1161987798724365062006-10-27T16:55:00.000-05:002006-10-27T17:31:21.256-05:00It's a Friday afternoon, the sun is shining and the wind is blowing. I'm mentally exhausted from pounding away on a paper about Marx and Braudel, with a few revisions to go. I suppose now is as good a time as any to say this...I'm closing this blog down. It's been a nice run. I've been mentioned in a book (Hugh Hewitt's Blog), I've had a lot of hits (mostly during the 2004 election) and Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04002878713115429354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3710889.post-1160402654422901822006-10-09T08:58:00.000-05:002006-10-09T09:04:14.443-05:00iMonk at the BHT passed along this moving piece by Ben Witherington III concerning the Amish tragedy of last week. He has much good to say about the power of forgiveness and the need to turn the other cheek. But Dr. Witherington decides to also make an argument for pacifism, and I'm afraid he goes flat. In the comments, he speaks of diplomacy being the best option.Diplomacy with whom? The Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04002878713115429354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3710889.post-1160372444540014782006-10-09T00:40:00.000-05:002006-10-09T00:40:44.563-05:00A double espresso, please.Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04002878713115429354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3710889.post-1159797845761288932006-10-02T09:02:00.000-05:002006-10-02T09:04:05.783-05:00Chuck Colson and friends have a wonderful new blog called the Point. Here's one fine post about the global AIDS crisis, and why it would be unwise for American Christians to throw their support behind any UN-led relief efforts.Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04002878713115429354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3710889.post-1159760335394926052006-10-01T22:32:00.000-05:002006-10-01T22:38:55.416-05:00Three quick hits:1. I paid $1.99 for a gallon of gas today. Unreal. I haven't done that in over two years.2. I attended a wonderful service at an ECUSA church today. Clear Scriptural teaching, orthodoxy everywhere and the Gospel was clear. I understand now why so many are reluctant to leave the mainlines; there are families who've spent years in these churches. They're reluctant to turn itMatthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04002878713115429354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3710889.post-1159562687411756342006-09-29T15:42:00.000-05:002006-09-29T15:44:47.456-05:00I never thought I would be too busy to stop caring about politics, but apparently I am. We're just over a month away from a major midterm election and I'm pretty much apathetic about the whole affair. That may well change once I turn on NPR to hear references to Speaker Pelosi, but until then...wake me when it's over.This piece by the iMonk did manage to get my dander up. I'll try to talk Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04002878713115429354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3710889.post-1158722086964494682006-09-19T22:09:00.000-05:002006-09-19T22:14:47.026-05:00Al Mohler on the Benedict XVI and Islam issue.I agree with everything Mohler has to say, which is in short: "The Pope's right but the Church teaching on Islam is muddled and the papacy isn't biblical in the first place."The problem with Mohler's comments is that it takes him several paragraphs to get around to defending Ratzinger. He has to first explain why the papacy isn't Biblical and then Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04002878713115429354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3710889.post-1158675227499237572006-09-19T09:12:00.000-05:002006-09-19T09:13:47.516-05:00I promise promise promise that regular blogging shall soon commence. A few things, though. A weird football season thus far. Lost is back in two weeks. Nick Drake is still brilliant. What is it like to enjoy the fall without being alone? All is well, all is well.Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04002878713115429354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3710889.post-1158075299593182132006-09-12T10:33:00.000-05:002006-09-12T10:34:59.603-05:00tuesday morning. it's finally raining after months of sun sun sun. this apartment gets terribly dark even in the middle of the day, and i love that.the paper is poor but finished. it's mozart in the morning and the velvet underground at noon. what will it be tonight? tom waits.the imonk says can the ski trip and send the money to india. i believe he's right.i got married and it's all kinds Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04002878713115429354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3710889.post-1157552643192347252006-09-06T09:22:00.000-05:002006-09-06T09:24:03.203-05:00I'll get back to regular blogging soon. I promise.In the meantime, here's a video of the Manning Family singing David Allen Coe at a Kentucky Derby gala.Awesome.Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04002878713115429354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3710889.post-1155328992074597092006-08-11T15:42:00.000-05:002006-08-11T15:43:12.086-05:00I'm getting married tomorrow!Good googly woogly!Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04002878713115429354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3710889.post-1155097434978273342006-08-08T23:18:00.000-05:002006-08-08T23:23:54.990-05:00The wedding is almost here. I'm hoping that after the honeymoon and once school resumes, blogging will be more consistent.Billie Holiday never, ever gets old. Never ever ever.My grandmother and I spent a little time together. It's always fun because we're both sarcastic and silly. Granny, unlike me, is not much of a fan of the Paul Finebaum show. Now, I'm sympathetic to her view, as I Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04002878713115429354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3710889.post-1153701872868082492006-07-23T19:33:00.000-05:002006-07-23T19:44:33.990-05:00Lori and I were talking the other day, and it occurred to both of us that I have not bought a cd since sometime in March. That's close to five months; a terribly long time by my standards. My last purchase was Neko Case's Fox Confessor Brings the Flood, for what it's worth. A great album.At any rate, the biggest thing is that I haven't even noticed. I hardly feel like I'm missing out on Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04002878713115429354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3710889.post-1153570132452582652006-07-22T07:08:00.000-05:002006-07-22T07:08:52.463-05:00Victor Davis Hanson on the current Israeli conflict.Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04002878713115429354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3710889.post-1153083776081969712006-07-16T15:59:00.000-05:002006-07-16T16:02:56.093-05:00I'm selling some of my stuff to make a little cash and clear out lots of space in my apartment. Pass this on to anyone who might be interested.Leave me a message here or email me at: matthew.stokes@ua.eduRecords:Avail - 4 AM Friday 12" Seven BucksTrue North - LP on Blue - Seven BucksThe Dedication - s/t 7" clear first pressing - 5 bucksSome Girls - The Rains 7" on marble swirl. first pressing - Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04002878713115429354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3710889.post-1152309487403971932006-07-07T16:56:00.000-05:002006-07-07T16:58:07.416-05:00I'm still alive.I wake up at five a.m. everyday and get real dirty at work.I still like Cave In. Lori and I listen to lots of Beth Orton nowadays.I have a great tan. I read some but not enough.I want some Indian food.The Braves still rule, and I have the best friends in the world.More later.Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04002878713115429354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3710889.post-1150402236376407182006-06-15T15:10:00.000-05:002006-06-15T15:10:36.396-05:00Justin Taylor on a new SBC resolution. {HT: BHT)Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04002878713115429354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3710889.post-1149819985129237712006-06-08T21:20:00.000-05:002006-06-08T21:26:55.600-05:00I ran across this post concerning liturgy and the revolt against a personalized evangelicalism. The post was spawned by some comments made by Garrison Keillor, and his move towards Anglicanism. I found this portion of Alastair's post to be particularly meaningful."Modern hymns and choruses are another case in point. Whilst I have no objection to choruses and hymns in principle, I believe that Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04002878713115429354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3710889.post-1149731620217443462006-06-07T20:27:00.000-05:002006-06-07T20:56:24.523-05:00A few days ago, Dr. Albert Mohler reprinted this article December. Typical of much these sotrs of articles, Dr. Mohler rehashes another piece, this time an article by Warren St. John. St. John is something of a minor celebrity around here, having written the marvelous Rammer Jammer Yellow Hammer. I had the pleasure of having with Warren about a year and a half ago.The gist of St. John's piece Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04002878713115429354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3710889.post-1149614377618987252006-06-06T11:44:00.000-05:002006-06-06T12:19:37.703-05:00Yesterday I ran across these photos by Jacob Holdt. The pictures are from the 1970s, depicting some terrible poverty. Some of them also feature nudity, though its more National Geographic than Playboy. Keep that in mind if you're scanning the pictures at work.The pictures are interesting as they demonstrate the absolute squalor in which many minorites lived during the 1970s. I have little Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04002878713115429354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3710889.post-1149611721099571182006-06-06T11:28:00.000-05:002006-06-06T11:35:21.110-05:00Today is the sixty-second anniversary of D-Day. I remain in awe of those young men - some six thousand or so - who never made it off the beaches of Normandy before their lives ended. I am in debt to those men who scaled the cliffs amid a flurry of Nazi gunfire. What bravery they knew! And there were others; the paratroopers of Operation Market Garden, for instance. So many of them were may Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04002878713115429354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3710889.post-1149528040038477072006-06-05T12:20:00.000-05:002006-06-05T12:20:40.060-05:00Wow, summer lethargy is here with a vengeance.Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04002878713115429354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3710889.post-1147966667874834032006-05-18T10:36:00.000-05:002006-05-18T12:22:31.690-05:00This is terrible news, but I can't say I'm not altogether surprised.On a completely unrelated note, I'm excited to hear that the Braves might be able to get Dontrelle Willis. Not bad at all, particularly with the news that Tom Glavine might be heading home next season.Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04002878713115429354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3710889.post-1147119726991533072006-05-08T15:20:00.000-05:002006-05-08T15:22:07.000-05:00There's not much like waking up on Sunday morning to hear an irate Mike Lupica on Sports Reporters, putting the screw to Barry Bonds. What a great sportswriter. Here's the article on Bonds.Marty, you should read him. regularly.Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04002878713115429354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3710889.post-1146892198300149702006-05-06T00:09:00.000-05:002006-05-06T00:09:58.310-05:00Powerful, powerful piece by Alan Jacobs.Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04002878713115429354noreply@blogger.com