tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55859682011-08-09T14:24:39.199-04:00Words Along the Way from a journey of faith, life and youth ministry in the Episcopal Church...EYouthWNYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07826033603475277668noreply@blogger.comBlogger7311100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5585968.post-48270671081393956032010-02-08T15:58:00.003-05:002010-02-08T16:03:42.273-05:00

If you've been checking this blog at all over the last couple years I thank you. With a variety if things coming up I've decided to move this blog to the inactive list in the near future. Here's what will take it's place:For Youth Ministry of the Episcopal Diocese of WNY go to: eyouthwny.blogspot.com HEREFor the blog of Jay Phillippi go HEREThe shift over has already begun on my blog, the

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I will confess to being a total agnostic on the question. I love them both.

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This is an ongoing, occasional series of comments on things I don't understand. It's just me thinking aloud, not passing judgement. I encourage people to help me understand.This one comes as a complete surprise to all of you who know me. I don't get the whole idea of fashion. Of being in fashion, of being fashionable, of the importance of fashion.It's that very quality of "now" that bothers

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Two videos showing a much better and more theologically sound response to the tragedy in Haiti. The first is by Frank Logue a contributor at AskthePriest.orgAnd the second from our own Presiding Bishop of The Episcopal Church:Episcopal Relief and Development (ERD) is one of the best things about our denomination. If you would like more information or to contribute go to their website -

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Following the devastation of Haiti this week two outspoken idiots aired their intellectual deficiencies for the world to see. Rush Limbaugh decided that political game playing was more important than human suffering and Pat Robertson decided to twist not only theology but history in order to make sure that he could assign blame for the suffering of the nation.So let me make one thing perfectly

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My name is Jay Phillippi and I've spent my life in and around the media. TV, Radio, the movies and more. I love 'em and I hate em' and I always have an opinion. Call this the view from the PhlipsideMost parents complain that their kid spend too much time on social media like Facebook or MySpace or Twitter or whatever. And students wish Mom and Dad would get off their backs and leave them alone.

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My name is Jay Phillippi and I've spent my life in and around the media. TV, Radio, the movies and more. I love 'em and I hate em' and I always have an opinion. Call this the view from the PhlipsideI don't normally do this. I was raised to believe that it was rude and not something that nice people did. It's called gloating and I really, really try to avoid it whenever possible. But I just

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My name is Jay Phillippi and I've spent my life in and around the media. TV, Radio, the movies and more. I love 'em and I hate em' and I always have an opinion. Call this the view from the PhlipsideWell I went and saw the movie. I tried to be as open minded about it as possible and I must admit that some of it was better, even much better than I expected. That's right I saw Avatar and I saw it

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Great story by NPR on the update Anglican blessing of the tools of the work force. Seems the Rev. Canon David Parrott offered a prayer at a service in London:"...a modern take on a prayer for laborers that dates to medieval times then: plows and hammers. Now: smart phones and laptops. The blessing: "May our tongues be gentle, our e-mails be simple and our Web sites be accessible."Amen and

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These are the scripts from my weekly media commentary program on WRFA-LP JamestownMy name is Jay Phillippi and I've spent my life in and around the media. TV, Radio, the movies and more. I love 'em and I hate em' and I always have an opinion. Call this the view from the PhlipsideWhat would happen to a major media award if it lost the support of the industry that it supposedly served? What would

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My friend Bronwyn, who is the Youth Officer for The Episcopal Church, has a blog dedicated to youth ministry in our denomination. She asked me to share the 52 reviews in 52 weeks series with the larger church and I agreed. So now the world has to endure an entirely too large photo of my smiling mug on her blog. Worst part is that's what I really look like. I'll let you decide for yourselves

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These are the scripts from my weekly media commentary program on WRFA-LP JamestownMy name is Jay Phillippi and I've spent my life in and around the media. TV, Radio, the movies and more. I love 'em and I hate em' and I always have an opinion. Call this the view from the PhlipsideNow I know I just finished last year by wondering why I spent so much time talking about Twitter, the micro-blogging

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These are the scripts from my weekly media commentary program on WRFA-LP JamestownMy name is Jay Phillippi and I've spent my life in and around the media. TV, Radio, the movies and more. I love 'em and I hate em' and I always have an opinion. Call this the view from the PhlipsideThe start of a new year and that means a whole new year of movies to see! So let's take a look at some of what's

