Category Archives: culture

yahoo treats us like yahoos

By mitchell b powell | Published: 1700, 30th August, 2010
Some guy with the last name Carr has written extensively on why the internet is replacing Analytical Man with Flickering Man, ending a rich five centuries of widespread literacy and replacing it with stupid internet-connected morons who just hop from link to link.  I, for one, have found the opposite true:  since my introduction to [...]
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elders and deacons

By mitchell b powell | Published: 1521, 4th August, 2010
I don’t know how you feel about church polity.  Regardless of your or my opinions on the subject, I hope we can agree that this is a welcome change from the topics usually and repetitively addressed in rap:
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what i read yesterday

By mitchell b powell | Published: 1315, 17th June, 2010
Yesterday I read the delightful book Bourbon for Breakfast, by Jeffrey Tucker.  Lest you fear, gentle readers, know that the book is not really about strong drink, but rather about the way that government intervention backs up our toilets and does many other unpleasant things.
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test the spirits — united bible fellowship church

By mitchell b powell | Published: 1607, 1st April, 2010
This post is especially directed to people in Colombus, but may be of interest to some others.
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here’s to hissa hilal

By mitchell b powell | Published: 1624, 31st March, 2010
Hissa Hilal is a very brave Muslim woman, a housewife from Saudi Arabia who has used her opportunity as a contestant on the Arabic TV show ‘Poet to Millions’ as a way to denounce the oppressive nature of some extremist leaders.
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here’s to you, osu quechua guy

By mitchell b powell | Published: 1502, 6th February, 2010
Occasionally when I walk to Portuguese class, a short little man walks by.  He’s perhaps 5′ 3”, and he has that sturdy build that is so typical of tropical indigenous peoples of Central and South America.  He smiles quickly and says hello to everyone.  He wears jeans and a big bubble coat and carries a [...]
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the bible in psych

By mitchell b powell | Published: 2044, 5th February, 2010
I’ve just had the pleasure of watching the 10th episode of the 4th season of Psych, a detective TV show.  The principal characters are Shawn and Gus.  At one point, they go off on a tangent and start talking about the name Samson and what sort of person would have the name Samson.
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