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hearing is believing: Richard K. Walton, Peterson Field Guides: Backyard Bird Song

Posted in reseña, tagged on July 30, 2007| Leave a Comment »

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Because the approach of this splendid CD is so straightforward, its value may best be explained by a first-person account of a user.

I’ve been enjoying backyard birds in my home in Costa Rica and now in Indiana for many years. Yet I’ve only rarely felt confident about linking a bird’s song to its appearance. I guess I’m a visual guy. Birdsong sounded good but taught me almost nothing. (more…)

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birthing tales while the aliens circle: Signs (DVD)

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The opening scenes of this mock-horror film, accompanied by the incessant cawing of crows, are terrifying, reminiscent of Mr Hitchcock’s mastery.

Then comes the humor. Rarely has so much ironic, self-deprecating humor been laid down so consistently in the Scary Movie genre. (more…)

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all thing well: Chris Tomlin, Arriving

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When people complain about the shallowness of all modern worship music, they haven’t heard Chris Tomlin. The singer has mastered Christian doxology that achieves true praise—the adoration of God rather than the introspection of self while one worships—by wedding language impregnated with biblical vocabulary to singable melody. (more…)

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the hunger for more: Stephen Stoeker and Fred Arterburn, Everyman’s Battle – Winning the War on Sexual Temptation One Victory at a Time

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I review this book with mixed motives. On the one hand, sexual addiction is so devastating to men and those who love them that almost any assault mounted on its impregnable fortress is worthy of applause. After all, the public leaders with whom I work and whose downfall resounds so loudly are grateful for almost any weapon they can add to their armament. (more…)

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the best gift ever?: Personal Library Embosser

Posted in paterfamilias, reseña on July 30, 2007| 1 Comment »

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When I left a country and an institution I’d served for sixteen years, I received from fellow pencil-head Kelly Liebengood the Ideal Personal Library Embosser. I believe it may have been the nicest gift I’ve ever received and perhaps the highwater mark of Mr Liebengood’s unenviable life. (more…)

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heaven cackles: Psalms 59 and 2

Posted in textures on July 30, 2007| Leave a Comment »

In this moment we seem inebriated by our own self-esteem, yet with little hope of achieving it via the intoxicating route we have chosen. So it may seem a harsh time to speak of God laughing sarcastically at the little efforts of humankind to establish its status and prerogative. Yet the psalms choose just that image when their writers imagine the Lord who rules over the nations surveying efforts to unseat him. (more…)

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good middle-value choice: GeoWorld Image Stationery, 24/60 lb., 8-1/2″x11″ (GEO40328)

Posted in paterfamilias, reseña on July 29, 2007| Leave a Comment »

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This attractive, light-to-middle-weight stationery features colors in the beige range. As the product name suggests, light map-and-globe graphics create a watermark-like effect at a very good price. (more…)

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writing becomes a pleasure: Cross Fountain Pen Ink Refills – (Black)

Posted in paterfamilias, reseña on July 29, 2007| Leave a Comment »

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As a frequent note-writer, I recently made the leap to the fountain pen by buying two Cross pens, a couple of sets of the ink refills here under review, and a Mont Blanc ink fountain. (more…)

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don’t skimp: Fountain Pen Ink, Bottle, 50ML, Black

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Don’t skimp on quality when it comes to socks, ties, and ink.

As a recent immigrant to the world of fountain pens, I’ve enjoyed learning to write with two new Cross instruments. I started off with Cross ink refills that fit inside the pen, but have since discovered the joy of dipping. (more…)

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a calm I haven’t come to yet: R.E.M., Reveal

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R.E.M’s fans love the fact that the threesome does not tinker overmuch with their successful recipe. Reveal is vintage R.E.M.: spare orchestration, Michael Stipe’s incessantly cool voice providing virtually the only vocals, stream-of-conscious lyrics that seem to say something deep even when—just maybe—they don’t. (more…)

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