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Update #3: Didn't it rain?
Posted on October 25, 2009
A few years ago Dear Wife Betty & I were ushers at the Vineyard Playhouse's production of the musical review "Mahalia", which was about, coincidentally enough, the life & music of Mahalia Jackson, the great Gospel singer. The woman who played Mahalia was superb (sorry, can't find her name in quick googling-- will update later), and whenever I wake up to rain like I did last night, rain coming down like it means business, I hear Mahalia singing her song "Didn't it rain?" about Noah the righteous man and all the sinners left in the flood. They're knocking on Noah's door, and Noah's telling them, "You're drowning in sin. God's got the key and you can't come in."
Which to me sounds a little harsh, frankly. But hey, as Paul Simon said, "God only knows, and God only plans. The information's unavailable to the moral man."
But Didn't it Rain is a great rockin' song, and y'all should go find it on Pandora or whatever and give it a listen, and then not only will you feel uplifted, but your brain will be in sync with mine, and how cool is that?
Backers keep raining down on this Creation Science project, hallelujah, "I thank you all", as Freddy Mercury sang. But it's still no bed of roses, no pleasure cruise, and if we are truly going to become champions of the world, my friends, I think we're going to need a pantload of $2, $5, and $15 backers. (Where did all you $250 backers come from. I love you! Mwah, I give you big kiss!). So please, please, please work your networks to spread the word.
Friend Mike Pence suggested that I put up some video updates, perhaps including me reading from my earlier works. An intriguing idea. But for now, today, anyway, I'm going to stay focused on combing my own network, sending out personal notes. Please consider taking a few minutes do do the same. I really want to finish this book!
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I'm the author of the novels Acts of the Apostles, Cheap Complex Devices, and The Pains, all of which can be downloaded for free from wetmachine.com. I've also written a bunch of award-winning essays for Salon.
I've done famine relief & agricultural development work in west Africa (5 years), have spent 22 of the last 30 years in high tech (Silicon Valley & Boston areas), the other 8 years as truck driver, construction laborer, and novelist. I volunteer at a food pantry that my wife founded & runs, and I'm a volunteer firefighter.
