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Microserfs Up!
I finally finished my re-read of Microserfs by Douglas Coupland. I read it the first time over a decade-and-a-half ago: once I read one of Coupland’s novels, I had to read them all. I re-read another Coupland novel, Eleanor Rigby, … Continue reading
Lord of the Full-Season Review
The last week or so has been pretty busy, which explains my dropping of some threads here even if it doesn’t excuse it. Back to those threads soon. But for now . . . The Nerd of the Rings recap … Continue reading
“The Four Yorkshiremen”
I had not heard of “the Four Yorkshiremen” until this morning, when the phrase turned up in a tweet. So I did the thing you do: I looked for it on YouTube. And this is what I found: Definitely a … Continue reading
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“Too Wise to Woo Peaceably”
This popped up on my YouTube screen this evening and thought it worth sharing, really apropos of nothing other than it is good to see these two together again. Plus: Shakespeare. Brilliant Benedick and Beatrice. The week has been a … Continue reading
Pandemic Permanence
Today Rod Dreher spent some time reflecting on this piece from the Baptist Press concerning the long-term effects of Covid for churches. The church that gets most of the mentions in the piece is a relatively short drive (in TN … Continue reading
The Week Looking Back
The big news of the week was this: I’ve known for a while that Aaronovitch had written a number of shorter pieces for the continuing saga of Peter Grant and friends. I’d even tracked a few of them down online. … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Internet, Television
Tagged 30 Rock, Agents of SHIELD, Rivers of London, Stargirl
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A Song for the Moment
Benjamin Gibbard is one of the many musicians who have taken to a more consistent online presence during Our Current Moment. Discovering his “at home” show a few weeks ago was one of the highlights of early lockdown, actually (it … Continue reading
Twenty Years Later . . .
Twenty years ago, this teaser trailer was released: It is difficult to imagine a world where the finished product of Peter Jackson and friends hasn’t been realized. How odd to have a voice-over by someone not from the movie! How … Continue reading
Point and Counterpoint
Yesterday I posted links to a couple of articles by Yuval Levin attempting to speak intelligently about Our Current Moment from a place where ethics, economics, politics, and sociology meet. Since then, another couple of articles have made their way … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Faith, Internet, Notes for a World's End
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On Hold and Keeping Place
Navigating the facts and opinions of Our Current Moment can be a daunting task: you can always choose one news source, I suppose, but that becomes it’s own echo-chamber. So it’s nice to find sources that can give a critical … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Internet, Notes for a World's End
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Space Enough, and Time 