American entertainment
I ran across this on one of the St. Louis Cardinals websites the other day. One of the contestants on American Idol this year is the 15 year old daughter of Joe Magrane, who pitched for the Cardinals in the 1987 World Series. Here’s the video: So Steven Tyler thought it would be okay to [...]
January 24, 2012
Tags: American culture, Ingrid Michaelson, Joe Magrane, music, Rihanna Posted in: culture, music, Stupid Things You Can Find on the Internet 
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No Jesus prayers
You can pray. Just don’t say Jesus. Or Christ. Or Savior, or a number of other words that will not be allowed in Forsyth County, North Carolina government meetings. From this point forward, the county will have to police all prayers offered at their meetings to conform to a federal appeals court’s assessment of a [...]
January 17, 2012
Tags: American culture, separation of Church and State, Supreme court Posted in: If you're not outraged..., politics No Comments
Words I pronounce wrong–or is it wrongly?
My friend Sarah sent me a link to a blog post called “10 Words You Mispronounce That Make People Think You’re an Idiot.” I actually don’t mispronounce any of the words mentioned. Although he would disagree on prerogative. And I disagree on often – while I pronounce it the way he says it should be [...]
January 14, 2012
Tags: American culture, English, words Posted in: culture, humor, language, Stupid Things You Can Find on the Internet One Comment
Two and two for Tebow on Tuesday
If you haven’t noticed (and if you don’t pay attention to the NFL, you might not have) Denver Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow is something of a lightening rod these days. Jim Rome said yesterday that Tim Tebow is the most polarizing figure in the history of the world. Uh…okay. I’ve run across a few articles [...]
December 13, 2011
Tags: American culture, faith, Tim Tebow Posted in: christian culture, Sports No Comments
The bratization of America
That’s right: bratization. We’re becoming a nation of brats. We have to have things our own way or we complain. We think nothing of saying things that are hurtful or just plain stupid and wrong, because after all, this is America, I have a right to my opinion. Well, sure you do, Sherlock. But that [...]
December 12, 2011
Tags: American culture, brats Posted in: If you're not outraged..., what are you drunk? No Comments