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There was a little get together this weekend on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial.  Attendance reports vary from 87,000 (CBS news) to over half a million (Sky News) largely conservative (including many evangelical Christians) gathered for… um… a non-political, pro-conservative, limited government, support-the-troops, uh… revival meeting. I’ll put my cards on the table.  More and more, Glenn [...]

My smartphone is practically a Transformer.  Freaks me out.  If I program it correctly, it will get up before I do, put on a pot of coffee, and whip me up a nice plate of Eggs Bene (with scrambled eggs… poached eggs are gross) and a side of Hash Browns.   But with all that [...]

  Almost two weeks ago now, novelist Anne Rice (famous for her “Vampire Chronicles” series, including Interview With the Vampire) did something, because of her faith in Jesus Christ, that resonated with a lot of people. She left Christianity. July 29, 2010, on her Facebook page, Anne posted the following: In follow-up posts and interviews, Anne has continued to espouse [...]

Again, social media has proven itself infinitely valuable. From one of my Facebook friends to another, with the simple question, “Wanna see something jiggly?”  My day has been made.

I don’t have an iPad.  They are super-freak cool, don’t get me wrong.  But up until today they have seemed to be primarily designed as amazingly slick individual entertainment devices – at a pricepoint I can’t justify just yet. But today I ran into this… Apparently the hipsters and techno-files are all a-flutter over a new iPad App called [...]

Oops. I bet she wishes she could get a do-over.  Not so much.  As of yesterday afternoon, CNN Middle East news correspondant Octavia Nasr is out of a job because of one tweet.  In a moment she now says she deeply regrets, Ms. Nasr expressed her respect for the recently deceased Hezbollah leader (and terrorist) Sayyed Mohammed Hussein [...]

I get a little unnerved when I realize there’s a huge group of people who obviously got the memo on something awesome I knew nothing about.  Like when I realized, three seasons into LOST, that everyone I knew considered it the best thing to happen to television since The Dukes of Hazzard.  I hadn’t seen a [...]

From what I understand, this tyke speaks no English.  And he has something going on with his nose.  Cutest ever. Huge thanks to my friend Paula Coyle for making my day with this gem.  And just for context, here’s the original by Jason Mraz.  Great tune…

Once in awhile I run into a performance that reminds me again why great art is important.  It causes me to worship the Great Creator of all artists, the Root of all beauty.  This performance is one of those. Theresa Andersson is harnessing technology to redefine the “one-woman-band” motif.  Not focussed on the craziness of the [...]

This guy has some serious guts.  Or a social disorder.  Either way, he’s kind of my hero right now. Kenny Strasser (who sometimes goes by Kevin Strassberg) is a mystery.  One thing is certain… a yo-yo master he ain’t.  However, through a fake website, some fallacious “testimonials,” and a phone call from his “agent,” Kenny/Kevin [...]