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This is an ongoing, occasional series of comments on things I don't understand. It's just me thinking aloud, not passing judgement. I encourage people to help me understand.This may get some of my favorite people a little riled. I know a LOT of people who have tattoos. Every time I see someone getting one I ask the same question. "Why?"I don't mean the question in any judgemental or

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So the new year is here and 2009 has been firmly and finally to rest. A few thoughts on the year that was in my life and the year to come.I see a lot of folks talking about how terrible '09 was and I understand. At the same time this has been a wonderful and memorable year for me. We had some financial challenges even though we didn't lose our jobs (Thank you Lord). I wondered if my job would

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These are the scripts from my weekly media commentary program on WRFA-LP JamestownMy name is Jay Phillippi and I've spent my life in and around the media. TV, Radio, the movies and more. I love 'em and I hate em' and I always have an opinion. Call this the view from the PhlipsideI'm closing out the 2009 series of A View From the Phlipside by taking a look back at what we've been talking about

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(This is part of a year long series of resource reviews I've been doing. 52 resources in 52 weeks. You can see all the reviews in one place here)Videos That Teach, TV Shows That Teach, Toons That Teach A series of books to help use video clips in your youth ministry.OVERALL - Three resources that all offer the same help. How to find and use video/TV clips in your ministry as ways to approach

EYouthWNYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07826033603475277668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5585968.post-58159825354081927932009-12-31T08:46:00.000-05:002009-12-31T08:46:00.738-05:00

These are the scripts from my weekly media commentary program on WRFA-LP JamestownMy name is Jay Phillippi and I've spent my life in and around the media. TV, Radio, the movies and more. I love 'em and I hate em' and I always have an opinion. Call this the view from the PhlipsideYear in Review time this week on the Phlipside. I try not to note the passing of every single figure in the media but

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These are the scripts from my weekly media commentary program on WRFA-LP JamestownMy name is Jay Phillippi and I've spent my life in and around the media. TV, Radio, the movies and more. I love 'em and I hate em' and I always have an opinion. Call this the view from the PhlipsideI thought I'd take a moment here at the end of the year to look back at what we've been talking about so far this year.

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These are the scripts from my weekly media commentary program on WRFA-LP JamestownMy name is Jay Phillippi and I've spent my life in and around the media. TV, Radio, the movies and more. I love 'em and I hate em' and I always have an opinion. Call this the view from the PhlipsideOne of the interesting points about the end of an old year and the beginning of a new one is the chance to look back

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These are the scripts from my weekly media commentary program on WRFA-LP JamestownMy name is Jay Phillippi and I've spent my life in and around the media. TV, Radio, the movies and more. I love 'em and I hate em' and I always have an opinion. Call this the view from the PhlipsideSo here's the question of the day: Is the Tiger Woods marital problem the biggest media story of the year? Is it the

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These are the scripts from my weekly media commentary program on WRFA-LP JamestownMy name is Jay Phillippi and I've spent my life in and around the media. TV, Radio, the movies and more. I love 'em and I hate em' and I always have an opinion. Call this the view from the PhlipsideNext year's Super Bowl is going to have one rather historic moment. Or more precisely it's going to have an historic

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(This is part of a year long series of resource reviews I've been doing. 52 resources in 52 weeks. You can see all the reviews in one place here)Youth Ministry Geek A blog about youth ministry and technology.OVERALL - A great blog for youth ministers with a bit of the geek in them (or who wish they had a bit more geek in them). Technology that is useful and helpful as we work with our young

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These are the scripts from my weekly media commentary program on WRFA-LP JamestownMy name is Jay Phillippi and I've spent my life in and around the media. TV, Radio, the movies and more. I love 'em and I hate em' and I always have an opinion. Call this the view from the PhlipsideI've been ignoring the great Verizon/AT&T battle over the last couple months. Quite simply it all seemed pretty dull

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These are the scripts from my weekly media commentary program on WRFA-LP JamestownMy name is Jay Phillippi and I've spent my life in and around the media. TV, Radio, the movies and more. I love 'em and I hate em' and I always have an opinion. Call this the view from the PhlipsideThis may be the worst idea to come down the media pipeline in a very long time. Or it may just be the idea in the

