Category Archives: pop culture

Return to WIRED

Posted on 2008/01/20 by ngilmour

A sixth grader in my neighborhood was selling magazine subscriptions for a school fund raiser back in late November, and being the sucker that I am for supporting public schools, I bought a one-year subscription to WIRED.? I subscribed to … Continue reading →

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Famous to Fifteen People

Posted on 2008/01/05 by ngilmour

After a slow Christmas break, my blog suddenly got a whole mess of hits the last couple days. Since I hadn’t written anything particularly good here since I got back to Georgia, and since the only comment I’ve gotten is … Continue reading →

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iPods and Public Libraries

Posted on 2007/12/29 by ngilmour

It occurred to me this morning (early as it is, so don’t take this too seriously) that the people in my life who own iPods rarely talk about public libraries, and the people who visit public libraries, as far as … Continue reading →

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How Obsessive Am I?

Posted on 2007/12/20 by ngilmour

We take off for Indiana early tomorrow morning. Do you think I’ll blog on the road? I’m not sure myself yet, but if I don’t post between now and then, I do wish all my readers a Merry Christmas, and … Continue reading →

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Feeling a Bit Old

Posted on 2007/11/28 by ngilmour

Something started happening this semester that hadn’t before: I started seeing in students’ papers citations of popular press theology books that I’d only heard about on The Ooze before.? Earlier this semester a student used Rob Bell’s Sex God as … Continue reading →

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William Gibson versus Agrarianism: Who’s Doing Science Fiction?

Posted on 2007/11/09 by ngilmour

I was grading papers in a chain bookstore’s coffee shop yesterday (too many of my stories start like this), and I saw that William Gibson has published a new novel, Spook Country. Right now I’m reading for comprehensive exams, or … Continue reading →

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The Ubiquity of the Now (or at most forty years ago)

Posted on 2007/11/05 by ngilmour

Twenty Years Ago Today Mark Steyn notes the ubiquity of pop music on the twentieth anniversary of Bloom’s The Closing of the American Mind: Most of us have prejudices: we may not like ballet or golf, but we don?t have … Continue reading →

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Series Finale

Posted on 2004/10/07 by ngilmour

Mary woke up with my alarm today and told me she was hungry, so I’ve got no recollection of what I dreamed about. I do remember dreaming, though. I finished up my Bible study series on the Psalms last night, … Continue reading →

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Season Premieres

Posted on 2004/09/23 by ngilmour

No dream recollection this morning, as Mary once again woke up when my alarm went off (it usually takes light and sound). But Gilmore Girls and Smallville are off and running, and our school year diversion season has started. Neither … Continue reading →

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