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A work in progressen-us2008-03-20T14:03+00:00Finding Yourself
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It's not much of a spoiler to say that in Season 2 of Dawson's Creek, Joey leaves Dawson in order to "find herself". More about that later, but it reminds me...Chris2008-03-20T14:03+00:00Sources of conflict
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Stories require conflict; it's more or less a truism that in order to have a plot you have to have some challenge facing the main character; your hero must be in...Chris2008-03-18T04:03+00:00Drama and characters
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Having watched Season 1 and most of Season 2 of Dawson's Creek, and having read the episode synopses for the remaining 4 seasons, one of the things which really struck me...Chris2008-03-17T02:03+00:00Flawed characters
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In literature, characters are never interesting for their flaws. They're always interesting for their virtues....Chris2008-03-16T06:03+00:00Happy Endings
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So, I'm watching Dawson's Creek, which is a drama full of, well, drama. Anyhow, one of the characters is writing a love story, and an ex-girlfriend of his offers him the...Chris2008-03-16T04:03+00:00C.S. Lewis a good man
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In the book C.S. Lewis at the breakfast table, Derek Brewer told of a compliment given to C.S. Lewis which has always struck me:...Chris2008-01-28T19:01+00:00Amanda Marcotte
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As some people might know, Amanda Marcotte resigned from John Edwards campaign (for those who don't you can get some idea by starting here and following the links around; I...Chris2007-02-15T18:02+00:00Telling me something?
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Did you ever get the idea that God was telling you something?...Chris2006-10-10T09:10+00:00The Problem with the Problem of Pain
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If God is All powerful and infinitely good, why is there suffering in the world?...Chris2006-08-08T04:08+00:00Justifying Virtue
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I've been reading C.S. Lewis's The Abolition of Man, which is a rather interesting (though very short) book about education and teaching ethical systems. The discussion reminded me of how many...Chris2006-04-10T04:04+00:00High grit sandpaper
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Just one of those casual observations of life, but I recently noticed that the process of starting with a 100 grit sandpaper and then going on to a 200 and then...Chris2006-03-30T04:03+00:00Serenity
http://wip.powerblogs.com/posts/1143182522.shtml
Joss Whedon's Serenity was an interesting movie that suffered a few major flaws. In particular, it was a movie about a group of people having a major impact on the...Chris2006-03-24T06:03+00:00Myths of the Mediaeval period
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Here is an interesting page about various myths held about the mediaeval period. Aside from correcting various myths of the period, it's just interesting....Chris2006-03-22T17:03+00:00Various numbers of deaths
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I recent saw Blade II and Blade Trinity. Like so many movies, they're not very well done, but they do have some interesting ideas in them. Blade Trinity had this somewhat...Chris2006-03-19T18:03+00:00But for money
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There's a somewhat famous quote from Samuel Johnson:...Chris2006-01-29T00:01+00:00