Monthly Archives: October 2010

There Never Was a Palestine

 I thought this was interesting. 

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Sick Day with a Bright Spot

 I was feeling a little blue this morning because I couldn’t go to church.  Yesterday I started feeling achy, then spent the afternoon and evening wrapped in blankets, teeth chattering.  Fever is so nasty.  I also have an irritating little … Continue reading

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A Post No Christian Should Miss

 I had to do more than simply recommend this post.  It’s just too good.Click here and watch at least the first short video.    

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It Is Written

 There is one quote from the beginning of this book that I have been chewing on.  It has nothing to do with television, but rather with the power of the written word.In the autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, there appears a … Continue reading

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Not Amused

 Postman wraps up the book with a comparison of Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World and George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four.  In America, Orwell’s prophecies are of small relevance, but Huxley’s are well under way toward being realized.  To put it plainly, … Continue reading

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Sun Chips

 We ate Sun Chips this evening…Did anyone hear us?  Aren’t those bags just atrociously obnoxiously LOUD?????  We put the chips in a bowl.And I am putting the bag on my compost pile.  We will be checking out this 100% compostable claim.Because … Continue reading

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Amusing Facts

 One thing that I found interesting Postman’s book was the idea that since books and magazines have become plentiful, information out of context has become a normal part of our lives.  Earlier in history, people knew about the things that … Continue reading

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Amusing News

 I’ve always found it intriguing that the word  amuse  comes from the root word muser which means “to ponder” coupled with the prefix a- which means “without.”  So to a-muse would be to do something without deep thought.  The definition is … Continue reading

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 The less you know, the more you think you know, because you don’t know you don’t know.– Ray Stevens Well, I finished the book Amusing Ourselves to Death a few days ago, and I ended up with about ten pages … Continue reading

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It’s All Wood!

 Greg Laurie had what I thought was an interesting twist on this passage.Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? How can you say to your brother, … Continue reading

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