Culture
What’s going on, who we are, and what the big deal is.
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Personally, I like my music to mean something. And If I’m putting together a soundtrack, it has to include at least something seriously cool and pertinent to our lives at the time. So here it goes: Billy Bragg & Wilco covering Woody Guthrie’s “Christ for President”
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As readers of this blog can attest, I have begun writing more consistently and regularly. My plans were already underway for building myself up for daily posting and then this plopped into my lap: The Post A Day challenge from The Daily Post. So I thought: Huh. I was going to do that anyway… And…
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In which I pick a song to go on a never-ending mixtape. We know the rules for the mixtape are pretty solid. You start with the best track. Seriously rocking number. Then you dial it back for the second track, then shift hard into track number three. You really only get three tracks to hook…
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Proper 22A Text: Matthew 21:33-46 Like last week, the lectionary has us dealing with some pretty tough stuff. It should come as no surprise since this all takes place during Jesus’s final week. Jesus has entered Jerusalem in a mock triumphal entry with his merry band of misfits and enormous crowd of followers. The group…
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According to some, Google+ is the purest gold and to others, it is already dead. Personally, I don’t care one way or the other. But I do believe that Google aimed too far inside the box. Now, I haven’t played enough with Google+ and haven’t sought all the different ways to jury-rig it to act…
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“There is nobody in this country who got rich on his own. Nobody.”