A La Carte (8/1)

  • Tim Challies
  • 08/01/08
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Friday August 1, 2008Getting Old, Alone
From Boundless: “The reality of an aging, childless population is undeniable. How we care for them, however, is yet to be decided. Where some see tragedy, I see opportunity. The church is uniquely gifted to step in with compassionate care not only for the body in this life, but also for the spirit with a view toward the next.”
Up
Up is going to be the next film from Pixar. You can see the first images from it here.
Brian Regan Fans, Rejoice!
Brian Regan, my favorite comedian, has a new DVD coming out soon. It’s available now for pre-order.
Oil Addiction
This little presentation brings to light some of the issues surrounding rising gas costs.
Down for Everyone?
Here is a helpful little utility for checking the status of a web site.
“Tactics” from STR
Stand to Reason is offering a weekly “Tactics” newsletter. “Each week you will receive a practical tactic lesson that will equip you and build your confidence to engage non-Christians in conversations about the most important topic possible their relationship to God.”

Comments (6)

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a comment from Jim Vellenga • 08/01 @ 9:53am
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The “Oil Addiction” video is a little simplistic leaving out various thing and giving a rather superficial presentation of others. It seems to have an agenda behind its presentation, although I am not sure what it is without going to the site it is promoting. Of course since we have flooding in the corn producing states at times, cyclones in Bangladesh, and various other things that it all blames on climate change (global warming) while they have happened from time to time all along. The supposed horrible hurricane season that was to happen last year did not seem to come about, and we will see about this year.

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a comment from Dan • 08/01 @ 10:29am

Yes, it’s little more than propaganda set to pop music. There are certainly real issues and hard questions out there on energy and economic issues, but a selective presentation of facts such as that one does little to inform or resolve the situation.

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a comment from Jeri • 08/01 @ 11:51am
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Hurray for Brian Regan! :)

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a comment from Brendt • 08/01 @ 1:53pm
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The teaser trailer for “Up” can be found here.

http://www.slashfilm.com/2008/07/26/comic-con-teasing-pixars-up/

If you read the article, I’d advise stopping at “And that is where the clip ended.” There’s further explanation and backstory after that sentence, that — for me — took away some of the fun of just seeing the teaser.

Of course, if you’re just really curious, read the whole thing.

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a comment from Lance • 08/01 @ 3:14pm
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If it weren’t for the wisdom of Brian Regan, I would not daily ask myself the crucial question, “Who the heck eats two Fig Newtons?”

Take luck,

Lance

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a comment from Tim Challies • 08/01 @ 3:40pm
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No doubt the little presentation is simplistic, but I think it does a decent job showing some of the inter-related issues. I’m sure there’s an agenda somewhere, but I didn’t click to the actual site to figure out what it is.

“Who the heck eats two Fig Newtons?”

Two whole, entire Fig Newtons?