tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-211836232012-02-16T03:19:53.132-04:00"Three o'clock is always too late or too early for anything you want to do." ~SartreJonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12535926709647868297noreply@blogger.comBlogger741100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21183623.post-86410883912563962352010-05-21T09:26:00.004-03:002010-05-21T09:34:15.335-03:00

Is it just me or did editorial comics get better with the advent of the Internet?Click here for a humourous AND informative (humo-formative?) look at the topic.

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(click image for full size)So, every now and then in a dark hour of weakness I consider actually joining Facebook. I know, I know, crazy, eh? I guess it's something to do with staying in touch with some of the people we will be leaving behind in June. Noble, but the crack-team at Facebook Inc. (or whatever they call themselves) keep coming up with reasons to keep my information as far from their

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Hey, remember that secondary blog I started way back when, put in some decent posts, and then pretty much abandoned? Yeah? Well, now the abandonment is official (I'll leave it up unattended for posterity... for now).Well, if you took the time to read the post on the other end of that link (did you? be honest) you may have noticed that I have started up a kind of multi-author youth ministry blog/

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Jonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12535926709647868297noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21183623.post-41453927390373676952009-03-02T14:44:00.002-04:002009-03-02T14:53:46.923-04:00

Hey all,It's midday and the lil'uns are napping. Opa L is here and we're enjoying the delightful weather (remember the Montreal icestorm back in the 90s?).A while back I heard about a small-time independant documentary called "Prince of Peace, God of War." John Campea (of the Movie Blog) made it in response to his own questions of the divided opinions of pacifism and justified war within

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Just a quick note while I'm at the Ski Rally. Fran is a brave mommy and is taking care of Finnan and Anna all by herself for the weekend. And, I miss them so much!Well, here's the latest set of pictures. Click on the pic to see the whole album.Finn & Anna tooHere's a video back from January 23rd when Finn first met his sister:And here's another from the following day:Alright folks... I've got

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Well, I thought about recording a video and kinda jerking your chain for a while about whether we had a boy or a girl... well, I wont do that after all (mainly, because the microphone levels are a little off).At 8:38 AM (AST) Anna was born... that's right, a little girl! 8lbs 12.5oz (around half a pound bigger than Finn was). Everything went great. It was oddly relaxed and mellow in comparison to

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Here we go again. At 6:00 AM (AST) we are scheduled for a caesarian section. In other words, it's time to meet baby #2. I'll be sure to post some info and photos when I can. Anyone care to take bets? Is it a boy or a girl? So far, only the medical staff knows...Let's examine the evidence, shall we? On two regular visits to the OB/GYN Fran was put on a heart rate monitor because the heart rate was

Jonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12535926709647868297noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21183623.post-5860552623264078092009-01-10T09:03:00.002-04:002009-01-10T09:06:21.640-04:00

Well, maybe Japanese potty training videos will help get us off diapers. If only I could remember the "wee wee" rhyme in Japanese... that must be our issue...I take no responsibility for the translation, though this is better than some other versions I found.Enjoy,~Jon

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Jonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12535926709647868297noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21183623.post-34234901568710335782008-12-02T15:10:00.003-04:002008-12-02T15:15:12.610-04:00

Ah, I don't know if you all get the breadth of this problem, but wow... I'm usually pretty confident in Internet security, but this flaw was so low level that security became a moot point. Let's hope they fix this permanently.You can read the article on Wired.com here:http://www.wired.com/techbiz/people/magazine/16-12/ff_kaminskyAgain, Holy Shoot!!!~Jon

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(from XKCD.com)

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No, seriously: http://www.talklikeapirate.com/piratehome.htmlHey, this counts as a blog post... it must be September again.~Jon

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Name the movie (without cheating) and you get 50 bonus style points.Man... I just want to talk about the movie I just watched but then you'll know the answer! Oh well... when you figure it out, rent it!Speaking of movies/films (sometimes I'm a stickler for saying "film" and sometimes it really is a "movie"... all in all, they're just "videos" though) we recently joined Zip.ca. Basically, it's a

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I'm not feeling so great these days... got a persistent and heavy cold. Anyway, here's a fine snippet of news for all'y'all:

