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Mon, 16 Jan 2012 01:33:58 -0500

The Vintage Remedies Essentials Series was written by Jessie...

Wed, 07 Dec 2011 08:39:00 -0500

The Vintage Remedies Essentials Series was written by Jessie Hawkins, and focuses on natural health and real foods, and is specifically designed to by used by “Natural Living Educators” in a four week class.

We always love working with Jessie! We provided a basic copy-edit for the VREssentials Real Food Workbook.

Two Dudes Foods

Thu, 11 Aug 2011 15:59:26 -0400

Two Dudes Foods:

Check out this new project I started with my friend Daniel. We’ve been swapping food and drink recipes for a couple of years, and now we’d like to share it with you! And our project is on tumblr and Facebook, so follow us!

Classical Education Resources

Wed, 20 Jul 2011 19:54:00 -0400

Our educational imprint Holy Trinity Classical now has an online webstore for our text books. Tax and shipping included in the price. Check it out!

Summer is about fun, and fun is about collaborating. Hip-hop...

Sun, 03 Jul 2011 19:42:00 -0400

Summer is about fun, and fun is about collaborating.

Hip-hop never sounds so good as when artists get together and fuse their creative genius. And BBQs are always more enjoyable when everyone gets together and brings a little something.

Perfect for your next BBQ party, this hip-hop mix fuses Royal Ruckus, J-Qwess, Spoken Nerd, Sareem Poems, Fabio Musta, Pigeon John, Akil of Jurassic 5, Busta Rhymes, J. Rawls, Sadat X, Mars iLL, Deepspace5, Alex Goose, De La Soul, Flynn Adam, Public Enemy, KRS-One, Far East Movement, Sufjan Stevens, Aesop Rock, Blackalicious, Lateef, Cappadonna, Redcloud, Shwayze, Pete Rock, C.L. Smooth, A Tribe Called Quest, and others.

And these artists took the time to do the fusing for us. No fancy turntable mixes involved here. Just hand-picked the collaboration songs, and made them friendly for you!

Download the mix here.

1. Tennessee Tiki – Royal Ruckus, Spoken Nerd, J-Qwess

2. Lower the Boom (Remix) – Sareem Poems, Fabio Musta, Pigeon John, Akil of Jurassic 5

3. What’s Next – Leaders of the New School (Busta Rhymes, Charlie Brown, Dinco D)

4. Face It – J. Rawls, Sadat X, Wise Intelligent

5. No One Rides for Free – Deepspace5, Alex Goose

6. Breakadawn – De La Soul

7. Le California (Unreleased) – Rootbeer (Pigeon John. Flynn Adam)

8. Sex, Drugs, & Violence – Public Enemy, KRS-One

9. The Fresh (MyNINJA!) – Peter Rocks, Far East Movement, Rootbeer

10. Star of Wonder (None Shall Pass) – Tor, Sufjan Stevens, Aesop Rock

11. Side to Side – Blackalicious, Pigeon John, Lateef (Latyrx)

12. Too Strong to Change – Mars iLL, Cappadonna (Wu-Tang Clan)

13. Blue Hearts Club (Unreleased) – Royal Ruckus, Redcloud, Malachi Perez

14. Tapatio – Redcloud, Pigeon John

15. Buzzin’ – Shwayze, Cisco Adler (Whitestarr)

16. They Reminisce Over You – Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth

17. Scenario – A Tribe Called Quest, Leaders of the New School

Why Google+ is Meh

Fri, 01 Jul 2011 14:23:00 -0400

Or, why the 9 Reasons to Switch aren’t enough for me.

1. I don’t really want more integration with Google services. My primary work depends on Google services. Integrating my social networking only tempts me to utilize it more often for unrelated activities. This is the reason I dumped the Flock browser after a week.

2. I’m not particularly impressed with better friend management. It’s cool. But Facebook will copy it or improve on it in no time flat.

3. Better mobile app? Maybe with time, but there is no mobile app for iPhone yet. Do not pass go, do not collect $200.

4. Easier to find stuff to share? Neat idea, but I find stuff to share from Facebook and twitter because I have developed a network of people who care about what I care about. I really don’t need Google’s help. I’ll tinker around with this and perhaps I’ll take these words back.

5. This one wins. I like to keep my data.

6. Better photo tagging? If you do things you’ll regret showing up online, I guess this would matter to you. I don’t do anything I’m afraid people will know about, so this doesn’t appeal to me. No facial recognition software? Not an improvement.

7. I don’t care about group chat. The only thing I can imagine using a video “hangout” for is business, but there are already plenty of ways to do this. If you like group chat, fine. I don’t need it, nor want it.

