julian posted an article on A UU Deist in Texas - Jan 25, 2012, 12:33 am
So yesterday was my birthday. (Jan 23 for overseas friends who are already on the 25th) My lovely wife, The Deistette baked a pretty tasty (although not professionally decorated if you ask me) cake. My mother in-law gave me a … Continue reading →
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julian posted an article on A UU Deist in Texas - Oct 31, 2011, 10:34 pm
Halloween. We here at ol’ Casa Deist don’t really go crazy or even really plan too far in advance our costumes or anything for Halloween. And it seems like we always are scrambling to try and do something and wind … Continue reading →
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julian posted an article on A UU Deist in Texas - Sep 15, 2011, 2:57 pm
A few days ago after my wife woke up I said to her, “i think my body produces some sort of viagra-like substance from about 5:30 to 6:30 in the morning. See?” “Oh my God! Put that thing away. We … Continue reading →
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julian posted an article on A UU Deist in Texas - Aug 26, 2011, 10:48 pm
A couple of weeks ago at I work I announce to my co-workers (who are all women) “well, I’ve got something I have to say. I know I don’t really talk too much about my personal life but this could … Continue reading →
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julian posted an article on A UU Deist in Texas - Aug 11, 2011, 1:35 pm
I stumbled over a post by WordPress blogger Wondertwisted yesterday. I thought of adding this comment to her post, “Dear John letter to UUism” but it began to run so long I figured I’d just use it as a post … Continue reading →
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julian posted an article on A UU Deist in Texas - Jul 24, 2011, 8:32 pm
So my dad, in his sarcastic way he says things, proclaims to a co-worker that I am a minister and that I had been asked by my brother to marry him and his fiance (now wife). About 10 years ago … Continue reading →
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julian posted an article on A UU Deist in Texas - Jun 27, 2011, 10:36 pm
I tweeted this a little earlier today.  Thought I’d share my snarkasm with my wordpress peeps, too. http://bit.ly/jSWkJR On the same topic, this video from two years ago is still relevent and quite funny today. Filed under: spirituality
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julian posted an article on A UU Deist in Texas - Jun 23, 2011, 12:35 pm
Yesterday was my blog’s birthday. It’s been four years since my first post but wow, it feels like it’s been a lot longer.  Seems like it’s been WAY longer. Saying that reminds me of this clip from the Steve Martin … Continue reading →
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julian posted an article on A UU Deist in Texas - Jun 7, 2011, 2:02 pm
This is the longest break in posting I think I’ve ever had in the four years I’ve maintained this blog. It’s been a hair more than two months since my last post and it isn’t for a lack of anything … Continue reading →
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julian posted an article on A UU Deist in Texas - Apr 3, 2011, 4:37 pm
Well The Deistette and I are making another go of gardening. We tried last year and everything started off ok, but we had some terrible rain for a few days about a month or so into our attempt and after … Continue reading →
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julian posted an article on A UU Deist in Texas - Mar 20, 2011, 2:40 pm
It’s the first day of Spring today and coincidentally and somewhat through design, it is also my wedding anniversary. The Deistette and I got married two years ago today. Hardly a milestone. I mean real milestones are a 20th, 25th … Continue reading →
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julian posted an article on A UU Deist in Texas - Mar 17, 2011, 10:40 am
Deist O’Jules here folks and I wish I could say I’m as chipper as my post title reads. It is not quite a week since the earthquake in Japan.  As if having the biggest earthquake in recorded history weren’t enough, … Continue reading →
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julian posted an article on A UU Deist in Texas - Feb 25, 2011, 11:44 am
So my blog buddy Humanitarikim commented in my last post about one of my submissions to FAWM and the last thing she said in her first comment was “can’t wait to hear more.” Not wanting to disappoint… this one’s for … Continue reading →
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julian posted an article on A UU Deist in Texas - Feb 20, 2011, 5:37 pm
I’ve mentioned a time or two that I play with some friends in a band. Collectively we’re ok I guess. We have our moments when we shine but we’re definitely greater than the sum of our parts. Tonight we’re opening … Continue reading →
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julian posted an article on A UU Deist in Texas - Feb 13, 2011, 10:15 pm
Since The Deistette’s Little Man (her son for first time readers) moved in shortly after she did a couple of years ago I have felt an enormous amount of pressure in the role of Best Second Daddy Ever, a term … Continue reading →
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julian posted an article on A UU Deist in Texas - Jan 28, 2011, 6:09 pm
