Boots and Bibles

Basic Notifications

The Friday night Bible study has been going exceedingly well, and I'm glad for all of you who have been able to make it out for this. We're still reading through Luke 21 right now, though we should be finishing this the next time we meet for the Bible study.

We will not, however, be having the Bible study this Friday.

Instead, we're having a Pesach seder at Chelsea Simon's gaff!

You might wonder, what's Pesach, and why should I care? Isn't next Friday Good Friday? Shouldn't I, as a good Christian, be celebrating that Christian holiday of Easter?

Well, in case you haven't been reading this blog long enough, let it be known that I answered both of those questions a little more than a year ago.

However, since we will not be having the Bible study this Friday at Christine Kim's place, here's how to get to the Pescah Seder we will be having at Chelsea Simon's place:

THE ADDRESS:
345 Cumberland St.
Brooklyn, NY 11238

(I don't know what the apartment number is – it's not on the Facebook invite.)

Either take the B, D, N, Q, R, 2, 3, 4 or 5 trains to Atlantic Ave./Pacific St., walk down Atlantic Ave., take a left on Cumberland St. If you walk by 3rd Ave., you're going the wrong direction.

Or take the G to Fulton St., or the C to Lafayette Ave. and walk to Cumberland St. and take a right. If you come across St. Felix St. or Ashland Pl., you're going the wrong direction.

If you have a car, just Google map it because I'd have no clue what to tell you anyway...

THE TIME:
5:00-10:00, evidently, but, errm, that ain't rock-solid, y'know?

THE CONTACT INFO:
Look, I'm not so sure how happy Chelsea would be if I just put her personal info up on my website, so just contact me if you have any questions.

Anyway, after this Friday though, it'll be business as usual at Christine's place (directions here) until she deserts us and buggers off to Philadelphia.

Hope to see you there!

Friday Update - Week 2

Well, everyone, Friday went exceptionally well (again!) and it was a blessing having everyone over. We actually did an impromptu Bible study on Luke 13 after some ice-breaker talk of the most harrowing church experiences we all had had. (Oh, Strunk & White would kill me for that one!)

So, this week we are still reading Luke 21:5-28.

I'd write more, but my job really isn't allowing any leisure time at the moment. Already I've probably already written too much...

New Announcements

Posts have been sparse, yes, and there are reasons for this, though I hope to have another "essay"-styled post up by the end of the week. Of course, this is only two days away now, isn't it?

So, here are the things happening, or that have recently happened:

• My cat Ze'ev died. This sucks. A lot. I won't dwell, because I don't generally like diving into too much personal stuff on this here blog, but since we're doing updates, I thought I'd throw this in as another addition to 2009's Parade of Miserable Bullcrap, and frankly, it is by far the worst to date. I miss him.
• Flatfoot 56 is playing in Brooklyn next Thursday. I don't know where, when or for how much right now, but I know they're playing, and I'll update as I can with more information.
• Now, the really important announcement, and that is this: since a number of you have spoken up, I'm finding that Saturday, 14 March might actually make a better day for the Bible study than Friday the 13th. Please, please, please tell me which one is better for you. I don't want to be a jerk, switching back and forth on all these plans, but I want us to all be able to make it.

All right, that's it for now.

So This is How It Is

Friday night.

13 March, 2009.

I can think of no better date than this to begin teaching again. I can think of no better date than this to reunite us and begin building the Kingdom together once more. I can think of nothing more appropriate than Friday the 13^th for a group of vindicated outcasts.

I hope none of you have any plans.

Now, tell me, would it be easier to meet in Queens, Brooklyn, or can one of you get us a place somewhere in Central-to-Lower Manhattan?

August Wahnsinger: Adventures in North Jersey

August has just finished his write-up on the Wicked Winter Renaissance Faire, and speaks glowingly of all the individuals and events he took in.

A happy August is an August who is less likely to hold the free-world for ransom with a death ray.

So check out "My Weekend at the Wicked Winter Faire and the Fawlty Towers Hannover, NJ".