So I have always been a map nerd. On family trips I would always collect maps from everyplace we went. My minor was geography, and I took classes in Aerial-Photo Interpretation and Computer Mapping. Michigan is a great place, and I love that the DNR has tons of data online. Here are a couple of my favorites
Tonight my wife and I went out for Chineese food. Then we went to the Michigan Theater and watched Roman Holiday
So at this very moment my wife and I are watching this guy on TV. His name is Wesley Rowe from the Calvary Bible Church. Dr. Rowe was talking about communion. He talked about Transubstantiationism and Consubstantiationism and how they are wrong. We were cracking up because those are both made up words. Transubstantiation and Consubstantiation are real words and the rest of my rant assumes that he was refering to them not his made-up versions. He argued that Transubstantiation is wrong because it still looks/tastes like bread and wine. Even wikipedia knows what Transubstantiation is, that it still has the accidentals of bread and wine.
He also claimed that the Apostles didn't think that he meant that it was his blood and body because he was standing there holding the blood and wine. I'm not sure how that is an arguement, especially since the Apostles, after the death of Jesus, founded a church that beleives in Transubstantiation. I really liked that he used really bad translations of the bible, and never cited anything in the Bible that said that Jesus didn't mean it was actually him, so I will be able to defeat that (lack of) arguement with only one source:
“Unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood you have no life in you” (John 6:53)
This was before the last supper. Some followers left because they thought it was weird. If he didn't mean it litteraly then he could have explained that it was a metaphor, but instead he let them go saying that this is a hard teaching.
Some people……..
So the plan for this weekend is to go up north to Nubs Nob and go skiing for the long weekend. The problem is that it has been pretty warm all week, and we aren't sure about the conditions. It looks like they have been making snow, and the weekend will have highs below freezing.
Heres hoping.
I got some pictures from the honeymoon up.
You can read more to learn all about our trip.We stayed in Ann Arbor after the wedding and drove to Petoskey the next day. We stayed at the Perry Hotel in downtown Petoskey. Our first night there was New Years Eve, so the hotel resturant was booked. Instead we went down the Noggin Room, which is a pub in the basement. There was a group of locals at the table next to us who bought us a bottle of champagne.
New Years Day we had wedding cake and leftover champagne for first breakfast and walked the few blocks to St. Francis Xavier. After mass we went to the hotel resturant and had the Sunday brunch. It was kinda expensive, but well worth it. The first table had a cheese spread, punch and shrimp cocktail. Behind that was the desert table with pies, cakes, and mousse. The next table was the hot buffet with: eggs, potatoes, eggs bennidict, chicken cordon blue, salmon, bacon, sausage, and Belgian waffles with cherry and blueberry preserves. The last table had two chefs that were doing made to order omlets and were carving ham and roast beef. Needless to say we took our time and enjoyed brunch. That evening we looked around downtown Petoskey. The shops were all closed, but we noted what we wanted to check out. For dinner we went to The City Park Grill and had soup and and appetizers.
Monday we got up and went XC-Skiing along the beach at Petoskey State Park. We had lunch at Chandler's and spent the rest of the day wandering around downtown.
Tuesday we went and got Tom new XC-Ski Poles because he broke one a few weeks and was using his backup pair. We then went to a little diner for lunch. That night for dinner we went to Latitude in Bay Harbor. To start we had thai shrimp spring rolls and a soup sampler. Tom had Fire Roasted Pork Tenderloin with Creamy Polenta, Red Wine Crimini Mushroom Sauce, Fried Sage Leaves. Bridgit had Grouper in a tomato sauce with mashed potatoes.
Before we checked out the next day we had breakfast at the H.O. Rose dining room again. We split:
Cherry Swirl French Toast “Inn Baked” cherry-cinnamon swirl bread dipped in vanilla batter, grilled golden brown; topped with “Rocky Top” cherry butter and warm Michigan maple syrup
and
Northern Michigan Omelette Sauteed Michigan morels, locally smoked whitefish and leeks in a three-egg omelette topped with swiss cheese.
So the photographer (who also happens to be my new brother-in-law) has about 600 photos up from the wedding. If you really like one go ahead and order they are dirt cheap. My father has been complaining that they are all of my wife and me.
Here they are
Here is Michael's website
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Some of you may know that my undergrad work was in the arena of Anthropology. A couple years back there was a cool study on the economics of Everquest. Last year I thought about doing a independant study anthro class in WoW. Boss Bob showed me this link the other day. Apparently at Trinity Uniersity. They have an class called “Games for the Web: Ethnography of Massively Multiplayer On-line Games”
So today the new Pride and Prejudice movie comes out. This reminds me of one of my favorite quotes:
“Every time I read Pride and Prejudice I want to dig Jane Austin's body and beat her over the skull with her own shinbone.” -Mark Twain
This past weekend Bridgit went on our Engaged Encounter in Jackson, MI. The retreat was pretty cool. Some of the material we had already covered in other things. The NFP Class that was supposed to happen afterwards was canceled, so we were bummed (it is all we have left to do).
If you aren't familiar with what it takes to get married The Church usually has certain prerequisites for getting married. In our Diocese (Lansing) and the Parish we are getting married in we have to do: