Monthly Archives: April 2014
Repost – Blogger – February 29, 2008 – Crime and Excessive Punishment
Reposted from Blogger Crime and Excessive Punishment – February 29, 2008 Earlier this week I attended a screening of a film by Melissa Mummert, a Unitarian minister currently based in North Carolina. While serving as a chaplain intern in … Continue reading
Repost – Blogger – February 28, 2008 – Independent Coffee
Reposted from Blogger Independent Coffee – February 28, 2008 http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/30/business/30sbux.html?_r=2&oref=slogin&oref=slogin This article was in the New York Times in January. It was about the decline of $tarbucks (finally), and specifically highlighted an independent coffeehouse that $tarbucks couldn’t kill. Namely, … Continue reading
Repost – Blogger – December 2, 2007 – Movie Review – The Golden Compass
Reposted from Blogger Movie Review: The Golden Compass – December 2, 2007 April 20, 2014 Note: Since this original blog post, I’ve read all three books in the His Dark Materials trilogy, and I think they are all excellent. One … Continue reading
Repost – Blogger – December 1, 2007 – A tongue-in-cheek thought about the writers strike
Reposted from Blogger A tongue-in-cheek thought about the writers strike – December 1, 2007 With no malice intended toward the screenwriters (or the tv and film industry in general), I’m kind of rooting for an extended writer’s strike. It … Continue reading
Repost – Blogger – October 10, 2007 – Yes, They Are Bigots
Reposted from Blogger Yes, They Are Bigots – October 10, 2007 Barely coherent rant alert… I was driving to my girlfriend’s place from work at about 3 pm today. I was scanning through the radio stations, when I came across … Continue reading
Repost – Blogger – April 27, 2007 – I Just Don’t Get It
Reposted From Blogger I Just Don’t Get It – April 27, 2007 I was listening to a segment on NPR a few hours ago, that was discussing a ruling in New Hampshire that legalized civil unions for same-sex couples. … Continue reading
Repost – Blogger – April 8, 2007 & August 11, 2007 – “What the Hell is Wrong With Clay Chastain?” & “More on Clay”
Reposted from Blogger What the Hell is Wrong With Clay Chastain? – February 7, 2007 More on Clay – August 11, 2007 I’m posting these together because they fit a common theme back in 2007. A “local” activist named Clay Chastain spent … Continue reading
Repost – Blogger – February 7, 2007 – “Stereotypes in race and sports”
Reposted from Blogger Stereotypes in Race and Sports – February 7, 2007 I was listening to Dan Patrick’s radio show a couple weeks ago, and he came to an interesting topic. Dan and Keith Olbermann were discussing Joe Biden and George … Continue reading
Reposts from the old blog
I’m currently going over my old “askewedperspective” blog from Blogger. I still plan to re-post a few “classics,” but it won’t be all of them. Some of them are lists and vacation photographs, which I will try to avoid on … Continue reading
First post on the new blog
For a few years, I posted irregularly on Blogspot, later Blogger. My last post was in 2010, and I just haven’t written much in the last 3+ years. Life, work, people, and excuses tended to get in the way. Things … Continue reading
A Skewed Perspective 