Territorial Bloggings
A Cogent Mélange of Lutheran & Pop-Culture Punditry
Sweep The Leg
Those of you who are of a certain age, having (like me) come of age during the 80’s, know the power & impact (he said only half-facetiously) that The Karate Kid (IMDB Page, Wikipedia Entry) had on American culture in the years since 1984. Heck, the saga of Daniel-san & Mr. Miyagi practically makes [...]
Delegate Dialog: t-minus 7 weeks
Well, it was quiet on the materials-received front last week.
Saturday netted only two more items:
• A solicitation for donations to help continue the publishing “ministry” of Christian News, from Lutheran News, Inc. I put ministry in quotes mainly because I detest the over/misuse of that word into near meaninglessness. Perhaps the most interesting nugget to [...]
AI:6 - Thank God it’s over
We made it — we survived the 5 month meat grinder that is American Idol!
The good: Jordin won!
The bad: Sanjaya ruined a perfectly good Joe Perry performance.
The ugly: Bird Lady. Yikes!
The “eh?”: Bette Midler & Doug E. Fresh.
The cool: Kelly Clarkson (still the Queen of AI & looking good in [...]
AI:6 - Penultimate ponderings
The performing is over.
The voting is done.
Our long journey is almost over.
w00t…
What we had last night was quite possibly the mirror of the AI:5 finale, in that the singer (Jordin) outdid the performer (Blake). Last year, the performer (Taylor) bested the singer (Kat), and it felt right that he won, even if it’s turned out [...]
