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Archive for May, 2006

So Strange

Wednesday, May 31st, 2006

You’d think an actor would be fine with seeing himself on TV, but… I just was looking online at tvguide.com to see what’s on, and I realize my episode of Untold Stories of the ER is rerunning! I watch it, and it’s just so strange to me thinking that thousands of people are seeing my [...]

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Web Browser Market Share

Tuesday, May 30th, 2006

Web Browser Market Share Gecko-based browsers are now at 37% market share… (Firefox is Gecko-based and would be the most common) Designers who only check in Internet Explorer should be wary. Believe it or not, there are still quite a few out there! I don’t know if it’s true, but I’ve heard IE won’t be [...]

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The Motivation for Emerging

Monday, May 29th, 2006

Today, I’ve been thinking about motivation. Persons will do very similar things but often for very different reasons. When it comes to the emerging church, motivations differ by almost as many individuals there are participating. But there are two broad categories many persons fit into when it comes to the motivation for being a part [...]

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Pearl Harbor or Normandy?

Thursday, May 25th, 2006

What defines you? What defines a nation? In my parent’s lifetime, World War II offered many significant events. Would you define yourself by the tragedy at Pearl Harbor or the success of Normandy? Or maybe the horrors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki? As a nation, we seem to be defined by 9-11 right now, because as [...]

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Kansas City Royals : News : Kansas City Royals News This year’s KC Royals baseball team… may go down in history as the worst major league team ever. Why? Because the GM made some terrible decisions and some unfortunate early injuries. Mayby my reality television idea isn’t so bad after all. To recap, here’s where [...]

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Police Harass Young Writer

Tuesday, May 23rd, 2006

Police Harrassment A couple of issues came up in this conversation. First, the police asked Sid if he felt that the story they had fielded complaints about, “I Am Ready to Serve My Country,” was something he would accept as a paper in one of his classes. He indicated that he took issue with my [...]

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internetmonk.com » Blog Archive » Divorce, Remarriage and The Gospel: Part 1 Internet Monk is doing a series on divorce and remarriage. You should check it out. link

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what’s after deconstruction Some great thoughts by Michael Toy on deconstruction and what comes next… deconstruction has more to do with revealing flaws inherent in constructed understandings. i believe derrida says that everything carry the seeds of its own deconstruction. deconstruction is more about shining light in the basement than it is about blowing things [...]

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On Avail for a Spec Commercial

Monday, May 15th, 2006

To be “on avail” means you have to keep the date open while the director sides who they are casting. This will be my fourth commercial avail… I think I’m due for a booking! What do you think? Unfortunately, it’s a non-union spot that doesn’t pay very much (although it’s decent for a spec, but [...]

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Loneliness and the Postmodern View of Language I mentioned in my last post that the beliefs described in the McLaren interview led to Hansen’s (the interviewer’s) loneliness for God, and I’d like to explain why I think this is the case. For those who fully embrace the idea that ‘the God who really exists must [...]

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