Besides the baptisms I wrote about yesterday, there was another use of water at Camp Wilderness this weekend, one with a smaller depth of tradition but currently part of a larger publicity campaign. Two people from the church used the time to complete the ALS challenge, and pass it on to other people. Mark Whittaker, … Continue reading Another use of water at Camp Wilderness
Category: Social Issues
Restoring the Constitution
Over the years the constitution has been "improved" by a list of amendments. The purpose of this blog today is to look at some of them, and how rolling certain ones back, "restoring" the constitution, might actually be a better, and more "progressive" act than the keeping of those "progressive" amendments. 1) Roll back the … Continue reading Restoring the Constitution
Newsworthy
Let's see, how many things are going on today of newsworthy importance -- things I could blog about -- that I don't really know anything about. Okay, did I just ask myself to list the things I don't know? 😉 Anyway, lets see, we have: 1) Ferguson 2) ISIS 3) Gaza 4) The HUGOs 5) … Continue reading Newsworthy
Adapters vs. Non-Adapters
Earlier this week I had an epiphany of sorts about communication. Â Now to see if I can communicate it clearly. I was having a conversation where someone was trying to explain something to me. She described the situation; I responded back. Since I didn't understand the situation, which she determined from my response, she described … Continue reading Adapters vs. Non-Adapters
No running water, Day 4: Shades of “Dune”
Okay, being without running water in the house has us doing a lot of interesting things we didn't think of otherwise. I mentioned the other day about washing the dishes with very little water. That was one thing. Another thing is getting enough water to fill the tank on the toilet to flush it. We … Continue reading No running water, Day 4: Shades of “Dune”
No LinkedIn
Am I doing my career a disservice by not having a LinkedIn account? I don't have a LinkedIn account. Â I do go in cycles where people will send my requests to add them to my LinkedIn network. Some people seem pretty persistent about it. I get invitations multiple times (and I am not talking about … Continue reading No LinkedIn
John Wayne, Swing Out, Sweet Land
A friend shared one of his friends videos on facebook -- which was a short clip from this featured video. Â So I decided to just share the entire show -- even if I haven't watched it as of the time I am posting it. Â A John Wayne special on America. Â I don't have to watch … Continue reading John Wayne, Swing Out, Sweet Land
Price Point
Okay, today's column is on informal economics. At what price will we decide that a purchase is worth going for? Retailers are doing this all the time. It even gets discussed about the pricing of ebooks. At what price will you not buy the ebook but the hard copy or no book at all? What … Continue reading Price Point
Sorting the wheat and tares in my garden of ideas…
As I sit here on, what is for me a rainy Saturday morning, deciding what to blog about, I found this blog by Cedar Sanderson on Mad Genius Club about "Building a Blog". I found it while doing my daily WordPress reader cycle, and went and made a long comment about my own peculiar strategy … Continue reading Sorting the wheat and tares in my garden of ideas…
A year of high school in two days…..
Written on Wednesday about 2 p.m. As I sit here in a house that has been without power since the storm passed through around midnight last night, home sick from work, I ponder some odd elements in our educational system. My daughter managed to flunk out of both semesters of American Citizenship during the regular … Continue reading A year of high school in two days…..
At The Rainbow 