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Oct 30

Apostasy and Shusaku Endo’s Silence

Posted by Matt Jones on Monday, October 30, 2006. Filed under Literature,Religion,Theology.

When I found a used copy of Shusaku Endo’s Silence at Powells I thought it would be a great time to read this work of fiction from one of Japan’s “foremost novelists” (someone had talked about it up at Regent once and I have wanted to read it since). In brief: read it. It is [...]

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Oct 28

Space Saturday XXV

Posted by Matt Jones on Saturday, October 28, 2006. Filed under Science.

I barely made it, but here is the 25th edition of my Space Saturday: The Antennae Galaxies! Credit: NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)-ESA/Hubble Collaboration (Source) The Antennae Galaxies (also known as NGC 4038 and NGC 4039) are two galaxies in the process of colliding (and have been doing so for some 200 [...]

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Oct 25

The one where I complain…

Posted by Matt Jones on Wednesday, October 25, 2006. Filed under Daily Life.

Readers of my blog know that I really don’t complain too much. Even when I had my ipod, wallet, dvds, shoes, underwear, and other assorted items stolen or when I shamelessly asked for money I tried not to be too pessimistic or annoying. That being said, let me complain for a moment: I still don’t [...]

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Oct 24

If you are in LA, go to the Troubadour

Posted by Matt Jones on Tuesday, October 24, 2006. Filed under Meaningful Song.

I’m not joking. Tonight (October 24th). Troubadour. 7:00pm. $12. The Lonely Forest. Rock. Be blown away. You can thank me later. Visit my Lonely Forest page or my Lonely Forest YouTube video clip page.

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Oct 23

The Pale Pacific at WWU

Posted by Matt Jones on Monday, October 23, 2006. Filed under Meaningful Song,Photoblog.

On Saturday night I went, once again, up to the Viking Union at Western Washington University. This time it was to catch The Pale Pacific. Like all bands that I dig, their show was amazing! Gabe, Justin, Cam, and Greg always know how to entertain, make us laugh, and put on a kick-ass rock show! [...]

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Oct 21

Space Saturday XXIV

Posted by Matt Jones on Saturday, October 21, 2006. Filed under Science.

This version of Space Saturday brings the beauty of nebula N44C. Credit: Donald Garnett (U. Arizona) et al., Hubble Heritage Team, NASA (Source) – Full Size This is a region of glowing hydrogen gas in the Small Magellanic Cloud in the southern hemisphere. N44C is peculiar because the star mainly responsible for illuminating the nebula [...]

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