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I don't usually post about tech stuff. Not because I'm not interested in it but because I don't think most of the folks who read my blog are (though, at least two of you are).Anyway, I came across this little article on Engadget and found it kind of funny. For a few months in Calgary I installed HDTV/Home Theatre stuff (thanks Stafford) and not a few cables would have been Monster brand. I know

Jonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12535926709647868297noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21183623.post-73726625637188411302008-02-20T17:30:00.001-04:002008-02-20T17:36:30.008-04:00

Ok, for those of you who missed the clip of Stephen Colbert interviewing Philip Zimbardo, I found it again. Make sure to watch it before Viacom orders Videosift to "cease & desist" too.Worse comes to worse, go google colbert, lucifer effect, sunday school.via videosift.comAlso, if you're looking for something good to read, check the Amazon.ca widget in the sidebar of this blog.~Jon

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Well, I've made it through the ski rally. Now I just need to get back to normalcy.The video below was on the Colbert Report last night. It is pure genius. I had heard about the "Lucifer Effect" on CBC radio before. The best, though, is watching Colbert slowly shift from his tongue-in-cheek shtick to theologically rocking this guy. Just goes to show that even though you're very smart doesn't mean

Jonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12535926709647868297noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21183623.post-63643846305592732312008-02-07T02:17:00.000-04:002008-02-07T02:21:18.720-04:00

The following film is creepy, informative, creepy, funny, creepy, classic, and creepy. If you've got a spare 15 minutes, enjoy. Right? Right!

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Don't worry, it's supposed to start out black and fade in. On dial-up and would rather download it? Click here.

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Don't cryIf you breaking the rulesMaking your movesPaying your duesChasing the cool...Ever heard of Non-Newtonian fluid? You can make it with cornstarch & water. When stress/force is applied, well:Anyway, just thought I should let all you wonderful readers of this blog that I have started up a second blog over at WordPress.com. It's firsttothepews.wordpress.com and, well, it's more directed and

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That's right, I'm blogging from PEI! Though, it may not be as amazing as the simple fact that I'm blogging. Oh well.Here's a little video that a guy named "Diggy" took when they came over for Sunday dinner back in early summer. That's his voice doing the narration and saying "who's daddy's boy," etc. Anyway, I'm at the Atlantic Canada Nazarene pastor's and spouse's retreat, hence being on the

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Hello. Welcome to this once thriving blogspace of old. I have been wanting to write something here for the past few months, and yet, nothing... It comes down to two things. The first is that I have been unbelievably, irrevocably, painstakingly, mind-numbingly, (and several more potent yet ambiguous adjectives) busy. Summer is supposed to have room to relax, right? Apparently not. Between

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...a cheetah will eat you.I would just like to take this oportunity to draw a line in the sand and say, "hey, I'm probably not going to join facebook." There. I said it. If you want to spy on me and think to yourself "I would never actually write, email, call, or even talk to Jon, but we shared some kind of local proximity once so I should totally add him on facebook," it's probably not going to

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A POX ON THEM!!!So, out of the weird links section of the Internet this week, be sure to check out www.whatwouldjesusdownload.com and it's subsidiary GodTube. Yeesh! With a "Christian Internet" up and running soon there will be radio, TV, bookstores, dating services, who knows what else!Dodge DynastyA good example of autocratic leadership with no future perspective leaving nothing but power

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My gift to you: 13 minutes worth of Rube Goldberg machines complete with catchy Japanese jingle and folk-pop song. Enjoy!

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First off, you all need to read Watership Down by Richard Adams. I just finished it and it now has a permanent place in my best-books list.So here's the thing about youth rallies: I can stay awake longer than the kids; I enjoy the speaker, band, events, etc; and it takes me about a week to get anything done after they're done. Why is inspiration so draining? On that note, checkout Michael Frost's

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For your enjoyment:I know this has been out for awhile but I've been busy relaunching the youth group website (which you can check out at www.oxfordyouth.org) among the various other things I've had to get done. Really, the fact that I'm blogging simply represents the eye of the storm--the calm between chaos. At least I'm drifting in the waters of useful busyness lately.<!--Just for fun I'm

