Author Archives: Neal Locke

Folk Song#2: Golden Door

This song is the first I wrote in my “folk series” — the one that started everything off, and it is, not suprisingly, the topic about which I am the most passionate. I have to give credit where it’s due, … Continue reading

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Folk Song #1: Why Can’t You Be Like Me?

I said a month ago that I’d start posting some of the songs I’ve been writing, so I’m finally getting around to it. This isn’t the first one I wrote, but it’s one of my favorites so far. Download MP3 … Continue reading

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Jesus, Obi-Wan Kenobi, and the Stormtrooper’s Daddy

For my birthday last week, Amy got me the special edition DVD of “Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope.” Basically, the original Star Wars movie that started everything off, and my personal favorite (It’s the archetypal Hero’s quest, after … Continue reading

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This is for you, Bettina

(and any other copyright hawks still reading)

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I Know What I Want to Be When I Grow Up

I Just finished reading Eric S. Raymond’s The Cathedral and the Bazaar. If you’re unfamiliar with this work, it’s not (despite the title) anything about theology. It’s actually the seminal text on the history and rationale behind the open source … Continue reading

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Farmers Branch Sucks.

Well, not all of them. Just 68%.

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Living inside the Box

Here’s the not-so-interesting but obligatory update on our living status. We put our house on the market, and it sold in about three days. Not for as much as we’d hoped, but is it ever? At least we got it … Continue reading

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