Liminal Life

Alvin the Chipmunk sings a beautiful song from the movie Once. (Which was my favorite film of the year and my favorite album too.) And for no apparent reason, the player has ads for some Jesus junk at the bottom.
The end is near…
(Thanks to Dave King for letting me know about this.)

I’ve been crying a lot today.  And that’s a good thing.Betsy and I watched Amazing Grace, the movie that came out last year that tells the story of Wilberforce’s efforts to abolish the slave trade in England.  It also secondarily tells the story of John Newton, the former slave trader who wrote the incredibly popular [...]

Three seasons of Lost trained me to get excited on Wednesday. They moved it to Thursday this year and have picked up the pace on the plot, the new mysteries and the overall weirdness. About halfway through my first cup of coffee every Wednesday, I find myself getting excited about seeing the new [...]