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• Stranger Than Fiction (2006)

Click on Reviews in the header menu for an overview of how I approach film reviews.
Harold Crick (Will Ferrell) is your run-of-the-mill IRS agent, good at his job, but bored with a life filled with more numbers than people. However, one day while preparing for work in his usual fashion, all of that changes. He [...]

• Cool Stuff I Want

Dead Fred is a mildly macabre pen holder for people who revel in not taking life too seriously. Made from soft silicone rubber he lies prostrate on your desk and makes a very natty home for your pen - after all, it’s mightier than the sword.

When you’re making a tasty pie for dessert, how can [...]

• Dr. Logan Update

For anyone interested in the on-going saga that is my life, I have news. After spending a few days this past week in the gorgeous city of Louisville, Kentucky. I have put down a deposit on an apartment about a mile from the school, in the same complex as my good friend Rich Clark of [...]

• What’s Your Theological Worldview?

No big surprise here.

You scored as Reformed Evangelical. You are a Reformed Evangelical. You take the Bible very seriously because it is God’s Word. You most likely hold to TULIP and are skeptical about the possibilities of universal atonement or resistible grace. The most important thing the Church can do is make sure people [...]

• Today in History: February 7

I’ve always liked history, so I regularly visit sites that give history facts and trivia. One of my favorites is to see what happened today in history. It’s really fun to look at your birthday or anniversary. But here’s just a sample of today’s events. Dates and Events by Scope Systems.
1905 - Oklahoma admitted to [...]

• A Special Birthday Interview

Engaging Culture (EC): So, Logan, how is everything going?
Logan Mauldin: You know, despite some recent worries and difficulties, I’m particularly pleased.
EC: Are you referring to your recent and ongoing financial difficulties?
Logan: Yeah, those are the ones. You know you take money for granted when you have it, but when it comes time to pay bills [...]

• The Last Thing America Needs is Another President

For as long as I can remember, this country has gotten itself all worked up every four years or so trying to pick just the right person to be in charge of the executive branch. It’s always a mess, and it always turns out the same way: We elect a president, and everything goes to [...]

• Gnats, Boils, Hail, and … Ducks?

In the southern part of Idaho, near the Utah border there seems to be something that is killing all the ducks. Reports show that officials don’t believe this should raise any Avian Flu concerns. But I’ve yet to hear one ask if there are any Israelites being held in captivity.
To date nearly 2,000 birds [...]

• Hard To Shop For

Some men are hard to shop for. Not me! Get me a good book and I’m happy. However, get me a bad book and there had better be a gift receipt included.
To facilitate your Christmas shopping, below is a smattering of some of the excellent books suggested by C.J. Mahaney on the GirlTalk Blog [...]

• A New Threat To Airline Safety

I have a feeling this story will be added to someone’s most embarrassing list. An American Airlines plane was forced to make an emergency landing in Nashville after some of the passengers reported the smell of sulfur. It turns out a female passenger was trying to hide the evidence of her flatulence.
Now it seems [...]

• Is The Wii (Insert Ominous Music) Dangerous?

While studies are still in progress to judge its addictive powers, there is now proof that part of the Wii is in fact dangerous… to your television, or other expensive items within throwing distance of this Japanese Death Toy. That’s right folks, the Wiimote is dangerous, it has cracked screens, caused blunt force trauma to [...]

• It’s Great to Be a Florida Gator

Our beloved Gators played hard and took down the Arkansas Razorbacks for their first SEC Championship in 6 years. This convincing win propelled them to beat Michigan on Sunday in the only game that mattered. The Gators were picked to play No. 1 Ohio State for college football’s national championship, ending any chance for the [...]

• 150 Things

I’m sure this will raise all sorts of questions and concerns, and if you prod hard enough I just might tell stories.
Legend:
Bold Black = Done it!
Green = Haven’t but want to
Red = Haven’t and don’t want to
01. Bought everyone in the bar a drink
02. Swam with wild dolphins
03. Climbed a mountain (albeit a small [...]

• The Look

My Thirsty friend David and I must be married to the same woman. He poetically describes the spiraling descent into the addiction that is book buying and the look of disdain from loved ones which accompanies it.
Technorati Tags: Thirsty Theologian, books, humor

• Go Deep

(HT: Thinklings, Challies)

• 50 Potential Christian Bestsellers

Marc over at Purgatorio shared this list of potential Christian Bestsellers. I don’t even believe in the rapture, but I think if these books showed up on the shelves I would be looking East and listening for a trumpet. The ones in bold were particularly funny to me.

Your Best Life Now Book of Martyrs
I’m [...]

• On Being Scared

As Halloween draws closer and colorful superheroes line the aisles of stores with ghouls and goblins, and trailers for horror movies light up our television screens with eerie and gruesome images, the question comes to my mind: Why do people, as a whole, like being scared?
Now, I grant you, not everybody likes to be scared. [...]

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