STORY

A sermon by Donald Miller at Mars Hill Church on November 11.
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Story

MDA Senior Management Rap

I've never wanted more to be a part of a government agency that favors monopolistic practices.

OBERY HENDRICKS ON PATRIOTISM

That is why true patriots will welcome prophetic critiques of our government - because they can help America become its most righteous and most just self. Conversely, the true patriot will reject uncritical abdications of our prophetic responsibility to make our nation its best self that are expressed in such slogans as "America - love it or leave it" and "Criticism of our government equals support for our enemies." To the degree that patriotism causes division and enmity between God's children, it is in opposition to the gospel, pure and simple. But when patriotism seeks to silence prophetic criticism, it is more than oppositional; it is idolatrous, because by following its own beliefs, judgments, and interests rather than the prophetic mandate, it makes an idol of them.

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Praise the Lord and Pass the Patriotism

CINEMATIC TITANIC

This looks promising. The entire cast of the original Mystery Science Theater 3000 are launching a web project called Cinematic Titanic. There aren't too many details online yet, but there is a blog and a mailing list.
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Cinematic Titanic

Ray Bradbury on Video Games

In an interview Ray Bradbury was asked about video games. This is his response:

What about video games? If young Ray Bradbury from 1940 were here today, would he play video games where a person can experience a simulation of space travel?

That's male ego crap. I never cared for pinball games when I was 18 or 19. Video games are a waste of time for men with nothing else to do. Real brains don't do that. On occasion? Sure. As relaxation? Great. But not full time and a lot of people are doing that. And while they're doing that, I'll go ahead and write another novel.

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Ray Bradbury is on Fire- Salon.com Interview

MUTANT SOY MAN

This is a totally weird box of chocolate soy milk that I found in our fridge. I think it is something that my flatmate is drinking. I like soy milk, but I'm not sure I want to try it if I will wind up like the mutant kid on the box.

HOTDOGGER

Before I moved to Singapore, I had only been able to meet two Singaporeans. One was a Singaporean exchange student to Japan that I met while attending the Japan America Student Conference, and the other was a journalism student named Laura Chia that I briefly lived with for a summer in the Christian Campus House of Mizzou.

Ever since I moved to Singapore two and a half years ago, I've been trying off and on to find "that Singaporean I used to know from CCH." The island's pretty small, so I'd occasionally ask Singaporean friends if they knew anyone named Laura that studied journalism in Missouri. Nobody knew. When I first moved here, I sent a few e-mails to old CCHers, but nobody could recall.

Today I finally received an e-mail that allowed me to locate Laura. She currently is living as a pseudo-public figure. She's got her own "Missouri School of Journalism- Profiles of Success" page. You probably have heard of what she does, but you've never heard of her. She's still living in the states, and, of all things, she's a hotdogger who drives the Oscar-Meyer Wienermobile.

There's a chance that she won't even remember me, but maybe in the next three years I'll find her e-mail address.

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University of Missouri- Profiles of Success

JOB OPENINGS IN SINGAPORE

If you want to teach at a Christian school in Singapore or about a dozen other places in the world, I strongly recommend checking out this website. It is a Protestant organization that hires certified teachers with university degrees.
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NICS Opportunities

SON OF A BURMESE TYCOON

I know it is lousy journalism and rumor mongering, but The First Post has republished pictures and an e-mail by Htet Tay Za, the son of Burma's wealthiest tycoon. He is nineteen years old and attends a school here in Singapore.

Here is an excerpt:

[The] US bans us. We're still f******* cool in Singapore....

We're sitting on the whole Burmese GDP. We've got timber, gems and gas to be sold to other countries like Singapore, China, India and Russia.

My brother is rocking on his red brand-new Lamborghini with hot sexy Western chicks... and I need another Ferrari to rock on.

I'm sure a nation's elite always get a few privileges that the common people don't. But not only is this guy a spoiled brat, he knows he's a spoiled brat. No one with this attitude should be heir to a nation's natural resources. I hope the protesting Buddhist monks overthrow that government and the international community shuts down his whole family.

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The First Post

WOTD: PANEGYRIC

pan·e·gyr·ic (pn-j rk, -j rk)

n.

1. A formal eulogistic composition intended as a public compliment.

2. Elaborate praise or laudation; an encomium.

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The Free Dictionary

BRINGING COWS TO SCHOOL

My sister made her debut as nutritionist on the news. She's a nutrition educator for the Springfield Public Schools.

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Campbell Kids Have an Udderly Good Time

台湾 (Taiwan)

我拜访了有些朋友从密苏里.
I visted some friends from Missouri.

这是101塔. 我去上面.
This is 101 Tower. I went to the top.
我吃蛇汤。
I ate snake soup.

这是一个竹森林和国家公园.

蔣介石紀念品
The Chang Kai Shek Memorial