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Super Size Me
I saw Super Size Me a few nights ago…and unfortunately, I’m really not going to want to eat fast food ever again…at least for a week. I haven’t laughed so hard in such a long time as I did throughout...
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The Motorcycle Diaries: The Ghost of El Che and Christian Theology Pt.1
From time to time, we’re going to begin featuring guest bloggers here at pomomusings. I’m honored to have my good friend, Reno Lauro, post a two-part review and reflection on The Motorcycle Diaries....
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The Motorcycle Diaries: The Ghost of El Che and Christian Theology Pt.2
Reno Lauro is a third year M.Div student, filmmaker and poet. He is currently applying to PhD programs in a hope to ponder the mysteries of Theology and the Imagination. He loves pomomusings. This is...
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Hotel Rwanda: Damn I love being American!
Andrew and I went to see Hotel Rwanda last night (trailer here). It’s movies like these that make me so proud to be an American (read = sarcasm…bitter sarcasm). It’s also movies like these that make...
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Thanks to Mark, I ran across this video that I remember watching in my junior high youth group. In fact, it was kind of like the "initiation" video that you watched when you became a member of the...
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Felicity and an Affair
It’s been a few days since Sarah left for Scotland, and she’s been having a very good time at Iona. I’ve been here in Atlanta, eating rather poorly (but doing better thanks to some of her friends who...
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LOST: The Addiction
Sarah and I haven’t been as vocal about our addiction to LOST (well, I’m addicted to LOST, Sarah likes it, but 24 still holds a special place in her heart) as we were about 24. But, in the past month...
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24: Jack is Back
We’re having some fellow 24-addicts over tonight and tomorrow for the 24 Season 6 Two-Night Premiere! Sarah and I started watching Season 1 of 24 on July 18, 2006. That didn’t take us long and we...
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Torture and the Politics of “24″
There is a very interesting (and long) article on 24, politics and torture on Truth Out; it looks like it was initially published in The New Yorker and is entitled “The Politics of the Man Behind...
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I’m sorry Jack…
Josh already beat me to it, but I had to say it too (and I know Zach is going to really enjoy this post). Jack Bauer – you are dead to me. Seriously, last night’s episode was b-o-r-i-n-g. Each...
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Spiderman 3: Go Big or Go Home
A group of us ventured out last evening for the midnight showing of Spiderman 3. We went to the IMAX Theater at the Mall of Georgia and had a very fun evening. While we left the theater at 2.30am,...
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The Watchmen: A Review
I was never into comics growing up, but in the past few years, I’ve become quite the fan of graphic novels. The first I read was Blankets by Craig Thompson (written about here and here). It was a very...
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The Golden Compass and Pullman’s “His Dark Materials”
This past summer, Sarah and I listened to Philip Pullman’s “His Dark Materials” fantasy trilogy on CDs. It was probably the best book-on-CD I’ve ever listened to partly because it had a full cast...
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Not your average PC(USA) Youth Minister
I first met Andy Konigsmark when he was the newly-hired youth pastor at the Presbyterian Church of the Big Wood (yes, that’s really the church’s name) in Sun Valley, ID. We collaborated on a...
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Andy Konigsmark Advances to Top 8 in American Gladiators
In case you didn’t watch American Gladiators last night, but my buddy Andy Konigsmark kicked ass last night and advanced on to the Top 8. He was behind in points until the Eliminator, which he got the...
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Helvetica
I watched Helvetica the other day, at the recommendation of my good friend Adam. It’s a documentary about the typeface, Helvetica – one that is familiar to all computer users (Mac & PC) and...
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FlashForward: A Show about Fate and Free Will
I watched the series premiere of FlashForward this afternoon – and I’m very hopeful that this is going to be a really great TV series. Here is the premise in a nutshell: for 2 minutes and 17 seconds,...
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LOST: The Complete Series
Sarah and I have big plans for Christmas. We’re going to get lost in Lost. Okay, I know that was cheesy, but that’s our plan. We had many invitations from really wonderful folks in our congregation,...
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The Newsroom: Watch It
Looking for a great new show to watch? Check out HBO’s The Newsroom, if for no other reason than Aaron Sorkin is the man behind it. Aaron Sorkin? Yah – you know…the guy behind The West Wing, Studio 60,...
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#Selma and Silence: Let Us Not Repeat Our Mistakes
Last week, I was lucky enough to get to see a screening of Selma before it was released here in the Chicago area. It was quite the experience, and I encourage everyone to get to a theater to see this...
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