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Just Browsing

Posted in all and sundry, cap'n planet, found it on the internets, old news is good news, truth that goes crunch, up over my head, worldly gain on September 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

A few things that have become unnecessary essentials lately:
The Moth podcast
Sound Opinions podcast (you were right, Robby, it’s great)
BetterWorld Books: great selection, free shipping, and they are very conscientious, even towards local libraries.
The Iconogram and Blog Networks Facebook apps: windows into heaven, and into the make-up of the communities behind your favorite blogs.
1000 Recordings to [...]

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Opportunities

Posted in cap'n planet, lex agendi, orandi et credendi, worldly gain on January 7, 2008 | 2 Comments »

1) This morning, getting fruit and a whole wheat bagel (see New Year’s Gentle Intentions post – oh, wait, I didn’t write that), I got all excited to see the caf serving Pura Vida coffees, and decided to contribute to the cause. They’re still warming Seattle’s Best (I always think, “is that true?”), but there’s [...]

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19 Shopping Days Left Until Epiphany!

Posted in Advent, cap'n planet, civilization schmivilization, found it on the internets, lex agendi on December 13, 2007 | 5 Comments »

This will only help with those of you who forgot to already buy Christmas gifts, but I’ve been trying to build a collection of alternative shopping resources the last few weeks.* Here are a few, and if you’re familiar with others, I’d be interested to know about them:
Benefitting the poor in 2/3 world countries (generally [...]

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Next two things

Posted in all and sundry, cap'n planet, review on December 12, 2007 | 4 Comments »

1) Saw I’m Not There and The Darjeeling Limited this week. Two films featuring trains, drugs, spirituality, and a life-altering motorcycle accident. Also include interesting casting overlaps with other films in which the same actors appear. Both are among my favorites this year. Only one has David Cross as Alan Ginsberg.
1b) Also watched Year of [...]

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Two ways to save

Posted in all and sundry, cap'n planet, found it on the internets, lex agendi, up over my head on November 1, 2007 | 3 Comments »

1) Paste, a la Radiohead, is offering a “pay what you want” one year subscription. A lot of the new artists I listen to came to me through the monthly Paste CD and magazine. I am amazed if this will work for them financially (you can even renew at your own price), but it’s great [...]

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The Wrath of More Things I Don’t Have Time to Write About

Posted in all and sundry, cap'n planet, civilization schmivilization, review, truth that goes crunch, up over my head on August 2, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

1) One of my favorite reads as an MDiver was Larry Crabb’s The Safest Place on Earth. Crabb’s reputation as a Christianized pop psychologist (earned before his self-reorienting encounter with spiritual formation-in-community models), as well as the somewhat cheesy self-helpy cover art, has kept a lot of my friends from taking the recommendation seriously. So, [...]

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Legislating morality

Posted in cap'n planet on July 25, 2007 | 2 Comments »

Today we saw a guy in a Prius smoking a cigarette, and it gave us a great idea for a new LA city ordinance.
On a related note, we were in IKEA the other day, and they are now selling their merch lugging bags for 49 cents or something, with the warning that they will soon [...]

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Lived Earth

Posted in Live Earth, cap'n planet, civilization schmivilization, up over my head on July 12, 2007 | 6 Comments »

When I was in elementary school, I had a sticker on my door that I got in one of those gumball-toy machines for a quarter: “Ev’ry Litter Bit Hurts.” So began my conservationist quest. That’s right. I subscribed to Ranger Rick. Since then, I have twice collected aluminum cans. Once, I turned them in for [...]

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