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Nike Human Race Worldwide 10K. Photo by Eric Uhlir As we close out 2008, we're taking a moment to briefly revisit some of the articles that we published on Austinist this year. Whether poignant, sad, hilarious, or downright ludicrous, many of these stories probably affected your lives to some extent. Certainly, at the very least, they provided their own commentary on Austin's ongoing ...
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←[100] first impressions on Mariaholic In the first part, ghostlightning and I talk about Kannagi. In the second, superfani talks about art in general. Essentially, the conclusion we came to was that the religious metaphorical elements are played out in such that they themselves constitute a subplot. This is how Nagi searches for idolatry. As in the second episode of Natsume Yuujin-chou, the god shrinks in relation to the faith he receives. A god with lots of faith is large, one with littl
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† View Comments As you may have gleamed, I recently gave my bedroom a Gothic Lolita / Visual Kei makeover. How long did it take? A few hours. The cost? Nil. Here's how I did it. My closet contains a lot of skeletons, so the door is appropriately dedicated to the J-Goth nightlife. While in Tokyo last fall, I picked up party flyers from alternative clothing
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by Chris Estey Here is a list of ideal yet uncommon music-related books that came out in the past twelve months. These are in no particular order, as they all are fairly diverse in content and intention. Best Music Writing 2008: Nelson George Guest Editor, Daphne Carr, Series Editor It isn’t just the title of this annual (duh) series that makes it spring to mind as one of the better values in tomes about tunes. Carr must spend the entire year in a state of near exhaustion rustling up th
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One of the aspects that most people don’t even think about on a daily and weekly basis while attending Mass are the liturgical vestments of the priest and deacon. The chasuble and dalmatic are proper vestments to the order of priest and deacon respectively. Also, common to those ordained ministers is the stole, which in the case of the priest is placed over the shoulders and around the neck, for the deacon, the stole is draped diagonally from the left shoulder. For the most part their purpose t
