Monthly Archives: June 2004
Found Poetry – Friendship
The bonds that good men share, like good bound books, Reveal new enjoyments at each new encounter. The object of friendship is not merrymaking But a stern rebuking when friends go astray. It is not constant meeting and companionship But … Continue reading
As I struggle in the world of computers…
You know, Analog wasn’t really so bad.
Run for your lives!
I don’t know about you, but every once in a while (less so know that I’m approaching forty) I imagine what I’d do if I suddenly found myself with a need to flee for my life on foot, like an … Continue reading
The world is safe for Barbie mocking.
This is very good news. Not only does Mattel lose their frivolous and free-speech-enfringing lawsuit, but they have to pay the guy’s legal fees. Sweet. So it’s not just that the world is safe to make fun of Barbie, no. … Continue reading
Rejected
The naive, the innocent, the self-taught, the visionary, the intuitive, the eccentric; The schizophrenic, the developmentally disabled, the psychotic, the obsessive, the compulsive. I’m not sure where I fit in that list, but with I am pleased to report that … Continue reading
Faint Gleam
“If you have really handed yourself over to Him it must follow that you are trying to obey Him. But trying in a new way, a less worried way. Not doing these things in order to be saved, but because … Continue reading
The Long Now Foundation: library
Imagine a future historian trying to figure out what life in turn of the 21st century America was like. She goes to look for records, but is puzzled by a tapering off of any hard records or written information after … Continue reading
ecclesia
This has to be, like, the coolest church in Houston. They have an organic co-op, a coffee house, and even a literary society.
Superdad?
So what the Christian Science Monitor calls ‘Superdad’, I’ve just been calling ‘Dad’ all this time. Today, ‘good fathers’ must do more than earn a paycheck. They’re expected to nurture the kids and do housework, too. Uh, well, yeah. Still … Continue reading
Hack Yourself
So, apparently scientists can make a promiscuous rodent into a monogamous one simply by injecting a gene for vassopressin receptors into the pleasure center of the brain where the dopamine receptors are. Vassopressin is associated with social learning, dopamine associated … Continue reading
Gospel According to Wendell Berry
Go read this interview by Wendell Berry. It’s a must read, especially for every Christian.
Post the Beatitudes!
“For some reason, the most vocal Christians among us never mention the beatitudes. But, often with tears in their eyes, they demand that the Ten Commandments be posted in public buildings. And of course that’s Moses, not Jesus. I haven’t … Continue reading
Gratitude and Marriage
“When couples struggle, it is seldom over who does what. Far more often, it is over the giving and receiving of gratitude. The struggle for marriage in the contemporary context is the struggle to cultivate gratitude between men and women.” … Continue reading
Storytelling at Work
Chris Corrigan has been busy writing a series of posts on storytelling and facilitation which he should really write up and formalize (hint hint). More and more lately I see the applicability of storytelling in my technical work environment, from … Continue reading
Poem: The Shipfitter’s Wife
Yes, I’m back from Oklahoma. More later. Meanwhile… I love poetry about devotion, especially between spouses. “The Shipfitter’s Wife” I loved him most when he came home from work, his fingers still curled from fitting pipe, his denim shirt ringed … Continue reading