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Archive for July, 2008
That’s the Spirit
Posted in AMUSEMENT: "Muse" Means to Think and "A" Means..., Quote of the Day on July 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A Recommendation Per Your Request
Posted in Recommendation, The Things of This World on July 30, 2008 | 1 Comment »
A lot of people grumble about objectionable advertisements on the sidebar of FaceBook. That’s understandable. There are numerous FB groups calling for action against FB for this. I never see the ads on most webpages. You might not like my steps, but here’s how:
1. Stop using AOL. What I used to get for $25/month is [...]
Video Help
Posted in The Things of This World on July 30, 2008 | 1 Comment »
If you’ve ever wanted to download a YouTube video for some reason to be able to use the video on your harddrive or to send it to a friend who doesn’t have broadband or access to YouTube, perhaps you’ve noticed the immense volume of technical jargon and numerous steps and suggested programs that make you [...]
From the “Every Time I Try This I Get a Bloody Nose” File
Posted in AMUSEMENT: "Muse" Means to Think and "A" Means... on July 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Karsten asked me I could do that. I told him that I couldn’t believe they could do that.
Wow!
Posted in Pleased with God on July 21, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Nudibranchs, The Most Colorful Creatures in the World
Harvard Square Train Station
Posted in The Things of This World on July 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The last four years on the senior trip, I stand with my mouth gaping in awe that the beautiful baroque (usually) music being played by this cellist in the Harvard Square Train Station in Cambridge, MA. I can’t find much info. on him except for this video of him with another musician. He is positioned [...]
“Some Days You Just Can’t Get Rid of a Bomb”
Posted in AMUSEMENT: "Muse" Means to Think and "A" Means... on July 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I don’t have any comments about the new Dark Knight, but the boys have this 1966 version of Batman. Here’s a fun scene.
Quote of the Day
Posted in Culture Wars, Quote of the Day on July 18, 2008 | 1 Comment »
George Grant…
“Attacks on great cultures come first through the denigration of language.”
Brushing Up on My Patriotism
Posted in Classical Education, Pilgrimesque, Pleased with God, Quote of the Day on July 17, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Chrissy and I are better Americans, personally, probably for having digested the 8+ hour HBO Miniseries John Adams. To be immersed in the rich language, sweet passion for country, rich honor, deep integrity, blood-earnestness were sobering and convicting.
John Adams is probably less of a hero now, having learned more of him. As an American and [...]
Oh, Brave New World
Posted in Pilgrimesque, Pleased with God, Quote of the Day on July 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
From Blog and Mablog,
“Or how much curious and loving attention was expended by the first man who looked hard enough at the insides of trees, the entrails of cats, the hind ends of horses and the juice of pine tree to realize he could turn them all into the first fiddle. No doubt his wife [...]
When Do We Need Our Hearts Enlarged?
Posted in Pilgrimesque, Pleased with God on July 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Sweet medicine from Nancy Wilson.
Repent! Repent!
Posted in The Things of This World on July 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
US Bishop Gene Robinson of New Hampshire is here openly heckled at during a service in England. The heckler seemed to have acceptance of the crowd.
These are two lines of the song that the congregation begins singing.
“Life is naught without Thee; aid us in our strife;
Make us more than conqu’rors, through Thy deathless love:”
On Education
Posted in Classical Education, Pilgrimesque, Quote of the Day on July 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
From John Piper’s Four Mistakes I Hope You Don’t Make…
“I don’t feel excited when I hear a question like: “You want to be a firefighter? Why are you in college?” “You want to be a homemaker? Why are you in college?”
“We’re in school to see a whole panorama of life that comes out in all [...]
In Case You Were Absent the Day they Taught Greek During Your Undergrad Greek Class
Posted in Variety Pack on July 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Animation + free + aware of your need + aware of the importance = semi-palatable.
[My apologies to Farmer for my half-promotion of such an unerudite method.]
