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I hadn't thought about the movie The King of Comedy until I ran across this article at Acculturated. But now that I think about it, the author has it exactly right. This movie was way ahead of its time and offers a grim picture of the state of popular culture today.
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Joe Maddon is one of the best managers in baseball. He's also a unique guy. Steve Wulf has a terrific profile of the Tampa Bay Rays skipper.
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More from Acculturated (one of my current favorite blogs): Girls need their fathers. An excerpt:
So much of who we are, and who we become for that matter, depends on where we came from, and how we were raised. And for little girls, much of who we become depends on how invested our fathers were in our lives.
There are some women in the world with fathers who are very attentive and encouraging, and who actively help form their daughters into amazing women. There are other girls, who never knew their father or lost their dad at a young age, but many of these girls have an uncle, a cousin, a family friend, or some other father figure in their life, who led them in life and formed them into awe-inspiring women.
But, there is another section of society’s daughters that have fathers who seem to be present, but in actuality are completely disconnected and detached from his little daughter’s life. This has become a problem in the world today and it is getting worse every day.
Many parents have lost sight of what their children need, and the fact that kids don’t need their parents to be their “friend”, they need their parents to be parents. And this seems to be the case with many father-daughter relationships.
The fathers in question are a part of their little girls every day lives, but they neglect every aspect of their daughter’s formation and fail to be there for her in the moments she needs him most. Girls need their fathers to be strong and direct them in the ways of the world; otherwise these girls are forced to make adult decisions at a very young age.
Be sure to read the whole thing.
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Now that baseball has moved onto the postseason, it's time to start figuring out how to fix the regular season schedule.
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The doubly thankful villages of the United Kingdom. It's a really neat story. (hat tip Neatorama)
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The fascinating story of the man who served as chaplain to war criminals during the Nuremberg trials. (Hat tip: Blogging Theologically)
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A wonderful tribute to the late Tom Clancy.
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How one company turned a failed government contract into a fashion icon.
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Here's a fun list: the 10 greatest baseball comedy bits.
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