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Top Ten Billboard Songs of 2011

I didn’t delve much deeper than Top 40 in 2011when it comes to new music. Here’s a run down of my favorite ten songs of the year.

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You’ll Put Your Ear Out: What Makes Music Christmasy?

Put the Needle on the Record The past few days I’ve been heavily using Turntable.fm. Well, obsessing is probably a better turn for it. For those of you who have not used it, Turntable.fm is essentially an online radio station where users volunteer to be a DJ in a room, usually dedicated to a type [...]

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Twitter as Spiritual Practice

If prayer is an act of communion with a force greater than ourselves – be it God, or gods, or spirits, or the universe; if prayer is a ritual to share our hopes, dreams, fears, and worries; if prayer is a call to the which we hope will be answered by someone that hears us, [...]

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Altogether kooky.

Annotated Jeff – December 18, 2011

Time and time again, I’m told by friends and family that they enjoy reading my Facebook and Twitter updates, but they have absolutely no idea what I’m talking about. So I’ve created this page to give some context whenever possible. December 18 Don’t get me wrong – I adore this video. But I also love [...]

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Harry Potter

The Trouble With Harry

Harry has finally defeated He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named. But what did the hero lose along the way?

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Spock Is Not Impressed With This Blog

I admit it – I’ve taken to this meme like a Tribble to a Klingon.

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The Adventures of Tintin

The Adventures of Tintin (2011)

Dare I say it? Although it seems heretical, The Adventures of Tintin is the most Indiana Jones film Spielberg has made this decade.

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Tombstone

Tombstone (1993)

I’ve got a confession – I’ve never taken the time to watch Kevin Costner’s Wyatt Earp, and primarily because I love this film to pieces. This is essentially the western equivalent of a biblical epic from the 50?s and 60?s – anybody and everybody is in it.

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Kristin's Map Coded

The Tangled Facebook Web We Weave

The Institute for Statistics and Mathematics at the Vienna University of Economics and Business is running an interesting mapping study within Facebook to measure how a person’s friends are tied together into social tribes and how those tribes interrelate with each other. Kristin and I both tried out the application and the results are pretty [...]

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The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934)

The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934)

Few fictional characters have had such a lasting impact on popular culture – and on real world events – than Baroness Emmuska Orczy’s Scarlet Pimpernel, the predecessor for Zorro, Batman, and scores of others dainty fops by day and swashbuckling vigilantes by night.

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