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Uncanny media
Filed in 1, June 3, 2008, 7:36 amInternational Conference on the Gothic Shadows of Mediation
fear not
Filed in 1, May 30, 2008, 7:43 pm“Hello… Peter? … Is that you?” It was Karen, calling in the middle of the night, to inquire about the rumors of an open letter, addressed to her. “So, what about it?” The letter was written by a group of Dutch Protestant pastors. “So, they said that God was not merely an idea, more than […]
At the truck stop
Filed in 1, May 27, 2008, 7:41 amThe travelling salesman had less than 20 seconds left before he was killed, head down in a toilet bowl:
“Rental portfolio restrict us online tilt parts. Save towing tires on reviews moving bonuses. Wicker full stock trading fun.”
on 7th
Filed in 1, May 23, 2008, 9:11 am“Mijn stad is een plaats van herinnering en begeerte; ik kan in deze buurt plekken verzinnen van vervoering, verlangen en verwondering.”
(Mark Doty, Heaven’s Coast)
Moving on to a new research project, about the place of religion in a Dutch urban setting, I found this motto. To get a sense of direction I made a […]
“Overschat Amerikaanse invloeden niet”
Filed in 1, April 26, 2008, 3:28 pmMIDDELBURG - Zijn de Amerikaanse invloeden op het Nederlandse protestantisme te typeren als een geestelijke invasie? Ondanks de opkomst van megakerken, de populariteit van gospelkoren, de EO-Jongerendag en televisiepredikanten concludeerde een forum van deskundigen vrijdag op een congres in Middelburg over dit thema dat dit een te sterke typering was.
(Lees verder in het Reformatorisch Dagblad […]
Er is een wezenlijk verschil…
Filed in 1, April 23, 2008, 2:57 pm“Er is een wezenlijk verschil tussen de begrijpelijke emoties die een snel veranderende samenleving oproepen en het zwelgen in die emoties. Dat laatste is ook heel menselijk. De vraag is alleen hoeveel begrip je ervoor moet hebben.”
(Bas Heijne, NRC, 19 april 2008)
profitable
Filed in 1, April 13, 2008, 1:50 pmAre you paranoid?
The coming asteroid
has got your name tattooed on it
This stone’s called Apophis
it brings Apocalypse
Micro-fiction
Filed in 1, April 9, 2008, 6:52 pmCome on, let’s all be writers !
“Life is literature” or yet another example of art-levelling. Which may be a good thing. Perhaps.
What is your favorite Jesus movie?
Filed in 1, March 25, 2008, 9:13 amEaster season was so early this year that it took me by surprise. The falling snow reminded me of wanting to write a review about a disturbing horror film from 2004: Calvaire. It is strange how one can view this film and not see the familiarity with the story about the suffering of Jesus of […]
Not such a good idea
Filed in 1, February 23, 2008, 10:08 amCreating an independent nation-state (size: the three Northern provinces of the Netherlands) based on one ethnicity and then trying to make it look multi-ethnic. Does this sound sensible? Every people is entitled to have its own sovereignty, but please, stop believing the nation-state nonsense. Milosevic is dead.
