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FoL

Posted in review, up over my head on June 24, 2008 | 9 Comments »

I got around to Leonard Cohen: I’m Your Man in the last week or so. I’ve got a book of Cohen’s lyrics and poems I enjoyed, and I get why this guy is so brilliant and all, but my taste-o-meter has just never swung towards much more than a few listens to Songs of Love [...]

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Secession Imminent

Posted in civilization schmivilization, truth that goes crunch on June 23, 2008 | 2 Comments »

“Californians are less likely than other Americans to consider religion “very important” in their lives or to be “absolutely certain” in their belief in God.” (LA Times)
Read this just after hearing a radio interview with a group of young Chinese, who rattled off a list of American TV shows they regularly watch, and then talked [...]

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Things I Could Write About for Hours

Posted in up over my head on June 12, 2008 | 5 Comments »

1. Um. . . give me a minute. . . I can’t remember. . . it was. . . .
2. Apparently, Nate Highfield and (or?) the Good Cheer, a great band I intermittently stalk, have released an album! This is great news. I am looking for it. It is not in my computer.
3. I enjoy [...]

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Streets of Bling

Posted in civilization schmivilization, found it on the internets, orandi et credendi, theosmattery on June 9, 2008 | 9 Comments »

This idealized newsfeed (HT ME) was really fun for me. It might not be all your hopes and dreams, but it got my imagination going.
It also got me thinking about how we talk about heaven. A lot of our songs and language about the restoration of a broken, groaning creation amount to odd quotes of [...]

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Better Mileage Through Science

Posted in me me me me me, tagged on June 8, 2008 | 2 Comments »

Or math.
There are a few things we try to do to save moolah, and now they are feeling more like things we are doing to afford fuel. To name a few,
1) Cancel Netflix (I like Netflix) because we can get our movies through the library. This would go for audiobooks, too, if I were [...]

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Six of one, half a dozen of the other

Posted in found it on the internets, truth that goes crunch, win prizes! be famous! on June 5, 2008 | 5 Comments »

On the Media, one of my dearest podcasts, invited listeners to submit 12 word novels during November (NaWriNoMo). I just caught up to the results in last week’s episode. I may be anticipating another contest. Start counting words. Click below to see the actual results:
In the army, George discovered he was a coward. He told [...]

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