I hate it. It’s one of the worst things about having a six year old in the house. Well, next to the tantrums, and the waking me at 3:47 in the morning to ask if he can have the dream … Continue reading →
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julian posted an article on A UU Deist in Texas - Jan 26, 2011, 1:11 pm
I had a dream last night. My dreams lately have been very broken up. When I wake up and try to remember they seem like fragments.  The scenes are picked up after they started and then are clipped off before … Continue reading →
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julian posted an article on A UU Deist in Texas - Jan 23, 2011, 9:24 pm
Yesterday I completed 44 years on this water covered rock and today begins my 45th.  Statistically speaking I have completed more than half of my life.  If I’m lucky, I guess I’ve got about 35… maybe 40 years left. Weird … Continue reading →
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julian posted an article on A UU Deist in Texas - Jan 15, 2011, 12:19 am
My teenage daughter, Little Fawn, and I have a standing date every Wednesday evening. Such are the perks of being the non-custodial parent (where’s that damn sarcasm font). It’s evolved from getting happy meals when she was five, to going … Continue reading →
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julian posted an article on A UU Deist in Texas - Jan 14, 2011, 12:31 am
Tonight I went to a meeting. My Municipal Utility District board was having a meeting to discuss security in the four neighborhoods that reside within its boundaries. I know… why would an infrastructure entity be concerning itself with providing security … Continue reading →
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julian posted an article on A UU Deist in Texas - Jan 10, 2011, 11:47 am
The shooting of a U.S. representative in Arizona on Jan 8th, has manifested the political divide in this country as a clearly as seeing a fly in cream soup. As more details bubble out from the interwebs about the shooter, … Continue reading →
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julian posted an article on A UU Deist in Texas - Jan 5, 2011, 5:47 pm
My UU congregation has gone through a few ministers in its 15 year history.  I can think of four right off the top of my head but I think there has been seven including our current minister. We share him … Continue reading →
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julian posted an article on A UU Deist in Texas - Dec 31, 2010, 9:15 pm
tick tock says the clock time and tide wait for no man Happy New Year y’all Filed under: spirituality Tagged: 2011, haiku, new year's
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julian posted an article on A UU Deist in Texas - Dec 26, 2010, 8:24 pm
We had a pretty bad year this year financially.  Emmie lost her job in July, got hired at another place a couple of weeks later only to have that contract end after only two months.  Her mom moved in with … Continue reading →
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julian posted an article on A UU Deist in Texas - Dec 25, 2010, 11:29 am
good night Chesty Puller, wherever you are. Filed under: Christmas, Marine Corps Tagged: Full Metal Jacket, God loves Marines, Happy Birthday Jesus
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julian posted an article on A UU Deist in Texas - Dec 24, 2010, 8:27 pm
I love Christmas. Maybe not so much Christmas but more the nostalgia of Christmases gone by I guess. I wonder if Christmas would hold the same nostalgia if it had happened today in our iPad, digital world. Merry Christmas everyone! … Continue reading →
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julian posted an article on A UU Deist in Texas - Dec 16, 2010, 1:58 pm
My little UU congregation is pretty small, so when our fund raising honcho brought up the idea that we could make some pretty good coin by working at the Houston Texans’ football games we were a little hesitant.  She did … Continue reading →
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julian posted an article on A UU Deist in Texas - Dec 14, 2010, 11:28 pm
So here we are with only eleven days until Christmas and (believe it or not) I only heard my first Christmas song just about a week ago.  It came from inside my house when my stepson was practicing his songs … Continue reading →
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julian posted an article on A UU Deist in Texas - Dec 1, 2010, 11:06 am
This evening at sundown is the first of eight crazy nights. Filed under: Hanukkah
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julian posted an article on A UU Deist in Texas - Nov 25, 2010, 10:58 pm
I am thankful for my blog buddies.  I have had wonderful insights and immensely supportive comments while posting to this blog. Thank you, thank you, thank you. Y’all are awesome. ok, group hug.  C’mon. Let’s bring it in.  C’mon… Ombud, … Continue reading →
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julian posted an article on A UU Deist in Texas - Nov 22, 2010, 9:05 pm
One thing that really, really pisses me off are hypocrites… but particularly hypocrites of a Christian bent. That BULLSHIT about “Christians aren’t perfect, just forgiven” is the most disgusting, self-serving, spineless, greedy saying I’ve ever heard. One of my sisters, … Continue readin...
