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I love both of these videos, and for a similar reason. Both of them illustrate that visual media is, by its nature, a sort of palantir. It accurately show us things and yet easily leads you to draw wrong conclusions, just as a palantir does. Korean Billy speaks as an authority to people trying to learn about the various forms of English out there. The problem is, he’s Korean Billy and his authoritative take on Texan is, well, hilarious to... Read more
From here in Seattle comes this hilarious video. Normally, when you get drunk and decide to break into a car using a mop, the security cam just records you silently and a few cops see it. But when you chose to do it in the parking lot of KIRO-TV, our local CBS affiliate, you are suddenly ushered into a whole new level of public humiliation. Not only does your face go out to a lot more people than it would... Read more
The man is just a born raconteur with a great imagination, an encyclopedic knowledge of old school pop culture from the Golden Age, and an amazing fund of arcana from history. Check it out! Read more
A small eulogy for our family’s friend, Angie: Angie did not live a life of fame. She never starred in a movie or won an election or made a medical discovery. The world will not look back on this time and remember her. She did not walk among the Great Ones as the world conceives of greatness. And yet, “God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise, God chose what is weak in the world to... Read more
The classic approach of the Party of Trump “prolife” Christianist base is to blather about cutting off the supply of abortion while doing all in its power to increase demand for it. Here is that strategy in full flower, thanks to the nihilist predators in the Party of Trump: Last fall, Kim Wagenaar started to plan how she would close the health clinic she runs in rural North Carolina — when Congress let funding lapse for thousands of centers like... Read more
In Forming Intentional Disciples terms, this is a person who is moving from trust to curiosity and even openness. Does spirituality make you feel better?–> https://t.co/gvqOifEbQh#Esquiretownhouse @EsquireUK pic.twitter.com/LpHhD6bLaF — Russell Brand (@rustyrockets) January 15, 2018 He’s not a disciple of Christ yet, but he is being drawn. This is the sort of person an evangelist is delighted to meet. (So, for the matter of that, is somebody like the radically different Jordan Peterson. Both are, as Paul puts it, “feeling... Read more
Convert Greg Wolfe describes the impact of astronomy and star-gazing on his heart as a young man and the way it spoke to his nascent sacramental joy in creation: GROWING UP AS I DID amidst the dazzling lights of New York City, it is strange that even as a small child I was madly in love with the stars. The city’s glare effectively canceled out the night sky, admitting only the rare glimpse of the brightest heavenly orbs. Beyond the... Read more
…can be sung to the tune of Billy Joel’s “Piano Man”: Read more
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