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These are the scripts from my weekly media commentary program on WRFA-LP JamestownMy name is Jay Phillippi and I've spent my life in and around the media. TV, Radio, the movies and more. I love 'em and I hate em' and I always have an opinion. Call this the view from the PhlipsideOver the years I've watched a LOT of movies. A couple handfuls of really great ones, dozens and dozens or outstanding

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(This is part of a year long series of resource reviews I've been doing. 52 resources in 52 weeks. You can see all the reviews in one place here)Gives Me Hope (.com) A website to brighten the day of you and your youthOVERALL - A collection of submitted true stories designed to share some hope in all our lives.WHAT'S IT ABOUT? I'm a regular reader of a variety of similar sites like FML (F*ck My

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These are the scripts from my weekly media commentary program on WRFA-LP JamestownMy name is Jay Phillippi and I've spent my life in and around the media. TV, Radio, the movies and more. I love 'em and I hate em' and I always have an opinion. Call this the view from the PhlipsideOne of the recurring pieces of advice for folks who try to see into the future is to remember that people insist on

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These are the scripts from my weekly media commentary program on WRFA-LP JamestownMy name is Jay Phillippi and I've spent my life in and around the media. TV, Radio, the movies and more. I love 'em and I hate em' and I always have an opinion. Call this the view from the PhlipsideLet's see, this story does in fact involve two different modern communication media. And it is about how and when and

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These are the scripts from my weekly media commentary program on WRFA-LP JamestownMy name is Jay Phillippi and I've spent my life in and around the media. TV, Radio, the movies and more. I love 'em and I hate em' and I always have an opinion. Call this the view from the PhlipsideI will admit that I have a soft spot for the traditional Christmas movie slate. In fact, just to make sure that I can

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(This is part of a year long series of resource reviews I've been doing. 52 resources in 52 weeks. You can see all the reviews in one place here)Snopes.com and Purportal.com - Two sites to check on Urban Legends and other online nonsense.OVERALL - Our youth spend truly amazing amounts of time on the internet and can be naive about the information that they find there. Urban Legends have an

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I did something that I knew I shouldn't do.I hoped.Oh hell, I did more than hope. I started to dream, to even plan just a tiny little bit.It all came crashing down in a single page letter on Friday.Sabbaticals are new things to me and like most new things it is both exciting and frightening. I struggled with what to do. Suddenly a perfect answer seemed to present itself. A chance to study

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These are the scripts from my weekly media commentary program on WRFA-LP JamestownMy name is Jay Phillippi and I've spent my life in and around the media. TV, Radio, the movies and more. I love 'em and I hate em' and I always have an opinion. Call this the view from the PhlipsideOh am I in trouble now. It's not as if my iPhone doesn't tempt me with a hundred thousand apps to waste my time and

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Just realized that while there have lots of posts here there hasn't been much from me personally. Part of that has just been the business of the last several weeks:Happening #25 - a great spiritual retreat weekend for teens led by a great group of young people. I actually was NOT quite as wiped out as I often am by these (these kinds of retreats don't work well with my Myers-Briggs Introvert

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These are the scripts from my weekly media commentary program on WRFA-LP JamestownMy name is Jay Phillippi and I've spent my life in and around the media. TV, Radio, the movies and more. I love 'em and I hate em' and I always have an opinion. Call this the view from the PhlipsideIt's probably one of the newest concerns for parent right now about our kids. Beyond their grades and drugs and sex

EYouthWNYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07826033603475277668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5585968.post-20073724136121959162009-12-02T09:44:00.000-05:002009-12-02T09:44:00.468-05:00

These are the scripts from my weekly media commentary program on WRFA-LP JamestownMy name is Jay Phillippi and I've spent my life in and around the media. TV, Radio, the movies and more. I love 'em and I hate em' and I always have an opinion. Call this the view from the PhlipsideWell it's finally done. The National Novel Writing Month has come to an end. So has my experiment in trying to write

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(This is part of a year long series of resource reviews I've been doing. 52 resources in 52 weeks. You can see all the reviews in one place here)The Episcopal Church Welcomes You Home website of The Episcopal Church(TEC).OVERALL - I've been holding off on doing this review because I'd been told that a new version of the web page was coming. Well they've missed two dates for completion so far.

