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A few weeks ago, I wrote here that as part of my Omaha Episcopal Service Corps internship, I am working part-time for Repower America. The other major part of my ESC internship is a part-time job at a local Episcopal church, the Church of the [...] 
Not sure what put it in my head to go with this old chestnut, but here it is.
It wasn't the climate change-caused storm, it was the faulty levees and the devestation of the wetlands that slammed New Orleans.' [...]
President Obama is the winner of the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize. Read my thoughts at Blue Moose Democrat in a post called, "Obama’s Nobel Prize, While Largely Undeserved, Is Good For America."
I've posted this before, and I guarantee I will post it again. But I mean, seriously, MOST AWESOME THING EVER. No, I mean it - there's Beethoven's Fifth and Ninth and Piano Concertos, there's Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen, and there's this.
I may not blog much until Sunday or Monday - I'm off to San Diego for baby-but-not-little brother's graduation from Marine boot camp! Ooo-rah!
Cross-posted from Blue Moose Democrat.
These pictures are amazing! NPR reports that Michael Nichols, a photographer for National Geographic, has come up with a new method that allows him to take a picture of an entire Redwood tree at once, something I had previously thought impossible.Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy
Bill McKibben, a scholar at Vermont's Middlebury College, may be the most prominent climate activist in the country. He's been behind many (most?) of the biggest global warming demonstrations, including a 2006 walk across Vermont that was at that time the largest anti-climate change action in history, [...] 
For fans of Alison Krauss, Gillian Welch, etc., I give you Andra Suchy. I am banging my head on the wall, asking myself, how did I not hear of her sooner?
Did you know that jazz icon Norah Jones also sings country music? Yup! In addition to her own albums, she is one of two lead singers for the band "The Little Willies," named for Willie Nelson. Here they are with one of Nelson's songs.
One problem – or at least, problematic challenge – with the Bible is that it packs far too much information into far too little space. This can be quite aggravating for someone trying to digest a book in only a few days.
In honor of Labor Day, I give you the Worker's Song from the ever-awesome Dropkick Murphys.
The Boston Globe is collecting statements from religious leaders on the death of Ted Kennedy. So far they have Roman Catholic Boston Archbishop Cardinal Sean P. O'Malley, Sojourners founder Jim Wallis, and Unitarian Universalist Association President Rev. Peter Morales.' [...]
OMG, I HAVE to have this! Now! A KFC sandwich with bacon and cheese in the middle, and for bread... CHICKEN!
Even if the third verse is a little misplaced, and even if he does mispronounce "pecan," I freakin' love this song with all my heart.
This is twisted. Seriously, seriously twisted. It is filled with apple pie, frosted window panes, meadows, blood, and Holocaust denials. You've been warned.
In my continuing series of posting YouTube videos rather than substantive comments, here's CBS' Craig Ferguson explaining why America is stupid and why that's bad. H/T Salon.com.' [...]
My former roommate A-Bar, who is an all-around awesome dude as well as a Master of Science, used calculus to get out of a traffic ticket today. Here's how:
He sports a grey goatee, hip glasses, and funky contact lenses. He's 42, his name is Andy, and he is the new Episcopal Bishop of Texas. 
Warning: This is kind of morbid, and a little creepy. It's basically a long joke about death and murder, with some weird anthropomorphism. I find it hilarious, but others may find it highly off-putting. Whatever, it's my blog. H/T to my high school Algebra teacher.
There have been a lot of big changes in my life lately, and I thought I would post an update here about where I am now (vacation), where I will be next year (Nebraska), and what I hope for in the future.
The months-long run-up to Judge Sonia Sotomayor's confirmation hearing centered around two things: the president's stated desire to find a nominee with "empathy" and that eventual nominee's own quote about "wise Latinas" being better able to render a sound decision than white men. It's no surprise, then, [...] 
A Halloween special from Man in the Box.
Hathos. Pure hathos. I do apologize, but I can't help it.
A six minute mini-documentary from the local PBS station about Hudson's Hamburgers, the 102-year-old landmark lunch counter in downtown Coeur d'Alene.
Because this is so not what you were expecting.
