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A Digital Aid to Confession
Need help knowing what your sins are, or when to confess them? There’s an app for that. Inspired by the pope’s 2010 World Communications Address,
Old Rivals Clash in XLV
As Super Bowl XLV steamrolled along, the hard-fought battle on TV’s biggest stage seemed to grow in intensity. With so much at stake, each competitor
Oh, Yeah, There Was a Game, Too
Game? There was a game? Yeah, there was a game of some sort yesterday, one in which the Green Bay Packers scored 31 runs on
Movie Monday: The Roommate
Is it time for Hollywood to begin biting their collective, metaphorical nails? D-grade horror film The Roommate snagged box office honors this week with $15.6
Getting Snowed
Like much of the United States, Colorado has been in the grip of some extreme winter weather this week. While we dodged the heavy snow
Another Gloriously Royal Dimension
You’ve stocked your cabinets full of commemorative T-shirts, comic books, jewelry boxes and even a monogrammed servant’s bell, but you haven’t got your wedding invites
Did It Happen That Way? (And Does It Matter?)
According to most Oscar prognosticators, this year’s race to the Academy Awards Best Picture statuette may be a two-horse affair between The King’s Speech and
Skins: A Cultural Rorschach Test
Every now and then something comes along in the entertainment world that serves as an impromptu cultural Rorschach test of sorts. One person looks at
Movie Monday: The Rite
The faith-inflected frightfest The Rite scared up $15 million to claim No. 1 at the box office this weekend. It proved Anthony Hopkins, at the
A Week Without TV
The last week has been an interesting one for my family. Why? Because we shut off the TV completely. And it’s been fascinating to observe
About Us
Good media discernment is about guarding our eyes and hearts before we watch or listen. And it’s also about grappling with the entertainment we do see or hear. That’s why the Plugged In Blog is devoted to guarding, discussing and grappling. About Plugged In >>