December 2014

  • 52 Guitars: Week 48

    Yngwie Malmsteen Yngwie (ING-vay) is arguably the very fastest guitar player in the world. Which certainly doesn't mean he's the best musician; I have to say that to my taste, a little of this goes a long way. But dang…. "Black Star":    Many minds were boggled, I understand, when his album Rising Force was released…

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  • Greatest Headline?

    A week or two ago someone posted a news story on Facebook saying that it had the greatest headline ever written–something about a goat on a roof that only respected one man. I think this one is just as good: Tiger vomits on course, shoots 69 No doubt you realized, as I did, almost immediately…

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  • 52 Authors Update

    Ok, I got the first entries in the schedule–see the link in the sidebar, or just click here. I'm going to use the Sunday of the week as the target date. It would be nice if you could get me your pieces a few days before the Sunday, in case I have trouble formatting it or…

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  • For Advent

    Perhaps what we modern people need most is to be genuinely shaken, so that when life is grounded, we would feel its stability; and where life is unstable and uncertain, immoral and unprincipled, we would know that, also and endure it. Perhaps that is the ultimate answer to the question of why God has sent…

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