Betsy and I have only owned one new car each in our lives. It happens to be the same car, and we bought it in the spring of 1998. I remember it being bought at the end of April, almost on my birthday. That is how I remember when we bought it. It was at … Continue reading A Blast of the Past #18: The Car
A Blast of the Past #17: Carly’s First Birthday
To all you who have checked my blog regularly, and skimmed over my regurgitations and musings from one of my many coming textbooks, I give you a break between them, a pictorial stroll down family history past. There was a big present that first year: Big in size at least. As you see below it … Continue reading A Blast of the Past #17: Carly’s First Birthday
#23 Come, We That Love the Lord
(Part of a series singing through the hymnbook I grew up with: Great Hymns of the Faith) This hymn is a very familiar hymn. If asked to give a good example of a common hymn, this could be it (though it might not be an example of a "true hymn", per the musical experts). It … Continue reading #23 Come, We That Love the Lord
Doing the math …
When you talk about math, most people think of arithmetic. But most math today isn't arithmetic. Not that it is always highly complex, but the real math, whether in science or economics, always has an extra twist, an extra layer, that you don't expect from arithmetic. I took a vacation day Monday. Betsy also ended … Continue reading Doing the math …
Communication Ethics Literacy and Difference: Dialogic Learning
This chapter begins with two points that I think make a lot of sense. As a conservative, libertarian, whatever amorphous description actually belongs to me, or is put upon me by the Other (Liberal, Progressive, Compassionate), I have a feeling that the other thinks these two points are most pertinent for me to learn, when … Continue reading Communication Ethics Literacy and Difference: Dialogic Learning
#22 Ancient of Days
(Part of a series singing through the hymnbook I grew up with: Great Hymns of the Faith) This is a hymn that I feel should be familiar, but I really don't know. Which made singing and playing at the same time a little hard -- my eyes tried to jump verses from line to line. … Continue reading #22 Ancient of Days
Healthcare Communication Ethics
Health care communication ethics protects and promotes the good of responsive hope and the good of care for the Other in meeting moments of robust heath, normal difficulties, the tragic, and the inevitable. Arnett, Ronald C.; Fritz, Janie; Bell, Leeanne M. (2008-08-04). Communication Ethics Literacy: Dialogue and Difference (Kindle Locations 3791-3793). SAGE Publications. Kindle Edition. … Continue reading Healthcare Communication Ethics
Business and Professional Communication Ethics
Business is involved in the continuing to exist, to serve its purpose, knowing its direction, and how to face change. The ethics of communication involve knowing the organization's direction and purpose, and recognizing moments of change to respond to. Once again this chapter, No. 10, looks at its questions through metaphors of communication ethics praxis, … Continue reading Business and Professional Communication Ethics
Intercultural Communication Ethics: Before the Conversation Begins
Chapter nine takes a look at Culture as the good. We forego considering the individual as primary, and learn about other cultures without presuming they are simply equal. The authors do this through a review of four metaphors of communication ethics praxis: Intercultural Communication Culture Culture Shock The Inarticulate Cultural differences work to provide us … Continue reading Intercultural Communication Ethics: Before the Conversation Begins
Organizational Communication Ethics: Community of Memory and Dwelling
This chapter, No. 8, considers organizations as "dwelling places" for types of communication, and places to support a certain sense of the good. Once again, the chapter breaks itself down into metaphors of communication ethics praxis -- four this time: Organizational Communication Dwelling Place Organizations and Institutions Community of Memory Within Organizations Organizational communication is … Continue reading Organizational Communication Ethics: Community of Memory and Dwelling
At The Rainbow 