Boing Boing: Black people loot, white people find?
Tuesday, August 30th, 2005Interesting exposure of media bias. link
Archive for August, 2005
Back on a Boat
Tuesday, August 30th, 2005I’m thinking about moving back on a boat in the marina. I did it for several months a couple years ago, and I loved it. it’s about the only way I’ll be able to afford to live by myself near the beach. And, I really dig it. I love it. The only bad part is [...]
Leave My Child Alone
Tuesday, August 30th, 2005If you don’t want your kid on military recruitment lists, click here. Evidently, a part of the “No Child Left Behind Act” includes a mandate that schools turn over private contact information for students to the military for recruitment purposes. Isn’t that special.
Labels may want iTunes to pay more for downloads
Monday, August 29th, 2005Jimmy Iovine, the chairman of Interscope Records, Universal’s biggest division, told the newspaper: “We need to convert a lot more people to the habit of buying music online. I don’t think a way to convert more people is to raise the price.” At least one of the record companies is making some sense. The others [...]
Moving up in emerging churches
Sunday, August 28th, 2005One of the key issues in the established church is the huge disparity between leadership and laity. For men in particular, it’s difficult to feel like you’re doing anything of substance for the Kingdom of God if you are not involved in church leadership in some way. From what I’ve seen, the situation is not [...]
Boing Boing: Alleged subway wanker caught on cameraphone, Flickr
Saturday, August 27th, 2005If the guy really did this, I’m all for embarrassing the crap out of him and anyone else who may think about masturbating and/or flashing people on subways… However, I have to admit to feeling this whole thing and the press it has received smacks more than a little of punishment for a crime he [...]
The Brother’s Grimm Movie Review
Saturday, August 27th, 2005Ehren Kruger writes fantastic screenplays, and The Brother’s Grimm is no exception. A highly entertaining flic with a great storyline to boot. The acting performances are way above average, and Heath Ledger impressed me enough to move him out of the “just a pretty face who doesn’t suck too bad” camp. He can act, and [...]
Pat Robertson’s Hit List
Friday, August 26th, 2005I apologize to keep on the Pat Robertson thing, but I hadn’t read that he quoted Dietrich Bonhoeffer until now. I’m outraged. Really, I’m so pissed off that he likened his comments to Bonhoeffer’s that I can’t even put it into words. This is what he quoted from Bonhoeffer: If I see a madman driving [...]
When the bubble bursts
Thursday, August 25th, 2005You can’t go back. After you’ve experienced something, you can’t take it away. There’s no eternal sunshine of a spotless mind. Lately, I confess a formerly secret desire to go back to a time when I didn’t understand cultural shifts, when black was black and white, white. A time when the anomalies regarding the functioning [...]
Tell Pat Robertson: Thou shall not kill
Wednesday, August 24th, 2005Democracy for America has a petition I think every Christian should sign up to be a part of, regardless of political affiliation. Simply, it is a reminder to Pat Robertson of the commandment, “Thou shalt not kill.” link