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...faithful handyman...Well, that was fun. Tonight was opening night for the little play I'm in (check it out here). I play a body guard who looks FBI/MIB-ish and is a self-proclaimed hyper-intellectual. It's quite fun. But, hey, I knew it would be when I found out I get to wear shades and a black suit the whole time and shoot people with blowdarts. Really, the only problem is the makeup makes me

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je confondis le désenchantement avec la vérité.A whole new look, a whole new theme/title/quote, a whole new set of pictures:Finnan James vol 6Other than that, you can expect some meanderings, thoughts, and generally misinterpreted comments to follow swiftly after this post (*please note: "swiftly" is a relative term). "Pineapples aren't intelligent lifeforms." "They're

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For some reason Fran didn't find this as funny as I did.

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Now that that's out of the way, here are more pictures of Finn:Finnan James - vol 5"Talking money...""Talking monkey?""Talking monkey. Yeah... yeah, came here from the future. Ugly sucker. Only says 'ficus.'"

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Finnan James vol. 4

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Just thought I'd give everyone a glimpse of what unity across nations and generations can look like for Christmas 1977: Bing died just over a month after this was recorded.

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but for now, here's another bunch of pictures:Finnan James vol. 3

Jonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12535926709647868297noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21183623.post-27623905445422339792006-10-28T17:46:00.000-03:002006-10-28T17:49:59.443-03:00

...beautiful boy...I have heard to public cry for photos and have answered. I stuck the new ones in a new album (cleverly labeled "volume 2") since the first web album is almost at 100 pictures. Ah, photography in the digital age!Just click the photo to see the album:Finnan James - vol 2

Jonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12535926709647868297noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21183623.post-55176801266246769022006-10-21T21:20:00.000-03:002006-10-21T21:20:49.919-03:00

(Dial-up users, click here to download the mp4 file)

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(Dial-up users click here for the mp4 file)

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Click on the picture to see our web album to date:Finnan James

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Let me introduce to you Finnan James LochbihlerBorn October 17, 2006, at 3:20pm (Atlantic Time)8 lbs, 3.5 ouI'll post more pictures and info when I've got some more time... which may be never now that I'm a father. We'll see.

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Well, we don't know quite yet. Probably sometime today, though, as we're being induced and all at 7:30am Atlantic time.More to come later... though I may be too tired and giddy to make sense.

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...All kill their inspiration and sing about their griefI guess it has been a while since my last entry. However, I promised myself to make at least one post a month and so far I have kept that promise (and you, my friend, can take that to the bank).This position of ministry I'm in is different from any other I've had. Sure it's my first official pastorate, but I've been a primary leader in

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"Wait, wait a little while; the nasty man in black comes for you..."So much to do, so much to do...Oh well. Check this out. It might just make your day.All right... back at it.

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And what of it?Ok, what's with folk-rock? I mean, no one has ever heard of most of the people who do the folk-rock thing, and yet they're all pretty much awesome. Don't believe me? Check out Iron & Wine (particularly this song). Check out Ray Lamontagne.Better yet, check out Obadiah Parker. These Arizonians not only do the folk-rock thing right, but they also throw in some funk and some

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I've always been fairly eclectic in my musical tastes (I'll even listen to Polka sometimes). However, I'm really getting into Hip-Hop these days. Mind you, I'm listening to artists like Gnarls Barkley, K-Os, Lupe Fiasco, and other alternatives to the mainstream.Well, gotta finish writing this Sunday's sermon.In regard to my last post, voila:

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Not going to say a lot today (currently working on finishing a sermon for tomorrow). Thought I would post the lyrics to a new[er] Ben Folds song, Jesusland. Also, here is a link to the video for this song. Enjoy:Take a walkout the gate you go and never stoppast all the stores and wig shopsquarter in a cup for every blockand watch the buildings growsmaller as you goDown the tracksbeautiful

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Two posts ago I was rambling on about truth, absolutism, and some obscure ways of perceiving gossip. My good friend Gregg gave an interesting comment:Truth is an interesting topic of discussion I think. It differs in first glance understanding from that of 'Good' and 'Evil'. In my opinion, it's easier to qualify an absolute in good and evil than it is in truth. However, I think it's pretty

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...into a bridge enbunkment...Well, not to detract from the thoughts I've posted (or have yet to post) but I decided I would like to post this video.Oh, if you were wondering what to get me for my birthday or Christmas, now you know.

