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U2 and I (Part 1)

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U2 circa. 1991. I have never written an entire blog on U2 before so here goes. I first heard of U2 when I was 13. An older kid in youth group told me about this Christian band that were really big. I bought the War album on vinyl and liked it - especially "40". I started buying more of their music and in high-school I gained a quick reputation as being the "U2" guy. By this time I was collecting a lot of boot-lef albums and buying every magazine or book about this band. Side-note --> In high-school, was also the first time I used U2 songs for class assignements. I used Sunday Bloody Sunday in Grade 10 english - have no memory of what the assignment was. I would again use the Robbie Robertson song featuring U2, "Sweet Fire of Love", for a grade 12 assignment. I have since used U2 songs in my undergrad and graduate schools for assignments, and also in sermons that I have since preached. In grade 10, I remember borrowing 5$ from someone to buy the Rolling

How Twitter Killed My Blogging

I've been on Twitter for awhile now. I have to confess, I really like it - I don't know why, but I like the ability to give a quick snap-shot of what I am up to. And what I have realized is that my blogging has suffered dramatically. I think it is because I feel I don't need to give an extended analysis of stuff, I have given a brief update about earlier. I've been feeling a little ambivalent about this blog lately. When I got into blogging 5 years ago, I felt like I was entering this whole other universes, and that if you were a young emerging type leader you HAD to have a blog, and more importantly your blog needed to be linked up with this whole other network of emergent bloggers - alas my little blog never really scaled such heights. But, the bloom is off the blogging rose for me now, and recently I feel as if my life has gotten a bit busier to keep it up. But then again, I do enjoy opining on all matters from music to faith to coffee, so maybe the blog will live to