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...mystified by the ability of liberal Christians to unself-consciously redefine Christianity at will. Sullivan asked how we can know what an "ultimately unknowable" God wants of us. Well, we know that through Scripture, and that is what ultimately defines Christianity. Sullivan is free to hold whatever beliefs he likes, but he shouldn't call himself a Christian unless he believes the tenets that define Christianity in the first place...
...handy, illustrated list of who should go up against the wall. My Super Sweet 16 had its third-season premiere last week, building up to the broadcast with a drumroll of conspicuous consumption: four two-hour blocks of episodes drawn from the show's previous seasons. To witness such unself-conscious acquisitiveness in one sitting is like eating an entire normal-kid birthday-party sheet cake, wax decorative candles and all. There's the same queasy sense of monochromatic excess because all the shows are alike, from the fake panic that the party may not happen to the scary-sexy...
...that are said in a forceful way as if to pretend they actually do, and sometimes peppered with decidedly modern expressions for the 17th century (such as, “fuck you!”). No one’s inner-motivations are explored in a satisfactory or unself-conscious way. Women seem to have no inner motivations at all, except a heart-felt desire to be long-suffering or mercenary and spunky. This is Laurence Dunmore’s first directorial effort, and he seems obsessed with showing how dirty the seventeenth century was, which I guess...
...pleasant kind of humming. Happy, unself-conscious, slightly flighty and more than a little girly. It comes out whenever I halt the conversation to scribble in my notebook to catch up. And when I run out of the restaurant to feed the parking meter, she grabs the pad and writes, "Note to self: buy Felicity presents." She giggles and touches my arm and asks me lots of questions about myself. If all that weren't femme enough, she refers to herself by her nickname, Flicka; points out her favorite knitting store across the street; and admits that the night before...
...Chast: ''Mad About'' CD Covers Making a pointedly unself-serious attempt to attract new buyers, the classical-record label Deutsche Grammophon commissioned fey, funny cartoonist Chast to paint the covers for their Mad About series of reissues. The result: a charming new brand -- and a possible explanation of why CDs are exactly the size of cartoons...