8. Safer content sharing? Easier to do? If you don’t know how to do this on facebook, you aren’t doing it right. (It’s next to the share button…)

9. Maybe Google is a better steward of your personal data. Seems to me, time will have to bear this out a little…

In the end, there are 700 million people on Facebook now, including my mother and grandmother. I’ll never be able to get them to make the switch. I’m very pleased with twitter, tumblr, and other niche social networking sites. For me, it’s more like Google minus.

Other food for thought:

The Vintage Remedies Guide to Real Food by Jessie Hawkins Bottom...

Sun, 05 Jun 2011 21:04:00 -0400

The Vintage Remedies Guide to Real Food by Jessie Hawkins

Bottom line: Good health depends on good food, and good food must be real food.

We provided the copy-editing work for this book, and hired our friend Kelly Seow to give the book a special touch and a second set of eyes.

Fund this ‘stache! I’ll be sporting this ridiculous...

Sun, 01 May 2011 16:18:58 -0400

Fund this ‘stache!

I’ll be sporting this ridiculous moustache in celebration of Moustache May and to raise $500 for IOCC, an organization currently providing relief for people in Japan.

Some time ago, I worked at Starbucks with my pal Mike Walker...

Wed, 27 Apr 2011 15:15:02 -0400

Some time ago, I worked at Starbucks with my pal Mike Walker (from Royal Ruckus). In between hating Frappuccino drinkers, we had great fun. Fewer people had more inside jokes than Mike and me.

For awhile, we had a very uptight assistant manager. At one point, he mandated that we only give coffee cup sleeves for drinks for which the handbook required sleeves. In other words, unless requested specifically by the customer, we were only allowed to put sleeves on drip coffee, tea, espresso, and Americanos. The trouble is that pretty much everyone expects a cup sleeve these days.

So to add to the fun, when people would ask for a sleeve, if they couldn’t think of the name of it, we wouldn’t supply it. We would let them find a word to express what they needed. Hand motions wouldn’t suffice either. We played dumb.

Here is the customer made list we gradually compiled; and folks, we aren’t making this up:

Cup Gripper
Protector
Java Jacket
Bra
Cuff
Sleeve (you got it, pal!)
Wooden Thing
Thingies
Coaster
Cozy
Handle
Hand Thing
Envelope
Slip
Huggy
Cover
Jacket
Holder
Card
Pocket
Skirt
Collar
Hanky
Lil Deals
Paper Thingy
Sweater
Holder on the Sides
Carton
Brown Thing
Hot Thing
Cool Thing
Coffee Condom
Coffee Clutch
Liner
Sock
Warmer
Hand Guard
Thermo-Protecting Cuff
Insulator
Hand Job
Caddies
Slipper
Circle
Band
Jobby
Sheets
Hand Saver
Styrofoam

Royal Ruckus | Rumors of our Demise Have Been Greatly Exaggerated | CD Baby

Tue, 12 Apr 2011 16:59:54 -0400

Royal Ruckus | Rumors of our Demise Have Been Greatly Exaggerated | CD Baby:

My latest music project is now available in hard copy format!

EnjoyingBeer.com - By far my most enjoyable web endeavor yet! I...

Tue, 12 Apr 2011 00:48:15 -0400

EnjoyingBeer.com - By far my most enjoyable web endeavor yet! I started EB shortly after my 21st birthday, long before I really understood beer, but far enough along to recognize the superiority of certain beers. It went through several incarnations, and for a time even was anonymous (during my stint in Nashville’s Christian [read: Baptist] music industry).

My rating system was pretty fun:

5 Beers = On Tap in Heaven
4 Beers = One of Earth’s Best Offerings
3 Beers = Good Beer for Good Times
2 Beers = If There’s Nothing Else
1 Beer = Don’t Put this Crap on Tap

I wouldn’t mind selling this domain, but I’m tempted to hang onto it and do something really great with it someday.

JameyB.com was my personal blog on Wittenberg Hall where I...

Sun, 03 Apr 2011 04:55:39 -0400

JameyB.com was my personal blog on Wittenberg Hall where I posted writings and thoughts about anything miscellaneous - in other words, not related to the subjets of the other sites (such as classical education, beer, or eschatology).

I’ll probably hang onto the domain and perhaps resurrect it in the future.

Jimmy & the Zoo Crew This was a collaborative effort between...

Thu, 31 Mar 2011 16:24:19 -0400

Jimmy & the Zoo Crew

This was a collaborative effort between Bob Herdman, Josh Babyar, and me, intended to be considered for the children’s imprint of Flicker Records, Big House Kids. It never went anywhere, but it was fun. Originally meant to be more like the Wiggles + animals, budget restrictions left us with a green screen and a Blues Clues-esque show. The music is still up at myspace for the time being.

Postmillennialism.com Postmillennialism is the eschatological...

