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Weird Affliction…

Posted in Variety Pack on October 28, 2006 | Leave a Comment »

I enjoy random Dilbert cartoons that speak to logic or more familiar topics than corporate America, but the setting just isn’t something that I associate with, so I don’t read it regularly or even irregularly, but I know who Scott Adams and Diane Rehm (of NPR) are, and I thought this affliction was a farce [...]

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Quote of the Day

Posted in Quote of the Day on October 27, 2006 | 1 Comment »

I have never seen a John Wayne movie.  Really.  I owned one once….until we lost all of our DVDs this summer!?!?  No one has ever taken the opportunity to tell me how important it is that I spend some time with the American icon…perhaps when I am old and need to spend time sitting in a [...]

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Yo Quiero, Taco Bell!

Posted in Goings On on October 24, 2006 | 1 Comment »

Tonight is America’s golden opportunity… FREE TACO FOR EVERYONE!
Go Tigers!

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My E.S.tbe Degree

Posted in Goings On on October 24, 2006 | Leave a Comment »

After a class and a test that were more difficult than I was expecting, I have earned the right to use the following logo behind my name… =)

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In light of the C.S. Lewis quotation…

Posted in Patriarchy on October 23, 2006 | 1 Comment »

…I have begun walking my boys through the long land of Narnia.  I would say leading them, but I have never been here before (only on short journeys).  Spurgeon said the best education is an education in the best things.  Literature is one of those lands that is easily neglected, and we lose the benefits when [...]

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Quote of the Day

Posted in Quote of the Day on October 23, 2006 | Leave a Comment »

C.S. Lewis…
“Literature adds to reality, it does not simply describe it.  It enriches the necessary competencies that daily life requires and provides; and in this respect, it irrigates the deserts that our lives have already become.”

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Quote of the Day

Posted in Quote of the Day on October 19, 2006 | 1 Comment »

Abraham Lincoln…
“I am rather inclined to silence, and whether that be wise or not, it is at least more unusual nowadays to find a man who can hold his tongue than to find one who cannot.”

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Lessons in Logic

Posted in Classical Education on October 18, 2006 | Leave a Comment »

Lessons in Logic
Fallacies of Distraction
Fallacy #2  – Ad populum
Ad populum is an appeal “to the people”.  It occurs when when an argument depends upon swaying the emotions or prejudices of the crowd.  It is sometimes called bandwagon or the “everybody else is doing it” fallacy.  Such as…
    ”Over 190 million drivers have switched to Progressive; we can’t wait [...]

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Try explaining…

Posted in Family on October 18, 2006 | 1 Comment »

Try explaining to a 4 year old and 2 year old that stealing is ok in baseball.

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Roof Ponderings

Posted in Goings On on October 16, 2006 | 1 Comment »

I write as I experience a rooftop experience…literally.  I am reclining on the church/school rooftop, resting in a valley…staying tuned to the foreboding radar picture…rain is 80 miles away.
I am the reward.  The students in my school raised the funds (actually more than doubled what was needed to put me on the roof for this afternoon) last week [...]

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Article published

Posted in Classical Education on October 16, 2006 | 1 Comment »

The fundamentalist super-blog SharperIron published my Summary and Justification for Classical Education today.  Go see it!

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Classical Education video

Posted in Classical Education on October 9, 2006 | Leave a Comment »

This video is from a national broadcast.  It is a summary of the classical model of the trivium and Logos School in Idaho.
I highly recommend you watch this video.
CBN story on the classical model

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All God’s Ways are Pleasing

Posted in Pleased with God on October 6, 2006 | 5 Comments »

 
I was surprised how loud I gasped when I saw the moon this morning.  It was spectacular, large, reddish and almost full (tonight is full I think).  It was only a brief glimpse as it was so close to the horizon; I had to drive out of my way to find another glimpse of it.  Wow!  What [...]

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Four Types of Students

Posted in Classical Education on October 5, 2006 | 1 Comment »

According to the Talmud, there are four types of students… 

The sponge which absorbs everything
The funnel which absorbs nothing
The sieve, which catches the illustration, but misses the point
The winnow, which blows away the illustrations, but gets the point

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Quote of the Day

Posted in Quote of the Day on October 5, 2006 | Leave a Comment »

From The Defense of the Use of Bibles in Schools, a tract by Dr. Benjamin Rush…
“I wish to be excused from repeating here that if the Bible did not convey a single direction for the attainment of future happiness, it should  be read in our schools in preference to all other books from its containing [...]

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Lessons in Logic

Posted in Classical Education on October 5, 2006 | 5 Comments »

Fallacies are one small part of logic.  We as students (most certainly, we are all students) need to study logic to the praise of good logic and the rectification of bad logic.  Studying fallacies (despite some of their irksome labels) is a fun and easy way to be able to sort through the arguments of [...]

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Our Newest Speller

Posted in Family on October 4, 2006 | 4 Comments »

Karsten called us into the living room today after having spelled his name correctly for the first time…

…and then Haddon showed us his creation…

Afterwards, Lincoln just rolled his eyes.

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Recent pics

Posted in Family on October 2, 2006 | 1 Comment »

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