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Unitarians do the hood?
02.11.06 | Permalink | Comments Off on Unitarians do the hood?A People So Bold has the best take on future Unitarian growth and relevance I’ve seen yet. But Unitarians doing church in the hood? Isn’t that where people without advanced degrees live??
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The market ye seek lies within
02.10.06 | Permalink | Comments Off on The market ye seek lies withinTwo chewy aphorisms from the Happy Tutor: (1) “Give us Barabas,” cries the smart mob, and out he comes waving the American Flag. (2) The market ye seek lies not without but within. For His kingdom is not of this world.
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MARTA gets a clue
02.10.06 | Permalink | Comments Off on MARTA gets a clueWhen ridership dropped on some routes, MARTA figured out it didn’t have to cut the routes if it switched to mini-buses, which are cheaper to operate and staff. They’ve got some real rocket scientists working over there now. But will anyone at MARTA use this info to add new routes cheaply? I’m not holding my […]
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I want a baby dinosaur!
02.10.06 | Permalink | Comments Off on I want a baby dinosaur!Pleo is a toy robot that is supposed to think and act like a baby dinosaur. The robot is supposed to retail for $200 later this year. Damn, I want one. Just to see what the dog and cats think of their new pet. Looks like it knows to recharge itself like a Roomba vac […]
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Can’t Muslim fundamentalists take a joke?
02.09.06 | Permalink | 9 CommentsSome three months ago I posted about Danish cartoonists receiving death threats for their depictions of Muhammed. And, well, things have only gotten more intelligent since then, so it’s time for an update. But first, this linktastic post by Jason Pitzl-Waters, which points to this Wikipedia summary of the whole damn thing. And this Christopher […]
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Toons and aggressive intent
Christopher Hitchens: “Islam makes very large claims for itself. In its art, there is a prejudice against representing the human form at all. The prohibition on picturing the prophet—who was only another male mammal—is apparently absolute. So is the prohibition on pork or alcohol or, in some Muslim societies, music or dancing. Very well then, […]
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