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Thank Heaven for Todoist
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Patton Dodd
If Todoist–the staggeringly simple personal productivity tool–isn’t my #1 app of the year, it’s only because Scrivener took my dissertation off life support. (That it’s back on life support now is not Scrivener’s fault; it’s a user error). But Todoist is a godsend. Simple. Elegant. Practical. Motivational. And, incredibly, the work of one programmer. Here’s…
Straight Talk on Gay Marriage
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Patton Dodd
Pun intended. Starting today, two of our bloggers–Tony Jones and Rod Dreher–will begin a debate discussion Beliefnet Blogalogue on same sex marriage. They’ll post on their respective blogs and link back to one another. Here’s what’s unique about this discussion, and why you should tune in: First, we did a lot of thinking internally about how…
Roger Ebert, speechless and chatty
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Patton Dodd
My undergraduate literary theory professor warped my brain, for better and worse. One item in the Worse category: He ruined my love of Roger Ebert. One dumb morning, Professor Grumpy (not his real name) worked up a full head of steam while berating “evaluative criticism” as a blight on society, and excoriated Roger Ebert for…
7 Delightful Things
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Patton Dodd
For a variety of reasons, it’s been a distressing week. And it’s only Wednesday. And I didn’t sleep last night. Times like these, nothing to do but think about delightful things. Here are 7: 1. The new Life photo archive. 2. The Marshall McLuhan scene in Annie Hall. 3. Valerie’s gratefulness updates. 4. Max Fischer’s…
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