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Behind The Shack
The Shack was a story written for my six children, with no thought or intention to publish. It is as much a surprise to me as to anyone else that I am now an ‘author’. (William P. Young) Last night I finished reading The Shack (You can read my review over at flannelgraph). Currently (September [...]
The Goonies and the illusive Giant Octopus
In relation to a recent Facebook thread, I couldn’t help but take 5 minutes out of my afternoon to write a quick post about the mysterious Goonies Octopus scene. Back in the day (1985 to be precise), Goonies paraphernalia came out months before the release date here in NZ. The ever popular (at the time) [...]
Treat your mother right… fool!
Anyone growing up in the 80′s loved Mr. T. He was an icon of a bygone and fondly reminisced era. My wife even had a crush on him back in the day (married me because we look so similar;-) But I digress. What I bet most of us Gen X’s don’t know (or anyone else [...]
Hip Chess for retro kidults
Chess rocks. I was in the chess club at school. I once had a very expensive medieval chess set. I love chess. Alas, I can count the number of fellow chess-loving-enthusiasts in my current circle of friends on no hands… zilch. nada. zero. Imagine my delight when my 7 year old son came home from [...]
The Sound Of Music rocks!
I have a confession to make… I, Burton, think The Sound Of Music rocks! …And that would make me cool (because we all know that anyone into retro stuff is rather hip). Another, even more shocking confession… We even own two copies of the DVD ( original and special anniversary edition). I do believe a [...]
Angel Of Death?
I was enduring the trailer of Hellboy 2 recently when I saw the disturbing images of a creature with eyes on its wings (on the trailer that is, not in real life ;-). My mind immediately thought about the Bible’s description of heavenly creatures in Revelation Chapter 4… In the center and around the throne [...]
O how He loves us!
This song is absolutely phenomenal! It’s amazing how powerful a worship time one can have with the assistance of Youtube ;-). Thanks heaps Neen and co. for introducing the song at camp. Whoever’s leading worship on Sunday morning, 21st Dec has to do this! (I have a cunning plan…) And for everyone who has a [...]
The ‘Star Wars Musical’ mystery
Last night I solved a 30-year-old mystery that had haunted me all my life… subjected me to humiliation, and caused me to think I was either crazy, or that the whole world had been deceived. I was an absolute Star Wars fanatic from the summer of 77 (when I saw ‘A New Hope’ at 3 [...]
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