Monthly Archives: November 2004

C.S. Lewis on Popular Media

By danieldyl | Published: November 29, 2004
The book or the music in which we thought the beauty was located will betray us if we trust in them; it was not in them, it only came through them, and what came through them was longing. These things–the beauty, the memory of our own past–are good images of what we really desire; but [...]
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Pachyderm Pandemonium

By danieldyl | Published: November 24, 2004
Stone carving of Queen Suriyothai in battle. Kinnaree Restaurant, Fremont, CA. Armored elephants appear in battle in the movie Alexander, which starts today. In last year’s Return of the King, we saw charging oliphants trample men on Pelennor Fields. In the 2001 Thai epic film The Legend of Suriyothai, the Siamese army goes tusk to [...]
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Nintendo DS

By danieldyl | Published: November 23, 2004
My wife just reported that she’s first in line to buy the new Nintendo DS at Walmart. Most stores start selling it tomorrow morning. This 24-hour Walmart has it available at midnight tonight. Woo-hoo! Can’t wait to *ahem* test the unit for my son. I actually published the above entry around 12 midnight on November [...]
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Switchfoot

By danieldyl | Published: November 22, 2004
Maybe redemption has stories to tellMaybe forgiveness is right where you fellWhere can you run to escape from yourself?Where you gonna go?Where you gonna go?Salvation is here Those are lyrics from Dare You to Move by Christian crossover band Switchfoot. The song’s music videos are in heavy rotation on MTV and VH1. I say “music [...]
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Shadowlands

By danieldyl | Published: November 19, 2004
Shadowlands comes highly recommended in this post at Rhesa’s blog. I saw it a few months ago on DVD. The 1993 movie stars Anthony Hopkins as C.S. Lewis, the Oxford don and writer, and Debra Winger as Joy Gresham, an American fan of his whom he weds in a marriage of convenience. He realizes his [...]
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