Monday, December 30, 2002

The reason I haven't posted much this last week is that I have been playing with Legos, reading my new book The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, playing the latest version of Grand Theft Auto (My brother got it for Christmas.  It is sick and boring but I still have to take part in this cultural phenomenon of ultra violent video games).. Driving home after playing several hours of Grand Theft Auto the game instincts remained in me.  Why not peel around corners, and pass slow cars using the sidewalk while running over pedestrians?  You kind of have to remember that you are not in the game.  In fact, when I saw a cop in real life, I felt this wave of fear and remorse for all the virtual bad stuff I had been doing all night and thought he was going to chase me down.  Just like the dream in which you commit all kinds of heinous crimes and wake up and think for a while you have really done them all and ruined your life, Grand Theft Auto leaves an impression. 1:09:43 PM    comment []

First Person: Speaking of Faith on Minnesota Public Radio. They got a grant to go to a weekly show. Perfect show for public radio to do. Lots of unexplored terrain. The show led my wife to the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd program. I have heard several gripping shows. The best endorsement of the show is the reaction it has provoked amongst the secular humanists on the MPR web fora. What a bunch of knee-jerk idiots. Anyway, the grant includes hiring a web producer. What would a web producer do for a weekly radio show? I imagine posting the recording and transcript of the show and moderating the forum. Providing links, hosting question and answer sessions with some of the guests of the show. But what do you do with the other four days of the week? Editing the email newsletter, I guess. I am looking forward to this show coming on every week. 12:40:44 PM    comment []