Well. The manager of the cafe at The Anchor Room told me this morning that he accidentally double-booked again. So that means I am bumped from the schedule tonight.
Sorry if you were planning to come out. There's really no excuse forthcoming from The Anchor Room, except that they goofed.
Please remember me in March!
Now you can listen to all 14 songs from my recent instrumental album, "Wordlessly." Plus, you can still download two songs free of charge.
Just go to my downloads page. Be sure to set your browser to allow popups.
When you're done, you're welcome to buy a CD or buy downloads from iTunes!
Buy from iTunes:
Each song is 99 cents, or you can download the entire CD for $9.99. Click on the button below to find my album on iTunes, if you have iTunes installed.
As Indianapolis Colts Coach Tony Dungy said after Sunday's heart-stopping game:
It's a shame we have to go to Miami. We should just go to Fort Wayne and play it off there.
That's right: Countries, not counties.
A study done by the Frontier Centre for Public Policy ranks Fort Wayne as the most affordable city for housing among the countries of the United States, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, Australia, and the United Kingdom. This is extraordinarily good news for Fort Wayne.
I've arranged with The Anchor Room (not this Anchor Room) to perform there five times in 2007. Here are the dates:
I've just converted this blog to some sort of new layout thing that Blogger is doing. All that means is that I need to reconstruct some elements in the sidebar, and stuff like that.
So, sorry if this page is a bit ugly for a while.
OK, it's not the worst case of Jesus Junk I've read about, but this review of the Left Behind: Eternal Forces video game puts it in the Top Ten.
It's a real-time strategy game, but, as the game's web site FAQ says: "The difference is that our game features fictional battles set on the stage of an apocalyptic world. Our game includes no intestines, no blood spatter, no severed limbs, no vulgar language, no sexual conduct, no morally reprehensible conduct – such as cop-killing, prostitute-bashing, or other criminal behavior ..."
An excerpt of Kamp Krusty review:
Does Left Behind: Eternal Forces let you kill people?
Yes. But only in self-defense.
With a tank?
Yes.
But you're protecting others, so it's morally good, then.
No, it costs you Spirituality Points. It's still bad. But sometimes, you have to kill bad guys, but it's still morally bad, but you should do it sometimes, but it's morally bad, but sometimes you just have to, you know? But it's bad.
Here's what I've been looking at on the Internet lately:
Hi! Hey, you can check out photos from the first day of our family's recent trip to Chicago at my Shutterfly page.
Pictured at right: Street view of the Sears Tower.
It's been quite a while since I've posted anything, but November is Birthday Month here at the Swerens household, as some of you know. So we've been busybusybusy with birthdays for Sarita and Caleb plus that surprise party for Mary.
She was surprised.
But here, I want to post the new lyrics for my song "River." Thanks to the ministrations of my dear Mary and of the fellow songwriters who met at Mimi Burns' place the other night, I've amended the lyrics. And here they are:
River
By Jon Swerens
River, you carve the valleys in two
River, you bring new life into view
River, you prove your promises true
River, o River
River, an island stands in your way
River, you simply wear it away
River, even the rocks must obey
River, o River
CHORUS:
Flood my walls and flood my ceilings
Flood my reckless thoughts and feelings
Soak me through like laundry in the rain
Flood my cellars, flood my rafters
Flood all my befores and afters
Leave no place where dryness can remain
River, bleach me whiter than snow
River, until my heart overflows
River, take me wherever you go
River, o River
CHORUS
River, sweep me far from this place
River, to an ocean of grace
River, where I can look on your face
River, o River
©2006 Jon Swerens
In honor of election day, listen to this short radio ad put on the air by a local candidate:
