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More Dr. Horrible

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Playing catchup with liturgical compositions and YouTube

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I should’ve posted these ages ago, but busy blah blah blah procrastinating yadda yadda yadda lazy etc. etc. etc.

Psalm 34: Taste and See

Mass for a Risen Church: Eucharistic Acclamations

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My Freeze Ray

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If you haven’t yet watched Joss Whedon’s Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog, you really should.

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FREAKING HARDCORE.

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Jimi Hendrix, eat your heart out:

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Obama: “A more perfect union”

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This should be required viewing/reading for every American of high school age or older. It will go down in history as one of the great American speeches about race, regardless of the November outcome. It gives a snapshot of America at the turn of the 21st century, in the same way Douglass and King and DuBois all spoke and wrote about. And yet, to reduce it to merely another black leader’s observation of race relations in America doesn’t do it, its speaker, or us any justice.

Caveat: It’s long—a 40-minute speech at 4,916 words. Resist the temptation to get somebody else’s opinion or summary of it, particularly if it’s a soundbyte off of Faux News.

Obama’s ties to Wright could be the beginning of his fall. But as someone who goes to church a lot more than most of the regular blog readers here combined, I have a lot of difficulty seeing how people are fusing Wright’s incendiary remarks with Obama’s own beliefs. I’ve heard some pretty abhorrent things spoken from the pulpit in over 30 years, from vituperative homophobia and sexism to stupidly embarrassed, half-assed apologies for the sex scandals. And yet, I understand that pastors and their homilies/sermons are only one part of the whole that makes the church. There is a diverse community there working to change not only the world around them, but also within themselves.

And for all the attention this is getting, Obama’s response isn’t merely a repudiation of Wright’s words. Read (or watch) the speech. It’s an acknowledgment of the black AND white anger, and a call to dialogue. It’s a repudiation of using soundbytes and identity politics to get in cheap shots for one side or another.

Full text of the speech, made yesterday, after the jump.

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London Honeymoon videos

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In case anybody missed them, I posted three videos on the joint blog over the past week and a half. Cross-posted here:

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“Thriller” danced by Filipino inmates

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Only in the Philippines.

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Cleaning the apartment: Descent into the abyss

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Special thanks to Justin and Tanya for their invaluable help and having the courage to brave the pit!

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