I have been a fan of Bright Eyes, and of their lead singer/songwriter Conor Oberst, for a little over a decade. Despite his being a bit off his game when I saw the band live (drunk), and despite his not having the best voice out there (understatement), his powers with a pen are admirable to […]
Category: Culture
Podcast #10: Free Whiskey, Bad Teachers, and Sex Education
In this edition of Drunk Ex-Pastors, Jason and Christian enjoy their first taste of sponsorship, and love it. (Probably because it tastes like Whiskey.) Christian recounts how his family’s recent vacation to Hawaii caused some problems for his daughter at school which opens up a discussion about education in general and how to keep their […]
Podcast #4
Episode 4 of Drunk Ex-Pastors is now available to download and stream. In this edition of the podcast (which is perhaps the most entertaining and least substantive one yet), Christian and I kick things off with a shot of 100 proof Southern Comfort, and then ramble semi-coherently about everything from the volume of Christian’s vomiting to […]
Slave Prices Reach New Lows
Often, stores I shop in offer me “credit,” or more accurately, “debt.” If I’m simply willing to go into a little bit of debt, I can get 10% off my order! Sometimes, just a, “No, thank you,” will end the conversation, but often the decline is followed up with, “No? You don’t want to save […]
Podcast #2
Our second podcast is now available for download. In this episode, Christian and I discuss the shooting of Michael Brown, the unarmed black teen who was shot in the back and head by a white police in Ferguson, MO, last week; we explore the issue of whether people on the right are more ideologically driven […]
Farewell, Robin Williams (and Whatchoo Talkin’ ‘Bout, Willis?)
Like all of you I’m sure, I was saddened to hear about the death of Robin Williams, who committed suicide on Monday (he had battled drug addiction in the past and alcoholism and depression very recently). As I remarked several months ago at the passing of Philip Seymour Hoffman, it is always heartbreaking when someone […]