Recent television

• My Top 10 List of the Best TV Series of 2007.

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  It’s that time of the year. Time for the annual year-end lists. I have already posted my favorite blog entries here, and now it’s time to talk TV. Readers who can count will note that there are actually eleven shows in my top ten list. Oh well, that’s my [...]

  December 31st, 2007

• You Actually Got a Pony - My Current Favorite Commercial

  Whenever this commercial comes on, I have to stop what I am doing and watch it.  It is well-crafted and well-acted.  Of course, most of you have seen this one already, but if you haven’t, watch it below.  I particularly like the reaction of the Verizon guy when the “pony” issues a particularly nasty neigh, [...]

  December 23rd, 2007

• A Great Quote from Rowan Williams

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  “When I die I shall see myself as I’ve never seen myself before, I shall see myself in the light of God’s truth. That may not be very comfortable at all. Sometimes I feel afraid of it . . . All can do is trust that God already sees that truth and already [...]

  December 23rd, 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 [...]

  August 18th, 2007

• HBO’s White Light/Black Rain: The Destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki airs tonight

  I just thought you should know.
  An HBO documentary about the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki will air this evening at 7:30 p.m.
  The bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, occurring on August 6 and 9, 1945, respectively, ended the second World War. In an era when many of the people who fought in –and were affected by [...]

  August 6th, 2007