Marcus Burke

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Name: Marcus Burke
Date registered: May 30, 2009
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Latest posts

  1. Eleven Things I’ve Learned in My Life — June 10, 2009
  2. The Star Trek Prophecy — May 30, 2009

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Jun
10

Eleven Things I’ve Learned in My Life

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For those that send out those sappy Regina Brett style, life-affirming, Jesus-loving, emails which are full of the “wisest things they’ve learned in life,” most of which aren’t very accurate but sound warm and gooey, like: “It’s OK to get angry with God. He can take it,” here are some of the things I’ve learned …

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May
30

The Star Trek Prophecy

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The most obvious appeal of Star Trek lies in its anticipation of human technological advancement and in its ability to entertain the dream that along with phasers and transporter beams, we may eventually acquire the secrets of our universe. And yet the real seductiveness of Star Trek is tied up not with technology, but with …

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