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If you are familiar with the community movement known as Emergent then you will have an easier time figuring out what I'm talking about today (here is an interview done with some Emergent people by Relevant Magazine). As an article I was reading brings to light, some members of Emergent Village are criticized as being "too postmodern" in that they seem to reject absolute truth. However, (if you

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"...it's a sonnet."Music is unbelievable. It has such power to enrage, impassion, encourage, and even annoy.Lately I've been listening to a guy that goes by the moniker Matisyahu. He's a Hasidic Jew (curls, beard, hat, scarf, and all) who does reggae (very well, I might add). I know, I know, you've already heard about him and I've missed the boat; Well, my point is I like his music and his lyrics

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Subscription service on my Blog!No, it doesn't mean you have to pay to read my blog. If you look on the right-hand tool-bar of "my profile," "links", "archives," etc., at the bottom is now a simple form to subscribe via email. Basically, like community newsletters and such, you can now have your email inform you when I've posted something new rather than find out for yourself.And... it is easy

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"...like the waves down on the beach..."Ok... so, who am I? Perhaps it is just coincidence that a picture no longer shows up in the "My photo" box on the right, but I would like to ask the question with a degree of seriousness.I just read a bit of the beginning of the book Starving Jesus and what is sticking in my mind isn't his rebellion against church but his history as a youth pastor and

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That's right folks. I finally read the great Romantic novel of Frankenstein and I definately recommend it. Apparantly I really like 19th Century Gothic fiction. Anyway...Well, this isn't really an ode to poor Victor or his creature--more a venue to announce that we have arrived (8 days ago) in the Blueberry Capital of Canada. It is here that I will endeavour to be a youth pastor. Oxford is an

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Well, folks... I'm going offline for a spell here. In just over 8 hours some people are coming to pick up our stuff and move it out east and the computer is going with it. So, even though I have blogged far less than while in school, this time I'm giving a notice of downtime.I'm working on a short story that I will post soon and I will also have plenty to blog about when I reach Nova Scotia.

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I'm a big supporter of thinking (and, of course, the arts). The different processes people use to think, how they think, why they think, what I think of what they think... Fran just interrupted my train of thought (should've taken the bus anyway). Hmm... if "I think, therefore I am," if I don't think or perhaps get distracted what am I? Would not thinking before speaking be an exercise in

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I don't like (in fact, I detest) using the "God told me" card. I just don't like to use it (probably because it is overused and abused). However, paying careful attention to the leading of God in our lives is fundamental to the Christian identity. And that is where I am at now...Fran and I have just accepted a youth pastorship position in the booming metropolis of Oxford, Nova Scotia. After

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It is finished! At least, most likely. Today I wrote the last exam of my undergraduate career, I hope. They'll let me know before I walk across the stage at graduation.It felt good to be done. Why the past tense? Well, when I finished my exam (which was in Greek exegesis in case you didn't catch the title) I suddenly realized there was no more school to worry about. It wasn't like I had

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...the spectre of Christianity. All the powers of old self—selfishness, fear, hate, indifference—have entered into an unholy alliance to exorcise this spectre.Where is the left wing that has not been decried as "rampant liberalism" by its opponents in power? Where is the opposition that has not hurled back the branding reproach of "closed-minded Christian", against the ruling right wing, as well

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That is, if New Balance count. Hey, at least they're mostly 'fair-trade' friendly. Anyway, yeah, I finally got new shoes (and just in time for spring). Well, as Thomas Stearns once said:April is the cruelest month, breedingLilacs out of the dead land, mixingMemory and desire, stirringDull roots with spring rain.Winter kept us warm, coveringEarth in forgetful snow, feedingA little life with dried

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Well, sort of. I ditched the jacket and tie a while ago thanks to the warm sunny weather. But it's fun to wear a suit sometimes. I preached my second sermon in Homiletics class today (hence the attire).And wearing a suit got me to thinking... most 'movies' out there assume their audiences are idiots (well, I don't know if I thought this because I was wearing a suit or not).Take Dante's Peak.

