B o o k s   I   A m   C u r r e n t l y   R e a d i n g

Richard III - by William Shakespeare
Law and Society - by R.J. Rushdoony
Crime and Punishment - by Fyodor Dostoevsky

B o o k s   I   H a v e   R e c e n t l y   C o m p l e t e d

Merlin - by Stephen Lawhead
The Two Towers - by J.R.R. Tolkien
Taliesin - by Stephen Lawhead
The Idiot - by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Seven Suspects - by G.K. Chesterton
Manalive - by G.K. Chesterton
Jeeves and the Tie That Binds - by P.G. Wodehouse
Do Butlers Burgle Banks? - by P.G. Wodehouse
The Best Short Stories of Dostoevsky - by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Always Ready - by Greg Bahnsen
Knowing God - by J.I. Packer
The Song of Albion Trilogy - by Stephen Lawhead











A b o u t   M e

I am a twenty-one year old male living in Raleigh, North Carolina. I am currently enrolled at Wake Technical Community College, enrolled in the Internet Technologies program and starting my college career afresh. I spent the previous year away from classes while attempting earn some money. The prior two years I lived in Moscow, Idaho attending New St. Andrews University. In addition to college classes, I am working full time in computer retail, with plans for web design taking shape for summer of 2003.

I am a Christian who is regretfully kept from church most Sundays due to work. My hobbies and interests are sports -especially basketball- reading, writing, and website design.

My family is of Scots/Irish ancestry, the McInnises coming from the ancient MacAonghais clan on Yynis Sci. I am intrigued by all things Celtic and would love to return to the British Isles someday.


W elcome to the webpage of Josh McInni s

K r a z y   C e l t i c ' s   J o u r n a l   
(an impersonal outlet of thoughts and news)

C h r i s t i a n   W o r l d v i e w   S t u d e n t   C o n f e r e n c e

The Christian Worldview Student Conference (CWSC) is a summer conference for students 10th grade through college. Sponsored by Calvary Reformed Presbyterian Church in Newport News, Virginia, the goal of the conference is to sharpen the minds of young Christians to shape for them a Biblical worldview and Christ-like method of thinking, so that they might be equipped to properly respond to our culture - a culture that is growing increasingly hostile to Christianity.

This is a week-long conference taking place the first full week of every July, and summer of 2002 will mark the conference's eighth year. Housing and lecture halls are furnished by Christopher Newport University in Newport News, VA.

For more details on what the conference is about, who will be speaking there, who may attend, cost, etc., visit my CWSC Information Site.

M u s i c

I am certainly no musician, I only love to listen to music. I enjoy classic rock, bands like Led Zeppelin, Rush, Nirvana, Pearl Jam, the Rolling Stones, Tom Petty, Jimi Hendrix, and Stevie Ray Vaughan. I can't stand pop, nor do I particularly enjoy much Christian contemporary music. I have no love of Country, Western, or Oldies. I enjoy classical music, but my knowledge in that area is lacking. Celtic music is perhaps my favorite genre. Techno is cool. I've started liking modern rock again, but basically bands can be lumped in two awful classes: LimpBizkit wannabe's and Goo-Goo Doll impostors. But there are noticeable exceptions, like Foo Fighters, Linkin Park and Incubus, which put out original stuff.
That's what I like, originality. But what really matters to me is whether something sounds good. I don't care what the difficulty level of the music is, as long as it sounds good. If I were a musician I might be more snobbish in what I profess to like. Also, I have never been a big buyer of music, so most often I can't list favorite bands but rather favorite songs.

What I'm Liking Right Now

Default "Denied"
System of a Down "Chop Suey"
Beastie Boys "Sure Shot"
Familiar 48 "The Question"
Rob Zombie's "Living Dead Girl" (no, i'm not a necrophile)
Pennywise's cover of Simon and Garfunkle's "Mrs.Robinson"
Everything by Stevie Ray Vaughan
Schumann's Fantasy in C Opus 47
Bach's Piano Concertos
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Dave Matthews "Where Are You Going?"
Shooglenifty (Celtic ceilidh music)
Jack Johnson's "Flake"
Dvorak's Scherzo in C Minor Opus 20
The Jazz station, especially jazz piano
Franck's "Cursed Huntsman"

M y   W r i t i n g s

Ok, this section is a big joke. I just had to include it though because writing is something I have always liked to do, or rather that I have always enjoyed to dream of doing. The problem is I start a book but never finish it. I eagerly pursue the planning of the story, the forming of the characters, but when it comes time to write and I get to page one-hundred or so I get bored and am obsessed with a new idea. So my plan to finish a book before I graduated high school never came to fruition. It shouldn't have been that hard. I started writing stories when I was eight, when I wrote my Apple Alien adventures. After that I focused on sci-fi, but since high school I haven't written anything because I have had to use my time for other things. But I do intend to start writing short stories, at least, modelled after Wodehouse or something light and jovial. And I still enjoy sci-fi, so maybe something will come of that. Meanwhile, I have often felt the urge to write little exegetical commentaries on the chapters of the Bible I read daily, but I'm always too far from my computer when the urge hits. In the future, maybe I'll put up some works for you all to browse.

N e w   S t.   A n d r e w s

New St. Andrews is a small Christian liberal arts school in Moscow, Idaho, just a couple miles east of the Washington border. This is where I spent my first two years of college. New St. Andrews (NSA) is committed to providing a classical education from an uncompromising Christian standpoint. NSA is sponsored by Christ Church, also in Moscow. New St. Andrews offers a two-year A.A. decree and a four year B.A. program. Year-long colloquia are provided in such subjects as Theology, Literature, History, Rhetoric, Latin, and Greek, as well as a variety of electives.

For more information on the college, visit the New St. Andrews webpage.

T h e   B i g   H a u s

During my two-year stay in Idaho, my place of residence was a boarding house appropriately named the "Big Haus". A massive, 8000 square foot, three-story 1911 Swiss chalet mansion, the Big Haus is located on one of the most beautiful streets of residential Moscow. Owned by Evan Wilson, the house has served as a boarding house for 21 years. The Wilsons are a family of six, and in addition to them, ten boarders (including myself) would reside in the house each year. A beautiful house and a social hub in its own right, the Big Haus will be sure to see many more residents pass through its doors.

 - Pictures -
 - Official Site -

M i s c e l l a n y

This is the section that is reserved for all those things I forgot to make a specific section for on the main page. Basically what you will find here is an odd assortment of interesting things, from pictures to quotes to humor... anything. As you can see, there is none of that here of yet, but that is only because I just made this site. Be patient people! I know you can hardly wait, but brilliance doesn't generate instantaneously. I'm trying to figure out if that last sentence was an insult to myself. Anyway, check back here frequently for all kinds of interesting things.