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League of Inveterate Poets

The out-of-context contextuality of a foolish sage

Recipe for Being Truly Human

| February 28, 2009

According to Margie Haack, this is more than a recipe for her Lemon Dilled Rice: Lemon Dilled Rice (Serves 3-4) 1 cup rice 4 T. butter 1 small onion, diced 1 t. salt 2 t. dill weed (or 2 T. fresh dill, chopped) 2 c. water or chicken broth 1 lemon, juiced In a saucepan, [...]

Beirut’s “Flying Club Cup” Video #4: “La Banlieue”

| February 27, 2009

This entry is part of a series, Flying Club Cup Videos by Beirut» Here is the video from the fourth song on Flying Club Cup by Beirut (Zach Condon and band). The song is “La Banlieue” La banlieue (literally “the outskirts”) is the French term for an area of low income housing around the edge [...]

Harry Poe on the Arts as Christian Pulpit

| February 27, 2009

(From the Making Men Moral Conference at Union University, Jackson TN, February 25-27, 2009. As reported by Owen Strachan. A friend tells me Harry Poe is the great grandson of Edgar Allen Poe. If anyone has any more bio on him, I’ll be glad to add it here. HT for the quote to Christ Datillo [...]

Beirut “Flying Club Cup” Video #3: “Guyamas Sonora”

| February 26, 2009

This entry is part of a series, Flying Club Cup Videos by Beirut» I’m currently blogging through the set of videos for Zach Condon’s (aka Beirut) magical album The Flying Club Cup. Today’s song is “Guyamas Sonora.” I think it was this song that made me start thinking about another side to Zach’s exploration of [...]

Everything’s Amazing – Nobody’s Happy

| February 25, 2009

What happens when we lose our sense of wonder and awe (told in hysterically funny fashion, so we can bear it): UPDATE: While most innovations of our day would indeed seem amazing to someone from the past, not so for all: Futureman explains social media to ’50s guys

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