Yearly Archives: 2006

The best-seller of all time

Posted on 12/12/2006 by Andrew

The word of God is a lamp unto our feet, a light unto our path, and a sure­fire way to enhance the bot­tom line, accord­ing to the New Yorker. I recently sat in on an Alpha class with the lead­er­ship … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Be a man, use crippleware!

Posted on 12/8/2006 by Andrew

Shaun Groves points out an LA Times arti­cle about “God­Men,” some sort of Promise Keep­ers on steroids con­fer­ence aim­ing to res­cue the church from girly men and their wus­si­fy­ing influ­ence.Best part? The flash slideshow to the tune of some sub-Night … Con­tinue read­ing →

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A break in the hipster fog

Posted on 12/6/2006 by Andrew

The Onion AV Club takes a break from can­on­iz­ing Neu­tral Milk Hotel and the like to rec­og­nize Pink Floyd’s Ani­mals for the bril­liance it is. Although the “usual touches like celes­tial keyboards…are gone” bit makes me won­der if the reviewer … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Joy in repetition, or not.

Posted on 11/30/2006 by Andrew

In Steely Dan’s song “Show Biz Kids,” the back­ing singers keep repeat­ing a refrain of “Go to lost wages” over every part of the song. I heard it the other day when the guy dri­ving for our car­pool played a … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Partially Yankee Doodle Dandy

Posted on 11/21/2006 by Andrew

(Hmm…that post title sounds like it could be an old Bob Dylan song…) Con­tin­u­ing along the theme of regional dialect, I found this lit­tle test via Alex King’s blog. The results are inter­est­ing, if not sur­pris­ing given where I live. Your Lin­guis­tic … Con­tinue read­ing →

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