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Review of Everything Must Go

I am currently in a Theology and FIlm class and one of our assignments was to go to a movie and then post a review online. So here it is! A Review of the Film Everything Must Go Everything Must Go is a film starring Will Ferrell and written and directed by first-time director Dan Rush about a man named Nick Halsey who is shown in the opening of the film experiencing the worst day of his life....

May 27th

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Apr 3rd

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The internet has jumped the shark (IMO)

First off, if there is such a person who actually monitors the content on this site and reads my silly little thoughts, I apologize for going 3+ months between posts. There have only been one or two occasions in that span where I even thought about posting some thoughts or linking to content that I thought worthy of checking out, but my laziness got the best of me. Second (but related to the...

Apr 3rd

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Dec 26th

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“Let the just rejoice, for their justifier is born. Let the sick and infirm...”

– St. Augustine of Hippo

Dec 25th

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Dear heavens. I want to go see the Clippers this season.

Dec 24th

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Nov 25th

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Isaac vs. Zombies

I usually don’t like bragging about my son but Isaac beat a level of Plants vs. Zombies on his own. He is my son.

Nov 23rd

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Oct 31st

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Oct 6th

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Sep 28th

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The Abolition of Man

I have read several of C.S. Lewis’ books through the years but for some reason never got around to reading The Abolition of Man until recently. It is a fantastic little book (less than a 100 pages), and is prophetic in many ways as it tackles the subjects of subjectivism, ethics, and the myth of scientific progress. I highly recommend the book if you are looking for a challenge. It roused...

Sep 11th

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Aug 28th

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An awesome video just because. Guy is reppin’ male pattern baldness sufferers as well, which I can appreciate!

Jul 28th

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Time for a Dodgers post

(Let me preface these thoughts by saying I am not an Angel fan. I understand that at one point in time Garret Anderson was a star in the game of baseball, but that was for another team and at another time, and I have no sentimentality reserved for him or his former accomplishments.) I read this today from Evan Drelich, Doyer beat-writer for MLB.com, and it made me chuckle. The quote comes from...

Jul 25th

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Bull Black Nova- Wilco via La Blogotheque

Jul 18th

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“Prosperity knits a man to the World. He feels he is “finding his place in...”

– Screwtape- The Screwtape Letters- C.S. Lewis

Jul 8th

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Jul 6th

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Take a trip to the Sistine Chapel →

Jun 15th

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Jun 6th

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Honorable Mention

I do intend to finish my top 10 list of my favorite albums- I promise. I only have one more to go and I will get around to it eventually. In the meantime here are a few honorable mentions (In no particular order) In a Safe Place-The Album Leaf, Life of David-Michael Knott, All Understood-Buchanan, Dog Problems-Format, Water & Solutions-Far, Till We Have Faces-Noise Ratchet, The Animal...

Jun 5th

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My So Called Neighborhood →

I did what any blogger who barely posts to his blog should do- I started a second blog. My So Called Neighborhood is my attempt to do something meaningful with my almost-weekly walk to and from work (and other miscellaneous jaunts through the ‘hood). Check it out.

May 30th

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It's Lima time... in heaven →

May 23rd

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““Technology is the handmaiden of an anthropocentric church” and “What we...”

– Two quotes from Alan Roxburgh that I had to share. Both from “Missional Leadership: Equipping God’s People for Mission”

May 22nd

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May 14th

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“You could tell him what a terrible player he is and he’ll say, thank you,...”

– Joe Torre (speaking of James Loney) It would seem Torre is not one for compliments or encouraging his players. First it was this gem in which Torre almost threw his back out trying to pick an opening day starter and now Torre reveals his true feelings about James Loney (who is the second best...

May 13th

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Thought from class

I am sitting in class right now and the professor just offered a thought he attributed to Leonard Sweet- “There is only one way to God but there are many ways to Jesus.” If that is true (which I think it is), then why do most Christian ministries tend to normalize encounters with Jesus? Why do churches seek to standardize access to Jesus through clearly defined methodologies and...

May 8th

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May 8th

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Fight on! →

3 years running baby!

May 2nd

“I wish my name was Todd so I could say, ‘Yes my name is Todd. Todd...”

– Jack Handey

Apr 17th

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Apr 8th

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“We just had to pick somebody, and he was the one.”

– Joe Torre, on his selection of Vicente Padilla as the opening day starter for the Dodgers this season. How’s that for confidence? Let me paraphrase: “We don’t have any guy who earned the job. If I could get away with not naming a starter, I would, but the rules of the game say...

Mar 27th

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I also love this song.

Mar 27th

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God I love this song

Mar 27th

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Mar 4th

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BANJO! A song from my number two selection. He...

Feb 19th

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My top 10 "Desert Island" albums- number 2

#2 Seven Swans- Sufjan Stevens “Abraham, worth a righteous one. Take up on the wood, put it on your son. Lake or lamb. There is none to harm. When the angel came, you had raised your arm. Abraham, put off on your son. Take instead the ram until Jesus comes” Sufjan Stevens - Abraham It wasn’t until Sufjan released his next album entitled Come on Feel the Illinoise that he...

Feb 19th

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New Look and Tags!

Messed around with the Theme today and I think I found something I like for now. There are now three new ways on this theme that you can search through the content of this blog. 1) Click on archive over there to the left. It will give you a cool view of posts by month. 2) Type a search term in the search bar to the left. 3) Tags! I will slowly but surely go back through my posts and tag each...

Feb 13th

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College football recruiting is getting ridiculous →

A 13 year old quarterback commits to USC! This kid hasn’t even gone through high school yet and USC has already offered him a college scholarship. No drivers license. No prom. No arm pit hair. College scholarship!

Feb 5th

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Jan 31st

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Really?

Really The Office? You come back from over a month long hiatus with a clip-show? Bad form. You haven’t been funny the last two seasons but at least up until now you were trying. Now you have just given up.

Jan 23rd

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Attack of the Dishes

I was walking through an alley near our apartment and off the back of an apartment complex that as far as I can tell has maybe 12-15 units, I found the satellite dishes above. There are seven of them here on this corner of the building and another 5 or so on the other corner. So there is nearly one dish for each unit in the building. Now besides being an eye sore and resembling something out...

Jan 19th

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My delayed New Year's resolution

Mariah and I spent a few minutes looking through my old blog last night and it hit me that I used to be a lot better at this, or at least had a bit more energy for this when I first started. There were actually some original thoughts rather than a bunch of posts saying “hey check out this link” (although there was still plenty of that before). So my delayed NYR is to be a better...

Jan 16th

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Happy New Year!

Dec 31st

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