Culture
The truth about the West Bank
Occasionally (mostly by accident), I hear or read about someone damning Israel for its mistreatment of the Palestinians in the “occupied territories” of Gaza and the West Bank. If an idea, opinion or belief, regardless if it is morally wrong or untrue, is proclaimed long enough, it will eventually be believed by the masses as [...]
Skinny girls don’t have oomph!
“Skinny girls don’t have oomph! It takes those extra pounds of solid flesh to bring out your natural curves.” Media advertisements are a window into our social worldview. They portray the perceived cultural norm, what we think is important and what makes us happy. Interestingly, our perceived cultural norm, what we think is important, and [...]
Bizarre books titles
It’s no secret that I love books. I’m extremely thankful for global gatherings of booksellers like abebooks and biblio. When browsing such sites it becomes apparent that there are some very (understatement of the year) bizarre books out there. Books that will never be bestsellers but are worth buying just for their conversation starter value. [...]
Contemporvant
In our pursuit of making our faith relevant to our culture, are we missing the point somewhat? Don’t get me wrong – I am passionate about presenting the Good News in a way that our culture can understand, but I must ask the question: Are we more concerned with the packaging than we are with [...]
The evolution of vampirism
There has been a modern revival of vampirism in recent years. Although AIDS has put a dampener on sucking your girlfriend’s blood, no one can deny there is a growing subculture which embracing everything vampish, and its popularity has spilled over into mainstream pop-culture. What is modern-day vampirism? Simply, the party by night, sleep by [...]
Mr X and the perfect body
A documentary screened recently which showed that only 2 women out of 60 had the ‘perfect’ body proportions for their size. 3% = perfect body proportions. If only 3% of women have one, that means that 97 out of 100 have ‘imperfect’ body proportions (imperfect being the opposite of perfect). 97%= imperfect body proportions. The dictionary defines [...]
Sick of walking out of movies?
I grew up growing to the movies. My first movie was Star Wars, in 1977. My brother took me to see it. He was 12 and I was 3. Good times. Fast forward to present day and I hardly go to the flicks anymore. Firstly, because it is too expensive, and secondly because most of [...]
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