Are you a Cybergnostic?
Cybergnosticism—this is not a term I bandy around on a daily basis, nor is it one that I think we’ll see enter our vernacular like “tweetable”[1] and “Pastafarian”[2] have recently. […]
Category Archives: On Anything and Everything
Red Carpet Tales
My wife dragged me to watch the red carpet coverage of one of the last Academy Awards. (Ok, this is my macho excuse to justify my presence in front of […]
Valentine’s Day Sugar
Heart-shaped pillows. Teddy bears who send kisses. Movies which exalt the magic of love at first sight. Girls receiving jewel-priced flower bouquets at work. “I love you more than ever” […]
The Science of Seahorses
Over the last few years, there has been a rise in popular science stuff in cyberspace. For example, the site “I effing love science” (… er…) has around 2.8 million […]
Graceland: A Pilgrimage to See the King
Over the holidays I made a pilgrimage to see the King. My pilgrimage, I must confess, was not the most exacting of journeys. I traveled a mere 5 miles by […]
Mix-and-Match Hope
Another Advent season is upon us, and with it come the predictable laments about the crass commercialism and overconsumption of the season. These laments are (mostly) good and appropriate and, […]
Getting Along, but still Getting Somewhere
Former Australian Idol winner, Guy Sebastian, recently released a new song, “Get Along”. Ultimately it expresses his journey since winning Australian Idol almost ten years ago. Back then, Sebastian was […]
Happy New Year!
The Christian year begins on Sunday, December 2nd this year, with the beginning of Advent—so for western Christians, now is the time to take stock of the year past and […]
On Repetition and Meaning
To cite in one context something said by another person in another context is, in fact, to say something new.
Shopping for Life?
There was a time when people bought cars because they got them from A to B. Not so anymore. Today’s consumers buy cars that are ‘engineered to move the human […]
Wondering Fair 