Madeleine L’Engle Riffs
Thursday, May 13th, 2004 Posted in Peoples | 3 Comments »Check out the interview with Madeleine L'Engle in Newsweek (link via Bloggedy Blog). She comes off as the fiesty 85-year-old woman you'd expect. Some choice bits: When asked if the recent ABC movie of A Wrinkle in Time met her expectations: "Oh, ...
Hey, I Know That Guy
Saturday, January 31st, 2004 Posted in Peoples | 1 Comment »While checking the news today I saw an article in the Star Trib on Michael Ovikian. The guy used to work at the BGEA and has the most amazing stories to tell. In the final days at the BGEA ...
Tammy Faye on Fresh Air
Friday, January 16th, 2004 Posted in Peoples | No Comments »I caught parts of a Fresh Air interview with Tammy Faye Messner last night. Very interesting stuff. I think Fresh Air's Terry Gross was a little perplexed by Tammy. She kept trying to ask somewhat difficult questions and get to ...
More Yaconelli
Monday, November 3rd, 2003 Posted in Peoples | No Comments »There's Yaconelli tribute stuff all over the web (in case you missed my earlier post, Mike Yaconelli died last week), so if you have any interest you should check some of it. My favorite piece is an interview from 1996 (PDF ...
That Yaconelli Guy
Thursday, October 30th, 2003 Posted in Peoples | 2 Comments »According to a statement from Relevant magazine, the owner and co-founder of Youth Specialties, Mike Yaconelli, was killed in a car accident last night. If you don't know Mike Yaconelli, he's kind of a round, bushy-headed guy with way too ...
The Elvis of Christianity
Thursday, December 19th, 2002 Posted in Peoples | No Comments »Assuming Jesus doesn't have the role, Billy Graham is the Elvis of Christianity. Or maybe just 20th century Christianity. Either way, Billy Graham has been the man when it comes to Christianity for more than 50 years. The guy has preached ...
Anne Lamott back on Salon.com
Thursday, December 12th, 2002 Posted in Peoples | No Comments »And she's back in the game! Former Salon.com columnist and darn-good writer Anne Lamott returns to the spunky little webzine that could, Salon.com. Her first column is free to the public, but subsequent columns will cost you.
Homer, Marilyn & Billy
Thursday, June 14th, 2001 Posted in Peoples | No Comments »It's link to other people's content day! The Simpsons are finally legitimate cultural icons. Homer's "Doh!" made it into the Oxford English Dictionary. On an encouraging note, the end of the teeny bopper era may be near. And on a completely different ...
Reflecting on Leon
Thursday, January 27th, 2000 Posted in Peoples | No Comments »I brought Leon peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. I gave him an apple once. I'd get free samples from the corner venders, just to hand them over to Leon. One time I took him to McDonalds. I even thought about ...
