Review: Hideaway by The Weepies

It would be easy enough to relegate The Weepies to little more than a soundtrack band innocuously featured (as they have been) on TV shows like Gossip Girl and One Tree Hill. After all, Deb Talan’s voice is just pretty enough to be ignored and Steve Tannen’s melodies seem simple and familiar, all of which [...]

Just as I Suspected

Cheerleading try-outs are this week and it’s taking a toll of dramatic proportions. Here’s proof, as related to me by a female student who is (and will be next year) a cheerleader:
Cheerleading – it will mess with your head if you do it too long.
Just as I suspected, but now I finally have actual insider [...]

Two Million Minutes

Westminster didn’t have school last Friday as we teachers had a teacher in-service during which we watched the short film, Two Million Minutes. Here’s the spiel:
“Regardless of nationality, as soon as a student completes the 8th grade, the clock starts ticking. From that very moment the child has approximately Two Million Minutes until high school [...]

Five Things of Late

1. I can’t remember where I read it, but I’ve been thinking a lot about the idea that, with the proliferation of so many news/infotainment sites, headlines tend to be more and more alarmist in nature so as to capture (and re-capture) readership. No wonder the world feels like it’s falling apart at such a [...]

Happy Earth Day

Are you/how are you acknowledging Earth Day today?

Good News (I Think)

As a follow-up to my degree transition post last week, I thought I’d let you know Covenant approved my request; the memo, however, was a little strange. Consider this paragraph:
“Congratulations! At its meeting yesterday, the Faculty approved your request to change to the Master of Arts, Theological Studies/Master of Arts in Educational Ministry double degree [...]

The X-Files: I Want to Believe

Just read that the new X-Files movie is officially titled: “I Want to Believe.” I suppose it works, though the object of faith apparently shifts from UFOs to religion in this one:
“‘It’s a natural title,’ (Director Chris) Carter said in a telephone interview Tuesday during a break from editing the film. ‘It’s a story that [...]

A Degree of Transition

A reader named Kevin recently left a comment inquiring as to my reasons for transitioning from a Masters of Divinity to MA degrees in theological studies and educational ministries at Covenant. As I just wrote my official transition request letter to the seminary faculty a couple of weeks ago, I thought I’d post it here [...]

Totally Illogical

“Spock is a main character in the original Star Trek TV series, and one of the most enduring characters from American 1960s television. He is the only alien in the permanent cast: half-Vulcan, half-Human, and serves as the science officer and executive officer of the USS Enterprise, under Captain James T. Kirk. His personal struggle [...]

Top Three Jobs I Wouldn’t Want Today

In light of the news, this short list of not-so-great jobs came to mind. I’m glad I’m not

an Olympic torchbearer in San Francisco
a debate coach for General Petraeus
a desk attendant for American Airlines

Others?

Coach’s Couch

After an opening six-game homestand, the St. Louis Cardinals are 5-1, winning two of three from the Colorado Rockies and sweeping the Washington Nationals by way of (surprise) great starting pitching and an offensive line-up that’s finding the gaps in the outfield.
In my mind, the biggest liabilities the Redbirds have are its middle relief (to [...]

Linklings

As it’s Friday, here are some links for the weekend (my treat):

I can’t decide if I like the new direction of the James Bond franchise or not; looks like the next one is again going to be more emotionally realistic, which is my problem (I like my spies untouchable, thank you)
This article about offices and [...]

Never Settle

Early last month, I got interviewed by one Julia Furlan from New York University for a story she was doing on twenty-somethings. The story was for NYU’s LiveWire service:
“Livewire offers newspapers, magazines and digital publishers original feature stories meant to help capture a coveted audience: the under-30 reader. Our stories, written by New York [...]

No Joke

I had an appointment for some academic advising at Covenant this afternoon and, in the process of doing the old degree audit and figuring out what I’ve taken and what I still need to take, I got some good news this April Fool’s Day.
Barring any major screw-ups, I should finish my MA in Theological Studies [...]