Berg Blog

I have to admit, I like looking through all those ads in the Thanksgiving Day newspaper as much as anyone. (Although I hated delivering that thing as a paperboy! Extra work and weight and no additional pay.) After all, who wouldn’t get excited about standing in line at Kohl’s at 2 a.m. so you can [...]

I’ll admit it. In some ways, I’m a simple boy from the Midwest and am occasionally reminded of my cultural or worldly ignorance. In other ways I’m better traveled or “cultured” than others. It’s all relative I guess. But even though I’ve lived in South America, learned Spanish, and tried to understand the culture, there [...]

Never did I think I would become a fan of American Idol. I often despise pop culture and am not interested in keeping up with the lives of celebrities or what’s happening in other sectors that are altogether unimportant. Sure, I had watched some of the early episodes of a few seasons to see the [...]

I enjoy technology. It’s cool that I’m sitting in my bed writing this article, using Wi-Fi, writing Facebook messages across the world, listening to Pandora Internet radio, and unencumbered by the darkness because I’m using the backlit keyboard on my MacBook Pro laptop. Getting into my car is also more enjoyable after starting it remotely, [...]

September 5th marked the 10 year anniversary of Mother Teresa’s passing. Being a few days behind on my Spanish newspaper reading, I just read La Nacion’s tribute to her. What impressed many about her message was its simplicity and consistency. According to an Argentine who had the privilege of interviewing her during her 1982 visit [...]

I just finished watching season 3 of Lost. I hate it when you leave you hanging and you have to wait months until the next season! At times it was a bit strange and felt like they could just keep making episodes forever without anything getting solved. But it really started getting good at the [...]

I just read that Jerry Falwell died suddenly on Tuesday. I’m not going to argue in favor of or against the Reverend at this time. What I did find interesting is what really happened when he railed against the gay Teletubby character in the 90s. I, like many Americans, was duped and just assumed that [...]

I don’t know how much longer I can take this BS from people who say they support the troops yet hate our President, think we can’t win, and want us to pull out. I can’t dwell on it or my blood starts to boil. I wish they would all just secede and start their own [...]

My opinion of pop culture and it stars continues its precipitous decline from extremely low to well, whatever is below that. The intellectual vacuity and sheer ignorance of these people will never cease to amaze me. Al Gore announced that on July 7th, he, Cameron Diaz, and others will help host a concert series named [...]

Mom sent me a link to the Ted Haggard story yesterday. What a strange situation. It breaks your heart to read this. It’s like the same story, different chapter. He was the kingpin of evangelical leadership in Christian circles and has been taken out. I am at a loss for words right now.