(aka MNL_1221)August 2005: I'm in the New York International Fringe Festival (FringeNYC) this month!
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December 2004:
My "yule blog", so to speak:
MNL's Christmas Blog, 2004
September 2004:
What's my Movie Hero? From www.liquidgeneration.com:
(please excuse the language!)
My Movie Villain was the short-tempered guy from GoodFellas.
I'd have copied that image, too, but it contained a word I'd rather not display here.
August 2004:
To do my part for the 2004 presidential election, I'm opening this website:
Christians for Kerry/Christians against Bush
Christians who are tired of being automatically identified with the
right-wing agenda are looking for each other on the Internet.
Look here!
February 2004:
HAPPY V-DAY!
To the Heavenly Bridegroom,
from a Single Woman
You are the only Intimacy
I know.
You draw me close in Spirit.
I knead in my Mind
grains of truth
mixed with living water
the milk and honey
of the Promised Land
add the salt of the earth
and the oil of gladness
leaving out the yeast
of the priests and scribes
but folding in
the leaven of the kingdom
baked in refining fire
until it rises
and emerges
the Bread of Life
served with Wine of Joy
and golden apples served on silver plates.
I take you into my Body
as you have taken me
into Yours.
2/12/02
If you're lonely this Valentine's Day and didn't get a Valentine,
first of all, here's one from God.
SOMETHING TO BRIGHTEN UP YOUR DAY!
God is crazy about you.
If God had a refrigerator, your picture would be on it.
If He had a wallet, your photo would be in it.
He sends you flowers every spring.
He sends you a sunrise every morning.
Whenever you want to talk, He listens.
He can live anywhere in the universe, yet
He chooses your heart.
Face it, friend-He is crazy about you!
PASS IT ON ... to brighten up someone else's day.
Secondly, send someone a Valentine yourself! Send one to yourself,
and one to family members, friends, maybe a kind, subtle one to
someone you've had your eye on!
This year, being extremely low on funds, I made my family's
Valentines out of construction paper and cut-outs from TV Guide's
insert ads: you know, the ones with statues of Native Americans,
elves, pets, Hummel-like children, soldiers, etc. Those items
look really beautiful! Such items appear online at
www.lenox.com or www.collectiblestoday.com
December 2003:
WE GOT CODE ORANGE FOR CHRISTMAS
(to the tune of "Nuttin' for Christmas")
We got Code Orange for Christmas!
Bush and Dick Cheney are mad.
We got Code Orange for Christmas
'Cause some folks ain't nothin' but bad.
They flew two planes at the towers tall.
Somebody's after me!
And now we fear for the shopping mall.
Somebody's after me!
Some anthrax in the mail came through.
They shot a plane in Scotland, too.
They blew a boat in Yemen--ooo!
Somebody's after me!
Oh, we got Code Orange for Christmas!
Bush and Dick Cheney are mad.
We got Code Orange for Christmas!
'Cause some folks ain't nothin' but bad.
We rounded up lots of foreign men.
Somebody's after me!
They see no lawyers; they see no kin.
Somebody's after me!
You'd better watch out what you say,
'Cause we can take your job away,
Or put your rear in Gitmo Bay.
Somebody's after me!
Oh, we got Code Orange for Christmas!
Bush and Dick Cheney are mad.
We got Code Orange for Christmas!
'Cause some folks ain't nothin' but bad.
You'd better watch your precious rear
Because America's hyped with fear!
We got Code Orange for Christmas!
MNL 12/22-23/03
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A step up: for six weeks I've been teaching a special writing course
at my college, designed to help the students pass a CUNY writing test
and to write better essays.
Things on the home front are WAY taxing: illness in the family.
Please pray for us.
In fact, I wrote a letter to Santa about it, and if you've received
my letter and are reading this website as a result:
thanks for caring!
A plus: I'm taking a Musical Theater Writing course at the New School,
and the teachers, Aaron Franken and Howard Marren, are very
enthusiastic about my work. Anyone out there need a lyricist?
Merry Christmas! Happy Hanukah! Happy Kwanzaa! Happy 2004!
October 2003:
My Halloween costume inspiration:
Picture 1 and Picture 2!
On the Bill Maher Message Board: My 666th Post!
(scary if you think about it!)
And this year's Halloween message, my handout to go with my costume:
Left versus Right: Where Is the Love?
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To my California compatriots:
Shame on you.
You saw fit to heed a radical rightist, Repub-backed recall
and fire a man elected less than a year ago,
whose worst crime was imposing an unpopular tax.
California, you have made your bed. Enjoy the screwing.
For your sake I hope Ahnold is better than I think.
To my fellow NYC'ers:
So, when do we recall Mayor Michael Bloomberg
(whom we're angry at for ticket-blitzing)
and replace him with Neil Simon?
BTW, even though I'm not a CA'n, I've received two conflicting e-mails
re the Recall, which I've posted here.
"Between trying to impeach Bill Clinton, Florida 2000 and
the recall in California, I'm beginning to think that
Republicans will do anything to win an election -- except
get the most votes." - Bill Maher
Aren't the Republicans always speaking against moral relativism?
August 2003:
Back in NY, NY...
In a fit of unabashed self-revelation, I shamelessly share:
Which Winnie-the-Pooh character am I?
Roo!
Some would call you a baby, but that's because you
truly are (and it's cute as hell). You take joy
in the simple things in life, like happiness,
family and friends.
Which Winnie the Pooh Character Are You?
brought to you by Quizilla
Hmm...I wonder what any detractors of mine might do with that information?
