I don’t have cable – so I don’t watch a lot of The History Channel. I do respect some of the programming that comes out of the channel, but my limited exposure to its “documentaries” on Biblical/Christian topics has raised serious concerns about their accuracy and fairness in dealing with this subject matter. That said, …
The History Channel’s The Bible Mini-Series (Part 1). Read More »
A positive review of The Hobbit movie by someone who has read the book.
Here are a few entertaining videos I’ve stumbled across recently. Enjoy! First off is John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John reuniting for an interesting music video. I’m not sure whether to laugh or cry while watching it and there is something almost magical about Travolta’s smile throughout. I’d say it is in Friday music video territory. …
Hulu is a pretty nifty service that I use in combination with Netflix and other free services to eliminate television / cable from our home. We use the internet or DVDs for anything we want to watch. That said, there are a number of relatively minor enhancements Hulu could make to improve their service…Here are …
Today I watched one of those movies that I kept thinking, “I should watch that” but never quite felt in the mood. A foreign-language (German) biographical drama about a twelfth century nun, Hildegard von Bingen, it is one of those dramas that looks good but one wonders if it will be just another boring epic …
Movie Review: Vision: From the Life of Hildegard von Bingen. Read More »
The TV shows I really like always seem to get canceled. Does that mean I’m bad luck for those TV shows? Or that I have bad luck in choosing TV shows? Most likely it has to do with the limited interest in the shows I find most enjoyable. Unfortunately, especially when it comes to broadcast …
It has been a few years now since ska was on the scene…longer for those who are younger than I, shorter for those who surpass me in years. In any case, today I was thinking about the Supertones song “Little Man.” I’d preached a sermon on Galatians 3 which reminds us of the greatness of …
Recently I posted a bit of a primer on Occupy Wall Street consisting of quotes, links, and summations. I’m a reader – so I prefer textual materials. I can’t stand watching non-fiction video (e.g. news, documentaries), feeling I can more rapidly consume text…but I know many are more visual-oriented learners than I am…so here I …
One of my long-term favorite services that I’ve subscribed to as a paying member on-again, off-again is Safari Books Online. Safari offers access to a vast library of hundreds of IT related books for online reading. If you work in the IT realm, its well worth the subscription cost – especially if you can get …
I grew up in the middle of nowhere. We didn’t have a television for a number of years. Cable was not available. Satellite was the only (and expensive option). Local TV channels were sparse. We learned to live with VHS. When I moved to college I didn’t have a TV. I never bought one. We …