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On my flights to and from California, the in-flight entertainment promoted two new TV shows with bearish leading men. Looks like we’re making the mainstream!
First, of course, there were Richard Karn in Home Improvement and Kevin James in King of Queens. But now we have two romantic leading men: Kyle Bornheimer in Worst Week and [...]

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Show your stuff! A different kind of sermon contest.
We want sermons that explore the awkwardness of too much privilege, right-wing relatives, the drunk stranger in the back pew, our pad in the comfy end of the global village, litter in the poor part of town.

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The Typealyzer got my actual MBTI type for both my blogs.
INTP – The Thinkers
The logical and analytical type. They are especialy attuned to difficult creative and intellectual challenges and always look for something more complex to dig into. They are great at finding subtle connections between things and imagine far-reaching implications.
They enjoy working with complex [...]

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Sony Bravia “Play-Doh” di Darren Walsh & Frank Budgen from khenzo on Vimeo.
(Via colourlovers, where they have other fun ads from Bravia.)

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The Canonical Bacon Page
Any conversation on the internet will eventually include bacon in some way. And then be forwarded immediately to John Scalzi.

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(Try clicking on one of the dots, or pulling the scroll bar down and clicking and dragging.)

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From a blog called The Agitator: How to baconify your bourbon
Why would you want to put bacon in your bourbon? If you have to ask, this isn’t the post for you.
(A tip of the hat to, yes, Andrew Sullivan–hey, the guy has staff. I promise I’ll come up with something original soon. Or maybe point [...]

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Over at John Scalzi’s Whatever (home of cat photos, sunsets, and the famous bacon on a cat): I Don’t Know Art, But I Know What I Like
Now up for bid, this absolutely stunning piece of modern work entitled ‘I Will Be There At The End of All Things, or, The Shreddination’ by the prodigiously talented [...]

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The University of Nottingham has videos about the elements:

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The Most Unwanted Song has it all: bagpipes, accordions, and organ; operatic soprano and children’s choir; rap and elevator muzak; holidays, cowboys, and politics. I couldn’t stop laughing.
Via Andrew Sullivan.
See also:
Yo, Yo, I’m a Cowboy Now – Quick Study
Dial “M” for Musicology: You want postmodern? I’ll give you postmodern.
Design Observer: writings about design & culture

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