Foolish Sage | May 28, 2009
Just moments ago a friend sent me this recording of my name being read from the podium of Westminster Theological Seminary’s commencement for the awarding of my Master of Arts in Religion (Biblical Studies) degree:
“Mark Traphagen, in absentia”
UPDATE: My daughter took the following video of all the M.A.R. graduates receiving their diplomas. My name being [...]
Foolish Sage | May 21, 2009
One of my favorite bloggers is back in action. My dear friend Joel Garver has returned to blogging at Sacra Doctrina after a hiatus stretching back to last September. Joel has done enough of these (and his blog is still well-followed by many) that in our corner of the Web, to disappear from blogging for [...]
Foolish Sage | May 17, 2009
Image by bunchofpants via Flickr
Tonight I joined the Scene of the Crime Rovers, Durham’s own honk band.
“Joined” might be putting it a little too formally. Basically, I showed up at a practice and at the end mentioned that I would definitely be coming back. There was much rejoicing. “Most people leave during the break,” one [...]
Foolish Sage | May 17, 2009
This entry is part of a series, Flying Club Cup Videos by Beirut»
I need to get this series done!
Video #8 from the Beirut album The Flying Club Cup is titled “In the Mausoleum.” Here’s the video:
The lyrics are very brief and sung only once in the song:
Time travels to learn
your secret life
in your [...]
Foolish Sage | May 11, 2009
…really just an excuse to try out a new tool I’m using called Animoto:
That’s some of our grandkids on the recent Piedmont Farm Tour here in central North Carolina. Music fromWe Shall All Be Healed by The Mountain Goats.
Foolish Sage | May 11, 2009
In a previous post I wrote about my encounter this past weekend with the Scene of the Crime Rovers, a Durham community street band. I had never seen anything quite like this before. I was instantly mesmerized and hooked. What I didn’t realize is that the Rovers are not an isolated case, but part of [...]
Foolish Sage | May 8, 2009
Master and Commander by Patrick O’Brian
My Goodreads.com rating: 5 of 5 stars
If I believed in reincarnation, I would be convinced that Patrick O’Brian must have been a 19th century British naval officer in a former life. His Aubrey & Maturin novels recreate that world with almost eerie accuracy. In the end, though, it is [...]
Foolish Sage | May 4, 2009
At one time, most music was free, spontaneous, and generated out of a community. This was folk music before it became a genre in the record store or iTunes. People picked up whatever instruments were at hand (or that they could make) and played not to be popular, not to get a hit on the [...]
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Mark Traphagen (aka Foolish Sage) is a lover of dark beers and darker music, of things that are but are not as they seem, of contexts taken out of context to become new contexts, of resurrections and that which is already (but not yet). Mark lives in Durham, NC, with his wife and pet Macbook Pro. He has two married daughters and six grandchildren, and currently freelances as an Internet marketer.
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