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...Alex, 38, and Stephen, 35, grew up in metro Atlanta, the second and third sons of a minister. (Their older brother works at IBM). Both earned communication degrees at Georgia's Kennesaw State University, attended seminary and got ministerial jobs at Sherwood. After reading a study about the influence of movies on culture and the relative lack of influence of the church, the brothers decided to return to what had been an adolescent hobby, playing with a video camera. In 2003, they asked their church for $20,000 to form a production company, Sherwood Pictures, and make a movie, Flywheel...
It’s impossible to avoid these strange slogans, popping out from brightly colored backgrounds in nearly every corner of the underground metro. This massive advertisement campaign is for the newest addition to Maxis Software, the creators of the world-famous “The Sims.” But don’t expect to see picture perfect families in this new video game—“Spore” is all about creating your very own species, from the cute and cuddly to the downright bizarre...
...sorry,” one once said to me mechanically as I tried to buy a new microchip Metro pass, (my old paper pass was being phased out by the city), “But rules are rules. You’ll just have to go to a different station, unless you want to fill out this form, mail it in, and wait four-to-six weeks...
...anyone would ever be sick enough to recreate an apparatus that would send a young, unsuspecting, somewhat innocent commuter zigzagging underneath a foreign city in search of a little metro pass has always befuddled...
...Finally, through these mild French send-offs and bureaucratic forms of address, I had joined the ranks of the Metro Meter Maid. Phrase by phrase, rule by rule, I built my own bureaucracy...