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julian posted an article on A UU Deist in Texas - Nov 11, 2010, 12:27 pm
Yesterday was the 235th Birthday of the Marine Corps. The Marine Corps Birthday is a big deal for Marines… a really, really big deal. I had only one person say “Happy Birthday Marine” yesterday and that was Little Fawn’s mother.  … Continue reading →
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julian posted an article on A UU Deist in Texas - Nov 2, 2010, 4:57 pm
It was two years ago that I cast my vote for you. Two years later, here at the midterm election and I am so disappointed. It’s more than disappointment.  It’s anger.  It’s dissolution. It’s a feeling that goes beyond being … Continue reading →
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julian posted an article on A UU Deist in Texas - Oct 29, 2010, 4:34 pm
I’m not sure if something is going around or if everyone in my office has a case of the Friday flu but two of my co-workers are out and two others came in late claiming a child was sick. If … Continue reading →
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julian posted an article on A UU Deist in Texas - Oct 16, 2010, 10:36 pm
Friends of mine from church got married today.  Unfortunately The Deistette and I were running late and came skidding into the chapel just in time to catch “the kiss”.  But at least we made it in time to see that … Continue reading →
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julian posted an article on A UU Deist in Texas - Oct 10, 2010, 7:57 pm
A couple of months ago The Deistette got laid off from her job and miracle of miracles she was only out of work for a couple of weeks. I say miracle because of the job climate these days. She’s working … Continue reading →
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julian posted an article on A UU Deist in Texas - Oct 5, 2010, 1:35 pm
I’m a member at Vimeo.com and get an update every day as to the newest vids.  This place is much different from YouTube in that the community is made up mostly of amateur, semi-pro and pro film makers. And these … Continue reading →
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julian posted an article on A UU Deist in Texas - Oct 1, 2010, 12:59 pm
It’s almost been a month since my last post.   For some reason I can’t seem to muster the will to post anything. I’ve wanted to. I thought about posting something at the fall equinox, another home improvement update, something silly … Continue reading →
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julian posted an article on A UU Deist in Texas - Sep 2, 2010, 11:14 pm
I was SOOOOO in love with Kelly. Kinda still am. Filed under: blogging, heart throb Tagged: 90210, Jenny Garth
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julian posted an article on A UU Deist in Texas - Aug 29, 2010, 12:02 pm
So I’m still doing home improvements.  I’ve lived in my house almost 13 years and I don’t think I’ve done this much improvement in all those years combined as I have in the past year.  Most (ok, actually all) of … Continue reading →
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julian posted an article on A UU Deist in Texas - Aug 12, 2010, 12:01 am
About twice a month, sometimes three or four times a month I have to travel to different municipal or state agencies to file things for clients of my company. And now and again I’ll go see a few of clients … Continue reading →
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julian posted an article on A UU Deist in Texas - Aug 2, 2010, 11:18 pm
I’ve written here on more than a couple of occasions that I am not a Christian.  Pretty easy to tell from the title of my blog… Deist. Not a Christian.  I also have Buddhist tendencies and go to a UU … Continue reading →
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julian posted an article on A UU Deist in Texas - Jul 30, 2010, 11:02 am
Polls, data… sheer numbers would suggest a majority of this nation (at this moment in history) is Christian.  But our founding?… the founders?  What of the future? Christians, with unwavering confidence on this topic, will state the U.S. was founded … Continue reading →
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julian posted an article on A UU Deist in Texas - Jul 26, 2010, 8:28 pm
I have three friends from church who play in a band with me. The whole thing is kinda surreal. I mean we started out thinking we’d just play a little music, if we got good enough maybe… MAYBE play for … Continue reading →
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julian posted an article on A UU Deist in Texas - Jul 7, 2010, 6:08 pm
Yesterday His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama celebrated his 75th birthday. I heard this on the radio yesterday and it got me to thinking… what a tremendous age we have been living in.   In just my lifetime (the past 40+ years) there have been giants of humanity that have had a positive influen...
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julian posted an article on A UU Deist in Texas - Jul 5, 2010, 11:16 pm
Emmie’s mom is coming to live with us.  She’s coming to live with us in two days. Yes, you read that right. My mother in-law is coming to live with me, my wife, my stepson, my daughter (on the weekends she’s here) our dog and two cats in our teeny tiny 1,190 square foot house.
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julian posted an article on A UU Deist in Texas - Jun 6, 2010, 7:14 pm
I don’t really write much about UUism or my church.  I pretty much write things that happen in my life from my Deist and UU perspective but over at a new blog called The UU Salon, the moderators post a question that invite UU bloggers to comment on it. This month’s question is: Universa...
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julian posted an article on A UU Deist in Texas - Jun 1, 2010, 11:37 pm
W E ‘ R E   F A R M E R S !! So during the four weeks when I was doing the demolition and reconstruction of our kitchen (see post below) I decided since I was in a building kind of mood I would construct a little raised garden bed.  “Little” is the key
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julian posted an article on A UU Deist in Texas - May 20, 2010, 10:49 pm
Ok, so I didn’t invent anything but necessity bred a strong impulse to learn to become a cabinet installer, plumber, sheet rock installer, mold abatement guy, and all around Do-It-Yourselfer. You see, the reason I’ve been gone from the interwebs for a while is I had to rebuild my kitchen...
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julian posted an article on A UU Deist in Texas - May 7, 2010, 1:52 pm
Ugh… on Tuesday night The Deistette and I were doing the evening ritual of  figuring out something for dinner.  It’s been hard lately since my brother and I destroyed the kitchen (a post on that coming soon). The Deistette decides she’ll just use some left over rotisserie chicken...
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