A La Carte (12/18)

Dec 18, 2006

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Monday December 18, 2006

Du Jour: Bible Belt Blogger tells us that a TV evangelist actually sent him some money.

Music: For the Petra fan in your life, the classic “Captured in Time and Space” concert has been released on DVD. You can get it here.

Medicine: A reader expresses surprise that I am not the only Canadian without a pulse. The Globe and Mail reports on a man with no pulse who is considered to represent a medical breakthrough.

Entertainment: A Christian video game is drawing angry reactions from some quarters. “It’s about religious warfare. The way to win is to convert or kill. You have both the Inquisition and the Crusades…”

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