From Voyageurs National Park on FB: Called “Catamaran” by locals, Bert Upton is among the strangest of historical characters on area waters. He lived in a hut built over a dug-out at Squirrel Narrows. Found frozen to death in the 1930s by Kettle Falls pioneer Oliver Knox; Upton was perched lifeless in the snow just a half-mile from his home. Shunning civilization, Upton defined the word hermit. First spotted rowing his crude log raft on Namakan, no one knows how he got there. Upton’s accent implied an English heritage but any personal inquiries brought a stony silence. Some suspected him a man fleeing the law; others saw a bizarre outcast; everyone knew he was peculiar. Just five feet tall and wildly unkempt, Catamaran wore hacked-off pants and walked barefoot with a stick. Winter demanded shoes but no socks, a cast-off Mackinaw, and a trailing cap made from the leg of old underwear. He was oddly religious, and suspicious of being poisoned. Surviving on snared rabbits and fish, he ofte...
... those things are contradictory... if schools are dens of sin wouldn't they be excellent sources of challenge to Christian faith?
ReplyDelete? SEPARATION CHURCH & STATE!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteActually I hope that everyone of faith is constantly challenging and questioning their beliefs.
ReplyDeleteI never got sin for lunch though, usually a burrito.
ReplyDeleteSin was always my favorite lunch.
ReplyDeleteDoes anyone have any tips for challenging kids' Christian faith? I'd like to do my part.
ReplyDeleteI thought you were doing that in your D&D group?
ReplyDeleteAlso, convince them to play D&D.
Eavesdropping taught me that pro wrestling, especially female pro wrestling, is an incredibly potent force for homosexuality , and how. The ladies on the bus went on and on and on about sweaty under-dressed men groping each other… and the muscles, and the exertion, and did I mention the under-dressed part?
ReplyDeleteWell, that's more interesting than mine.
ReplyDeleteLet's just say they were very emphatic about it, and at great length.
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