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October 2014

October 09, 2014
Welcome to the first installment of Marriage in the Movies: a new series wherein I...
October 07, 2014
It's always a delight to run across a bit of C. S. Lewis that I've...
October 06, 2014
Although this is a secular comedian, he makes a very shrewd point here about the silliness...
October 02, 2014
With increasingly less time to devote to blogging as the semester marches on, it's clear that...

September 2014

September 30, 2014
[Note: In haste, I didn't notice that someone quietly cleaned up the egregious error in...
September 29, 2014
A little outdated by now, but hey, I just now found it and felt led...
September 22, 2014
All credit to the creator of this meme. I can claim none of it. Let...
September 19, 2014
Goooood morning! It's 0700 and I am waking up to another day of back to...
September 16, 2014
A few weeks ago, a certain Youtube video went viral. In this video, a young...
September 12, 2014
So the other day, this regional quartet called Mark209 put out a silly music video...
September 10, 2014
Recently it was announced that tenor singer Tony Jarman was stepping down from the Down East Boys....
September 05, 2014
This week's used bookstore find is the slim World War II memoir Medic! by army medic...
September 03, 2014
  A great while ago the world began With a hey ho, the wind and...
September 02, 2014
"I was born and raised to entertain other people. I've heard laughter and applause and...
September 01, 2014
Part II here Part III here Quickly: Who's the most talented entertainer you can name?...

August 2014

August 28, 2014
Last week, I had some thoughts on the suicide of Robin Williams. While they deviated a bit harshly...
August 26, 2014
The Akins are some of my favorite artists in southern gospel. Their freshness, natural musicianship and...
August 22, 2014
Here is the first of my used bookstore finds: America's Favorite Movies: Behind the Scenes, by...
August 18, 2014
[Update: I've added one more story to this piece related to Robin's work with the...
August 15, 2014
As promised, here is my review of the biography of child singing star Gloria Jean, written...
August 13, 2014
Today I'm going to share a Bill Gaither story that may be new to some...
August 08, 2014
For the last stretch of the summer, I've decided to spend the time that might otherwise have...
August 05, 2014
The Ball Brothers are one of southern gospel's youngest and most progressive groups. Consistently thinking...
August 04, 2014
Carol Burnett and Roddy McDowall are absolutely marvelous together. My, didn't he grow up to be...
August 01, 2014
Brian Free & Assurance have released a music video for their excellent new song "Say...

July 2014

July 31, 2014
[Update: Brian has pointed out that Squire Parsons also recorded this song himself back in...
July 28, 2014
Last week I featured a clip of one of my favorite comic actors, Dick Van...
July 25, 2014
[Editor's note: This is a guest post by Brian Fuson of Fuson's Findings.] Let’s hit...
July 23, 2014
[Editor's note: This is a guest post by Lauren of Lauren's Southern Gospel Views From the...
July 21, 2014
When I was little, my three great loves were Dick Van Dyke, Danny Kaye and...
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