<![CDATA[It’s not like I need anymore reasons. The truth is, I’ve been wanting to return to Japan for about 18 years, which is how long it’s been since I went as a high school exchange student in the summer of ’94. (Thank you, Jim Scott and Catlin Gabel.) That trip was very enlightening, full of…

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<![CDATA[I can’t believe it…. the moment I’ve been waiting for since I first arrived on the leafy campus of North Park University in 1996… …has not arrived at all. The North Park Vikings mens basketball team ended up finishing sixth in the CCIW this year. BUT — in the category of “Next Best Thing,” the…

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<![CDATA[If you still don’t think context makes any difference, then you obviously don’t understand the power of connotation. According to this Covenant news story, the good folks at North Park University, I’m guessing, haven’t picked up on the finer points of what the general public thinks of as an escort service. Even if you do…

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<![CDATA[DO. NOT. TRY THIS. AT HOME, OR ANYWHERE ELSE. My boy Sharkdogg alerted me to this ridiculous rap on Youtube, which samples (interpolates?) sections of the reverent Swedish hymn “Tryggare Kan Ingen Vara” and turns it into a really lame rap. (You can tell he keeps it real because he uses the F-word… scary.) Stephen…

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