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These are the scripts from my weekly media commentary program on WRFA-LP JamestownMy name is Jay Phillippi and I've spent my life in and around the media. TV, Radio, the movies and more. I love 'em and I hate em' and I always have an opinion. Call this the view from the PhlipsideHere I was all ready to leap into one of the great disputes of our age. Guaranteed to rally the cry of protest

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These are the scripts from my weekly media commentary program on WRFA-LP Jamestown(I have to admit that this is the script of the show I was SUPPOSED to record. But my daughter Rachel was with me and so we decided to ad lib a program about NaNoWriMo instead. It went very well. We did it in one take, what you hear is everything that happened, no editting. And we hit the time right on the nose

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These are the scripts from my weekly media commentary program on WRFA-LP JamestownMy name is Jay Phillippi and I've spent my life in and around the media. TV, Radio, the movies and more. I love 'em and I hate em' and I always have an opinion. Call this the view from the PhlipsideApparently I'm a bad person. I never realized it, it just happened one day. After that day I must have been pretty

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(This is part of a year long series of resource reviews I've been doing. 52 resources in 52 weeks. You can see all the reviews in one place here)Free Serif Software - High quality free software for desktop publishing, drawing, photos and moreOVERALL - A chance to download top quality software for no cost. Serif Software is based in England and makes the previous generation of their software

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These are the scripts from my weekly media commentary program on WRFA-LP JamestownMy name is Jay Phillippi and I've spent my life in and around the media. TV, Radio, the movies and more. I love 'em and I hate em' and I always have an opinion. Call this the view from the PhlipsideSometimes you come across a story that just makes you smile. A story that you realize you've been waiting for, hoping

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This pretty much covers most of what makes me a geek. I love it!I don't know if it will work here but on the home page for XKCD if you hover your cursor over the comic you get a pop up window that reads : "Moments later, the White Witch rolls up and, confused, tries to tempt the probe with a firmware upgrade"Which just makes the whole thing that much better.Yes, I'm a geek.Peace

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These are the scripts from my weekly media commentary program on WRFA-LP JamestownMy name is Jay Phillippi and I've spent my life in and around the media. TV, Radio, the movies and more. I love 'em and I hate em' and I always have an opinion. Call this the view from the PhlipsideAbout 18 months ago a lot of the media talking head world of which I'm a part climbed up on our soap boxes to make

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These are the scripts from my weekly media commentary program on WRFA-LP JamestownMy name is Jay Phillippi and I've spent my life in and around the media. TV, Radio, the movies and more. I love 'em and I hate em' and I always have an opinion. Call this the view from the PhlipsideWeek two from the NaNoWriMo experiment here on the Phlipside. NaNoWriMo is the National Novel Writing Month and your

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(This is part of a year long series of resource reviews I've been doing. 52 resources in 52 weeks. You can see all the reviews in one place here)Taize Home website of The Taize community in France. (My apologies for not giving the final "e" in their name but I can't figure out how to do it in the software) OVERALL - Taize is an international, ecumenical community founded in France in 1940 by a

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These are the scripts from my weekly media commentary program on WRFA-LP JamestownMy name is Jay Phillippi and I've spent my life in and around the media. TV, Radio, the movies and more. I love 'em and I hate em' and I always have an opinion. Call this the view from the PhlipsideIt's not easy being NBC these days. The peacock network finds itself in a position that few companies, let alone media

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These are the scripts from my weekly media commentary program on WRFA-LP JamestownMy name is Jay Phillippi and I've spent my life in and around the media. TV, Radio, the movies and more. I love 'em and I hate em' and I always have an opinion. Call this the view from the PhlipsideIf you believe that there is a higher power in control of the cosmos sometimes you have to wonder at their sense of

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A moment to catch up. It's been pretty hectic and to be honest a couple projects are really weighing me down. They don't really play to my strengths so I'm especially aware that I'm under performing. All I can say is I've done what I can and if it falls down, it falls down. I don't have the time or the energy for intense worry.Let's see, what else is going on? Volleyball team continues to be

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These are the scripts from my weekly media commentary program on WRFA-LP JamestownMy name is Jay Phillippi and I've spent my life in and around the media. TV, Radio, the movies and more. I love 'em and I hate em' and I always have an opinion. Call this the view from the PhlipsideIt's week number two of the NaNoWriMo experiment here at the Phlipside. In case you missed it I have been bullied into

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A fun little quick video done by a group of the Provincial Youth Ministry Coordinators this fall. The second person to speak (tall guy with glasses) will be the next bishop of Minnesota. Really! They elected him and everything! Enjoy.

