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• The Golden Compass - My Two Cents Worth

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  A while back I posted the trailer of the upcoming movie The Golden Compass on this blog. It took awhile, but two folks finally saw fit to comment on the post.  Below is part of the original post by me, the two comments, and my response to them.  This will give any […]

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  December 6th, 2007

• Buffy, Angel, and Theology

  Anyone who knows me at all, knows that I believe two of the best television shows of all time are Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel.   Of course, I get get a lot of grief at times because of this opinion from those who don’t know any better, but that’s just the price one […]

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  August 18th, 2007

• In Praise of Joseph Gordon-Levitt

  He is only 26 years old, and yet Joseph Gordon-Levitt has had the kind of career of which many “stars” can only dream.  Known by most people for his role in the  hit television series “3rd Rock from the Sun,” Gordon-Levitt in recent years has a string of captivating roles in film.  Over the last year, I […]

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  July 26th, 2007

• UK Basketball and Tubby Smith

  Most people outside of the state of Kentucky probably do not understand (and perhaps they don’t want to) the importance of basketball to University of Kentucky fans. Having been bred and born in Kentucky and having lived my first 25 years there, I can personally attest to the power and draw that UK basketball has […]

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  March 23rd, 2007

• My First Pipe

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  Jim was talking about Yahoo Pipes on his blog yesterday, and rightfully pointed out that the application in “completely unintuitive” and “user-unfriendly.”  In case you’re wondering what Yahoo Pipes is, here is a quote from searchviews blog, which gives you some idea (click here to read the whole thing):
  “Using the Pipes editor, you can fetch any […]

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  March 6th, 2007

• “Christian” Bumper Stickers

  One of the things that amazes me is how many stupid bumper stickers there are for “Christians” to place on their cars. Now I’m not talking about fish decals or crosses, but stickers with messages that are trite, contain bad theology, or are just plain offensive. In the first category, I offer the […]

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  March 6th, 2007

• My List

  A while back I ran across this list on Julie’s blog:
  If there must be a list…
  …here’s mine, for what it’s worth.

  Ioan Gruffudd
  Hugh Jackman
  Gary Sinise
  Liev Schreiber
  Tom Berenger
  Viggo Mortensen
  Ralph Fiennes
  Colin Firth
  Clive Owen
  Nathan Fillion
  Paul Blackthorne

  Shallow? Oh yes. And in no particular order.
  It seems that Julie was responding to a list by ihearttexas, who wrote:
  So as not to ruin […]

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  March 4th, 2007

• On the Execution of Saddam Hussein

  Regardless of how you feel about the man’s music, I recommend the reading of moby’s blog, especially since he so often echoes my own views : )
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  December 30th, 2006

• Links O’ The Day - Ogling the Amish

  For three years I lived in southern Lancaster county in Pennsylvania. Mt. Hope United Methodist, the church I served, had been founded in 1791 and placed in the idyllic and pastoral setting of rolling hills and farmland. Among the many farms there, more than a few were owned and tended by Amish families. I, however, […]

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  October 6th, 2006

• Steve Irwin and Voyeurism

  My bud Jim blogged yesterday on his response to Steve “The Crocodile Hunter” Irwin’s untimely death. Now it seems that according to Irwin’s manager, John Stainton, the entire event was captured on film. Says Stainton, “It shows that Steve came over the top of the ray and the tail came up, and spiked him here […]

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  September 5th, 2006