Monthly Archive: October 2009

Oct 26

How the Flaming Lips Saved My (Spiritual) Life

It’s weird to go to the same church for 8 years and then one day decide “Maybe I should just stop going here.” There was no life changing event, no epiphany, I was just bored. I was showing up late, if at all, and was leaving the minute service was dismissed. I realized that if …

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Oct 19

College Isn’t Like Movies About College (But My First Day Kind of Was)

The 80s was full of wacky college movies and maybe, since I was just a child, I don’t seem to get the appeal of them. There was Animal House,St. Elmo’s Fire and Revenge of the Nerds. Then Van Wilder, and I guess to a certain extent, the American Pie series, decided to “reach out” to my generation. I’ve seen …

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Oct 12

We Don’t Need No Education

I wouldn’t say that I’m a huge Minnesota Timberwolves fan. Yes, I consider them “my team”, but mostly because of obligation. I mean, I’m a Twins fan, a Wild fan, a Gopher fan, how can I just say ‘no’ to the Timberwolves, as terrible as they’ve been? I can’t, especially since they symbolize the growing …

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