Month: July 2007
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It’s the Irony, Stupid: Hospitality and Spirituality in the Middle East, Then and Now
When I started writing this (Sunday, July 15 or thereabouts) I didn’t know where it was going, so I didn’t post it. It took about a week for the realization to sink in that the thing that brought these two subjects into relief for me was the irony and sadness over the powerful positive connotations…
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Things that make me sad…
Sad in a cosmic, global way, not a “boo-hoo” way: Evangelical/fundamentalist Christians who co-opt Hebrew, specifically Hebrew sacred texts and liturgy, without understanding or respecting their meanings. I was prompted to post this by an example I ran into today, which itself reminded me of another from a couple of years ago. Today I manned…
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Random thoughts
I ought to be blogging more. edited to add: and I ought to fix/edit my sidebar contents. I had a productive day at work today, with a “third time’s a charm” situation regarding videotaping a presentation given by our esteemed young employer relations specialist and a rep from SDG&E. Then the day was made more…
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I swear, this is the last one.
This is the kind of laser eye surgery I want: Cyanide & Happiness @ Explosm.net
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Comics that aren’t for kids
I have a whole list of webcomics I read daily (I’ll post the whole list another time), or at least as often as I get into my Google Reader account, but I just discovered this one today via RGS, and added it to the list. This is the most innocuous of the bunch – as…
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Reasons #1 and #1 that I’m a happy man
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Why I’m never buying bottled water again, and why you shouldn’t either
Since I’ve been following No Impact Man for a while, I was primed for this, but there were still some severely sobering facts in this that managed to stun me. Take some time to read and react to The Truth About Bottled Water. Highlights: Except for this: Bottled water is often simply an indulgence, and…