Archive for October, 2008
orson welles
Today marks the 70th anniversary of the greatest prank in American history. Here is the link to the original broadcast:
War of the Worlds
This panic producing proclamation provoked prodigious pandemonium.
…hm. I think I have had too much coffee.
Regardless, here is the Wikipedia entry and a WIRED magazine entry about the anniversary. Hooray for gullibility.
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one
I have been keeping this “blog” for 369 days. On and off. Except for April this year… that month was a write-off (hm, pun anyone?).
So, in celebration of the year’s passing in this online journal – I present to you the highlights of a year of posting, with some of the pages that the stats [...]
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Tags: blogging, nerds, repentance, sin, the great sadness, the shack, the truth project, truth, veritas
mud and blood
Just a quick update about the Passchendaele movie showing in Canadian theatres right now.
I saw this film last friday and was neither surprised, nor disappointed. I came out from it very balanced about the film itself – but the theatre gets a bad review from me. Poor seats, both in location and comfort; and a [...]
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Tags: canada, canadiana, film, media, movie, passchendaele, paul gross, review
death of a consumer
I wanted to post a nice long rant about how being a customer has changed in the last 10 years. I wanted to rant about how we are “lucky” to get eye contact from a clerk (when not forced to use a machine), let alone anything resembling courteous conversation.
However, I just can’t get worked up [...]
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Tags: business, consumer, customer, customer service, society, transaction
passchendaele
Going to see the movie Passchendaele (pronounced “pash-un-day-el”) tonight. This is a Paul Gross (from Due South in the early ’90s) movie about the battle of the same name (in WWI). Should prove interesting – it took him 10 years to get the movie made. Talk about patience.
I’ll let you know what I think later.
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Tags: battle, movie, passchendaele, paul gross, war, WWI
ghost in the machine
I have read an article in The Atlantic Online magazine regarding how the internet affects our coginitive habits. How has the internet changed the way we think?
The author brings out some very compelling thoughts and arguments about the impact of electronic media on our ability to reason, read and respond. There have been a number [...]
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Tags: google, internet, media, philosophy, reason, reference, resources, stupid, technology, the atlantic, thought
the great sadness
I read William Young’s book, The Shack, yesterday. It was an engrossing read, and would recommend it as an excellent book to settle into and read in one effort (or as quickly as possible). I found that the story is more cohesive and immersing if you are able to dedicate the time to read it [...]
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Tags: fiction, God, Jesus, novel, religion, spirituality, the great sadness, the shack, William P. Young, young
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Places I Wander
