Henry Imler October 14th, 2008

Communal memory in operation – An interesting look at how communal memory works.  Fascinating as always.

Review: ‘Religulous’ – I wanna see this movie, but every time I listen to Bill Maher, I contemplate the Biblical stance on suicide.

Criminal Uses Craigslist to Escape From Armored Truck Robbery [Craiglist] – Brilliant!

The Forbidden Gospels Blog: Magical Cup has nothing to do with Christ  - Media Claims about Xianty 0, Research 238.

Brain Seeks Patterns Where None Exist – Yup.

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Henry Imler October 13th, 2008

 Looking For Something to do this Weekend? – Go to the Creation Museum!  I am going in early November as part of my trip to Asbury to check out the school and hang out with Tom and his wife.  Best quote from the article (as mean spirited as it is):

biblical studies at Southern is to exegesis what the Creation Museum is to science

Top 10 Web Tools for Election Season [Lifehacker Top 10] - I am trying to stay as non-political as possible, but I can’t help posting this helpful link.

Impulse Buys Most Common at the Grocery Store [Saving Money] – Man, I need to remember this one…

Mormonism Isn’t Christianity – This has more to do with an unwarranted judge’s decision than anything else. 

Get Rid of the Meta-Narrative!….and pick up ours instead?

So what, now we are going to create our own grand Narrative of History to bolster our message?

I say no. “Give me the local story of God’s interacting with the Community, or give me modernity!”

I hope you enjoy chewing on those things.  I did.

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Henry Imler July 9th, 2008

Paper or plastic? – Cloth, of course, but what if you don’t have the option?  How do you navigate the thorny environmental issues?  Reading this article by Tree Hugger will help :: Paper Bags or Plastic Bags? Everything You Need to Know

Is AVG ok?  AVG is OK!  Popular, effective, and free antivirus software from Grisoft was doing some dang dubious dealings with it’s weblink scanner.  After people complained, they righted the ship.  Hooray! (‘Cause I use it on three computers and recommend it to everyone I know.)

Police Chase from Scott Parsons – my buddies Scott and Sarah saw this go down last week.  Ten minutes later, I went by the scene on my way to pick up Meredith and saw them towing away the car – exciting stuff.

Interviews with the Devil: Divisions in the Church and Money.  Brad tipped me to this one.  After watching several of them, they get old, but when they are fresh slides be splittin.

That’s it.

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Henry Imler July 3rd, 2008

Utah Rocks.  Well, working for Utah rocks - along with Cleveland I have to say, because Cleveland definitely rocks.  They shorted the # of days in the workweek and lengthened the number of hours in the days that made the cut.  Oh, and it turns out that it is environmentally healthy to boot. Utah Four Day Work Week Environmentally Friendly from Sustainablog.

11 Celebrity-Inspired Fads We’d Like to Forget

Spandex was developed in 1959 by a DuPont scientist who wanted a way to display the genitalia of male bicyclists without violating public nudity laws. By the late ’80s, spandex bicycle shorts could be seen across the music community, from headbangers to pop stars to the female dancers in pretty much any rap music video.

Scott showed me this one: Review of Ultimates vol 3, Issue 3.  This is priceless.  Hunt dissects why  Jeph Loeb’s Ultimates run is ruining the legacy of a beyond-wonderful Ultimate vol 1 and 2.  Perhaps what I enjoy the most is Hunt pointing out how Loeb has taken the women from the Ultimate universe and transformed them into hollywood shells.

Luckily for Wolverine, Jeph Loeb has never read an Ultimate Comic. Wanda, as written here, is so far removed from the way she was as introduced in Ultimate X-Men that it’s hard to know where to start. Where’s the smart, sensual, confident women who attempted to seduce Cyclops and was a major part of the Brotherhood’s plotting? All we’ve got here is a wet, soppy, poor, whining excuse for a character. “Oh, I don’t WANT to conjure that! I don’t LIKE dinosaurs! These clothes are too restrictive!”

and this from his review of issue 4:

Incidentally, notice how yet again a woman can’t do anything without being rescued by a man…Incidentally, female characters in this series so far : whiny moaning Wanda, boobs-hanging-out Valley girl Valkyrie, boobs-hanging-out cavegirl Shanna, and Jan the [dunce]. Well played, Loeb!…

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Henry Imler June 25th, 2008

Billionaire Without A Cause: Bruce Wayne from Gotham Tonight. “He’s living life like its a monopoly board and he’s playing all by himself.”

While you are at it, Support the Bat w/free Dark Knight XBLM goods!

Pandora – Its old, but it rawks. (-3.4 points for using lame L337 expression)

George Carlin HBO Marathon – Did I just Tivo all of this?  Yes I did.

The Audacity of Hope (Habakkuk 1-3)

Catalyst Conference 2008 – I am heading up there with my church in October.  I hear good things, the vids from last year are good things, you and yours should check it out.

Rising cost of oil ‘due to speculation’ from PhysicsWeb News

Shaq may forgive, but he never forgets - oh man…. (NSWF/Language) ““I was freestyling. That’s all. It was all done in fun. Nothing serious whatsoever. That is what MC’s do. They freestyle when called upon. I’m totally cool with Kobe. No issue at all."  Uh huh.”

Halo 3 body count surpasses Earth’s population – That is is lot of frakkin frags.

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