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I’m going to see Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian today!  I will review it when I get back.   I am also going to purchase Dr. Gene Edward Veith’s book, The Soul of Prince Caspian.
Good quote from Dr. Veith’s book:

“We need Christian scholars in every field. Nudging the dominant worldviews in a more biblical direction requires action on a number of different fronts. As (C.S.) Lewis himself said, ‘What we want is not more little books about Christianity, but more little books by Christians on other subjects- with their Christianity latent.’”

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A little bit of unknown history…

Most people don’t know that back in 1912, Hellmann’s mayonnaise was manufactured in England. In fact, the Titanic was carrying 12,000 jars of the condiment scheduled for delivery in Vera Cruz, Mexico, which was to be the next port of call for the great ship after its stop in New York . This would have been the largest single shipment of mayonnaise ever delivered to Mexico. But as we know, the great ship did not make it to New York. The ship hit an iceberg and sank, and the cargo was forever lost. The people of Mexico, who were crazy about mayonnaise, and were eagerly awaiting its delivery, were disconsolate at the loss. Their anguish was so great, that they declared a National Day of Mourning, which they still observe to this day. The National Day of Mourning occurs each year on May 5th and is known, of course, as Sinko De Mayo.

From Ian Punnett via Melissa

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This morning I found a thread on MNSpeak that pointed out a great YouTube video clip of an all-star tribute rendition of While My Guitar Gently Weeps, featuring George’s son, Dhani Harrison, Jeff Lynne, Tom Petty, Prince and others (if you can help me name them, that would be great). Few commenters seem to “get” the historic value of the performance (historic for modern times, at any rate). Prince shines! He provides the highlighted guitar work and seems to be showing Dhani that he can still do one of his signature moves (laying back while playing), albeit with a little assistance (this was a few months before his reported hip surgery, to be fair). Dhanni responds with delight and a big grin. It is eery how Dhani looks just like his father, especially when singing. To me, the star of the performance is Jeff Lynne and he provides the highlighted vocals for the tribute. He’s played this song many times and can sing it like no other. Here he sings with with George, Elton, Ringo, Paul, Phil Collins, Eric Clapton and others in 1987,

The remaining Beatles, with Eric Clapton, performed the song at the Concert for George in 2002. Clapton, in this version, provides both the guitar and vocal highlights, though Jeff Lynne is there to play along. Dhani Harrison, Billy Preston and many others are on stage.
You can download a much better version of the VH1 tribute here. Some people claim this is the better version, but I disagree.

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