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(This is part of a year long series of resource reviews I've been doing. 52 resources in 52 weeks. You can see all the reviews in one place here)OVERALL - Workshop Rotation Sunday School website and resource center for a complete (and completely customizable) Sunday School curriculum.WHAT'S IT ABOUT? Rotation workshop got its start in the Chicago area around 1990. The idea was to try and

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Children are a heritage from the Lord. I love it when I get a really good piece of Scripture when I come for a visit like this. I like the translation in the Message version of the Bible as well:Don't you see that children are God's best gift? Oh, how blessed are you parents, with your quivers full of children! Oh Blessed are you congregations that have children for you will blessed again and

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These are the scripts from my weekly media commentary program on WRFA-LP JamestownMy name is Jay Phillippi and I've spent my life in and around the media. TV, Radio, the movies and more. I love 'em and I hate em' and I always have an opinion. Call this the view from the PhlipsideIf you've listened to this program for more than a few months you know about my media man crush on the show "The

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Shaun Mayfield does a LOT of things. One of them is write the blog - "an introspective view of life and the meaning of it" which is a regular on my blog feed. His latest post is the perfect example of why : "Carpe Diem - What Does Your Life Mean?" In it he gives four straight forward ideas on how to live your life, not somebody else's. While there is no mention of God anywhere in the post (

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These are the scripts from my weekly media commentary program on WRFA-LP JamestownMy name is Jay Phillippi and I've spent my life in and around the media. TV, Radio, the movies and more. I love 'em and I hate em' and I always have an opinion. Call this the view from the PhlipsideThere are days when I am truly puzzled by the thinking of my fellow human beings. Days when I look at some of the rest

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These are the scripts from my weekly media commentary program on WRFA-LP JamestownMy name is Jay Phillippi and I've spent my life in and around the media. TV, Radio, the movies and more. I love 'em and I hate em' and I always have an opinion. Call this the view from the Phlipside(Sunday) I began an interesting experiment that actually involves me working in media. I'm interested to see how it

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(This is part of a year long series of resource reviews I've been doing. 52 resources in 52 weeks. You can see all the reviews in one place here)OVERALL - "getting students to show up - Practical Ideas for Any Outreach event - from 10 to 10,000" by Jonathan McKee, 190 pages, 2007 Zondervan WHAT'S IT ABOUT? Looking for a direct education on creating outreach events for young people? Jonathan

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These are the scripts from my weekly media commentary program on WRFA-LP JamestownMy name is Jay Phillippi and I've spent my life in and around the media. TV, Radio, the movies and more. I love 'em and I hate em' and I always have an opinion. Call this the view from the PhlipsideTime to note the passing of another media icon. To me he was always one of the more perplexing stars but a star he was

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These are the scripts from my weekly media commentary program on WRFA-LP JamestownMy name is Jay Phillippi and I've spent my life in and around the media. TV, Radio, the movies and more. I love 'em and I hate em' and I always have an opinion. Call this the view from the PhlipsideOne of the saddest commentaries on the human condition is our inability to just get along. There is a deeply rooted

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These are the scripts from my weekly media commentary program on WRFA-LP JamestownMy name is Jay Phillippi and I've spent my life in and around the media. TV, Radio, the movies and more. I love 'em and I hate em' and I always have an opinion. Call this the view from the PhlipsideGiven my media commentary gig here and my work with young people in real life it would seem inevitable that I would

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Haven't seen any movies recently, very depressing.But I've been reading a lot.I forgot this one last time I checked in:"Bad News" by Donald Westlake. I stumbled on Westlake while I was still in high school and fell in love with his funny, dark stories of crime in New York. John Dortmunder is a classic Westlake character both an utter mediocrity at crime and a criminal genius all at the same