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"This visage, no mere veneer of vanity, is it vestige of the vox populi, now vacant, vanished, as the once vital voice of the verisimilitude now venerates what they once vilified. However, this valorous visitation of a by-gone vexation, stands vivified, and has vowed to vanquish these venal and virulent vermin vanguarding vice and vouchsafing the violently vicious and voracious violation of

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So, a screenplay? One that allegorizes the desire to be 'in' the world but not 'of' it? Perhaps one that challenges the validity of that idiom? Regardless, that was the assignment, so here we go...For those of you in my Christianity & Culture class this will actually be new to you since I never ended up reading my pitch (nor did two others, but its ok). Well, just as well. Mine was quite possibly

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Lately death, darkness, and humanity have been prevalent themes in my musing. Above is a picture of the "Dance of Death" (click on the picture to learn more). If you look closely you will notice that the dancing spectres are from varying statures and walks of life. The idea of La Danse Macabre is of the universality of death and that it ultimately is the unifying factor of humanity (now I know

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Perusing some of my classmates' blogs I am noticing a theme about art & Christianity (no doubt in relation to reading Asher Lev). Particularly the question seems to be in connection to artform and expression regarding worship. How do we judge the value of art (or, indeed, can we) in this context? This would be a simple issue if art was limited to honest self-expression that edifies the body of

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No particular point to this post. Just doing my civic duty of taking a mental 'dump' on the side of the information superhighway. Actually, this is one of the few ways for the ideas spewing forth in my head to escape today (and yesterday). I think I have laryngitis. However, it has been both a frustrating and refreshing experience to not be able to speak. Kind of like a 'listening bootcamp.'

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2 weeks ago, in the class for which I began this blog, we watched “How Should We Then Live?” by Francis Schaffer. That was all fine and somewhat humorous at times. Yesterday I was cross-referencing the term “Deus Ex Machina” (the new title of my blog—it means “god from the machine”) and all its various interpretations when I came across Cooper's Law. Simply put it says that “all machines are

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I've alluded to this idea before. It's what I meant when I said "...neo-platonic dichotomism and its affect on the culturally disenfranchised west...." What does that actually mean?When you think of humanity in the realm of the individual, do you think of a whole person or a makeup of different elements (ie: body, spirit, mind/soul)? Does the way you live (or the way others live) match the way

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So, I just tried on a new template for my blog and, [insert expletive here], lost my links. Huh. Well, I'll fix that later. So, how'she look?Well, I just perused through the other blogs from amongst the fine folks in my 'Christianity and [Western (so far)] Culture' Class. And you know what I realized? The rest of you have stayed right alongside the weekly material. Well, good for you!But,

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...so, perhaps I should add some detail to my last two posts (1, 2)...Well, if you read the one and watched/listened to the other you are probably getting some idea of some of my ideals. I'm ecologically minded (can't say 'ecologist' since I don't have the appropriate studies under my belt and 'environmentalist' is to sterile). I'm also a supporter of the opensource/free culture movement (which

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Free Mickey!!!

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As introduction (and caveat) to this blog entry let me first say that I'm fairly passionate about this issue. Let me 'second' [sic] say that my blog entries are best viewed using Mozilla Firefox WebBrowser. The main reason is because I use so many blasted links! With Firefox, if you press 'ctrl' when you click on a link it opens up in a new 'tab' (the same thing happens if you click your

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There are three pieces of media that I have enjoyed and glistened in tonight. I highly recommend anyone check them out.The first was a music video by Sigur Ros: GlósóliIt is a very beautiful and artistic video (as theirs always are) but I won't spoil it by breaking it down and filleting its message (it may not even have one). I just liked it a lot and what it made let me think muse.The second was

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I am a perfectionist. I like things just so. My first blog weblog entry sets the tone for the rest of my writing. I need to be both pithy and witty, preferably at the same time.You see (or perhaps you don't), introductions were never my strong suit (or casual wear). So, instead of endlessly procrastinating for a time I have begun my entries talking about how it can be difficult to start things

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