Archive for May, 2004

Of Pixel Pews and Cyber Crypts

Wednesday, May 19th, 2004

This is so totally from left field to me that I am not sure what to make of it. I was just looking at the BBC website, and they had an article entitled “Online church blocks Satan visits.”
Now, when I hear about an “online church,” I immediately assume it’s something of the Landover Baptist (”Where […]

How to Read Ulysses

Wednesday, May 5th, 2004

Haha. This is one of the funniest Listmania lists on Amazon that I’ve come across. This one is on how to read Joyce’s Ulysses. Check it out.

Robbing the Robber

Tuesday, May 4th, 2004

I know there are significant moral questions that are involved in the pirating and sharing of music, but I must admit that I have never felt sorry for the music industry. Album prices are outrageous and the way most artists are treated by the big labels is unacceptable. Here is yet another indication of the […]

Mail to Thailand

Monday, May 3rd, 2004

I just wrote my first letter to a boy I’m sponsoring in Thailand through Compassion International today. His name is Phanthakit. It was actually kind of hard. I don’t often write to four-year-olds, especially four-year-olds in Thailand.
Helping children out is such a good thing. When you do it, you can just feel that you are […]