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(This is part of a year long series of resource reviews I've been doing. 52 resources in 52 weeks. You can see all the reviews in one place here)OVERALL - The Youth Ministry Survival Guide by Len Kageler, 198 pages, 2008 Zondervan - How to thrive and last for the long haul.WHAT'S IT ABOUT? This is another in-depth look at what it means to be a youth minister, the good, the bad and the

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These are the scripts from my weekly media commentary program on WRFA-LP JamestownMy name is Jay Phillippi and I've spent my life in and around the media. TV, Radio, the movies and more. I love 'em and I hate em' and I always have an opinion. Call this the view from the PhlipsideYou really have to wonder some days if anyone is paying any attention. Not to this program, I'm happy to note that I

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These are the scripts from my weekly media commentary program on WRFA-LP JamestownMy name is Jay Phillippi and I've spent my life in and around the media. TV, Radio, the movies and more. I love 'em and I hate em' and I always have an opinion. Call this the view from the PhlipsideThe folks over at Google have lots of things going on right. Of course that seem to be par for the course for them,

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These are the scripts from my weekly media commentary program on WRFA-LP JamestownMy name is Jay Phillippi and I've spent my life in and around the media. TV, Radio, the movies and more. I love 'em and I hate em' and I always have an opinion. Call this the view from the PhlipsideOne of my favorite TV shows has provided me with a bit of a conundrum. I'm trying to figure out why I'm still watching

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This week was a bit better than last at volleyball. The result was the same 0-3, 0-3 but it felt very different.Last week we played against a team that wanted to play SERIOUS volleyball. Now you should know that this is a YMCA Adult Co-Ed Recreational league. It used to puzzle me why SERIOUS players would play in a Rec league. It took me a couple years to figure it out. Simply put they're

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Love this video! Who are we? Yeah, that's us.Peace

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This I think is the very definition of the phrase "Speaking Truth to Power". It's also a powerful example of the role young people can have as leaders. This speech is from 1992 which means that Severn Suzuki is now 29 years old. she has continued her speaking and working for the life of our planet.

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(This is part of a year long series of resource reviews I've been doing. 52 resources in 52 weeks. You can see all the reviews in one place here)OVERALL - Hollywood Jesus.com - An absolutely brilliant combination of pop culture and faith. A site for reviews and thoughtful commentaries.WHAT'S IT ABOUT? Too many of the websites I see that do faith based commentary on popular culture like movies,

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These are the scripts from my weekly media commentary program on WRFA-LP JamestownMy name is Jay Phillippi and I've spent my life in and around the media. TV, Radio, the movies and more. I love 'em and I hate em' and I always have an opinion. Call this the view from the PhlipsideI've talked a lot over the last year or so about the changes in the media, especially for the print media. As a life

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These are the scripts from my weekly media commentary program on WRFA-LP JamestownMy name is Jay Phillippi and I've spent my life in and around the media. TV, Radio, the movies and more. I love 'em and I hate em' and I always have an opinion. Call this the view from the PhlipsideCame across something this past week that thrilled me because it is, as the saying goes, right in my wheelhouse. It's

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These are the scripts from my weekly media commentary program on WRFA-LP JamestownMy name is Jay Phillippi and I've spent my life in and around the media. TV, Radio, the movies and more. I love 'em and I hate em' and I always have an opinion. Call this the view from the PhlipsideI like to joke with cashiers, usually when the computerized check out machinery is acting up, that all this new

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Outside of pictures of my family and friends this is my favorite picture of all time. My boyhood hero, Bill Mazeroski, bringing home a world championship to the 'Burgh. And it was against the hated Yankees. Want to really annoy a Yankee fan? Ask them how is it possible to score more runs than the other team by a significant margin(55-27),out hit them (91-60), out homer them(10-4), hit for a

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(This is part of a year long series of resource reviews I've been doing. 52 resources in 52 weeks. You can see all the reviews in one place here)OVERALL - When Church Kids Go Bad by Les Christie, 201 pages, 2008 Zondervan - A look at the issue of discipline and a look at what discipline really means in the world of youth ministry.WHAT'S IT ABOUT? It's probably wise that Christie never uses the