They Had to Go to the Library To Check Out the Bibles, Eh?
Posted in News and Sports, The Things of This World on July 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Big story #1: Zondervan is being sued for the content of it’s Bibles.
Big story #2: A reporter found the library (as admitted in the video story).
Friday’s Your Big Day, Folks.
Posted in The Things of This World on July 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I love my wife, Ecclesiastes, the Gospel, my boys. I really, really like my iPhone and classical education. Get yours on 7/11/08.
I’ve Been Thinking About the Religion of Nutritionism
Posted in Pilgrimesque, Quote of the Day on July 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
…and then found this quote by James Jordan,
“The key to health is obedience and faith, not mechanical observance of health techniques. Valuable as exercise, good diet, and the like may be, they are not delineated in God’s revealed law.”
“Education is never only about what most people think of as education.”
Posted in Classical Education, Pilgrimesque, The Things of This World on July 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Good super-summary of why education exists and what befalls the public system today.
Honda Choir
Posted in AMUSEMENT: "Muse" Means to Think and "A" Means... on July 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It’s amazing that they fit the whole group inside each car.
5,500 Years of Patriotism
Posted in News and Sports, The Things of This World, Variety Pack on July 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A great story and video of the largest ever American reenlistment ceremony. The video was shot Al Faw Palace in Baghdad, Iraq on July 4, 2008.
Thank you, soliders.
On Education
Posted in Classical Education, Quote of the Day on July 6, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Andrew Kern must have read Deuteronomy:
“The Christian classical educator does not determine his success by measurable academic or developmental outcomes, because he comes at it from a different angle. Those are trivial and inevitable compared to what really matters.
Instead, the Christian classical educator assesses his success by the simple objective of whether he has succeeded [...]
Honoring the Last Hero
Posted in Patriarchy, Pilgrimesque, Pleased with God on July 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The last living WWI U.S. Veteran.
From the “Let’s Each Send this Guy $1 for His Bail Money” File
Posted in AMUSEMENT: "Muse" Means to Think and "A" Means..., News and Sports on July 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve been to Madame Tussaud’s thrice or “frice?” [what's a good word for four times?] yet I never considered making a political statement against the evil ones I have stared down or avoided. This guy did.
Michael Monsoor
Posted in News and Sports, Patriarchy, Pilgrimesque on July 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve mentioned Navy Seal Michael Monsoor before. Here is a brief story that includes a link to his memorial service montage video–nearly every Seal on the west coast attended–and the text of President Bush’s speech when he gave Michael’s parents the Medal of Honor.
Men Must Be Brave Fulfilling God’s Providence
Posted in Pleased with God on July 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. That to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.”
[...]
Quote of the Day
Posted in Classical Education, Patriarchy, Pilgrimesque, Pleased with God, Quote of the Day on July 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Douglas Wilson, For Kirk and Covenant, biography of John Knox…
“[He] knew that ignorance, not learning, was the breeding ground for heresy and superstition, and so he was zealous to see schools established throughout the realm of Scotland.”
Quote of the Day
Posted in Pilgrimesque, Quote of the Day on July 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Jonathan Edwards says we have little because we give little…
“Such little things as Christians commonly do, will not evince much increase of grace. We must do great things for God.”
From the “As Soon As NBA Players Forfeit Their Salaries to Charity” File
Posted in AMUSEMENT: "Muse" Means to Think and "A" Means..., The Things of This World, Variety Pack on July 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
You should have seen how hard I guffawed a few weeks ago when I read THIS in the paper.
Quote of the Day
Posted in Classical Education, Love in Trifles, Pleased with God, Quote of the Day on July 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Thornton Wilder, playwright…
“Money is like manure; it’s not worth a thing unless it’s spread around encouraging young things to grow.”
“Wait’ll it stops rolling, then go pick it up.”
Posted in The Things of This World on July 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A good read about the amazing art of the knuckleball.
Jonathan Edwards
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