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Canned Dragons

Canned Dragons is a weblog about faith, noise and technology, written by Robert Rackley.

"For the memory can both provoke the dragon and the memory can also subdue him."

~ St. John Chrysostom

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The Mouse House Redux

Changes to Disney World have me rethinking making any future plans to visit the park.

A still of Mickey Mouse piloting a steamboat from the animated movie Steamboat Willie.

A Different Perspective

Another account of Len Riggio, the longtime head of Barnes & Noble.

A Different Perspective

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The Man Who Would Be King

One of my all-time favorite films is John Huston’s The Man Who Would Be King. I was first introduced to the movie adaptation of the Rudyard Kipling short story from 1888 by my English teacher in my senior year of high school. Kipling’s novel encapsulates some of the

The Man Who Would Be King

Post Dreams

Not too long ago, I posted about a shoegaze cover of a music charts staple from decades ago and, well, I was sorely tempted to do it again.  I came across a YouTube channel for a service called Musora which bills itself as “the ultimate music lessons experience.” Musora offers

Post Dreams

Non-standard Sunflower

The election is, whether mercifully or unmercifully, in the rearview mirror. Like some others, I want to turn my attention away from the day’s news, so closely coupled as it is with political events. Before I read about Kid Rock being appointed ambassador to the U.N., I mean