July 2003:
I'm participating in a mission trip to:
(click image--they can use a lot of help!)
Read my blog: MNL, Pine Ridge, SD
that is, if I can have fairly good computer access out there!
June 2003:
Well, I have my degree from Queens College (Flushing, NY):
Master of Arts, English-Creative Writing,
with a 3.97 GPA.
I thank my brother and sister for attending the graduation ceremony!
I also thank my friends and relatives for their good wishes
and for a couple of nice "parting gifts"!
April 2003:
I saw this on the Bill Maher Message Board: Religion Forum,
and I thought it was worth checking out. Here's a sample:
Here are eight arguments I am finding less and less productive
whenever they come up in any thread around here that includes the word God.
I am equally sick of both sides.
Atheist: You believe in God because you are too weak to accept
that your life is meaningless.
Theist: You deny God because you are too cowardly to accept
that your life may have a purpose you don’t want it to have.
Theist: You can’t bear the thought that there may be forces
in the Universe you cannot understand.
Atheist: You can’t bear the thought that the universe
as revealed by science may be all there is.
Theist: Your parents were religious, and you are just
rebelling against them in a childish way.
Atheist: Your parents were religious, and you are just
parroting them in a childish way.
There's more; please look!
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from www.7online.com
April 8, 2003
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Bomb Iraq! song parody 3/20/03
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February 2003:
In honor of Valentine's Day, I'm moving up two poems
about the love of God: the first one by me,
the second send to me by a friend.
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To the Heavenly Bridegroom,
from a Single Woman
You are the only Intimacy
I know.
You draw me close in Spirit.
I knead in my Mind
grains of truth
mixed with living water
the milk and honey
of the Promised Land
add the salt of the earth
and the oil of gladness
leaving out the yeast
of the priests and scribes
but folding in
the leaven of the kingdom
baked in refining fire
until it rises
and emerges
the Bread of Life
served with Wine of Joy
and golden apples served on silver plates.
I take you into my Body
as you have taken me
into Yours.
2/12/02
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My friend and churchmate Nilda sent this to me via e-mail.
SOMETHING TO BRIGHTEN UP YOUR DAY!
God is crazy about you.
If God had a refrigerator, your picture would be on it.
If He had a wallet, your photo would be in it.
He sends you flowers every spring.
He sends you a sunrise every morning.
Whenever you want to talk, He listens.
He can live anywhere in the universe, yet
He chooses your heart.
Face it, friend-He is crazy about you!
PASS IT ON ... to brighten up someone else's day.
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As of February 1, 2003, I hold a Masters of Arts degree
in English-Creative Writing from Queens College (Flushing, NY),
with a 3.97 GPA.
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in memoriam:
pray for the seven lost in the shuttle Columbia,
and their families and friends
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While hunting around Yahoo! I found this paper:
Satan is Not A Literary Character:
Teaching Early Modern Literature to Religiously Committed Students
written by Dr. Carrie Hintz of Queens College's English Department
It stands to reason that anyone going to a secular college--
and hopefully, anyone going to any college--
will be exposed to viewpoints that challenge their own.
I believe that a faith that can't stand to be challenged
is no faith at all.
Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you
to give the reason for the hope that you have.
But do this with gentleness and respect...
--from 1 Peter 3:15 (NIV)
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Well, I'm on the eve of what looks like
my final semester at Queens College.
My thesis semester. I'm writing a musical play,
lyrics and libretto. Even a few tunes.
After I graduate, can anyone suggest some good jobs
for a person with a Masters Degree in English-Creative Writing?
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A great movie for Lent (or anytime) is
Chocolat (2000)
about a French chocolatier who feels compelled,
in 1959 provincial France, to open her chocolate shop
during Lent? Why couldn't she wait?
Because her actions expose the true sins of that community--
bigotry, compromise, even violence.
And what better time to face up to your hidden faults
than Lent?
While I'm at it, I may as well refer you to a list
I created on Amazon.com:
God and Chocolate? About Food and the Unseen World
and the tract/website I based that list upon:
God and Chocolate?
Have you noticed that you can buy a Christmas/Hanukkah combo card,
but you can't buy (to my knowledge) a Passover/Easter combo card?
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I've moved all my WTC stuff to a new page:
WTC...RIP
IN MEMORIAM
My one-act musical play of the first Passover SHUA, THE LAMB OF FREEDOM is available through MP3.com! SHUA premiered at New Life Fellowship Church, Elmhurst, NY, Easter Sunday 2000, as a puppet play. To read an excerpt from the script, click the link below!
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mnl_1221@yahoo.com To view an excerpt of SHUA: THE LAMB OF FREEDOM: CLICK HERE! To see a copy of my old website design: CLICK HERE! "You are the salt of the earth!"--from Matthew 5:13 "Taste and see that the Lord is good!"--from Psalm 34:8
When a life explodes the fragments fall to the ground a letter here a memory here an anecdote there Put the pieces together and you get...pieces. When a life explodes Only God can mend the pieces. --mnl June 1998 "By faith he still speaks, even though he is dead." Hebrews 11:4 "I tell you the truth, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds." John 12:24Phil Hartman (left) with David Letterman This picture I clipped and put in a small gold pin, which I wear sometimes in Phil's honor. Some Greeks came to Philip and said, "Sir, we would like to see Jesus." (adapted from John 12:20-21)
Phil as Jesus Christ on Saturday Night Live Makeup designed by Norman Bryn RIP PHILIP EDWARD HARTMANN
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