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I am looking forward to your take on Skyfall. I saw it on Sunday and loved it--until the bitter end. But I'll be interested to hear what you have to say before saying more.
Skyfall
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Posted Jul 31, 2012 at The Sampler
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I grew Black Krims last year and I can tell you they were pretty amazing.
Black Krim will be a new one for me. Can't wait to taste them!
Hope your garden is doing well!
Growing Tomatoes in Containers
Slow Roasted Cherry Tomato Pesto. For more delicious tomato recipes, check out From Seed to Table According to my mother, when I was very young I once ate so many tomatoes that I developed a temporary allergic reaction. This story may be true, or it may just be her way of discouraging me from ...
I love the Japanese Tea Garden! I need to go back there someday soon.
Wordless Wednesday: The Japanese Tea Garden in Golden Gate Park
Worth skipping out on work in the middle of the week? Absolutely.
Came here via Andrew Root's twitter feed. Mostly wanted to give you a head's up that the link appears to be broken.
But seeing as I'm commenting, here's a thumbs up from me. Children and youth are segregated enough as it is and are "targeted" as "demographics." The church can be proud of its unique quality of bringing diverse groups together rather than parcel people out into discrete clusters.
The Sad Stupidity of Age Segregated Sell Out Sunday School Classrooms
Andrew Root is right on, as far as I’m concerned. Is Modern Youth Ministry Multiplying of Dividing the Church? I think age-specific (I call it age-segregated) ministry is fine for the mega churches who have a bajillion dollars and like to hire program directors to play the music louder and lou...
Salmon is not the only person saying this. See also http://blog.givewell.org/ and http://goodintents.org/blog who have a more nuanced take on the subject.
disaster in Japan and thoughts about helping
by liberal japonicus There has been stories about a comparison of donations given to Japan versus Katrina and Haiti, and suggestions that because Japan is considered a rich, and developed country, donations are much lower. From the article: As of Wednesday, the American Red Cross had raised $47...
I like the teaser and the title.
My teaser is here.
Teaser Tuesday: Uglies by Scott Westerfeld
Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following: Grab your current read Open to a random page Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that ...
That sure leaves a lot of unanswered questions!
Your comment about Wake is interesting; people seem to either love it or hate it. I think I'll wait until the hubbub dies down before checking it out.
My teaser is here:
http://teabagsinfusion.blogspot.com/2010/04/teaser-tuesday-april-13.html
Teaser Tuesday: The Adoration of Jenna Fox by Mary E. Pearson
Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following: Grab your current read Open to a random page Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that w...
Wow! Thanks for posting that. I love reading obituaries for that very reason: the stories are incredible. I had become fascinated with WWII books in the past few months and only recently realized it was due to these amazing people I'd been reading about, having lost my chance to talk to them in person. Your suggestion to hear their stories now while we can is an excellent one.
The Greatest Generation, Minus One
by Robert R. Mackey All, First, sorry it has been a bit since I last posted. Work has been heavy, and my son is getting ready to start at George Mason this fall. Unlike his wastrel father (BA, Political Science), the boy is somewhat more motivated (Applied Computer Science, Simulations Design). ...
I also am amused by the presumption of where I am located in space. I mean, we're all commenting ON A BLOG!
The Revolutionary Non-Revolution
by publius Man oh man, this is a good point. Citing Ali Gharib, Spencer Ackerman writes: Ali Gharib makes the stellar point that what’s going on in Iran is reaffirmation of the Islamic Revolution, not a repudiation of it. . . . If Gharib is right, then what’s unfolding is a measure of reconci...
@North has given an excellent example of what I mentioned, "when people who feel they are enlightened try to tell me how it ought to be without ever finding out what it is I actually think and believe." It looks so simple and straightforward from the outside (and also I appreciate that the arguments look ridiculous when you look at them from the outside), but on the inside it is something different entirely.
