A Community I Can Touch By Doug Bursch This portal to community, smooth to the touch. Touch, touch, touch; one finger to navigate, investigate, communicate and explore. Two fingers to zoom in and out, to center your eyes with your interests. Seeking interest as you endlessly filter; through updates, posts and tweets. Updates, posts, and […]
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Things to remember before you try to change the world
Things to remember before you try to change the world. God is not a Republican. He’s not a Democrat, a Libertarian or a member of the Green Party. God is neither far right nor far left. He is definitely not a moderate. God’s not even an American. God will not show you His papers. God […]
Daily Proverbs (or possible tweets)
1. Better to build one beautiful thing than to critique a thousand abominations. 2. The best way to free someone from darkness is not to speak against the dark, but to draw them towards the light. 3. We spend far too much energy trying to remove the obstacles in front of us and not enough […]
Things to do while waiting in line for your new iPhone 5
Things to do while waiting in line for your new iPhone 5: 1. Perpetually gaze at the Mac store door, smiling with the exuberant joy of a child about to receive a magical pony. 2. Contemplate your meaningless existence and/or tweet. 3. Keep telling the person in front of you that this is your first […]
iPhone 5 Upgrade Less than Astounding
Apple unveiled the new iPhone today with few surprising revelations, although the name iPhone 5 is somewhat shocking. I thought they’d choose something a little more accurate like the “iPhone Resistance is Futile Edition” or “iPhone 5 Hundred Dollars Please.” One thing is certain, the iPhone 5 is somewhat worse than the iPhone 6. There […]
My thoughts on Scandalous: The Life and Trials of Aimee Semple McPherson
In the last two years I’ve been carefully following the development of a new musical based on the life of Aimee Semple McPherson, the Founder of the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel. I originally became aware of this musical while preparing to interview Kathie Lee Gifford on my daily radio talk show “Live from […]
Gossip Nation
A gossip is someone who takes pleasure in airing the dirty laundry of others. A political consultant is someone who wins elections airing the dirty laundry of others. Wait a second, that is actually the definition of a successful blogger. Excuse me, that is really the perfect description for a really good internet news site; […]
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The Pitmen Painters: A Review of the ACT Theatre’s Production
The Pitman Painters by Lee Hall is inspired by William Feaver’s book concerning the Ashington group. In 1934, a small group of working class men gathered at the Ashington, England YMCA hall to be taught art appreciation by Robert Lyon from Durham University. The class was sponsored by the union run Worker’s Education Association (WEA) […]
5 Reasons You Read Enumerated Blogs
1. You can’t help it. 2. I mean you literally can’t not read them. 3. Even when you realize it is a bad list, you still read hoping it will get better. 4. Once you are half way in, you have to finish. 5. Click here to read 5 more reasons.