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#578 - This is your life- Robert Schuller Aired 11/7/1982 Robert H. Schuller was a tall, effusive, man with a charming smile and a good heart, given to large dramatic gestures in his preaching. You can watch a summary of his life achievements in the above video of a This is Your Life TV show, which was quirkily filmed during an episode of Schuller’s Hour of Power TV show. As the filming shows, his services were more like entertaining spectacles than normal Protestant services.

There’s a treasure trove of great songs that explore the consumeristic, obsessive, accumulation, MOREMOREMORE culture that is a central tenet of capitalist society. The Clash’s “Lost in the Supermarket” and Pink Floyd’s “Money” are two biggies that come to mind right away. Of course, there are many more brilliant songs on this theme — I’ve created a playlist of 12 of my favorites. Paid subscribers will receive this and other bonus playlists (Spotify/YouTube) and bonus posts.

Robert Rimmer has been resentenced to life after the state agreed to drop the death penalty in his resentencing granted in light of Hurst. Rimmer was sentenced to two sentences of death for crimes that occurred in May 1998. The jury recommended a sentence of death on both counts by a vote of 9-3. The Florida Supreme Court affirmed both sentences of death on direct appeal in a decision dated July 3, 2002 (just days after the U.

Roblox recently took a big step towards embracing its older audience with “17+ experiences,” which allow realistic violence, depictions of alcohol, and even—gasp—“non-sexual expressions of love or affection.” (Characters can briefly kiss or hold hands, but it’s not making Roblox pornographic.) I wrote about what this new world might look like, but now we can go further: 17+ experiences are live on Roblox.  How far were players going to push these content boundaries?

There should have been three. But tragedy struck when a near mint, boxed, example being shipped over from the US was mercilessly intercepted and crushed by US Customs for being in possession of a battery. Sadly one less Roboscout on the planet. I had a deal of sympathy for the seller. Roboscout’s large SLA is difficult to remove, even after detachment of 15 miniature Molex PCB plugs and extraction of the main board.

Roc Brewing, one of Rochester’s pioneering craft breweries, will close its doors after nearly 13 years in business. Owners at the East End brewery made the announcement to employees Wednesday and then confirmed the news via text message. It’ll close its South Union taproom at midnight Saturday. When it first opened in 2011, Roc was just the second craft brewery in the city of Rochester. (Rohrbach Brewing opened its Railroad Street beer hall and production facility in 2008.

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They say never meet your heroes. They’re just people, even the best of them are flawed. If they’re your “hero,” there’s a good chance they’re someone else’s, too. And hero worship can easily go to one’s head. Thankfully, for all my hang-ups, neuroses, and idiosyncrasies, I’ve mostly avoided falling into the trap of idol worship.  Naturally, there are writers, musicians, and filmmakers whose work I adore, athletes whose talents I admire from afar, and intellectuals whose contributions I consider vital to understanding humanity.

(Tristan & Isolde by John Waterhouse) As promised, a break down of recommendations in the romantasy genre. And if you want a brilliant defense of this genre, watch Natalie Wynn’s most recent video lecture on Twilight and romance. The Originals Back when I was a voracious twelve year old who loved love stories, Tolkien, King Arthur, and world-building while also having a growing penchant for “smut” and fanfiction culture (the internet fanfiction chatboards of the early 2000s were a wild and liberatory place for a queer young adult.