Archive for March, 2006
31 March 2006 | 02:08 PM
Big News Breeds Conundra
~~~Day’s Verse:A gentle answer turns away wrath,Buta harsh word stirs up anger.Proverbs 15:1~~~
The Big News: Ian and I have signed the lease on a 1,000-square-foot apartment in Marlborough. We visited the complex, a place called Avalon Orchards that reminds me of all the homogeneous apartment complexes I hated to see bulldoze their way into [...]
30 March 2006 | 12:15 PM
Funniest Class Ever. Seriously.
~~~Day’s Verse:A wise man is cautious and turns away from evil,But a fool is arrogant and careless.Proverbs 14:16~~~
In my Philosophy and the Environment class, our professor sought to show us how the creation story according to the Bible separated the creation of earth from natural phenomena. He pointed out that God has only to speak, [...]
29 March 2006 | 09:01 AM
Picture Sharing
~~~Day’s Verse:The one who guards his mouth preserves his life;Theone who opens wide his lips comes to ruin.Proverbs 12:3~~~
I took this picture of colored dice in the bright sunset light yesterday evening. There are a series of the photos; you can see the whole set here.
I belog to a group on Flickr called DeleteMe, [...]
27 March 2006 | 03:36 PM
Things I Have Read Recently
~~~Day’s Verse:He who trusts in his riches will fall,But the righteous will flourish like the green leaf.Proverbs 11:28~~~
Friday: Yantra Interview
You are taking a moving escalator in the Bangalore airport. You go down the 26 steps in 30 seconds the first time. Then you go down again, this time with 34 steps in 18 seconds. How [...]
23 March 2006 | 02:24 PM
A Joke, A Quote, A Question, & A Miracle
~~~Day’s Verse:Now I ask you, lady, not as though I were writing you a new commandment, but one which we have had from the beginning, that we love one another.2 John 1:6~~~
The joke happened in Philosophy and the Environment today.
“Philosophy,” quoth Gottlieb, “is like pornography. You deal with lots of unrealistic fantasy situations.”
Silence in the [...]
23 March 2006 | 04:20 AM
“You don’t wrap a dead fish in a flag.”
~~~Day’s Verse:Wise son, glad father;stupid son, sad mother.Proverbs 10:1 (the Message)~~~
The edge of a cliff, with an untested parachute. Behind the wheel of a car with no driving experience. Ordering from a menu written in Japanese. The moment before saying “I do.” I could construct almost endless word pictures to describe the feeling of this [...]
19 March 2006 | 12:06 PM
Why Propagate?
~~~Day’s Verse:Bless the Lord, O my soul! O Lord my God, You are very great;You are clothed with splendor and majesty, Covering Yourself with light as with a cloak, Stretching out heaven like a tent curtain.Psalm 104:1-2~~~
Why do people want to have kids? If you have children, what were you thinking when you got pregnant? [...]
18 March 2006 | 10:53 AM
Back to Homemakers*
~~~Day’s Verse:Let your fountain be blessed, and rejoice in the wife of your youth.Proverbs 5:18~~~
I have a couple things to add to the post on 16 March about what I called housewives.
1. *Is homemaker more politically correct? Are you actually making homes? Anyway, I acknowledge that that does get more at what I was thinking [...]
17 March 2006 | 07:14 AM
Going Green
~~~Day’s Verse:Put away from you a deceitful mouth and put devious speech from you. Let your eyes look directly ahead and let your gaze be fixed straight in front of you.Proverbs 4:24-25~~~
Happy St. Patrick’s Day!
It’s a good day to be Irish, or at least Irish-American; I don’t even know what real Irish people do on [...]
16 March 2006 | 12:44 PM
“Don’t Rattle My Teapot”
~~~Day’s Verse:The beginning of wisdom is: Acquire wisdom; and with all your acquiring, get understanding.Proverbs 4:7~~~
When I clean, cook, or wear an apron, I feel like a housewife. Probably if you have done these activities, you have felt domestic as well (or else harassed by somebody feeling domestic). And despite all the respect I hold [...]
