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Gosh, I wish I knew someone else that loves both Depeche Mode and True Blood as much as I do, so that we could revel in this clip together. I’ll just have to put it out there into the ether. … more →
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ichsteh wrote 3 months ago: Gosh, I wish I knew someone else that loves both Depeche Mode and True Blood as much as I do, so tha … more →
see me try to read
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ichsteh wrote 3 months ago: Hoping for a spiritual/intellectual shot in the arm, I opened Terry Eagleton’s Ideology, and w … more →
Imagined Community: This American Life and the Communion of the Saints
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ichsteh wrote 9 months ago: Before I moved to Germany I was never a devoted fan of This American Life. I did really enjoy it wh … more →
"Is Music Crappy lately, or am i just getting old?"
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ichsteh wrote 10 months ago: For some reason, the above title to an amazon.com discussion forum struck me as funny enough to shar … more →
Amerika*
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ichsteh wrote 11 months ago: America comes up in conversation here *all the time*, including conversations that I’m not participa … more →
Loving Starbucks; or, My American Consumerism and Worship of Convenience Rears its Ugly Head
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ichsteh wrote 1 year ago: Today I walked to three Starbucks in Munich before I found one that had a single empty seat. In the … more →
On women who love rules and certainty
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ichsteh wrote 1 year ago: I can’t stop laughing at these lines from Death in a Tenured Position, a feminist academic mur … more →
Hello, Neighbor
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ichsteh wrote 1 year ago: This is my favorite thing that I’ve heard on NPR in a long time. It’s about a photojourn … more →
Race and Politics
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ichsteh wrote 1 year ago: It’s kind of hard to keep your finger on the pulse of pop culture when NPR is your only source … more →
Internet Pros and Cons
ichsteh wrote 1 year ago: This morning I was thinking that, for all my reservations about the digitilization of everything, it … more →
Technological Overkill
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ichsteh wrote 1 year ago: I LOATHE the new changes to our university’s webmail, especially the autofill for the addresse … more →
Clarissa
ichsteh wrote 1 year ago: Just watched the BBC miniseries Clarissa. It was a piece of filth. I knew the barest outlines of t … more →
Gender Weirdness in Conservative Christian Communities
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ichsteh wrote 1 year ago: This hilarious blog post from my friend, who went to seminary with me (and has just joined Wycliffe … more →
Is it wrong to think this blog is funny?
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ichsteh wrote 1 year ago: My question is sincere, since some pictures seem to capture situations leading to major injury if no … more →
Community: It's Not a Panacea
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ichsteh wrote 1 year ago: Community is such a trendy topic these days, at least among Christians. In many of the conversations … more →
Reaction to Zizek's "A Plea for Leninist Intolerance"
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ichsteh wrote 2 years ago: I’ve finally read one of the Zizek articles that Ksenya recommended in response to my post of 7/11/0 … more →
What makes a movie funny
ichsteh wrote 2 years ago: Just found out two of my favorite comedies are by the same director, David O. Russell: Flirting with … more →
When the End seems near
ichsteh wrote 2 years ago: There was a tornado warning for my area today. This is in the midst of Art Fair, my town’s biggest a … more →
The Zizek bandwagon has a new member
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ichsteh wrote 2 years ago: Wow, is there a word to describe a feverish chase from one internet site to another, following the t … more →
