Story

I recently entered a short story contest and said to myself that if I did not win, well, at least I would post the story here. At some point, I may work on this story some more and submit it some place else (as there are several ways in which I could make it better), [...]

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Elizabeth I in Elizabeth 2

So are you still bummed, as I am, that in 1998 the fluffy Shakespeare in Love won best picture over Elizabeth and, more criminally, Mrs. Chris Martin won best actress over Cate Blanchett. The final moments of Elizabeth are powerful and chilling.
Well, if you are still bummed, then perhaps The Golden Age will help soothe [...]

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If these old walls, If these old walls could speak…

If you follow the links and have read some of the articles which I have written in catapult magazine, you may know that my relationship with Christian music is somewhat conflicted and distant. It once meant a great deal to me, though, and some albums truly rise above the simple and restrictive moniker of Christian [...]

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Consider the Lowly Foot

This is a fascinating article about how one’s feet can be and a sort of radar for larger health problems. And we ain’t talking reflexogy here.
There is no help offered, though, for hairy hobbit feet.

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Consider the Lowly Foot

This is a fascinating article about how one’s feet can be and a sort of radar for larger health problems. And we ain’t talking reflexogy here.
There is no help offered, though, for hairy hobbit feet.

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The Last Bits of the Anti-Americanism Series from the BBC

Here is a quote from the third and final part of this series, reported from Cairo:
The United States is not the capital of world liberalism.
What is it, then?
Home to 300 million people, most of whom genuinely believe they have earned the right to lead the world, though not to coerce it.
Perhaps one day they will [...]

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My Favorite Times of the Week

You know I think I have posted about this topic before, but it is certainly worth repeating. Very often, my favorite times of the week are just after both church and house church. The reasons for my joy are similar but not identical, as is the tenor of the joys.
My church is not perfect. In [...]

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Friends, Met and Unmet

Adventures in St. Louis
Anthony Bradley
Bacon’s Great
Flakjammit!
Following Breadcrumbs
God Just Keeps On A Movin’
Guinea-Pig Voices in the Night
I Am an African
If Wishes Were Monkeys
Junkmail for Blankets
just have this secret hope
Karagraphy
Last Answers?
Living the Life
Looking Closer Journal
Love in the Ruins
Michelle Elaine’s Jounal
Miss Mark in the Science Room
The Moon is the Spoon of the Sea!
Newlywards
Photo du Jour
Poor Mouth
Reasons Why
Safe, But [...]

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“Death to America” (Part 2): Venezuela

I think this picture is from Bolivia, but here is the second part of the BBC series. And a bonus article and discussion of anti-american sentiment feeling like racism in Britain.
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Part 1

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As You Like It ::: Branagh ::: Ninjas ::: Romola Garai

Indeed. This new adaptation from Branagh has them all and Kevin Kline and Alfred Molina and Dallas Bryce Howard. I must confess, I have not read As You Like It, so am a bit in the dark.

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