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These are the scripts from my weekly media commentary program on WRFA-LP JamestownMy name is Jay Phillippi and I've spent my life in and around the media. TV, Radio, the movies and more. I love 'em and I hate em' and I always have an opinion. Call this the view from the Phlipside.I thought I'd take a moment to catch up on a few subjects we've touched on over the last several months. Just to see

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Amazing and true. Made the hair stand up on my head. For all the young people whose parents have been less than perfect. And for all the parents, as a reminder of who we are called to be. Knock, knock.Peace

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Call me a naive.Call me a wild eyed optimist.Tell me that I've lost my mind, my common sense and any sense of proportion.I don't care.This picture by Dejan Kovacevic of the Pittsburgh Post Gazette perfectly expresses my feelings about my beloved Pirates. (If you're a Pirates fan you should be reading Dejan. Good writer, loves the 'Burgh and is a straight shooter about the ball club)Yeah the

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Just a little catch up on what I'm doing in my spare time:Books"A Death in Vienna" by Daniel Silva. Was just looking for something sort of Dan Brown-ish while I wait for a copy of his new book to pop up at the library. Silva has a recurring character who is part art restorer and part Israeli spy. The story revolves around the Holocaust denial movement. It was a fast, fun read (much like Brown

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(This is part of a year long series of resource reviews I've been doing. 52 resources in 52 weeks. You can see all the reviews in one place here)OVERALL - Word Spy and The Slang Dictionary - A two-fer this week because they're so closely alike. If you've ever felt like there's a whole different language out there that you don't speak (or if your youth are talking about something and you're not

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These are the scripts from my weekly media commentary program on WRFA-LP JamestownMy name is Jay Phillippi and I've spent my life in and around the media. TV, Radio, the movies and more. I love 'em and I hate em' and I always have an opinion. Call this the view from the PhlipsideTime to take a moment to look back at the old days of the media. It's easy to overlook the groundbreaking ideas that

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This has been an issue for virtually my entire life. And I'm tired of it.A quick review - in 1963 the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on the subject of school prayer in Abington Township School District v. Schempp . This was actually the SECOND case dealing with the issue (the first was Engel v. Vitale). Schempp very clearly states that teachers and administrators can neither promote nor disparage

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These are the scripts from my weekly media commentary program on WRFA-LP JamestownMy name is Jay Phillippi and I've spent my life in and around the media. TV, Radio, the movies and more. I love 'em and I hate em' and I always have an opinion. Call this the view from the PhlipsideFor most of my life I have been a member of an oppressed and even reviled group of people in our society. Folks looked

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These are the scripts from my weekly media commentary program on WRFA-LP JamestownMy name is Jay Phillippi and I've spent my life in and around the media. TV, Radio, the movies and more. I love 'em and I hate em' and I always have an opinion. Call this the view from the PhlipsideI approach this time of year, at least this year I do, with a certain amount of trepidation. You see it was just last

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Yes, ladies this is exactly what goes through a lot of guys heads and why many of never seem to get around to saying something. You see for a lot of us you, the female of the species, are a strange and wonderful mystery. We definitely like you and would like to get to know you better but we're also a little intimidated. Jokes aside the teen aged boys ego can be a fragile thing. Being rejected

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From the blog "Real Live Preacher" which I have mentioned before. Gordon writes the following at the end of an amazing post and it just blew me away. Yes, I believe this is some fundamental truth. Too often we give lip service to it without realizing what fully living into it means:Your church might meet in a cathedral that stuns the world with its beauty, but if children do not feel loved

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(This is part of a year long series of resource reviews I've been doing. 52 resources in 52 weeks. You can see all the reviews in one place here)OVERALL - Help - I'm a Frustrated Youth Worker by Steven L. Case, 136 pages, 2009 Zondervan - Steven Case is probably best known as the author of the Book of UnCommon Prayer which he acknowledges was inspired by our own BCP. This is a resource for

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RV - starring Robin Williams, Jeff Daniels and Kristen Chenoweth.Ok, so this is not the worst movie I've ever seen. In fact it's not even in the running for the bottom 10 worst movies of my life.But it's not good.I have a weakness for Robin Williams. I think he's brilliant and a pretty fair straight actor (as great comics often are). But clearly he has the WORST sense for a script of anyone

