mrgan: Thelonius Monk’s advice to saxophonist Steve Lacy (1960) just absolutley tremendous. i’m printing this out and kicking my ass with it every morning. wow.
January 2009
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mrgan: Thelonius Monk’s advice to saxophonist Steve Lacy (1960) just absolutley tremendous. i’m printing this out and kicking my ass with it every morning. wow.
Of Pig Bones and Pillars: Why Josiah Matters
As much as I’m drawn to Dura Europos, the interesting convergence of narrative interpretation, post-colonial criticism and historical authenticities surrounding the study of 7th and 6th century Judah as played out in the Deuteronomistic “History” of Joshua thru II Kings (and Jeremiah and parts of Hosea, Genesis, etc) is too fascinating to avoid. I really …
“Grade A Fancy” is my new fav saying (for tonight at least)
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Intelligent Design is Bad Theology
Looks like a fun book (Saving Darwin: How to Be a Christian and Believe in Evolution ): Seeing and Believing: “Miller brilliantly exposes ID for what it is: a farrago of theological assertions and discredited scientific claims designed to inveigle a religious view of life into the biology classroom. IDers have no defined program of …
Testing My Faith
[Later Addition/Redaction: As Prof Bibb points out in the comments below (and go read his fantastic blog, btw… I’ve been subscribed for the last few weeks and it’s one of my fav reads now), this is satire. And yes, I’m an idiot for a) not catching that and b) not doing my homework and clicking …
Danes, Swedes and Post-Religious Morality
Growing up outside of a faith community (and in my hometown context, that meant Southern Baptist) until I was 13, my friends would often ask (even at our young age) how I knew right from wrong if I didn’t go to church. Those experiences have always stuck with me. Of course, those questions made sense …
Visiting Mommy On the Job
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What Will Archaeologists Think of Us? Or Do Post-Moderns Dream of Electric Sheep?
Being that I’m of the historical mindset, it’s something I ponder often… what will our archaeological legacy be if the bits that we are creating even survive the coming millennia? I’m not alone: I sometimes wonder what future archaeologists and historians will understand about our society. It may seem unthinkable that future scholars would have …
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Answer this…: NASCAR: Twitter me this…
Answer this…: NASCAR: Twitter me this…
Joys of Having a Teething Toddler…
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NASCAR Folks on Twitter
TallGlassOfMilk has a great listing of NASCAR fans, bloggers, press, teams and tracks that are on Twitter. I absolutely love this for a number of reasons. It’s tremendous fun to watch an event (like a race) and interact with folks in real time on the web. CNN and Facebook proved that during Obama’s inauguration last …
Answer this…: NASCAR: Twitter me this…
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U.S. school children need less work, more play: study | U.S. | Reuters
U.S. school children need less work, more play: study | U.S. | Reuters Researchers reported on Monday that a growing trend of curbing free time at school may lead to unruly classrooms and rob youngsters of needed exercise and an important chance to socialize.
U.S. school children need less work, more play: study | U.S. | Reuters
http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSTRE50P0PK20090126 Researchers reported on Monday that a growing trend of curbing free time at school may lead to unruly classrooms and rob youngsters of needed exercise and an important chance to socialize.
Forgiving Holocaust Deniers?
As a Christian, I believe in the redemptive quality of the creation (and humanity). That being said, I dare not speak for Pope Benedict XVI, but I can’t imagine why this move was made: Anger, Dismay as Pope Reinstates Holocaust Denier Has the work of John Paul II and his outreach to Jews been made …
ASCII by Jason Scott / FUCK THE CLOUD
ASCII by Jason Scott / FUCK THE CLOUD “Can I be clearer than that? It’s a sucker’s game. It’s a game suckers play. If you are playing it, you are a sucker.”
Welcome to the Holodeck
Are you real? What does that mean, anyway? Our world may be a giant hologram – space – 15 January 2009 – New Scientist: “The idea that we live in a hologram probably sounds absurd, but it is a natural extension of our best understanding of black holes, and something with a pretty firm theoretical …
The End of Solitude – ChronicleReview.com
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ASCII by Jason Scott / FUCK THE CLOUD
http://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/1717/comment-page-2#comment-7655 “Can I be clearer than that? It’s a sucker’s game. It’s a game suckers play. If you are playing it, you are a sucker.”