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Woulda Coulda Shoulda1 comment

holyvernacular wrote 1 week ago: I once said to a priest, to whom I went for career advice, “You know how people write down ide … more →

Tags: Book Reviews, identity, writing, Books, calling, Career Advice, Ghostwriting, Jealousy, kathryn stockett

What Marketers Can Learn From 'Sesame Street'1 comment

bradkay wrote 1 week ago: I’ve been a big fan of Sesame Street since I was a little boy. Bert, Ernie, Oscar the Grouch a … more →

Tags: advertising, Branded Entertainment, Branding, Education, Entertainment, Family, Marketing, Social Media, Blues Clues

Book Review - FISH! for Life - Part 2

Sonali Joshi Bhatt wrote 2 weeks ago: In the previous post, I wrote about the first two ingredients of FISH! Philosophy. To read that post … more →

Tags: Learnings from life, Book Review, FISH! Philosophy, Attitude, Concentration, fish for life, choosing attitude

70's Superstar Series

brandrea wrote 2 weeks ago: Every week we will feature a new entry in our 70’s Superstars Series. Collect ‘em all! Just like Wac … more →

Tags: Culture, Movies, 70's Superstars, coming home, Hal Ashby, harold and maude

Now Serving Lunch; Don't Eat Here

holyvernacular wrote 2 weeks ago: I’m sitting in a restaurant performing an act of bravery.  I’m eating the food they serve.  Sushi.  … more →

Tags: dichotomies, Food, reality check, Spiritual metaphor, Cambria, chinatown, Daughter, +eat first, Eating

Art and words.

Marco Sparks wrote 3 weeks ago: From a series called “Text Pieces” by Stefan Brüggemann, which I originally discovered h … more →

Tags: art is hard, Ass-slapping good time!, cultural self-loathing, DANCE, DANCE, DANCE, Mad Linkage, Magic Words, Net Fu, PWN City, abstract

My List2 comments

valarieholly wrote 3 weeks ago: Most people who know me know how much I love older British men. I thought I should just start a … more →

Tags: Alan Rickman, anthony hopkins, book, Choices, England, English, english patient, Hannibal Lecter, house

Just Gotta Share Some Gospel Music

holyvernacular wrote 1 month ago: There’s a competition going on for the best gospel choir in America… and I recently went … more →

Tags: Atlanta, DC, delight, God's Glory, Recommendations, Atlanta-West Pentecostal, Choir, church, Gospel

Fresh memories1 comment

Aphrael wrote 1 month ago: Last night was not a good night for me. It started badly because my back was sore. It had been a cou … more →

Tags: Life, Dogs, Pets, Personal, animals, Wheelchair, Work, guide dog, service dog

Playfulness

holyvernacular wrote 2 months ago: This is a photo of one of my major treasures: My treasure Yes, it’s blurry.  Yes, it’s d … more →

Tags: DC, delight, Food, gratitude, identity, Seattle, Alaska Airlines, candy, Dignity

Being There

Alexandra Coulter wrote 2 months ago: I want to write about Dexter. We have been watching it constantly lately, trying to get through the … more →

Tags: peter sellers, Dexter, Sling Blade, billy bob thornton, Present Moment, Chance

Television: the wasted medium?2 comments

Andreas wrote 2 months ago: I’ve been thinking lately about TV. Malachi Z. York, founder of the bizarre cult Nuwaubianism, … more →

Tags: Cinema, media, Politics, Television, Amanda Palmer, Violence, TV, The Simpsons, Satire

On Wilco, White Stripes, and Anna Ferris' boyfriend 3 comments

David wrote 2 months ago: Friends, My complaint is not with the song, but with the video: It’s kind of a cool version of … more →

Tags: wilco, In your dreams, Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, The White Stripes, "Now Mary", wilco the album, Hal Ashby, peter sellers, anna ferris

Of floating. And the occasional tether.2 comments

Amanda wrote 3 months ago: Sometimes at night I stand at the sliding glass doors of my apartment, more often now called my … more →

Tags: Life, Home, Friends, Family, Perception, Chasing the Life I was Supposed to Want, Hong Kong, Reunions, Growing Up

Women as sex objects

Nils wrote 3 months ago: Yesterday I talked about taking a nice gander at a young woman’s breasts while standing in lin … more →

Tags: Visual sex, sex, penthouse, breasts, Wendy's, Chauvinist, Equals, sex objects, Victorian

Being There (1979)

nickshogun wrote 3 months ago: Director: Hal Ashby Summary: A simple man named Chance winds up giving advice to the rich, famous an … more →

Tags: US, Sellers, ashby, 1979

By These Presents1 comment

jhmathre wrote 3 months ago: I am here now and I feel I like I should be telling you about the place to which I have come, but I … more →

Tags: Reflections, suffering, Incarnation, Life, apophatic theology, Presence, WorDs, language, comfort

Good Grief1 comment

holyvernacular wrote 4 months ago: Yesterday I went on a website dedicated to obituaries and to providing information about funeral arr … more →

Tags: reality check, confession, Obituaries, God, Prayer, death, Funeral, Legacy, Grief

Being There (1979)

nothatwasacompliment wrote 4 months ago: for now I'm being here...later I'll be being there... PG Peter Sellers, Shirley MacLaine Lou … more →

Tags: Movies, Comedy, Drama Movies, Drama, Movie, peter sellers


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