Indy Film Packs Quite a Punch

It’s been a tough few months for me personally (hence my distance from the land of the Emu), but there is catharsis to be found in this film, written and directed by Mep fan and friend Pete Lee:

This Close or This Far from Peter Lee on Vimeo.

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It’s Soccer Time!

The world’s eyes will be on the 2010 World Cup for the next month. I will be celebrating by playing a bunch of FIFA video games, and even more when I visit Russ later this month and we play our chosen team of destiny, Denmark, against the world.

Russ has way more footage that’s unprocessed, but here’s a little taste of what that looks like:

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New York Still Doesn’t Want Outsiders

If anyone’s wondering why I once compared New York City to Darfur, maybe a bit of it has to do with the fact that both are absurdly inhospitable to outsiders. And the “art installation” depicted above and discussed here provides good insight into said inhospitability.

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Emu Evades Cops

Perhaps in reaction to yesterday’s post, wherein the emu discovered that the police were not on his side, a South Carolina emu hoofed it away from law enforcement today.

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Ad Fail


What’s wrong with this picture?

So, uh, I know the Internet makes it hard to filter ads for potential poor taste. But this pairing I just ran across (above) was kind of ridiculous…

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Coffee Saves Lives

Recent research shows that coffee addiction is more like our addiction to water or oxygen than our addiction to alcohol or tobacco.

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Death of the Word “Socialism”


As a self-proclaimed Pacifist Socialist, I was wildly excited to see CNN finally acknowledge how distant from Socialism our President is. Now if only the rest of the country could get on board…

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McCarthy Had Nothing on This Era


Just another couple people thinking for themselves.

For 63 years, Goshen College has refrained from playing the national anthem before sporting events because the song prioritizes war and allegiance to country over peaceful devotion to God. Sixty-three years ending this year.

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Time for Madness

Hey Everybody! Come join our bracket pick-em…

Click here to join the Meppers in the fun…

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Why Most Meppers Love March

I know Russ has a pronounced preference for watching millionaires play basketball, but it’s stories like this about amateur students that make March so exciting for us:

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