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Canned Dragons

Canned Dragons is a weblog about faith, noise and technology, written by Robert Rackley.

"For the memory can both provoke the dragon and the memory can also subdue him."

~ St. John Chrysostom

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The Mouse House Redux

Changes to Disney World have me rethinking making any future plans to visit the park.

A still of Mickey Mouse piloting a steamboat from the animated movie Steamboat Willie.
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A Different Perspective

Another account of Len Riggio, the longtime head of Barnes & Noble.

A Different Perspective

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Selling It

Though I’ve been experimenting with different blogging platforms lately (even some of the infernal static site generators), I think I’ve pretty much settled on using Ghost. Not that I’m blogging much lately, mostly due to the lack of mental capacity after I’ve done all the knowledge

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Manning Fireworks

There has been a flood of positive press about MJ Lenderman the last couple of years. The buzz has only gotten louder since the release of his most recent album, Manning Fireworks. I got to see Lenderman perform Manning Fireworks, in full, on the day that it released in September.

Manning Fireworks
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The Christian Dissonance

I’ve known for a long time how Donald Trump’s hateful rhetoric can affect people. One of the first incidences of the impact of his speech was when, at the beginning of his last successful presidential campaign, two men beat a homeless Mexican man they thought was an immigrant