Andy Warhol famously quipped, “In the future, everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes.” His appraisal of the fleeting nature of fame was mostly right. However, he said that before the advent of repeated episodes, re-run and syndicated series, reality TV, blogs, and social networking. Had he seen these, perhaps he’d have suggested “15 episodes”, […]
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Posted 02 May 2008
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communication and media § essays, editorials, fisks, and rants § humanities and social sciences
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Also tagged: addiction, Brightkite, discretion, Facebook, FriendFeed, grammar, humilty, internet, modesty, MyBlogLog, MySpace, privacy, Robert Scoble, shame, social networking, Twitter, YouTube
I’ve been rather hesitant to say anything whatsoever about the recently released motu proprio, Summorum Pontificum, which allows for more liberal use of the Tridentine mass (in its 1962 form). I figured I had little to say that wouldn’t be said by others with greater eloquence. However, in the last few days I’ve read a […]
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Posted 10 July 2007
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Also tagged: Benedict XVI, Catholic, Christianity, language, latin, liturgy, media, motu-proprio, music, Summorum-Pontificum, tradition
I’m a gangster, I’m a straight up G. The gangster life is the life for me! Shooting people by day, selling drugs by night. Being a gangster is hella tight. – “I’m a Gangster” by Rappy McRapperson Nerdcore rap cracks me up in general, but the above parody of gangster rap is one of my […]
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Posted 11 April 2007
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Witnessing all the recent hubbub about new English mass translation that’s just been approved by US bishops and the ever-present tensions between rival Bible translators, I thought the following quite from Peter Berger’s The Sacred Canopy: Elements of a Sociological Theory of Religion might provoke interesting discussion. "The social world constitutes a nomos both objectively […]
In response to a debate in the comments to my first investigative post about NFP, I’ve decided to query my readers for their opinions. Please consider answering these surveys. I’d like Catholics and non-Catholics alike to participate. Survey link: Do you believe that "birth control" and "contraceptive" are synonymous?Survey link: Do you believe that NFP/FAM […]