http://www.chuckp3.com thinking out loud about life, art and imitating Jesus Wed, 27 May 2009 05:14:58 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en One of my favorite musicians, Derek Webb, is close to releasing his new album Stockholm Syndrome.  I'll blog more about this later, for now suffice it to say that if you want to get involved in this crazy internet, hide and seek game he's got going on check out www.paradiseisaparkinglot.com. I ... http://www.chuckp3.com/2009/05/derek-webb-on-christian-art/ Since it opened on May 8th I've been to see Star Trek twice.  Given the opportunity, I would go again at the drop of a hat.  It's just that good.  It's been a while since I was a self-avowed Trekkie, but trust me, there was such a time.  From 6th ... http://www.chuckp3.com/2009/05/star-trek/ A few weeks ago I went and saw The Soloist, a film I had been eagerly waiting to see since this fall when I saw the trailer for it in theaters.  I cried watching the trailer.  So I was really looking forward to this film.  The day before I went ... http://www.chuckp3.com/2009/05/the-soloist/ I just read this report on CNN.com which found that the more Americans attended church, the more likely we are to support torture.  What a terrible witness to this world we have become.  Rather than being an appetizer for the Kingdom of God we support the violence of this world ... http://www.chuckp3.com/2009/05/a-sad-report/ I missed this the other day.  via Brian McLaren http://www.chuckp3.com/2009/04/rush-limbaughs-conversion/ If you need to embed documents on your website, blog, facebook, etc. you might want to check out Issuu.com.  Issuu let's you upload PDF files and then viola! it makes them beautiful on the web.  Your readers can browse the document right on your site before they ever print it ... http://www.chuckp3.com/2009/03/embedding-documents-with-issuu/ While I'm on the subject of sports teams logos... here's a little rant I've had stored up in my heart for years.  J.R. mentioned in the comments of the last post that he thought some NFL teams logos seemed like they belonged in the Arena League.  Ouch.  If there's a ... http://www.chuckp3.com/2009/03/speaking-of-sports-logos/ The Detroit Lions, long-standing holders of the worst NFL logo have such and ugly look that Detroit fans have taken it upon themselves to design a new logo.  According to a March 10th post on Uni-Watch, a blog featured on ESPN.com that obsessively studies "athletic aesthetics" the Detroit News held ... http://www.chuckp3.com/2009/03/detroit-news-contest-rips-off-plnu-logo/ If you don't have a long commute or simply use an iPod rather than the car radio then chances are that you are not an NPR junkie like myself.  It makes me sad that you don't listen to NPR.  Hey, I like to rock out to my iPod too, but ... http://www.chuckp3.com/2009/03/this-american-life/ Tonight New Jersey Devil goalie, Martin Brodeur, broke Patrick Roy's record for wins by making 30 saves in a 3-2 win over the Chicago Blackhawks.  I am not now nor ever will be a New Jersey Devils fan.  Going back to the mid-ninetys there has been a rivalry betwen New ... http://www.chuckp3.com/2009/03/brodeur-breaks-roys-record/ If you think the football season ends after the Super Bowl then you've missed the drama currently going down in Denver.  New head coach, Josh McDaniels and star quarterback Jay Cutler are fighting like a bunch of jr. high girls.  McDaniels apparently entertained the thought of a trade to get ... http://www.chuckp3.com/2009/03/mile-high-hysteria/ In my last post I said that Slumdog Millionaire was the best film I saw before the Oscars.  That's true, BUT, Gran Torino was easily my favorite film from last year.  If you saw the trailer and thought that this looked like a geriatric version of the old-school Clint Eastwood ... http://www.chuckp3.com/2009/03/gran-torino/ I know, I know, I am SOOOOOO late to the game in posting about Slumdog Millionaire.  But I swear that I saw this movie back on January 19th and have just now sat down to blog about it.  Had I blogged back then about Slumdog I could have reccommended the ... http://www.chuckp3.com/2009/03/slumdog-millionaire/ http://www.chuckp3.com/2009/03/great-youth-ministry-video/ I wanted to catch Charlie Wilson's War when it came out in the theater but never got around to it.  Well that's the beauty of Netflix.  Eventually these movies find you.  So I popped CWW in the DVD player the other day to see what all the fuss was about.  ... http://www.chuckp3.com/2009/03/charlie-wilsons-warthe-kite-runner/