http://radioactivejesus.net Records of my continuing adventures Thu, 20 Sep 2007 05:20:55 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en (continued from 11: Twentynine-Palms) So I went for a walk. I was wearing "street clothes" rather than the very biblical robes I had been wearing of late, or the cool, post-modern, scripture-covered bodysuit that I imagined The Nazarene would wear. It was cool inside, but like everyone else I had to ... http://radioactivejesus.net/archives/gargantuan-propellers (continued from 10: Patient Zero) Leonard's sources indicated that the Great Emaciator was making preparations for something big in California. I wasn't privy to the exact nature of those sources, but Leonard assured me they were reliable. A demolitions supply company in Arizona had apparently sold a large quantity of exotic ... http://radioactivejesus.net/archives/twentynine-palms (continued from 9: A Freakish Little Blip) The sunlight swooped through at a lazy, orangey, afternoon angle by the time the rest of my work was finished. There were more ambulances and Fire Department paramedic units than I would have guessed existed in the whole state of Oklahoma, and more police ... http://radioactivejesus.net/archives/patient-zero (continued from 8: The Pirate Plague, part two) This young man, whom I quickly came to think of as my First Mate, perhaps indicating that the Pirate Plague had begun to affect even me, stayed by me throughout the action that followed, bravely and skillfully protecting me from innumerable dangers by ... http://radioactivejesus.net/archives/freakish-little-blip (continued from 7: The Pirate Plague, part one) I did the only thing I could do: I fled. Hey, I'm not Jesus, I just have super Jesus powers. And they don't include absolutely everything. I mean, would this nutcase have chased after Christ Our Lord? Of course not. He would have ... http://radioactivejesus.net/archives/pirate-plague-2 (continued from 6: Garth Brooks Wrote the Magna Carta Here) The air show was to take place starting at eight AM on a Saturday, and I arrived by Greyhound on Friday night. This gave me some time to kill, so after I had fed and watered the Greyhound, rubbed his belly, ... http://radioactivejesus.net/archives/pirate-plague-1 (continued from 5: Leonard Prefers that his Hand be Unseen) Leonard got me some endorsements to helped to pay my expenses. I received an advance of several thousand dollars for future appearances in advertisements for the Candy and Pills division of the One Huge Corporation That Owns Everything Corporation. The product, ... http://radioactivejesus.net/archives/garth-brooks-wrote (continued from 4: Your Average Juvenile Humerus) This sentence no verb. Man, has anything truer ever been said? Not that I am aware of, although my favorite Zen koan is a contender: A disciple approached the master to ask him a question. "Master, does a dog have Buddha nature?" ... http://radioactivejesus.net/archives/leonard-prefers (continued from 3: My Secret Origin, continued some more) In St. Louis I learned a valuable lesson. Walking through a lovely little park running along the banks of the Mississippi, remembering the enchanting story of Huckleberry Finn in King Arthur's court--especially savoring the recollection of the whimsical interlude in which ... http://radioactivejesus.net/archives/juvenile-humerus (continued from 2: My Secret Origin, continued) As I shook her hand, a confused and somewhat alarmed expression took over her face. She seemed to smile for a moment, then said something that sounded like "Gnnrpphppt," and one of her eyes popped right out of her head and landed on my ... http://radioactivejesus.net/archives/my-secret-origin-3