Monthly Archives: November 2007

Revival: A Memoir

After working for Microsoft for several years (managing the company’s first web team and the content for msn.com for a while, among other things), starting a couple non-profits, and producing a movie, my uncle, Andrew Himes, is in the process … Continue reading

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Film+Faith blog-a-thon

My recent post about Match Point was my contribution to the Film+Faith blog-a-thon, but because I was on vacation I didn’t have a chance to link to the other submissions. So, here they are. Check them out, when you have … Continue reading

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Seattle Vacation, part 2

After arriving in Seattle last Wednesday just in time for dinner with my aunt and uncle, on Thursday morning my brother, who moved to Seattle about 6 months ago, and I drove out to the San Juan Islands, about an … Continue reading

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View out the window

This was one of the views out a window of the revolving restaurant where I ate lunch yesterday. After the meal, I walked up a couple flights of stairs to the next level of the Seattle Space Needle, another 20 … Continue reading

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Why I Believe in God

A commentary on Woody Allen’s “Match Point” [note: this essay contains spoilers for "Match Point"] Spin. In today’s culture, all information is spun. It doesn’t matter what the facts actually are, whether they support or refute your argument; you can … Continue reading

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Giving oneself

To trust is simply to give oneself; the giving is for the future, for which there is no evidence. And once given, the self cannot be taken back, whatever the evidence. ~ Wendell Berry, Remembering

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