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Music Monday: Remind Me by Röyksopp

March 16th, 2009 · by John · 1 Comment

I know this is a bit dated, but how often do you get a video that you can admire for both its music and its incredible information graphics? (warning: video embedding was disabled, so clicking on the image takes you to YouTube)

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Coming Down.

March 16th, 2009 · by John · 3 Comments

This is my first day in four months without some kind of behavior-changing drug in my system (not counting the experimental discontinuation several weeks ago that saw me scrambling back to the medicine cabinet and my little pill to head off nausea and deep bone and head aches). It’s not without ambivalence that I return [...]

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Mormon Temple Ceremony on HBO’s Big Love.

March 16th, 2009 · by John · 24 Comments

This reenactment of the last bits of the endowment ceremony is amazingly accurate. They captured even some of the feeling that many faithful Mormons might feel (as based on my own memories and experience). Even the kleenex bit in the celestial room was spot on. If the act of depicting it weren’t so offensive, this [...]

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