It’s official, I am now ordained as the Reverend J J Wulf, legally empowered to perform marriages and other official ceremonies in the United States of America.

I was ordained as a minister in the Universal Life Church, joining 20 million other ordained ministers who even include the famous Homer Simpson, who is also ordained via the Internet in an upcoming cliff hanger episode of the Simpsons in order to perform a same-sex marriage. The two tenets of the Unity Life Church are: “To promote freedom of religion”, and “To do that which is right”. Of course exactly what is right is a very interesting question, and one that I will leave for later.

I just wanted to mention now, in reference to my newly acquired ability to officiate same-sex marriages, that I find it a little ironic that with the divorce rate so high, and various temporary and de-facto relationships (including the good-old serial polygamy) gaining prominence and increased social acceptance, gay people are fighting for the right to form a socially recognised committed partnership. At the same time, same-sex marriages are seen by some people as being a threat to traditional family life. Don’t expect to see me performing same-sex marriage ceremonies at the local Hare Krishna temple, but I do think that a culture of committed, responsible relationships is far more favourable to spiritual advancement than promiscuity, of any type.

We got a new house at 87 White Road, Graceville! I’m pretty stoked about that. Param Satya did most of the work in finding it because I’ve been at work.

Here is a live photo from a high-altitude unmanned reconnaisance vehicle equipped with powerful sensors. The name of White Road doesn’t show up, but you can see roughly where the house is by the cross hairs, which is where the cruise missile would go if I was a bad guy or just someone living in the Middle East, rather than a Hare Krishna living in suburban Australia. You can see the Graceville train station between Honour Ave and Connors St. The temple is on the other side of the railway line in Bank Rd, next to Rakeevan St. If you look to the end of the Bank Rd you can see how it kinks around to the left a block after it hits Bell Tce. The temple is dead at the end of this road, and our old house is on the last corner, right next door. Looks like we are little further away from the train station, and a lot further from the temple, but it’s still pretty central for us. We will be moving tonight and tomorrow night, because we have to be out by Friday.

A big thanks to our friends Krishnapada and Tulasi, and Trevor for helping to get the place.

I recently got a job at Red Hat Asia Pacific. Four of us were hired to make a new technical support team. We did a one week training course and then sat the RHCT (Red Hat Certified Technician) exam. It was a three hour exam. Red Hat certifications are recognised as the most demanding in the industry. In the first section, troubleshooting, you need 100% in an hour. In the second section, installation and configuration, you need 70% in two hours. I was the first one finished in the first section in under ten minutes. I was the last one, staying right to the end, in the second section. My result? 90.9%. I came third. Two of the other guys on my team got a cool 100%.

Click on more to see a copy of the certificate that I got.
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Here is a photo of our son, Prahlad Narasingha Wulf-Felix, born 17 June, 2002 in Lima, Peru. This photo was taken this year just after Nrsimha Caturdasi outside our house next to the temple in Brisbane, Australia. Click on more to see him.
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At the moment we are looking for a new house to make our home. We have been in Australia for six months now and are moving to a more long-term stable situation. Three years in South America have their consequences. I wouldn’t have missed it for the world; it was a priceless experience. At the same time, you don’t get rich going there to do volunteer work, unless you are Francisco Pizarro or one of his merry men.
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Welcome to my new blog. I will keep this blog up to date with information about what I am doing, for those who are interested in that, and also what I am thinking, for those who are interested in that.

I will also be posting articles here for syndication. The headlines of these articles will be emailed, along with syndicated articles from other blogs, to subscribers who can then view the ones they are interested in. Those articles will probably be commentary or analysis type things.

Hopefully there will be something for everyone.