Monthly Archives: May 2008
Olbermann does it again.
About a year ago, Keith Olbermann of MSNBC had a rant about G.W. Bush that made me cheer. He’s done it again. Please enjoy. Keith Olberman discusses President Bush’s Golf Sacrifice
Specious and Insidious
Today my school invited Greg Mortenson (author of Three Cups of Tea) to speak to the community as the Harold Hines Fellow. Unfortunately, he was delayed in flight and did not make his afternoon appearance. So to make productive use of the time, we held a Morning Exercise and allowed the students to speak about the service learning that had been put in place as a result of this book. It was a very meaningful event, in spite of losing the services of our keynote speaker. Before you scream, “but you said you’d never blog about work!” keep your shirt
It’s a Birthday Bash
Happy Birthday to me! And for my 3?? birthday we opened a bottle of Geyser Peak’s 1999 Meritage and got down to a little “Harold and Kumar go to White Castle.” “Did Doogie Howser just steal my f$#%ing car?” This may be the stupidest movie ever. And I’m loving it! The Kumar/Weed montage is hysterical. But not as good as the “Break Free” singing performance. There is nothing about this movie that isn’t just incredibly stupid. And yet, it works. So now the Sun Times is ready to hire me to be the next Roger Ebert, right?
Jesus Camp
A disjointed ramble about the most disturbing movie I’ve seen in years This is a frightening moment. I am sitting in front of a large hi-def screen currently showing “Jesus Camp.” I’m watching this because some of us think this may be funny. I’m thinking it’s more likely going to give me an aneurysm. Oh Jeebus. A bunch of 10 year olds in a church performance dressed in fatigues and face paint. The indoctrination of children isn’t really all that funny. This is going to be a long night. “There’s a manual in the back that teaches children how to
