September 13, 2005

While not attending sumptuous weddings in Toronto I was riding around on the subway system reading the walrus and adding to my list of things to learn about and read.

I went back to see the scottish monument salesman and rode the bus up to Jew-town (Bathurst and Lawrence area) with a gaggle of jewish parochial school teen-agers. It was weird, in every respect the girls were just like me on my bus home from highschool( right down to the dog-eared copy of the mists of avalon in one girls hand) except all the girls completely ignored the boys and all the boys wore black suitjackets over tefillen and had wide-brimmed hats. Only they were 15 years old and judging from the expression on their faces and they way they tailored both pants and jackets, they owed more allegiance to eminem than the bal shem. ( okay its so bad but I have to leave it because I think it's accurate - and it's so bad I kind of love it).

While not staring at lubavitch rappers I read the walrus, and found this article on the 25th anniversary of the death of archbishop salvador romero.the article introduced me to an interesting branch of religious thought liberation theology.

This in turn led me to a book called Redeeming the Time: a political Theology of the environment by Stephen Bede Scharper

My favorite quote from the page of quotes I found on-line is;

"When one looks at environmental destruction from a political-theological perspective, one witnesses a dual oppression, both of the poor and of vulnerable natural ecosystems."

On the same bus ride I finally found the name of the guy that wrote the book that I was telling barb about...

His name is James Gleick and his book is called Faster.

I think that's it for random bits.

I did find a book full of anecdotes by famous storytellers in a leftover from a garage sale bag of free books, (not on bus anymore) i was attracted to the book by it's fabulous binding job. I read a few of the stories on the train home, heres a quote to think about while I fall asleep.

Hyms, uncle Al said, didn't have to be sung perfect, because God looks on the heart, and if you are in The Spirit, than all praise is good.

- Garrison Keillor

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