Tue, 29 Mar 2011 13:32:00 -0400

Postmillennialism.com

Postmillennialism is the eschatological school of thought in Christian theology that says that the Gospel will fill the earth, gradually converting the world to Christ. Eventually, says postmillennial thought, the earth will be full of the knowledge of the Lord as the waters covers the sea, and all this prior to the Second Coming of Christ. As you may have noticed, this is quite a contrast to the popular Left Behind theology. In addition, most of us believe that the Great Tribulation is in reference to the events leading up to the destruction of Jerusalem and the Jewish Temple in AD 70.

I became convinced of postmillennialism at 19 years old, and became a rabid proponent of the teaching. I registered postmillennialism.com in 2000, and deliberately opened it on Easter in commemoration of Christ’s victory over sin and death through his death and resurrection.

The site went through several incarnations over its 11 year history. During that time, it helped to open many doors of opportunity for me, and I made many friends through it. I’m particularly fond of the period where we had an active discussion board…that was our social networking.

Originally titled Folks, It’s Not That Bad!, the site motto has always been “Optimistic eschatology in the midst of Christian pessimism.”

I might bring it back someday, but for now it’s going to have rest for a while.

My Latest Endeavor

Wed, 23 Mar 2011 12:18:31 -0400

Available now at Bandcamp, coming soon to iTunes, Amazon, and other online music outlets.

Royal Ruckus, "Pocket Lint & Spare Change"

Thu, 17 Mar 2011 18:09:00 -0400

Royal Ruckus, Pocket Lint and Spare Change
Released 2001. Deluxe Edition released through Neopolis Media, 2008.

Originally intended as a 5 song demo, this album was later re-released with 15 tracks. I wrote and rapped songs, co-produced some of them, along with my partner Mike Walker. Pigeon John produced the demo, which included a little help from our friends the Skalastix, 80s rap legend the Rappin’ Duke, and Todd Collins.

We re-released the record in 2008 with a little help from Flynn Adam of LA Symphony and Rootbeer. It is available in MP3 format and in physical CD form.

The brain child of my friend Michelle Borquez Thornton, Shine...

Wed, 16 Mar 2011 20:36:00 -0400

The brain child of my friend Michelle Borquez Thornton, Shine Magazine was an evangelical women’s magazine, covering arts, entertainment, fashion, food, and beyond.

I was the Associate Editor of Shine Magazine from roughly 2004-2006. In addition to editing each article before it went to the graphics department, I transcribed and edited many of the interviews. One of the more interesting interviews I remember was with Maia Morgenstern, the actress who played Mary in The Passion of the Christ.

Wittenberg Hall was the blog that never wanted to be a blog. I...

Tue, 15 Mar 2011 22:23:00 -0400

Wittenberg Hall was the blog that never wanted to be a blog. I saw it more as a theological webzine - sort of a reimagined RazorMouth 2.0. Really, it was a family of sites that covered beer, education, eschatology, theology, culture, and more. Inspired by Martin Luther, my intention was to have a historically ecumenical blog that highlighted thoughtful Christian thinking from a number of perspectives. I saw Wittenberg as an excellent bridge - for Catholics, Orthodox, and Protestants alike.

I ran the site with a little help from friends. Our contributors were eclectic, and included Orthodox, Anglican, and Reformed men, including Dr. Thomas Askew, Fr. Stephen Freeman, Dr. George Grant, Eric Holmberg, Bishop Lucien Lindsey, Rev. Steve Schlissel, Dr. R.C. Sproul Jr., and Rev. Dr. Peter Toon. Occasionally, Robbie Grayson, Gary DeMar, David Bunker, P. Andrew Sandlin, and Alison Sailer offered their expertise. For a time, we partnered with my friend Gregg Strawbridge’s WordMp3.com and offered free downloads of lectures and sermons from various Christian thinkers.

It was plenty fun. I ran the main site from 2005 - 2011, but posting was somewhat irregular beginning in 2009 or so. Ultimately, my move to Hawaii, and then my conversion to Orthodox Christianity, led to the site going dormant. I’m pulling the site soon, but I’ll hang onto the domains for a while.

What is it with Mr. Neopolis?

Tue, 15 Mar 2011 01:07:00 -0400

What is it with Mr. Neopolis?:

I assembled a posse of men who will tell you I work miracles. Will you believe them?

Blue Ice and Other Stories from the Rink by Frank Ewert I’m not...

Mon, 14 Mar 2011 20:58:00 -0400

Blue Ice and Other Stories from the Rink by Frank Ewert

I’m not much of a hockey fan, but this book made me want to be. A modest collection of hockey-loving stories, Ewert celebrates hockey like only a Canadian could.

I met @jasonfrankewert when he lived in Moscow, Idaho, and we’re twitter pals. He’s a cool guy.

I copy-edited this book.

Published by Canon Press, 2009. 86 pages.