Saturday, December 31, 2005

Thanks!

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I started this blog in late 2004. I want to offer thanks to a number of entities, and persons. Forgive me if you are not mentioned, or not m...
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Friday, December 30, 2005

Biblical warning about aimless web-surfing

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Turn my eyes from looking at worthless things; and give me life in your ways. Psalm 119:37 ( ESV )
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Thursday, December 29, 2005

Thoughts on Yosemite and John Muir

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The photo above is of El Capitan, taken in Yosemite National Park, California Yosemite National Park is amazing and unique. It is no wonder...
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Wednesday, December 28, 2005

Sunspots 37

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Things I have recently spotted that may be of interest to someone else: Thorough and updated report in blog.bioethics.net, on how the...
Tuesday, December 27, 2005

Torture and Christianity

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I previously posted on the subject of torture, expressing surprise that evangelical bloggers had said so little about it, when we have expr...
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Monday, December 26, 2005

The Christian's Secret of a Happy Life, pt. 15

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I continue a series of excerpts from The Christian's Secret of a Happy Life by Hannah Whitall Smith. The book, which is public dom...
Sunday, December 25, 2005

Christ didn't come as a baby . . .

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We don't seem to know what day, or even what year, Christ was born, but he was born. Christ didn't come as a baby. He came as...
Saturday, December 24, 2005

Plants and Christmas

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This photo is of a poinsettia plant, in Southern California. The red things aren't petals, they are modified leaves, or bracts. The actu...
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Friday, December 23, 2005

Reaction to the Intelligent Design Court Decision, 2

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I didn't anticipate posting about Intelligent Design again today, but (for me) I received a landslide of comments (4) to my yesterday...
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Thursday, December 22, 2005

Reaction to the Intelligent Design Court Decision

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This week, a U. S. District Judge ruled that the teaching of Intelligent Design in a school district in Pennsylvania was unconstitutional. ...
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Wednesday, December 21, 2005

Sunspots 36

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Things I have recently spotted that may be of interest to someone else: Blog post that claims that the conventional wisdom, that the da...
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Tuesday, December 20, 2005

Guest Comments on the Harry Potter movie

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A regular reader, who doesn't blog, e-mailed me these comments on the current Harry Potter movie. I consider them worthy of posting. Tha...
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Monday, December 19, 2005

The Iraqi election, in California

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Many things have been said about the manner of entry of the US into a war in Iraq, about the conduct of that war, and the like. I've sai...
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Saturday, December 17, 2005

The Christian's Secret of a Happy Life, pt. 14

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I continue a series of excerpts from The Christian's Secret of a Happy Life by Hannah Whitall Smith. The book, which is public dom...
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Where's the moral outrage?

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Evangelical bloggers (and other kinds) occasionally express their moral outrage. There was a lot of this over the Schiavo case, and there h...
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Friday, December 16, 2005

Narnia movie: The Georgie Henley show

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My wife and I went to see the new Narnia movie yesterday, and enjoyed it a lot. We agreed that Georgie Henley, who is currently 10 years old...
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Thursday, December 15, 2005

Review of Narnia film by Locus

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Locus Online is published by a periodical concerned with fantastic literature. They have published a serious review of "The Lion, The...
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Wednesday, December 14, 2005

Sunspots 35

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Things I have recently spotted that may be of interest to someone else: What does the word, tmesis , mean? The spelling, believe it or not...
Tuesday, December 13, 2005

Good for Stan Van Gundy!

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Stan Van Gundy, who has been coach of the Miami Heat of the National Basketball Association, resigned, for family reasons. Good for him! Van...
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Monday, December 12, 2005

The Christian's Secret of a Happy Life, pt. 13

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I continue a series of excerpts from The Christian's Secret of a Happy Life by Hannah Whitall Smith. The book, which is public domain, ...