my soul’s been psychedelisized #1

Willow Switches “Willow Switches” is a personal music project of Eriks Vitolins. Combining sounds of folk, psychedelia, lo-fi and garage rock, Willow Switches has laid down the groundwork for a concept album purely motivated by his love for music and guitar. Their current demos are divided into two distinct “albums”, which display the two distinct……

the daily purge 4-29-16

OK, this is the last day for giving away clothes. Any more and my wardrobe will resemble that of Adam’s, pre-sin. My sister, Inara, will be the (proud) owner of the three shirts tossed out by His Purgeness. Today’s theme celebrates All-Hallowed Eve’s Day, simply known as Halloween. Jack O. Lantern proudly grins his spookly smile.……

the daily purge 4-28-16

I can’t imagine that this shirt might not be a hot-button topic. You really find out how vitriolic people can be when it comes to politics. Ronald Reagan, for example, to some people was a small ‘s’ savior, a defender of freedom and an all-around nice guy. To others he was a fascist, a mo-ron……

the daily purge 4-27-16

What do you get when you mix a boxer, a burger and a bag? A trip to the garbage can to throw this George Foreman grill away. “But, why, The Purging Lutheran, why? Why do you throw it away? Was it broken? Did you give up meat?” No, concerned citizen, those aren’t the reasons. I……

Sate Nilver Primary Forecast 4/27/16

Pros:  The Northeast decided they’re all collectively tired of this election and decided to end it last night. Cons:  Sorry, there’s still a general election to go. Nilver Lining:  New England has some of the best county and township names in the country.  Isn’t that right, Woonsocket, RI?

Let’s all go to the lobby film review #1

Good gravy! Is it hard enough to find a movie to review these days? Violence, potty mouth, disgraceful behavior, look-at-me’ism, drug useage. It all seems so pervasive. I watched about half of a comedy, Look Who’s Back, about Adolph Hitler, if you can believe it. He reappears in Berlin 60 years after his death, for……

the daily purge 4-26-16

The Lad once worked in a party store, a place where a mom could buy balloons, games, decorations and other mish-mash for her young’un’s birthday/middle school graduation/first communion/”just because you’re so cute!” party. He obviously was in a ‘fight the power’ mood when he bought this. If he ever wore this, I do not know.……

the daily purge 4-25-16

I don’t know. Anytime My Sweet Rib and I would buy something there was always a reason why we bought it, and I’m sure there was a reason we bought heat-wraps and their kin, toe-wraps, finger-wraps and hand-wraps wraps, as a simple google search will probably prove exist. How we came about heat-wraps I’ll never……

the view from the pew 4-23-16

It’s Saturday service! Susan and I go when we can so she can sleep in on Sundays. Susan will be a big fan of Jeremiah 31:25-26 when she reads this: “For I satisfy the weary ones and refresh everyone who languishes”. At this I awoke and looked, and my sleep was pleasant to me.  Susan……

the daily purge 4-22-16

Ah, kids these days, with their rock and roll t-shirts with quirky pictures and goofy captions! My younger sister has a pipeline to people who hang out in yesterday’s mentioned ‘free love’ part of town where curious haircuts run rampant. Maybe I’ll pass this shirt on to her and she can impress the disaffected middle-agers……

the daily purge 4-21-16

Is it a bread machine designed and built by George Lucas or a droid marketed and sold by Toastmasters, Inc. of Walla Walla Washington, maker of finer kitchen appliances ? A little bit of both, but like pet rocks, mood rings, dancing the macarena, mullet haircuts (all business in the front, all party in the……

Sate Nilver Primary Projections – 4/20/2016

Pros:  Indiana will be relevant to the presidential primary process, and the Hoosier State will be receiving a great deal of national press coverage. Cons:  Remembering the last time Indiana received a great deal of national press coverage. We predict a greater than 99% chance of Governor Mike Pence making some very bad choices. Nilver……

the daily purge 4-20-16

What we have here is a martini glass meant to be half-cat and half-vermouth (no olive). The Purging Lutheran and My Sweet Rib most certainly found and bought this from one of the quadrillion Ye Feminine Art Shoppes in the free-love area of town where the haircuts are awkward and tat parlors are backed out……

the daily purge 4-19-16

Perhaps one day I will use the flash on my iPhone camera when documenting purgeworthies. I inevitably over-adjust the edit and end up with pictures that look like they were taken at the moment of a nuclear flash. This decorative tree has stood in MySweetRib’s office since we built our home 14 years gone. Because……

the daily purge 4-18-16

These are just what you need for a fun game of 52 Pick Up. And, yes, The Purging Lutheran has played it (file under: Mr. Duh Comes To Town). It’s been a while since these were purged. I guess that these weren’t complete decks so they were sent to landfill where trash pandas (raccoons) could……

the view from the pew 4-17-16

Susan, Aleksandrs and I went to the Indianapolis Latvian Lutheran Church today, the one Sunday this month when they perform service in English. They do this to try to entice American spouses who married 2nd or 3rd generation Latvians born and raised in the USA to attend service. Sadly, most of them either attend a……

the daily purge 4-15-16

In our series of “not-why-did-I-buy-so-many-of-these-,-but-why-do-I-keep-finding-them-?”, I re-introduce kebab stakes ThePurgingLutheran bought from, I guess, The Dollar Store. (( sigh ))  TheLad and I used to grill meats and ‘dogs and kebabs and ribs so these were bought with the intent to use them to prepare glorious meaty meals. Then one day, TheLad told the old……

the daily purge 4-14-16

This book/puzzle falls under the category of Unknown Origin. ThePurgingLutheran doesn’t know how this came to be in our basement. MySweetRib is the most likely villain in this purchase. She probably picked it up from a gararge sale back in the day when we cautiouslessly picked up items like this and brought them home like……

the daily purge 4-13-16

Once again, Shermy gets the short end of the deal. The one who once lamented, “Every Christmas it’s the same: I always end up playing a shepherd.” doesn’t appear on this Charlie Brown Christmas tee-shirt. Research suggests Shermy was dropped from the lineup because Charles Schultz didn’t like drawing his hair. It’s probably true but……

Sate Nilver Primary Projections – 4/13/2016

Pros:  It’s not everyday you get to talk about major party presidential candidates comparing, ahem, “hand sizes” during a debate. Cons:  Major party presidential candidates are comparing, ahem, “hand sizes” during a debate. According to our latest polls-plus forecast,  America has a greater than 99% chance of disappointing our forefathers. Nilver Lining:  The United States……

the daily purge 4-12-16

Technology beat us (gently) into submission and made us say “Take our money!”. Every year or so, came a newer and smaller and fancier and more convenient camera. More pixels and options. Then even more pixels and then  someone attaches a radio to it, and a phone to it, and a calendar to it, and……

the daily purge 4-11-16

If ‘coffee maker’ was an ethnicity, MySweetRib, TheLad and ThePurgingLutheran would be brought before The Hague and charged with crimes against social lubricants (any food, beverage, drug or activity that helps people feel more comfortable in social occasions such as alcohol, tobacco, tea and coffee). The three of us have torn through 5 or 6……

hello

Welcome to The Purging Lutheran. For the last few years I have been threatening my spouse with a web page, away from the two Tumblrs I operate, thepurginglutheran and thegatwickview. If you go to thepurginglutheran tumblr you can read what the purges are all about. This web page is about expanding beyond that. As of……