Again, I don't mean to make this about the Episcopal Church. It's been very enlightening for me, though, to think of Iran through that personal lens and get a greater appreciation of how little I know of what is going on there. And how I dare not presume to give what seems to me to be a very obvious answer.
The Revolutionary Non-Revolution
by publius Man oh man, this is a good point. Citing Ali Gharib, Spencer Ackerman writes: Ali Gharib makes the stellar point that what’s going on in Iran is reaffirmation of the Islamic Revolution, not a repudiation of it. . . . If Gharib is right, then what’s unfolding is a measure of reconci...
Yeees, I was happily following your argument until you brought up a topic about which I know a great deal: the discussion of gay marriage within the Christian tradition.
I'm an Episcopal priest and I'm here to tell you that even within the Christian tradition it is well nigh impossible to talk about this. Even though I have absolutely no problem with the Nicene Creed (which is pretty remarkable, actually), I have been called a heretic--quite literally--for the sole reason that I think homosexuality is not a sin. The support many of us feel for GLBT people is branded "revisionism" and discounted as an abandoning of the faith rather than a conversation or strand within it.
So. Getting back to Iran and Islam. There is no guarantee that the discussion even within the narrative will bring about the changes we think are happening when we look at it from the outside. Even within the narrative there will be friction and factions and fault lines.
I think the point here may be listen and learn, listen and learn. Again, using your example, I am not best pleased when people who feel they are enlightened try to tell me how it ought to be without ever finding out what it is I actually think and believe. Never assume that the label means everyone agrees on one particular party line.
The Revolutionary Non-Revolution
by publius Man oh man, this is a good point. Citing Ali Gharib, Spencer Ackerman writes: Ali Gharib makes the stellar point that what’s going on in Iran is reaffirmation of the Islamic Revolution, not a repudiation of it. . . . If Gharib is right, then what’s unfolding is a measure of reconci...
I thought it was a terrific speech, covering all the bases, plus some I didn't expect. The women's rights issue was a surprising and welcome note.
The Speech - Open Thread
by publius I'm too busy at the moment to address the speech, but that shouldn't stop you. What'd you think?
I note that the Methodist bishops cut back their salaries by $4K a piece. I'm not sure that was a HUGE sacrifice on their part. They're still getting far, far more than the local ministers, I imagine. It seems a bit of a token gesture to me.
As for Church Publishing, although I'm put off by the tone in their release when they blithely announce the cut of nine jobs, I can also appreciate that it makes no sense to continue a division that consistently loses money. I would be willing to bet that books run at a loss for them year after year.
The problem with a press release is that there's no way to know how much thought/planning/creativity/agony/ruthlessness is behind it. Were the bishops saying amongst themselves, "Either we take a pay cut or a couple of us is out of a job and the rest of us have to do more work"? Did Church Publishing try to make up the difference for their print division? I'm sure there are people who know the inside scoop. The truth is out there, but it's probably not in a press release.
I think both the Methodist bishops and Church Publishing are acting in a way they think is in the financial best interest of their respective organizations. Whether it's a virtuous way or not is less clear. I'd like to think the good, the bad, and the ugly were easy to discern, but I'm just not sure it's true.
Playing devil's advocate,
Laura
Compare and contrast...
...the following two stories. This: Church Publishing accelerates electronic products, suspends mass-market publishing, lays off nine staff By Solange De Santis, May 11, 2009 [Episcopal News Service] Church Publishing Inc. (CPI), which produces books and religious items that include Episcopal ...
Then there's the deadly definition 7: "when your head is full of poopy in your brain and it begins to come out of your ears so you therefore have poopy around your head."
Meeting Them On Their Level
by hilzoy I write to inform you that I have just concluded a special extraordinary session of me, in which I unanimously adopted the following resolution: WHEREAS the Urban Dictionary defines "Poopyhead" as "The single most offensive thing you can call someone. It's like the atom bomb of argume...
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