My birthday, apparently, will blossom in two days.
My wish list, for any would-be benefactors:
(1) Seersucker.
(2) A lil' ESV study time.
(3) Some verse for all seasons.
2.24.2009
2.21.2009
Almanac Interview
You can hear me utter the word "like" an astonishing number of times during an interview on Amanda Mae Meyncke's lovely radio show, Almanac.
Links for the Week
Four tasty links to provoke your appetites:
"Is Food the New Sex?"
Mary Eberstadt makes a tantalizing survey sketch of a hypothesized switcheroo between our food and sexual mores in the past decades. Fifty years ago, where food ethics quietly lingered in a dim broom closet, a set of cultural standards demarcating sexual boundaries enlisted the active support of the common woman. Now, Eberstadt argues, these roles have reversed...but will a persistent concern for social problems and research damn the epoch of thoughtless, convenient sex as thoroughly as the age of thoughtless, convenient food?
Battier the Outlier
Another excellent piece of NYTimes sports journalism profiles the Houston Rockets' Shane Battier as a complete anomaly in the world of professional basketball, who also ironically serves as the poster-manchild for the burgeoning effort to translate the "Moneyball" practice of statistical analysis from baseball to basketball. Beyond providing a window into the fascinating and wholly unique Battier, Michael Lewis also pushes against the fundamental ethos we have about success and perception in team sports, while obliquely begging intriguing questions about faith in ideological process and practice.
Sex, Lies, and Journalism in Portland
An uneven analysis of the controversy currently engulfing Portland's mayor, Sam Adams, who recently admitted to an improper relationship with a then-teen intern. A tired story, save for the lemon twist: Adams wasn't chasing skirts, but well-pressed and fitting trousers. How does the sexual orientation of the first openly gay mayor of an American metropolis alter our sense of impropriety or outrage? Should it? Ought standards even be consistent?
"Reading the Signs"
Lastly, an oddball little article about subway graffiti and schizophrenia with a tart moral at the finish. Particularly when read in tandem with Eberstadt's essay, Dalrymple's thoughts jab the prioritized order of individual and social ethics. What problems can _I_ change, what can _we_ change? Does the problem most personal, the problem closest to us with a human face, take automatic priority?
"Is Food the New Sex?"
Mary Eberstadt makes a tantalizing survey sketch of a hypothesized switcheroo between our food and sexual mores in the past decades. Fifty years ago, where food ethics quietly lingered in a dim broom closet, a set of cultural standards demarcating sexual boundaries enlisted the active support of the common woman. Now, Eberstadt argues, these roles have reversed...but will a persistent concern for social problems and research damn the epoch of thoughtless, convenient sex as thoroughly as the age of thoughtless, convenient food?
Battier the Outlier
Another excellent piece of NYTimes sports journalism profiles the Houston Rockets' Shane Battier as a complete anomaly in the world of professional basketball, who also ironically serves as the poster-manchild for the burgeoning effort to translate the "Moneyball" practice of statistical analysis from baseball to basketball. Beyond providing a window into the fascinating and wholly unique Battier, Michael Lewis also pushes against the fundamental ethos we have about success and perception in team sports, while obliquely begging intriguing questions about faith in ideological process and practice.
Sex, Lies, and Journalism in Portland
An uneven analysis of the controversy currently engulfing Portland's mayor, Sam Adams, who recently admitted to an improper relationship with a then-teen intern. A tired story, save for the lemon twist: Adams wasn't chasing skirts, but well-pressed and fitting trousers. How does the sexual orientation of the first openly gay mayor of an American metropolis alter our sense of impropriety or outrage? Should it? Ought standards even be consistent?
"Reading the Signs"
Lastly, an oddball little article about subway graffiti and schizophrenia with a tart moral at the finish. Particularly when read in tandem with Eberstadt's essay, Dalrymple's thoughts jab the prioritized order of individual and social ethics. What problems can _I_ change, what can _we_ change? Does the problem most personal, the problem closest to us with a human face, take automatic priority?
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