Territorial Bloggings

A Cogent Mélange of Lutheran & Pop-Culture Punditry
December 12, 2005

20 Years of Tetris

Posted by : ghp
Filed under : technology
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It doesn’t seem possible — Tetris has turned 20.
It hardly seems possible, but it was almost 17 years ago that the relationship between me & my (soon to be) wife was solidified over some marathon sessions of alternating games of Tetris on my Mac SE (1MB RAM & 20MB HD). Good times.
The game that [...]


December 5, 2005

Van Halen I

Posted by : ghp
Filed under : popmedia

This album rocks. Out loud.
I hadn’t listened to it for quite a while, and for some reason I decided to listen to the whole thing today. I had forgotten just how solid an album it is from start to finish. It’s brimming over with chunks of sonic lusciousness, with a young Eddie Van Halen at [...]


December 2, 2005

Life is not Easy

Posted by : ghp
Filed under : theology

The “Theology of Glory” sells folks a faulty bill of goods. It does so in a way that almost inevitably will cause folks to doubt their faith during times of trouble, because it either refuses to acknowledge the existence of trouble, or it pins that trouble squarely on the person who is being crushed by [...]


December 1, 2005

This Might not be a Bad Thing

Posted by : ghp
Filed under : theology

From the 12/1 Indianapolis Star:
House prayers can’t invoke Jesus
by Richard D. Walton
“A federal court judge Wednesday barred prayers that mention Jesus Christ or endorse any religion at the opening of each daily session of the Indiana House of Representatives.
Judge David Hamilton found that the House practice breached the clause of the U.S. Constitution prohibiting government [...]