Memorial Day is a day set apart to honor the war dead. It became a federally recognized holiday in 1971, but it has been celebrated throughout the country since 1868. Memorial Day takes place at the end of May because that is when the most flowers are in bloom throughout America. It was formerly called [...]
Archive for May, 2010
Memorial Day
Posted in America on 31 May, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Sex and the City II
Posted in America, Movies on 27 May, 2010 | 1 Comment »
A few months ago I was at a bar with some friends. We couldn’t help but notice the sole figure on the dance floor. It was a middle-aged woman wearing a dress too small and too young for her. She was toasted out of her mind and flirting with guys fifteen years her junior. Our [...]
Circle
Posted in LOST, Television on 26 May, 2010 | 1 Comment »
[The following contains LOST spoilers.] Ugh. I have been sitting here for twenty minutes, trying to muster my bounteous reserves of Latin-blooded emotion so that I could adequately summarize my LOST experience. It all sounded either cheesy or really indulgent, so I’m just going to shoot from my hip. Here we go. First, listen to [...]
The Bachelorette Ep 1: How Allie Got Her Groove Back
Posted in Television, The Bachelor(ette) on 25 May, 2010 | 6 Comments »
FACT: I watched The Bachelor last season. I was Team Tenley all the way, but I did feel bad for Gia. She seemed really nice towards the end, and I was pulling for her to be the Bachelorette. I wasn’t pulling for Allie. A Jake/Allie conversation was hard to follow. It was like Jodie Foster [...]
What They Lived For
Posted in LOST, Television on 21 May, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Dear Damon and Carlton, I just wanted to say thank you. Thank you for telling us a story that mattered. Thank you for having the guts to stay true to yourself and the show for six years. Thank you for allowing LOST to transcend genres and be what it was – a show about about [...]
Meet Kerry
Posted in Friends on 20 May, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Getting to meet new people is one of the best parts of traveling. Take, for example, the photo above. Kerry and I crossed paths in Uganda during the summer of 2008. She was volunteering with an NPO and I was interning at a local court. We got along pretty well because we shared questions about [...]
Next on LOST
Posted in LOST on 19 May, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
[Spoilers possible!] Here’s my theory: We know that places all over the world have special magnetic properties, just like the island. We saw Rose go to Australia to get healed. We saw Ben and Locke take the donkey wheel to Tunisia. What we didn’t see is why Christian was in Australian or why the psychic [...]
Paying the Piper
Posted in God, Marriage on 18 May, 2010 | 3 Comments »
John Piper’s This Momentary Marriage has a lot of great, biblical things to say about marriage. If you are married and you haven’t read it, you should read it. For my single friends, there’s a pretty good chapter on the purpose and advantages of being single in there as well. If you don’t read the whole [...]
Music Monday
Posted in Music on 17 May, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
NOTE: This is a ridiculous live performance. I flipped out when I saw it.
The Arizona Anti-Illegal Immigration Law
Posted in America on 11 May, 2010 | 1 Comment »
The whole Arizona immigration law debate has been wild. It has inspired mass protests, mass support, new NBA playoff jerseys, and lots of internet flamewars. I haven’t said anything about the law for one simple reason – I hadn’t yet read the law. I finally read it in its entirety. You can find it here. The [...]
