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Our Celebrity Culture

It seems like these days, we’ve become so obsessed with celebrity.  Not just celebrities, but celebrity– “the state of being well known.” Not only do we have these: (TEST YOURSELF!- GUESS WHO THESE CELEBRITIES ARE, THEN HOVER THE MOUSE OVER

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Dragons Fly Away

  It first hit me when I was at a good friend’s house, lounging on a waterbed, finally watching How to Train Your Dragon.  Though I could not (and still cannot) stand the abundance of Scottish accents in a group

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What is Fun?

What Is Fun? 1. According to Spongebob… 2. According to Oxford… enjoyment, amusement, or light-hearted pleasure 3. According to William Blake… Fun I love, but too much fun is of all things the most loathsome. 4. According to YouTube, Fun

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Dollar Store Game

HOW THE GAME CAME TO BE Back in my senior year of high school, my friend Trent and I were exploring Cypress, chillin’ out, relaxin’ all cool… When we made our way to a dollar store.  And thus the game

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Verses

  I’ve always been interested in the concept of verses. How they influence we read the Bible, how we memorize Scipture, how we understand God. This is, apparently, related to “paratext,” a concept in literary interpretation.  Just like going to

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Motivational Babies #1

I created these last year, combining the “aww” of babies and the “awesome” of motivational quotes. Some are funny, some are serious, and some are just awe inspiring. More at http://motivationalbabies.blogspot.com  

Commercial Lampoon

Something along these lines– A television show focused on mockery of commercials, ads, trailers, etc.  So often I sit and watch these ads that are so deserving of parody, but nothing arises.  Of course, these are the problems:   –

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Present

The following is a piece I wrote about the Vespers service at Baylor for one of my English courses.   Present GATHERING in PEACE & QUIET. It is 3:30 Vespers on a sunny Thursday afternoon at Baylor University.  Miller Chapel

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Thesis

I am almost finished with my thesis on the Pevensie children and the virtues.  I still have more work to do on it, but I’m almost there. And this sums up my entire Fall.   Sigh.

Facebook Ad Parodies

I made these in the Spring of 2009.  Some of them are forced, but some of them were just asking for it. “With good parody, you have to be smarter that the people you’re parodying.” — Craig Ferguson “You can

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The Kingdom

“Long, long ago, the Emperor of the Far Away Lands sailed through the Strait of Nobility, across the Sea of Virtue, and landed on the shores of an uncharted land. He placed the Venerable Charles Schultz in charge of this

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Recent Discoveries

There have been a number of films at the back of my brain, constantly chewing on my grey matter and making me wonder, “What was that?” In one successful evening, I have now located three of these productions.    

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