Elmo
Elmo on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon the other night. Apologies to those of you who can’t access Hulu–it’s not up on YouTube yet. I suppose it doesn’t help to say you’re totally missing out on genius …
The Philanthropist
A couple months ago, NBC aired a new series called “The Philanthropist,” inspired by the philanthropic work of Bobby Sager, and starring James Purefoy (“A Knight’s Tale”), Neve Campbell (“Party of Five”), Lindy Booth (“The 4400”) and Jesse L. Martin (“Law and Order”). In each episode, the titular character Teddy Rist (Purefoy) discovers some new …
So You Think You Can Dance
I only started watching SYTYCD last season, largely because many of my friends did. I’m not a dancer … which is perhaps why it’s one of the few reality shows that I watch, and while I feel like last season had more characters (Twitch, Joshua, Chelsie, etc.), this season has certainly had its share of …
Culture, technology & theology
One of the classes I’m in is Theology & Culture with Barry Taylor. I love it. We’re looking at the way in which God can be found in various aspects of culture. This week, we looked at media, and we noted how technological advances have revolutionized not just media and media communication, but how technology …
Tax Day
I love Jon Stewart. “Taxed Enough Already.” Protesting high taxes and government’s wasteful spending. Okay, part two first: as Jon Stewart notes, protesting wasteful spending by buying lots and lots and lots of tea bags—and I may be going out on a limb here, but I doubt they’re going to use those afterwards—doesn’t spell anything …