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These are the scripts from my weekly media commentary program on WRFA-LP JamestownMy name is Jay Phillippi and I've spent my life in and around the media. TV, Radio, the movies and more. I love 'em and I hate em' and I always have an opinion. Call this the view from the PhlipsideColor me still undecided about this whole Twitter thing. Yes I have a Twitter account for this program (@

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Someone said that to me the other day. "Jay, you've had a pretty good year". My first reaction was to disagree. It's been a year, some good, some bad. If I really think about it though it has been a pretty good year.At the start of the year my weight was better but not good enough. And my blood tests reflected that. In just 6 months or so I'd drop another 15+ pounds and put my blood tests

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These are the scripts from my weekly media commentary program on WRFA-LP JamestownMy name is Jay Phillippi and I've spent my life in and around the media. TV, Radio, the movies and more. I love 'em and I hate em' and I always have an opinion. Call this the view from the PhlipsideI like to pick on bad commercials so in the spirit of being fair I'll point out one that I think does a really nice job

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These are the scripts from my weekly media commentary program on WRFA-LP JamestownMy name is Jay Phillippi and I've spent my life in and around the media. TV, Radio, the movies and more. I love 'em and I hate em' and I always have an opinion. Call this the view from the PhlipsideSo let's take a minute to consider the fine art of the public apology. In this day and age doing right means using the

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(This is part of a year long series of resource reviews I've been doing. 52 resources in 52 weeks. You can see all the reviews in one place here)OVERALL - Sacred Space - More faith and worship oriented resources. Sacred Space is a work of the Irish Province of the Society of Jesus. It originated in the offices of the Jesuit Communication Centre in Ireland in 1999. Being a ministry of the Irish

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So shoot me - I like kids, this song and yes at least some of the Rocky movies (I, II and the last one at least). PS22 is an elementary school somewhere around the Big Apple apparently. Maybe Staten Island? If I'm wrong some native New Yorker will no doubt correct me while implying that I must be some kind of idiot for not knowing that. I love my brothers and sisters of "The City" but you

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One of the shows fans (Dude, I have fans! So excited) asked if we could spread the scripts out over several days for longer enjoyment. So I figured we could try. One Wednesday, one Thursday and one on Friday.These are the scripts from my weekly media commentary program on WRFA-LP JamestownMy name is Jay Phillippi and I've spent my life in and around the media. TV, Radio, the movies and more. I

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One of the shows fans (Dude, I have fans! So excited) asked if we could spread the scripts out over several days for longer enjoyment. So I figured we could try. One Wednesday, one Thursda and one on Friday.These are the scripts from my weekly media commentary program on WRFA-LP JamestownMy name is Jay Phillippi and I've spent my life in and around the media. TV, Radio, the movies and more. I

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I grew up in a household that played a lot of folk music. In fact while ours was not a family that played a lot of music (till "The Boys" became teens and started playing "our" music) I don't remember much of any other kind of music being played. So being a child of the 60's I heard a lot of Peter, Paul and Mary. And that was just fine with me.Mary Travers is the reason why I have a little bit

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One of the shows fans (Dude, I have fans! So excited) asked if we could spread the scripts out over several days for longer enjoyment. So I figured we could try. One today, one tomorrow and one on Friday.These are the scripts from my weekly media commentary program on WRFA-LP JamestownMy name is Jay Phillippi and I've spent my life in and around the media. TV, Radio, the movies and more. I

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Wow, haven't posted much here other than "bizness" so a catch up post:Did the Loop the Lake ride on my bike. Takes you the whole way around Lake Chautauqua which is about 42 miles. I did it in a new personal best of 3 hours 24 minutes and 50 seconds (riding time, total elapsed time was 3:50). The ride was fine except for about five miles of steady light rain that just drenched me. If I'd

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OVERALL - Youth Culture 101 by Walt Mueller, 480 pages, 2007 Zondervan - This has been sitting on my shelf for a while and I keep meaning to review it. An overview of the world our young people are growing up in from the Center for Parent/Youth Understanding founder and president Walt Mueller.WHAT'S IT ABOUT? The book takes an in-depth look at the major influences on the lives of our youth. It

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